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#21702
1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

What a shitty baseball team we are right now. 

It's really just a clearer, sadder picture of what we've been for much of the year. Which is why in June I said I feared a July "rally" that might convince the FO that we were WS material. The Rangers' return to earth further baited the trap. We're roadkill. 

#21703
21 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Name the 2023 manager, make the argument for your pick  ….

I mean that ship has already sailed, no?

As for 2024 - let’s just get back to having an aligned and analytically-savvy front office/manager combo. I don’t want to hear another goddamned thing about “intangibles” and “there’s no way to measure it.” Bullshit. 

Edited by Hank Chinaski

#21704
17 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

Missed the game, and happy I did. At least the rangers are losing big. Mariners are up early. There's a reason why very few teams repeat, and we are seeing it play out. There's still time to, but they need to go on a run. 


this roster has been crap since day 1, it’s a miracle we’re in the playoff chase 

#21705
Name the 2023 manager, make the argument for your pick  ….
I will probably be ok with most as long as it isn't fucking Espada or Ausmus
#21706
1 minute ago, Hank Chinaski said:

I mean that ship has already sailed, no?

As for 2024 - let’s just get back to having an aligned and analytically-savvy front office/manager combo.


that’s worked great for the Yankees 

#21707
Just now, Scraps said:
22 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:
Name the 2023 manager, make the argument for your pick  ….

I will probably be ok with most as long as it isn't fucking Espada or Ausmus


the two front runners 

#21708

this roster has been crap since day 1, it’s a miracle we’re in the playoff chase 

That fact has been hard for a lot of folks around here to recognize since April.
#21711

I don’t get not letting Framber keep going.

How many pitchers have thrown 2 no hitters in the span of a month? I can think of Johnny Van Dermeer.

114 pitches? Big deal. It’s not like his arm is going to fall off. The Rat Mike Fiers threw 132 in his no hitter for the Astros.

And, of course, Nolan Ryan went over 175 in one of his. In the ‘70s. Only pitched very effectively for 20 more years  

Could have maybe helped an overworked bullpen and made history. If Framber was too worn out afterwards, give him an extra day.

Fight me

Edited by Victor Lazlo

#21712
I don’t get not letting Framber keep going.
How many pitchers have thrown 2 no hitters in the span of a month? I can think of Johnny Van Dermeer.
114 pitches? Big deal. It’s not like his arm is going to fall off. The Rat Mike Fiers threw 132 in his no hitter for the Astros.
And, of course, Nolan Ryan went over 175 in one of his. In the ‘70s. Only pitched very effectively for 20 more years  
Could have maybe helped an overworked bullpen and made history. If Framber was too worn out afterwards, give him an extra day.
Fight me
Baseball players are pussies these days.
#21714

I expected to wake up to news that the official scorer came to his senses and gave them the no-hitter.

A three way tie if we won would have been fun.  Maybe after tonight.

#21715
15 minutes ago, WBT said:

I expected to wake up to news that the official scorer came to his senses and gave them the no-hitter.

A three way tie if we won would have been fun.  Maybe after tonight.

Expect 2 games behind 2 teams. 

#21717
1 hour ago, Guadaloopy said:

All right.  Had a sleep on it and I’m over it.  Only a game back with over a month left in the season. LFG.   

let the dogs out this morning.  "hey, the sun still came up..."

Not sure how many more resets are left, but our heroes need to get their shit wired straight.

LFG!!!

#21718
7 hours ago, cabowabo said:
7 hours ago, Victor Lazlo said:
I don’t get not letting Framber keep going.
How many pitchers have thrown 2 no hitters in the span of a month? I can think of Johnny Van Dermeer.
114 pitches? Big deal. It’s not like his arm is going to fall off. The Rat Mike Fiers threw 132 in his no hitter for the Astros.
And, of course, Nolan Ryan went over 175 in one of his. In the ‘70s. Only pitched very effectively for 20 more years  
Could have maybe helped an overworked bullpen and made history. If Framber was too worn out afterwards, give him an extra day.
Fight me

Baseball players are pussies these days.

It's not up to them.

