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  1. One Regend
    As I said previously, Owen Caissie was our best hitter for the first 1 1/2 to 2 weeks of the season. Sending him to AAA would send the wrong message to him. The best course of action is hope he gets out of his current funk and regains the form he had in those beginning weeks of the season, and even better if he maintains it for the rest of the season.
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    I was 100% against the Christopher Morel and Austin Slater signings. You had in-house options that would do exactly what they bring to the table, but much younger and controllable. There was no reason to waste resources in such a matter. I was also against the Ryan Weathers trade, too. There was no reason to sell low on him especially when he gave our team quality innings when he was healthy. He had legit ace upside and we kinda just gave him away for a package of projects that may or may not work out (emphasis on the latter), and that's not something I hold hope for. I'm on the fence of Edward Cabrera. I had a feeling he was going to break out the moment he left the Marlins , because he had so much talent, but he could never put it together with us. Now it's looking like he's putting it together with the Cubs. I wouldn't mind this trade so much if we got a stud prospect out of it. Owen Caissie was our best hitter for the first 2 weeks of the season. Now he's ice-cold, batting .142 with 22 strikeouts and 1 walk in his last 13 games. If he can regain the form he had earlier in the season and maintain that form, I'll be happy with the Edward Cabrera trade. It's a big if, though, since there's 162 games in the season. I'd forgive these awful moves if the front office swallowed their pride and accepted that Agustin Ramirez is not a MLB-caliber catcher and let him field ground balls at 1B during spring training, and if the front office realized just how good Kemp Alderman really is. Maybe you could argue that they're holding Alderman back for service clock, but that doesn't really change the fact that literally anyone in AAA could perform better than the production we were getting out of Austin Slater and whoever we're throwing at 1B.
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    If I was Clayton McCoullough, I would've made the same move if we had an actually competant bullpen. Max Meyer hasn't proven himself at this level and I also wouldn't trust him beyond 5 innings until he gives me reason to, unless he's against a team like the White Sox or Rockies who are easy 6-7 quality innings no matter who's on the mound. The problem is, the bullpen is a total gasfire. That's what makes this decision iffy.
  4. One Regend
    Actually a lot of that was Farhan Zaidi. Buster Posey inherited all of those problems from Zaidi before him and now he's tasked with fixing this mess.
  5. One Regend
    So how long are they going to continue the Gus charade before they finally realize he's hot garbage behind the dish? Even with ABS helping guide him as a catcher, he's still been absolutely terrible defensively.
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    Yeah, no, I'm not buying the excuse of cold weather over their poor play. And yes, I also very much didn't like it when the Dolphins & Tua pulled this same dumb excuse. 29 other teams have to play under the same conditions, and about half of them also regularly have home games played in warm weather. They need to stop making excuses and git gud.
  7. One Regend
    I get it. The Marlins didn't show up at all. But does that mean y'all aren't showing up either? 🤣 I'm kidding. Um, yeah. Xavier Edwards hit a 1-out triple in the first inning. Agustin Ramirez makes an unproductive out by striking out looking. (Looking? Really? SWING THE BAT. You have a runner at 3rd with less than 2 outs!!) And the next batter couldn't cash in a single to get the run home. That set the tone for basically the rest of the game.
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    I have more faith in Max Meyer putting it together than Jacob Berry. And that's saying a lot because Max Meyer isn't impressing me.
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    Is it too early to call Max Meyer a bust? It probably is, but parts of 5 years and only having 28 games and 142 innings, and having a FIP at 5.13 with a 0.3 fWAR is incredibly underwhelming results for a guy who was drafted 3rd overall, and doesn't particularly inspire confidence about his future. Maybe the COVID pandemic absolutely screwed with the drafting process. But, I don't know. The baseball executive geniuses who chose Max Meyer as 3rd overall are the same guys that drafted JJ Bleday, Khalil Watson, Jacob Berry, and Noble Meyer with their first round selection... and well, let's just say those haven't panned out. (It's a little early on Noble Meyer but the early returns are not looking good right now.)
  10. One Regend
    I mean, really, what other options do they have? They couldn't sign a 1B free agent (Morel doesn't count, I mean a REAL 1B), Griffin Conine's cannon arm and solid outfield defense is being wasted at 1B, and the only other option to convert is Agustin Ramirez and they're too stubborn to admit he's not a catcher at the major league level. Maybe they can roll the tires on DLS. Honestly, that's probably the best case scenario. Make him prove himself. If he fails to do so, I guess Stowers is the backup plan.
  11. One Regend
    We brought Austin Slater to (supposedly) hit left-handed pitching. What does he do for us? -12 wRC+. We have a surplus of outfield talent in the farm system. Why waste money on someone who we knew right from the start was washed up? Just bring a guy from the farm system under the league minimum. Or, better yet, why not play the hot hand? Put your confidence in Owen Caissie. He's been our best bat by far and you're holding him back by sitting him against lefties.
  12. One Regend
    If you're a longball prone pitcher, giving up 3 BBs is too many. Let alone 6! Eury needs to get that control in check. He got off easy today because the Yankees couldn't capitalize. He won't be so lucky next time he does this.
