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I have zero hope..It is better this way so they can suprise me if they do well..Hawk-Lock":2j5e4vct said:I'll be honest, I've paid so little attention to the M's this offseason. I have absolutely no expectations. They just seem so old, they remind me of our Seahawk teams at the end of the Hasselback era.
Thepeelsessions":34xg99pj said:Phelps to have TJ surgery. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...phelps-undergo-tommy-john-surgery-miss-season
Bobblehead":1pdihz3t said:Thepeelsessions":1pdihz3t said:Phelps to have TJ surgery. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...phelps-undergo-tommy-john-surgery-miss-season
Unbelievable.
Thepeelsessions":dd3qndxs said:Bobblehead":dd3qndxs said:Thepeelsessions":dd3qndxs said:Phelps to have TJ surgery. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...phelps-undergo-tommy-john-surgery-miss-season
Unbelievable.
So unbelievable!!
So is Cruz, do you bench him?Crizilla":18yssbu2 said:If I'm Servais I don't start Haniger. Man, that guy is struggling. I also start Vogelbach over Healy.
You are putting way too much stock in spring training numbers IMHO.Crizilla":32gdmb06 said:I wouldn't bench Cruz because he's our best home run threat and he's not an every day, every at-bat guy anyway. He will get PH for, regardless. Plus, he's a DH.
RF and LF are wide open. If Motter, Heredia, and Gamel battle it out for LF, that leaves Haniger, Ichiro, and Amaral battling for RF. Haniger is putting up atrocious numbers this spring training. .244 OBP is pathetic and not even worth it. I see no reason to start him. Put in Ichiro or Amaral instead. Based on what I've seen from spring training so far I would go with:
1. Gordon
2. Segura
3. Cano
4. Cruz
5. Seager
6. Vogelbach
7. Ichiro/Amaral
8. Zunino
9. Motter
Then when Gamel is healthy, work him into either LF or RF over somebody else. Whoever is doing worst at the time. I think Haniger needs a whole new approach. Send him down. Give him the Zunino treatment. I'm not knocking the guy, I like him. But he never got out of that slump and then the injury happened. I feel for the guy.
Sports Hernia":20inm5yx said::2thumbs: You are putting way too much stock in spring training numbers IMHO.Crizilla":20inm5yx said:I wouldn't bench Cruz because he's our best home run threat and he's not an every day, every at-bat guy anyway. He will get PH for, regardless. Plus, he's a DH.
RF and LF are wide open. If Motter, Heredia, and Gamel battle it out for LF, that leaves Haniger, Ichiro, and Amaral battling for RF. Haniger is putting up atrocious numbers this spring training. .244 OBP is pathetic and not even worth it. I see no reason to start him. Put in Ichiro or Amaral instead. Based on what I've seen from spring training so far I would go with:
1. Gordon
2. Segura
3. Cano
4. Cruz
5. Seager
6. Vogelbach
7. Ichiro/Amaral
8. Zunino
9. Motter
Then when Gamel is healthy, work him into either LF or RF over somebody else. Whoever is doing worst at the time. I think Haniger needs a whole new approach. Send him down. Give him the Zunino treatment. I'm not knocking the guy, I like him. But he never got out of that slump and then the injury happened. I feel for the guy.
.282, 16hr, 47 rbi and 5 SB in only 369 AB’s that projects out nicely over a 162 game season. ...and thats a rookie season battling thru injuries.
His September/October numbers were .352, 7HR, 14 RBI.
Like I said the kid can rake when healthy. Like any young hitter he will struggle when his swing gets too long, but the potential he has is very good. He can be a major cog in the offense.
Pre-season in any sport is always more about the players working on their game. In baseball you have guys tinkering with their swings at the same time they're trying to get the timing down against top level (well, mostly) pitching. New players are getting used to how their new teammates move around the field and how to sync in with them.Shanegotyou11":1xp101am said:As I've learned over the years, spring training stats are what they are. Meaningless.
Go M's