Originally Posted by tk13:
Be interesting to see how the next few days go. We've all talked about how the trade market has completely tanked, but now the Padres don't even want to give up a top 100 prospect for Syndergaard, who isn't even a rental. He's got multiple years left on his contract.
As #Mets and #Padres continue discussing Noah Syndergaard, source says it’s clear San Diego will not include MacKenzie Gore in the trade — especially after the Stroman deal did not include a top 100 prospect per @MLBPipeline. @MLBNetwork@MLB
I don’t read that as the Padres saying they won’t trade a top 100, just not MacKenzie Gore. That makes sense. Gore is a consensus top 5 prospect in baseball and is one of a handful of pitching prospects with true ace potential.
The Padres have a bunch of top 100 guys they could send the Mets. Adrian Morejon and Luis Urias are both somewhat expendable. Michel Baez. Ryan Weathers.
I doubt they would move Patiño and they won’t move Gore, but they still have more than enough beyond those two to get it done. [Reply]
That's a fair point. Although if you're going to trade two and a half years of a talent like Syndergaard, you want to get a sure fire ace back. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
I don’t read that as the Padres saying they won’t trade a top 100, just not MacKenzie Gore. That makes sense. Gore is a consensus top 5 prospect in baseball and is one of a handful of pitching prospects with true ace potential.
The Padres have a bunch of top 100 guys they could send the Mets. Adrian Morejon and Luis Urias are both somewhat expendable. Michel Baez. Ryan Weathers.
I doubt they would move Patiño and they won’t move Gore, but they still have more than enough beyond those two to get it done.
Yeah, no way Syndergaard gets dealt without getting a lot back. If SD won't give it to them, somebody else would. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
My dad took me to the game, he’s almost 80, wanted Gates for lunch. I asked him if he wanted something healthier. He said “No” then hung up on me.
the trick with Gates is to go to the one on Cleaver II. It's right by the Rib-Tech. It's still good. Everywhere else is hit and miss. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
the trick with Gates is to go to the one on Cleaver II. It's right by the Rib-Tech. It's still good. Everywhere else is hit and miss.
We meet at the one off 12&Brooklyn. It really is the only place to eat before Summer Royals games. [Reply]
Basically, he makes way too soft contact, and he's making too much contact by swinging at and hitting balls out of the strike zone. He needs to make harder contact, and be more selective at the plate. Hitting a bunch of balls softly is killing him.
Originally Posted by :
Lopez’s average exit velocity is 83.6 MPH, in the range where batting averages hover around .219. Sure enough. Lopez’s 2019 batting average is .222. And he gets there because he just makes contact with everything.
Basically, he makes way too soft contact, and he's making too much contact by swinging at and hitting balls out of the strike zone. He needs to make harder contact, and be more selective at the plate. Hitting a bunch of balls softly is killing him.
The guy had a .900+ OPS at Omaha. He can't be expected to that in the big leagues, but this shouldn't happen, either. [Reply]
I'll assume that after the loss Ned recapped the game (minus any meaningful insight), talked about the thread used to stitch the baseballs, and then said goodbye? [Reply]
So how exactly does one rebuild a bullpen? I'm not even talking about getting back to the 14-15 bullpen... just something that isn't far more likely to lose games for us than hold leads and eventually win, like it is now. [Reply]
He’s about done as an MLB regular. Just crazy how y’all wanted to bring this fart-face back.
That second line of numbers reflects his one bad month, June.
The first 104 PAs -- June -- he was .232/.282/.337/59wRC+
The last 100 PAs -- July -- he is .344/.400/.433/125wRC+
His wRC+ by month:
April 143
May 109
June 59
July 125
That looks like a pretty standard up-and-downs of a season. His HR power has fallen off -- 9 HRs the first two months, 2 since. But otherwise, he's bounced back quite nicely from a terrible June. He's hardly "about done as an MLB regular." Let's see how he finishes before writing him off. [Reply]