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DLev

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  1. That was hit at 113 mph and baseball savant had it at xBA of .950.  So you can't say that one should have been caught but yeah I would take Jake or JBJ as having a better chance.

    Baseball Savant had like a .900 xBA for the one he fucked up last game, but they said on the TV broadcast that another MLB research tool at it at a 95% catch probability because it hung up so long. So who knows, but your point is well taken. That said, I could see with my own eyes that he had no clue which direction to go off the bat and that’s why he didn’t get there.
  2. I thought Straw was going to catch that. I miss Marisnick 

    Jake sat out there as a free agent for half the offseason before Cubs signed him. It was such an obvious move. Straw is awful. he has no instincts as an outfielder.
  3. You’re only looking at the Kemp situation as Kemp vs Straw.
    There was waaaay more to the picture and Kemp wasn't going to have a place on the team post-2019 trade deadline (assuming Luhnow made more deals after DFA’ing Kemp...which he did).
    Kemp was (and likely always will be) a role player (which is what he’s going back to being in Oakland after they acquired La Stella).
    The Astros in 2019 had other role players they valued more (e.g. Straw’s speed) that they felt would give them the best chance for another ring.
    If we’re kicking ourselves that we don’t have Kemp right about now, that says a whole more about what was (wasn’t) done in the off-season or at the 2020 deadline than anything else.

    I agree with most of this. I don’t think Lunhow thought he was selling out the future by getting rid of the current role players for legitimate roster management reasons. But it turns out in retrospect he was selling out the NEAR future because this year’s role players are not up to the challenge. Given this year was also supposed to be part of the team’s window, those moves have to be questioned.

    Signing someone else’s cheap veterans in the offseason was also an option that wasn’t done and is another failure. Basically, very little of the back end hole plugging has worked over the past few years other than Machete x3. Diaz has not been Marwin (maybe he could have if not for injuries), but that wasn’t a bad gamble. Not signing some veterans to at least compete was a bad gamble.
  4. If we don't make that trade then we don't have Maldanado and we have complete trash at catcher this year. 

    I’m pretty sure Maldonado was a free agent this offseason. We could have signed him just the same. And I’m not denying the value of Maldonado last year. The issue is Kemp was DFAed before he was traded. This was a pure decision of preferring to lose Kemp outright rather than send Straw to minors. That we got Machete in exchange is a plus, but the two weren’t perfectly linked.

    Keep in mind Kemp is on the A’s because the Cubs didn’t have a spot for him on their 26 man roster, so it’s not like he’s universally valued. But I’d sure like to have him.
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  5. Straw over Kemp is still the right answer...don’t let the absurdity of the 2020 cloud your judgement. You really think we’d be rolling in to a pennant race with Mayfield, Straw, Toro as the first guys off the bench in a normal year?
     

    Why? What long term does Straw bring? There’s no indication he can develop into an average hitter. And we’ve got three outfield spots open next year.

    And, yes, I do think we’d be rolling into a pennant race with Mayfield, Straw, and Toro. 2019 was just as injury-riddled for the position players as this year.
  6. How nice would it be to still have Kemp instead of Straw/Mayfield/Toro? Yes, we ultimately traded him for Machete last year, but that was after DFAing him to keep Straw up. That was under the assumption that there would always be plenty of hitting available and backups were just speed/defense.

     

    Maybe I’m wrong statistically and just thinking back fondly, but as I sit here I’d much rather be forced to give Jake and Kemp major at bats because of injuries than Straw, Toro, Mayfield.

  7. More like James Click lol.  
    Dusty can only work with what the fuck is on the roster and it is all shit

    Not a huge fan of Dusy’s managing, but the bullpen is on Click. Forget about the restart. In the first spring training the team signed zero bullpen arms. The plan was for Biagini and Devo to have spots. Sure, sucks Joe Smith and Osuna aren’t with the team, but no excuse for not bringing in cheap outside options to challenge this garbage.
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  8. What’s up with Presley?  I assume hurt, but what’s the ailment and what’s the prognosis?
    Also, any word lately on Bergman or JV? 

    He had pitched three of four days and therefore wasn’t available yesterday. Was there other news?
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