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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
Volquez pitched a gem last night against the Brewers. 7 IP 3 hits 0 runs.
Let's hope he's this good when he faces the Cardinal's.
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Originally Posted by
dougdirt
MLB hitting coaches don't develop guys. By the time they get their hands on these guys, they are generally developed. The guys we expected to hit, have. The guys we expected not to, haven't. I can' see that going on the hitting coach one way or the other. Do you see him as failing to do something? If so, what.
Maybe I'm being unfair but I do blame the hitting coach for a team that as a whole does not generally have "good at bats"...that is swinging at bad pitches, letting good pitches go by and generally not seeing enough pitches per AB. I've given him a pass on this for awhile but he's been here long enough. I'd sure like to see a guy like Hal McKrae, Merv Rettenmund or Mike Easler come in here
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Originally Posted by
Sea Ray
Maybe I'm being unfair but I do blame the hitting coach for a team that as a whole does not generally have "good at bats"...that is swinging at bad pitches, letting good pitches go by and generally not seeing enough pitches per AB. I've given him a pass on this for awhile but he's been here long enough. I'd sure like to see a guy like Hal McKrae, Merv Rettenmund or Mike Easler come in here
The hitting coach can't teach a guy how to see a breaking ball instead of a fastball. That is something that the player has to be able to figure out.
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Originally Posted by
westofyou
He's a modern day Ned Williamson?
Did he have a distinct split like EdE with parallel allegations of cheating?
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Originally Posted by
757690
Patterson was Krivsky.
Don't let facts get in the way of bashing somebody.
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Originally Posted by
reds44
EE just hit #9.
Good for Edwin.. I rooting for him. :thumbup:
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
Brandon Phillips 2B
Josh Hamilton LF
Joey Votto 1B
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Jay Bruce RF
Zack Cozart SS
Drew Stubbs CF
Devin Mesoraco C
Quite the lineup.
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Originally Posted by
reds44
Brandon Phillips 2B
Josh Hamilton LF
Joey Votto 1B
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Jay Bruce RF
Zack Cozart SS
Drew Stubbs CF
Devin Mesoraco C
Quite the lineup.
If you look back a couple of pages I discussed EdE playing third base in a game I attended last week in Baltimore. I sat less than 50 ft from him. The dude CANNOT play 3B. He is terrible. He makes routine plays look scary.
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Originally Posted by
paulrichjr
If you look back a couple of pages I discussed EdE playing third base in a game I attended last week in Baltimore. I sat less than 50 ft from him. The dude CANNOT play 3B. He is terrible. He makes routine plays look scary.
Haha I know that.
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Originally Posted by
reds44
Brandon Phillips 2B
Josh Hamilton LF
Joey Votto 1B
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Jay Bruce RF
Zack Cozart SS
Drew Stubbs CF
Devin Mesoraco C
Quite the lineup.
If you're going to put EE at 3B, might as well have this lineup.
Phillips 2B
Alonso SS
Votto 1B
EE 3B
Hamilton LF
Dunn C
Bruce RF
Stubbs CF
;)
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Originally Posted by
757690
If you're going to put EE at 3B, might as well have this lineup.
Phillips 2B
Alonso SS
Votto1B
EE 3B
Hamilton LF
Dunn C
Bruce RF
Stubbs CF
;)
Nah what you want is:
Phillips 2B
Alonso CF
Votto C
EE 3B
Hamilton LF
Dunn 1b
Bruce RF
Wily MO SS (originally signed as a ss or 3b IIRC)
Wow what a lefty heavy lineup. Would shatter K records too- not that that matters.
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Originally Posted by
klw
Nah what you want is:
Phillips 2B
Alonso CF
Votto C
EE 3B
Hamilton LF
Dunn 1b
Bruce RF
Wily MO SS (originally signed as a ss or 3b IIRC)
Wow what a lefty heavy lineup. Would shatter K records too- not that that matters.
blashphemy
1b Dunn
2b cozart
ss Phillips
3b Rolen
lf Votto
cf Hamilton
rf Bruce
c mesigan
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
Brandon Larson is always available to play 3rd.
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Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes
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Originally Posted by
edabbs44
That's fine. But we are talking about a guy with a 21/4 HR and 59/17 RBI home/road split over the last 7 months while there are recent allegations of the team cheating at their home park.
To me, it seems fishy.
I had no idea what you were talking about so I went and searched the internet and found the ESPN mag article talking about the sign stealing allegations. Somehow I missed this last season.
I'm not a conspriacy theory kind of guy, but it is weird.