GT 3/31: IT'S STILL EARLY™ II

[Donn Beach]

What's shortly to you, they will be given the opportunity to suck for awhile

[Pharmabro]

If only we had Kirby vs Hancock. We have 4 bats going well JoRge, Randy, Raley, and Rodriguez. RRRRRR mate.

8 hits 3 HR 2 doubles, 1 triple, and 6 walks normally would have a W along with it.

[Donn Beach]

Its weird, Julio had a nice spring, they gave him plenty of at bats to get him off to a good start, the word was he looked great. And here he is off to another slow start. you guys should work on finding the secret to getting a player off to a good start, you'd get rich

Buster Olney

. he ​looks ​great. ​And ​that's ​what ​I'm ​hearing ​from ​evaluators ​out ​there, ​that ​they ​really ​feel ​like ​that ​his ​swing ​is ​​more ​repeatable, ​without ​as ​much ​movement, ​​and ​with ​it ​being ​under ​control. ​It ​feels ​like ​he's ​in ​a ​better ​position ​to ​get ​off ​to ​a ​better ​start ​at ​the ​beginning ​of ​the ​year, ​and ​that's ​going ​to ​be ​incredibly ​important

[Donn Beach]

Wilson on jrod, pretty typical manager comment. But that's the sort of thing he's going to be into. He's not going to be looking at OPS as much as hitting to the opposite field

You know, ​I ​was ​excited ​to ​see ​that ​hit ​to ​right ​field ​the ​other ​night. ​​He's ​been ​using ​the ​entire ​field ​all ​spring ​training, ​and ​that's ​where ​he ​really ​swings ​the ​bat ​well, ​when ​he's ​thinking ​that ​way. ​​And that's really ​what ​I ​think ​his ​mindset ​is ​when ​he ​gets ​in ​the ​box. ​So, ​I ​think ​it ​was ​great ​to ​see ​that, ​and ​hopefully ​that's ​the ​beginning ​of ​something

[Pharmabro]

We have the pitching match advantage April 1st but I think they will on the 2nd.

[Donn Beach]

Speaking of spring training, this is a Quora post, I agree with it. I hadn't thought in terms of players having off season jobs. Players these days are focused on baseball the entire year. Spring training is an anachronism, it survives because the clubs make money off of it

Spring Training itself needs to go away. It’s a holdover from back when most baseball players had off-season jobs as insurance salesmen or bartenders. Teams needed a month to get them back in shape. Now that no baseball players need an off-season job, they stay in shape on their own. Two weeks is more than enough now to familiarize players with their teammates and go through pick-off drills and stuff. Also, spring training games are a total waste.

Two weeks of drills and a couple of exhibition games are more than enough for today’s baseball players.

[Donn Beach]

So judge is still using a traditional bat, you would need to cross reference the Yankees offense to who's using the new torpedo bats

That's interesting, bats engineered for individual players in terms of how they hit

“I think that’s probably the next progression in hitting -- finding out where you hit the ball in the sweet spot, putting more mass there, without changing too many things,” Asche said.

[D-train]

Its weird, Julio had a nice spring, they gave him plenty of at bats to get him off to a good start, the word was he looked great. And here he is off to another slow start. you guys should work on finding the secret to getting a player off to a good start, you'd get rich

Buster Olney

. he ​looks ​great. ​And ​that's ​what ​I'm ​hearing ​from ​evaluators ​out ​there, ​that ​they ​really ​feel ​like ​that ​his ​swing ​is ​​more ​repeatable, ​without ​as ​much ​movement, ​​and ​with ​it ​being ​under ​control. ​It ​feels ​like ​he's ​in ​a ​better ​position ​to ​get ​off ​to ​a ​better ​start ​at ​the ​beginning ​of ​the ​year, ​and ​that's ​going ​to ​be ​incredibly ​important

He has a .910 OPS. I shall take it.

[Donn Beach]

Good point, there's a lot of complaining, and not just here at the forum, it doesn't seem to be considered a very good start but that does seem to be the batting average trap. He's also running a 163 ops+. Okay, no more flipping shit at jrod

[D-train]

Speaking of spring training, this is a Quora post, I agree with it. I hadn't thought in terms of players having off season jobs. Players these days are focused on baseball the entire year. Spring training is an anachronism, it survives because the clubs make money off of it

Spring Training itself needs to go away. It’s a holdover from back when most baseball players had off-season jobs as insurance salesmen or bartenders. Teams needed a month to get them back in shape. Now that no baseball players need an off-season job, they stay in shape on their own. Two weeks is more than enough now to familiarize players with their teammates and go through pick-off drills and stuff. Also, spring training games are a total waste.

Two weeks of drills and a couple of exhibition games are more than enough for today’s baseball players.

I was in great shape in my 20s while working a full time job and so are a lot of people so...I can see it in terms of not having access to baseball facilities though.