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    They DFAed Victor Mesa Jr for Garrett Acton... only to DFA Acton literally 2 months later. I get that Victor Mesa Jr was buried on the depth chart after several in-season and offseason trades, but interactions like this make me wonder why they even bothered picking up Acton in the first place.
  14. One Regend
    Yankees win 2 of 3. Jazz is MVP because former marlins love raking against us. Eury Perez is the only reason I'm not considering the Yankees sweepng us.
  15. One Regend
    I like that we are 1st in the NL East right now. However, we have a paper-soft schedule to begin the year and Braves/Mets haven't caught fire yet. As much fun as I'm having watching these games, I know that the Yankees are going to smack us right back to reality soon enough. But it was fun dogpiling on two of the worst teams in baseball.
  16. One Regend
    On the 1-2 pitch that Paddack allowed the grand slam on, I can't help but notice Hicks was setup up high, indicating that he's expecting a fastball. He got a changeup. Was there a miscommunication between Paddack and Hicks? Just by the way he tried to catch the pitch, it looked as though it wasn't the pitch he was expecting to receive.
  17. One Regend
    I want to say Owen Caissie is lookiing like the real deal, but it's literally just 2 games. I gotta cool my jets, lol.
  18. One Regend
    Plug any guy from the AAA roster, and they'll do exactly what Austin Slater brings to the table. It's an unnecessary signing, and a waste of money.
  19. One Regend
    I don't get it either. Surely, some of the guys they have in AAA couldn't be that much worse than wasting $1 million on literal filler. At that point why not just pocket that money and play someone from AAA for league minimum? It's such an inefficient use of resources and as a fan of a cash-strapped team it's frustrating to witness.
  20. One Regend
    >No answers at 1B >Doesn't do anything to rectify the 1B problem. >Has a huge surplus of outfielders in their system. >2 surprise injuries to the outfield. >Has the depth and talented young guys in AAA to replace those injured players. >Signs a washed up mid-30's player to replace those injured players. >The talented outfielders in the AAA they could've brought up instead couldn't have been that much worse than said washed up mid-30's player. >STILL HAS A HUGE HOLE AT 1B BY THE WAY Miami Marlins, everyone.
  21. One Regend
    gee its almost like having a serious problem and doing nothing to address it still leads to a serious problem
  22. One Regend
    Imagine a world where the Phillies landed a star with the #1 overall pick in the 2016 draft. That would've changed the entire dynamic of their contention window. That said, the 2016 class largely sucked, so I guess I can't say I blame them for their failure there, as 90% of the other teams that year whiffed on their first round picks. (Miami for example is one of the better outcomes, and I still dont see Braxton Garrett as anything better than mid)
  23. One Regend
    5 BBs in 2 IP is very concerning for Aidan May. I'm worried he might end up being a bullpen guy if he keeps that up.
  24. One Regend
    I'm not surprised Matt Pushard is still on the Cardinals. The Cardinals have embraced going full rebuild. In all fairness, the Cardinals should've gone into a rebuild 3 years ago back when Pujols and Yadier Molina retired. But now with stagnant results year after year, they've been dragged into the rebuild kicking and screaming. So it doesn't surprise me they still have Matt Pushard. They need all the young talent they can get, and if it means stuffing Pushard onto the MLB roster for the entire year, so be it, record be damned. The Phillies are still in their window, technically speaking, so they have way more urgency than the Cardinals. They can't afford keeping a Zach McCambley on their MLB roster when they've got big dreams to chase. That said, time is running out for the Phillies. They re-signed Kyle Schwarber, but they lost a lot of talent to free agency, and Zack Wheeler is set to retire after 2027. I have a feeling had the Phillies drafted better, their window could've been far wider. Wasting a #1 overall pick on Mickey Moniak, by far and away, stung the Phillies the most during this contention window. But as a Marlins fan, I'm not going to say no to a failed dynasty from a division rival.
  25. One Regend
    I especially want to see Jakob Marsee take the next step. If he can do so, I can see great things for our core group of players. The biggest problem the last rebuild had was the lack of up-the-middle talent. -All of the CFs never developed. Everyone remembers the flop of Lewis Brinson, but does anyone remember Monte Harrison and Magneuris Sierra? -Jorge Alfaro was the fastest Marlin to fizzle out in recorded history, and they didn't have any contingency plan for that. -We had literally no SS. And no, Miguel Rojas doesn't count. He's a backup infielder in his 30s being plugged into a starting role because the team didn't have any other viable options. Jazz was literally the only talented player up the middle, and he was our 2nd Baseman, despite the team stubbornly starting him at SS, before throwing him into CF because they failed to develop a CFer. Rebuilds with lack of up-the-middle talent are destined to fail. Least with other positions, should our options fail to materialize, supplementing the roster with replacements are far less expensive (be it trade assets we're trading away, or Free Agency money) than it would be supplementing replacements for up-the-middle positions. Remember how we felt forced to overpay for Jacob Stallings, and look how awful that turned out for us. (Granted, the Pirates didnt get much from our prospects, either) The hope is we don't get so desperate with this core. But now, with steady hand Otto Lopez, Luis Arraez-lite X, my hopes is that Jakob Marsee develops into a great ballplayer. And here's to hoping that Joe Mack figures things out to round out the roster.
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