Acuna CF
Swanson SS
Freeman 1B
Ozuna DH
d'Arnaud C
Markakis RF
Duvall LF
Riley 3B
Hechavarria 2B
Kyle Wright P
Acuna CF
Swanson SS
Freeman 1B
Ozuna DH
d'Arnaud C
Markakis RF
Duvall LF
Riley 3B
Hechavarria 2B
Kyle Wright P
Get off my lawn!
Did I miss the report of Ender being hurt?
Or are we watching Snit play the “hot hand” with Duvall vs RHP?
Last edited by Enscheff; 08-07-2020 at 03:28 PM.
I think this is much more of the reason why Ender is currently not playing:
https://twitter.com/b_outliers/statu...76778497765378
He's both not hitting and has apparently lost a step in the outfield. And even though 60 games is a fair amount, we don't exactly have the time to try to facilitate Ender's bat heating up because outside of an outlier year, he doesn't heat up for more than 60 games.
I would prefer to only start Duvall against LHP, but if Ender is going to hit like a good hitting pitcher we don't exactly have a choice but **** and ****.
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 (08-07-2020)
jpx7 (08-07-2020)
So he is going to...
Use the RHH Riley with terrible offensive numbers early in the year vs RHP in favor of Camargo and his excellent 3B defense batting LH.
Not use Ender with terrible offensive numbers early in the year in favor for Duvall who is always terrible vs RHP.
Am I the only one who can't square this logic? Did AA stop giving Snit his cheat sheet he was using at the start of the season? Does he not realize he is giving up defense at 3B and CF for zero return on offense?
Why exactly is Ender's small sample size keeping him out of the lineup, but Riley's isn't? Why is Snit acting like Duvall can hit against RHP despite a .741 career OPS against them?
Last edited by Enscheff; 08-07-2020 at 04:31 PM.
jpx7 (08-07-2020), salmagundy (08-07-2020)
Duvall in the OF vs a RHP over Enfer is laughably bad. I'm not sure why or how, but Snit went from managing the roster perfectly for about 2 weeks to suddenly being clueless again.
Don't think this has anything at all to do with whether Ender's "lost a step" or not - right now, at least. With the state the rotation is in and NO veterans to lean on, Snitker likely figures the only way they're going to win for the time being is to score 5-6 runs every night. With Ozzie out, Riley and Camargo looking like an offensive black hole again, and Ender hitting like a Pitcher, he's going to get as many bats in there as he can.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
That's about the same as Inciarte's career OPS against RHP (.749), so—if there is rhyme or reason, and it's not just reactionary whim—I assume they're figuring the offense is, at worst, a wash, even if Inciarte does rebound with the bat, and meanwhile internal evaluations suggest Inciarte's defense has regressed enough that Acuña–Duvall is better than Inciarte–Acuña (about which ... I'd be very skeptical).
As noted above, for his career, Inciarte is actually more of a "bat" against RHP than Duvall (though it's surprisingly closer than I would've expected). So your argument doesn't really hold water unless they have Bowmans that either his offense, defense, or both have cratered.
Last edited by jpx7; 08-07-2020 at 04:44 PM.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Agreed—which is why I don't think that's the conclusion we can draw from Inciarte's benching. Or at least I hope it's not. Because—while I hope Inciarte's non ded—I also hope there's more to this move than just "Duvall hot, hit homers".
But I am a bit surprised it's Hechavarría all the way at second. He's clearly the best alternative at SS, after Swanson, because of his glove; but I'm not sure the difference is substantial enough at 2B to make Hech a better option over Camargo, even against RHP.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Well, it was fun having a competent manager for 2 weeks at least.
I should have appreciated it more.
Game postponed
Hopefully this gives AA the chance to give Snit the Twit a good talking to about player usage
Phillies account said due to weather, so thats good. Double-header on Sunday.