Revisting selected front office moves

[Captain 97]

I'm fine with the Turner acquisition, except Servais never puts him in the lineup and he's missed two easy throws to first base. Even if not at first base, he should DH. Ty's been swirling around the toilet bowl ever since he got hurt toward the end of last season, his swing never fully returned, even after Driveline.

Once we stop over platooning our players, allow them to fully develop per season, and take the entertainment aspect out of managing the team, we'll do just fine. Stacking batting averages would be good to, leaving too many runners on base means the lineup is wrong, something we somehow haven't seemed to figure out yet.

Ty has 3 home runs in 13 games and is hitting .233 with a .755 OPS for the Reds. Turner is hitting .205 with .634 OPS and 1 HR in 11 games for the M's.

[Donn Beach]

Playing at Great American Park

[toboggan]

I'm fine with the Turner acquisition, except Servais never puts him in the lineup and he's missed two easy throws to first base. Even if not at first base, he should DH. Ty's been swirling around the toilet bowl ever since he got hurt toward the end of last season, his swing never fully returned, even after Driveline.

Once we stop over platooning our players, allow them to fully develop per season, and take the entertainment aspect out of managing the team, we'll do just fine. Stacking batting averages would be good to, leaving too many runners on base means the lineup is wrong, something we somehow haven't seemed to figure out yet.

Ty has 3 home runs in 13 games and is hitting .233 with a .755 OPS for the Reds. Turner is hitting .205 with .634 OPS and 1 HR in 11 games for the M's.

Yeah, you're right. I never understood why exactly we traded Ty France, it came as a complete surprise to me and still doesn't make sense. His swing does look better this year, but he just wasn't seeming to get on base as much as he used to.

[OLdvanDawg]

We were only up by ten games because we'd played 4 more games Than the Astros. We were only up by eight losses as you have to look at the loss column. Currently, we are 4 games out. You can't get losses back.

[D-train]

I'm fine with the Turner acquisition, except Servais never puts him in the lineup and he's missed two easy throws to first base. Even if not at first base, he should DH. Ty's been swirling around the toilet bowl ever since he got hurt toward the end of last season, his swing never fully returned, even after Driveline.

Once we stop over platooning our players, allow them to fully develop per season, and take the entertainment aspect out of managing the team, we'll do just fine. Stacking batting averages would be good to, leaving too many runners on base means the lineup is wrong, something we somehow haven't seemed to figure out yet.

Ty has 3 home runs in 13 games and is hitting .233 with a .755 OPS for the Reds. Turner is hitting .205 with .634 OPS and 1 HR in 11 games for the M's.

Now .239 with a .771 OPS for France and .200 with a .619 OPS for Turner....

[gil]

Here we are 63-59; Astros at 65-55. Since June 17, Astros have gone 32-17. Mariners, 20-28.

This is the most disappointing mid-June to mid-August stretch that I remember.

Jesus I cursed them. I also did this with my "Holy Shit, We have a 10 game lead" Game thread.

Other than your jinxes ... ... what do people think happened? We were 12 games over .500 with the offseason roster moves/changes. If we had been playing .500 ball since June 17, we'd still be 12 games over and a games ahead of the Astros.

[Donn Beach]

That and the, lets trade for Kyle Tucker talk.

So im looking, hes been out for over two months because of a bruise on his shin? Hey, thats something i can speak to. I had severe bone bruises on both shins from a sewer pipe rolling on me. I caught shit for the time i was off work but it wasnt no damn two months!

I was thinking of posting an article i read about a Cubs player being shot by his GF. This was like the thirties. She shot him twice, the doctor at the scene told him he wasnt going to make it. He was back in the lineup three weeks later. A bruise on your shin, over two months lol

[Donn Beach]

Billy Sturges, interesting career

played a part in Babe Ruth’s called home run during the 1932 World Series, and perhaps provided some of the inspiration behind Bernard Malamud’s novel The Natural and the movie by the same name. He helped prompt the use of batting helmets and the institution of nets on foul poles, and as manager of the Red Sox, presided over the racial integration of the last segregated team in major-league baseball.

[Pharmabro]

Paredes has a 65 OPS+ with Chicago
Morel has a 45 OPS+ OPS+ in TB

And Morel is who we couldn't match.

[bpj]

How's everyone feeling?