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Tucker and Alvarez switched

Updated lineup:  

2B Altuve 
3B Bregman 
LF Alvarez
RF Tucker
CF McCormick 
DH Brantley
1B Singleton 
SS Peña 
C Maldonado

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My god I hate day games.

Weird start time, I guess it's a Fenway thing.

Edited by kevwun

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

Hasn’t Diaz played every game this road trip ?

Didn’t start Sunday or today. He’s 2/3 starting on this road-trip and 1/2 since Brantley is back. 

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Oh I’m not assuming. That’s why I said I’m not going to hold my breath. But yeah- JV rarely threw to maldy when he was here last go round. Until Castro was hurt for good. Last year JV lost his personal CF in the playoffs. Hopefully both those absurdities go by the way said if we make the playoffs this year. 

Dusty: And he was horrible in the postseason 👀

10 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Didn’t start Sunday or today. He’s 2/3 starting on this road-trip and 1/2 since Brantley is back. 

most starting catchers get the day off when it's a day game after a night game that they started. 

whether he should be slotted in to dh in that same situation is a different story.  that said, i would probably take 4 days of yainer starting at c over any other scenario, if that's where this is going (i don't think it is).

I was thinking today how similar Altuve and Diaz are:  Elite hand-eye coordination and bat to ball skills.  Can hit any pitch, which leads to some plate discipline problems.   You get bullets sprayed, wacky singles, and then some what were you swinging at moments.    I hope he has 1/2 the career as the goat but excited about seeing him every day for the near future. 

Yordan flashing the bunt for the first couple pitches to try to draw in the infield is pretty funny. 

Just now, HtownHorn said:

Damn, Brantley is locked in.

He’s been reading this thread alL season 

40 minutes ago, Hornsbay22 said:

I was thinking today how similar Altuve and Diaz are:  Elite hand-eye coordination and bat to ball skills.  Can hit any pitch, which leads to some plate discipline problems.   You get bullets sprayed, wacky singles, and then some what were you swinging at moments.    I hope he has 1/2 the career as the goat but excited about seeing him every day for the near future. 

We were talking about this on our podcast last episode (episode 22- breathing orange fire) and I compared Altuve and yainer in their ability to get bat to ball and that being one of the reasons why yainer has such a low walk rate. Simply put, because he can get to some bad balls and make contact he has a lower strikeout rate and a lower walk rate all in one. 
he’s not Vladdy the Daddy hitting them out of park, so he needs to focus on bringing them more into the strike zone, but he certainly does flip the ball out there sometimes on bad balls and ends AB’s not in a 3 true outcome way when he does. 
interesting hitter. He’s tearing it up right now but will probably have to get better if he wants to keep being an above average hitter at controlling the strike zone. 

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

He’s been reading this thread alL season 

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Pena coming around lately. Nice to see. 

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

We were talking about this on our podcast last episode (episode 22- breathing orange fire) and I compared Altuve and yainer in their ability to get bat to ball and that being one of the reasons why yainer has such a low walk rate. Simply put, because he can get to some bad balls and make contact he has a lower strikeout rate and a lower walk rate all in one. 
he’s not Vladdy the Daddy hitting them out of park, so he needs to focus on bringing them more into the strike zone, but he certainly does flip the ball out there sometimes on bad balls and ends AB’s not in a 3 true outcome way when he does. 
interesting hitter. He’s tearing it up right now but will probably have to get better if he wants to keep being an above average hitter at controlling the strike zone. 

Diaz needs to have the same conversion that Altuve did. When Altuve had the slightest improvement in plate discipline, he went from a good hitter to a HOFer.

On 8/3/2023 at 10:20 AM, HtownHorn said:

Singleton gets the call when they finally figure out what a few of us knew in February, Michael Brantley is not playing in the majors again.

 

8 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Damn, Brantley is locked in.

Im Not Surprised Nate Diaz GIF by UFC

4 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Diaz needs to have the same conversion that Altuve did. When Altuve had the slightest improvement in plate discipline, he went from a good hitter to a HOFer.

Yep. And plate discipline and swing decision is a skill that can be learned at an older age. It’s one of the last things to come sometimes for a talented player. 
Altuve was a lot of fun to watch when he was hitting 350 and getting 230 hits in a year, but this version of him that controls the plate and focuses on doing damage is such a better player- even if less unique and a little less “fun”. 
not everyone learns plate discipline. Those that don’t typically get chewed up and spit out unless they play premium defensive positions. So, there’s a path to a long and average ish career for Yainer if he doesn’t get better at that, and there is a path to superstardom if he does. 
I said I was driving the Yainer HOF bandwagon. Not as a prediction but I think he has that kind of talent. 

2 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

 

Im Not Surprised Nate Diaz GIF by UFC

Is this going to start another jihad between y’all?  

11 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

Pena coming around lately. Nice to see. 

This is the kind of pitcher he should rake against. No slider. 

10 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Yep. And plate discipline and swing decision is a skill that can be learned at an older age. It’s one of the last things to come sometimes for a talented player. 
Altuve was a lot of fun to watch when he was hitting 350 and getting 230 hits in a year, but this version of him that controls the plate and focuses on doing damage is such a better player- even if less unique and a little less “fun”. 
not everyone learns plate discipline. Those that don’t typically get chewed up and spit out unless they play premium defensive positions. So, there’s a path to a long and average ish career for Yainer if he doesn’t get better at that, and there is a path to superstardom if he does. 
I said I was driving the Yainer HOF bandwagon. Not as a prediction but I think he has that kind of talent. 

Is this going to start another jihad between y’all?  

Diaz might have Sal Perez upside at the plate. Perez never learned plate discipline, but a catcher hitting 30 bombs is a rare thing.

No jihad coming from me, I have that dumbass on ignore.

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Welcome back uncle Mike
I was going to say exactly this

When players hit, the coaches look damn smart

it took until sept, but dusty almost has a full mlb roster 

Htf do we have 6 runs.

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Professional Hitter 

Watching with my 19 yo, I was right in the middle of this sentence when he got that hit: "Now watch what a professional hitter does with this opportunity".

5 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Y’all keep talking shit about uncle mikes glass shoulder 

shut your mouff mfer

6 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Y’all keep talking shit about uncle mikes glass shoulder 

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Bruh... just stop

 

32 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

He’s been reading this thread alL season 

Send a link to Dusty…

So who’s ready to offer Brantley 2 years at $40 million?

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2 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

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Bruh... just stop

 

Maybe I shouldn’t mention the PERFECT GAME WATCH!!! 😱

Man, Peña is en fuego

So is the better play to pray for a sac fly, suicide squeeze, or just let him strike out?

It's impressive how shitty the Red Sox are defensively.

Breggy with the green monster double that's probably a HR in many parks

1 minute ago, Mo Horn said:

Breggy with the green monster double that's probably a HR in many parks

According to Baseball Savant it only gets out of Wrigley

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