#21720
1 hour ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Flip Abreu and Press. 

I can’t imagine you could trade Abreu for anything but a worse contract. Presley with one year left might be able to get you someone like Jake Meyers. 

#21721
2 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I can’t imagine you could trade Abreu for anything but a worse contract. Presley with one year left might be able to get you someone like Jake Meyers. 

I think he means 8th / 9th.

#21722
1 hour ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Flip Abreu and Press. 

No way. You think it’s stressful with Pressly now, just wait until the leadoff guy reaches via walk 7 times out of 10

Edited by UTexasFight

#21724
13 hours ago, Mez2 said:

I've given up on this team because this team has given up on me

No give up on my side.  Happy playing the cello while going down with the ship.

#21725
No give up on my side.  Happy playing the cello while going down with the ship.
Yep same. Too many quitters here.

Shits not going great at the moment, but we are still right there.

Will we win the WS? Most likely not(ATL seems destined), but just get in and weirder shit has happened

#21726
27 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Yep same. Too many quitters here.

Shits not going great at the moment, but we are still right there.

Will we win the WS? Most likely not(ATL seems destined), but just get in and weirder shit has happened
 

You mean like 2019?

 

And yeah, a month plus is a loooong time in baseball.

#21729
31 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

In late April this team looked like it was destined for 90-ish wins and a dogfight for the last WC spot. Nothing has really changed. 

I mean macro sure.

But the inputs are different. Since then we’ve gotten Yordan and Altuve healthy, Chas has taken a superstar turn, we’ve discovered a revelation at catcher and we got JV back. In April we were missing like 5 pieces.  Now, I would argue, we have all the pieces necessary, we are just intentionally holding ourselves back by being stupid- and the starting pitching has shit the bed. 
If we have 3 credible starters going into the post season that’s enough. You know, if we make it. 

#21731
1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I mean macro sure.

But the inputs are different. Since then we’ve gotten Yordan and Altuve healthy, Chas has taken a superstar turn, we’ve discovered a revelation at catcher and we got JV back. In April we were missing like 5 pieces.  Now, I would argue, we have all the pieces necessary, we are just intentionally holding ourselves back by being stupid- and the starting pitching has shit the bed. 
If we have 3 credible starters going into the post season that’s enough. You know, if we make it. 

Disagree. The 90-ish win forecast back then accounted for Altuve and Yordan coming back (without them it doesn’t resemble a 90-win team at all), and I always thought Chas was good. Diaz is better than we thought, sure, but the 90 win forecast also accounted for bad managing, which is why we haven’t taken advantage of Diaz being good. 

We’ve added JV, which sort of offsets the fact that Javier isn’t good anymore (which we didn’t know in April). We’ve added Graveman, which means we have an extra mediocre middle reliever, which is fine but doesn’t meaningfully change much.

 

#21734

If we miss the playoffs by a couple games there will be enough “what if” and “should have” material for 50 pages added to this thread.
The first day. 

#21736
16 hours ago, Mez2 said:

I've given up on this team because this team has given up on me

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#21737

Michael Brantley went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a walk. 

He's batting .333 with an OPS of .988 during his current rehab assignment. 

He hasn't struck out yet.
 

Waiting Patiently GIF by General Hospital

#21738

Yordan needs to get it together. Had some bad luck last night on 2 ABs, but dude has got to get back to mashing

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#21740

Hey- a lineup that indicates we want to win today. Our best lineup. Before tomorrow when we get our worst and most full of nonsense lineup. 

#21742
46 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Like all our line ups, players need to produce. When players hit, coaches look very smart 

I’m convinced you put phrases in an AI generator 

#21743

I assume the loss last night was intentional to keep us in line for the MN series. Anyone else would have left Valdez in.

#21749

Why does Dusty like Jake Meyers so much?

He is a grinder who does get on base. 
 

But the ceiling is pretty low on him. 

#21750
4 minutes ago, Overlord said:

Why does Dusty like Jake Meyers so much?

He is a grinder who does get on base. 
 

But the ceiling is pretty low on him. 


he’s on the roster, he’s going to play 

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