jpx7 (04-29-2018)
best 9th placed hitter in baseball!
Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.
I also do not see the point of these type lineups. Inciarte and Albies seem to have similar OBP potentials. Inciarte is currently the better base stealer. I think we'll eventually go Inciarte, Albies, Freddie, Acuna, Markakis. Why not go ahead and go that way now if we are making a move so soon.
Albies seriously need to steal now.
Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.
jpx7 (04-29-2018)
Inciarte just needs to be in the bottom half of the lineup. Where exactly doesn’t matter much.
Next year the Braves will have 4 above average or better hitters with Freeman, Albies, Acuna and whoever they sign for LF. As long as those 4 guys are in the top 4 spots, the exact order makes little difference.
Seems like Acuña might’ve bailed Velasquez out there, based on Gamecast.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Well this sucks
Oye, about to waste 2nd/3rd, no out.
Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.
"you have to make contact here..."
Because contact is guaranteed to get a runner in from 3rd....
jpx7 (04-29-2018)
That’s so frustrating to watch.
For reference, runners have historically scored from 3rd with less than 2 outs approximately 50% of the time, even with K and HR rates increasing dramatically over the last couple decades.
Albies is incredible
that's 70 speed!
NECK.
How about that for Ozzie hustling Joe?!
Markakis continues to be the man