So Price's solution is more playing time for Ramon Santiago? What an innovator.
So Price's solution is more playing time for Ramon Santiago? What an innovator.
This is anything but the same team as last season. Everyone complained about the offense last year when they had two great bats (Choo and Votto). For the last two weeks they haven't had either one of those bats and the results show that. This isn't the Cleveland Browns unless something crazy happens Price isn't getting fired after one year.
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What great move would you like to see him make?Originally Posted by dsmith421
Luddy and Skip have no range to make it even worse
LF: Lutz
CF: Heisey
RF: Bernadina
3B: Soto
SS: Santiago
2B: Schumaker
1B: Pena
C: Barnhart
3 straight games. Sit 'em ALL.
Sit Ludwick, play Lutz. Tell the FO to do something about the crap puddle on offense. Get rid of Santiago's worthless tail and call up Nelson or Gotay or someone else conversant with hitting the ball. Bat Hamilton eighth where he belongs. Figure out the baserunning. Use platoon splits. Try and make a poop cake out of this poop.
Oh, and never pitch Hoover, Ondrusek, or Parra in a close game again. Leverage Chapman and Broxton for multiple innings if possible in games you hit well enough to win, since it happens about twice a week.
He can't do much, but his bunt-craziness, Hoover fetish, and braindead baserunning philosophy cost the team numerous games early on, and maybe they'd have a small margin for error now if those issues had been addressed.
Last edited by dsmith421; 05-30-2014 at 09:58 AM.
Kingspoint (05-30-2014)
I fully agree with you on the playing Lutz over Ludwick. That should have started already. As far as getting rid of players and calling up players that isn't for him to decide. And I don't think it is his job to tell the front office what to do. I don't think batting Hamilton 8th fixes anything. And the SP is so good even with a terrible offense every game is normally a close game. He can't throw Chapman, Broxton, LeCure every single night. Hoover is turning it around. Price has to use him at times.
I think a manager could HEAVILY AND PROFUSELY suggest to the FO to find better options than Santiago and Roger. Even if the backup SS has to be less defensively inclined..... this team was able to handle Rich Aurellia at SS. His defense was not the reason that pitching was so bad.
The manager has to have some say....he is looking at these guys and while the effort might be there ....no production from fringe players like the 2 mentioned and now Ludwick..... means the manager should tell Walt... Look, there has to be a few players at AAA (And I believe there are) who can do better than this.
powersackers (05-30-2014)
Not sure if serious....
There is no way it could be worse
Heisey 7 for last 21 with 5 doubles
Those numbers are good, and why he should platoon in left with Lutz.
He still looks god-awful in half of his ABs.
When Lutz, Santiago and Heisey are your pressing concerns - you know your team is either really bad or just plain boring to watch.
Of late....
Luddy 7/44 1 XBH
Bruce 2/23 11 K
BHam 5/31 2 doubles
Skip 5/23 2 doubles
The next 3 games my lineup would be
1. BHam CF
2. Pena 1B
3. Mesoraco C
4. BP 2nd
5. Frazier 3B
6. Lutz LF
7. Heisey RF
8. Santiago SS
Let Cozy, Bruce and Luddy be bench players the rest of the series
How about getting rid of Santiago and doing something to acquire an infielder that can hit?
This obsession with defense has run its course. You have to score to win.
I am somewhat. It won't/can't be done. But I'd love there to be some way to drive home the point that nobody's job is safe. You want to start...perform.
Last edited by _Sir_Charles_; 05-30-2014 at 05:22 PM.
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