Being -220 runs worse than the average team is a really terrible thing. By the way why is Ned and Rex and Ryan talking about “bright the future” is? Why is this team not going to lose 100 again? [Reply]
Being -220 runs worse than the average team is a really terrible thing. By the way why is Ned and Rex and Ryan talking about “bright the future” is? Why is this team not going to lose 100 again?
It's extremely hard to lose 100 games, but this team still may. Barring a huge amount of spending in FA, which they absolutely shouldn't do, they will lose a minimum of 90 games, with 95 or more losses being very likely. And since Moore will refuse to trade away anyone with value unless he gets five top 10 prospects already in AAA, don't expect much help to come anytime soon from the minors, especially from hitters. [Reply]
I have to think we really weren't trying too hard giving Billy Hamilton, Lucas Duda, and Terrance Gore at bats.
We'll be greatly improved at Catcher. We have a good core in Merrifield, Mondesi, Dozier, and Soler.
Mondesi has been injury prone, but I think he'll play more games next year.
Junis had an unlucky year.
We'll be able to platoon McBroom/O'Hearn if we want due to the added roster spot.
We have alot of promising young bullpen arms who just got their feet wet. I expect them to be much better next year and we won't have to use Jorge Lopez and other jagoffs as much.
I think we should almost be thrilled about this last year. It wasn't about winning. It was about developing. Soler has developed into one of the best power hitters in baseball. Dozier has developed into a legitimate major league bat and player - something I really doubted would happen. Mondesi maintained his level of play. There is no way Whit cannot be for real, another .300 season. We learned Brad Keller is the real deal.
Alot of things to be pleased about moving forward. I just don't think we'll have enough talent to contend for a World Series once it's said and done - but it will be fun to be competitive from 2022-2026. [Reply]
Take a moment to breathe boys. Think back a little
and remember that 5 years ago tonight, at approximately 2350 hours, Josh Donaldson's face went into the dirt down the 3rd base line as he watched Salvador Perez' single go by him, as he heard the footsteps of CColon round 3rd and score the winning run in the best Wild Card game ever played.
Originally Posted by OKchiefs:
And since Moore will refuse to trade away anyone with value unless he gets five top 10 prospects already in AAA, don't expect much help to come anytime soon from the minors, especially from hitters.
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I think we can push to be around .500 next year
I have to think we really weren't trying too hard giving Billy Hamilton, Lucas Duda, and Terrance Gore at bats.
We'll be greatly improved at Catcher. We have a good core in Merrifield, Mondesi, Dozier, and Soler.
Mondesi has been injury prone, but I think he'll play more games next year.
Junis had an unlucky year.
We'll be able to platoon McBroom/O'Hearn if we want due to the added roster spot.
We have alot of promising young bullpen arms who just got their feet wet. I expect them to be much better next year and we won't have to use Jorge Lopez and other jagoffs as much.
I think we should almost be thrilled about this last year. It wasn't about winning. It was about developing. Soler has developed into one of the best power hitters in baseball. Dozier has developed into a legitimate major league bat and player - something I really doubted would happen. Mondesi maintained his level of play. There is no way Whit cannot be for real, another .300 season. We learned Brad Keller is the real deal.
Alot of things to be pleased about moving forward. I just don't think we'll have enough talent to contend for a World Series once it's said and done - but it will be fun to be competitive from 2022-2026.
The 1-5 of the lineup will be productive. Offense might actually be decent if they add a piece and address the 7-9 black hole. I think Lopez will be better, but it may just be “average regular” better. He’s got a nice glove, though, so if he can hit .270/.320 he’s valuable.
I’d consider moving Mondesi to CF full-time. Would help him stay healthy, I think.
Should see a few of the young pitchers next year, and see improvement on that side of the ball. I don’t expect Cal Eldred back, so hopefully they bring in someone with a track record of success in helping young P improve. [Reply]
think we should almost be thrilled about this last year. It wasn't about winning. It was about developing.
We didn’t develop any pitching. If you want to say Keller maybe, but his FIP jumped from 3.55 to 4.35. Junis is what he is and will be, Lopez and Sparkman and Skoglund were terrible. In the pen Zimmer and Staumont struggled badly. I don’t see any development really on the mound.
Clint Hurdle
He always got the Pirates to play better than their talent.
Joe Espada
Espada has served as the Houston Astros bench coach for the past two seasons. Prior to then, he was a member of Joe Girardi's Yankees staff. Espada will coach most of next season as a 44-year-old, putting him on the younger side. All the same, he's well-regarded and it seems like a matter of if not when he gets named someone's skipper.
Andy Green
Green didn't enjoy much on-the-field success with the San Diego Padres. He still has plenty of fans within the industry who suspect he'll eventually become a good big-league skipper.
Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens
Meulens nearly landed the Yankees' job the winter before last. He speaks a handful of languages and should be an intriguing candidate. He currently serves as the Giants' bench coach.
Don Wakamatsu
Rangers bench coach who hasn't been a full-time manager since getting canned by the Seattle Mariners in 2010. Nevertheless, Wakamatsu almost always seems to get interviewed for gigs, in part of how well respected he is around the game.
Ryan Christenson
Christenson is an under-the-radar candidate who has worked his way through Oakland's minor league system as a manager and is now the bench coach for a playoff-bound A's team. A former big league player, Christenson possesses plenty of MLB clubhouse experience. Learning how to be a player-first manager from Bob Melvin has perhaps accelerated his development.
Bob Geren
Geren is one of the few managers in the Billy Beane era not to win with the A's. Oakland went 334-376 under his stewardship, and it made the postseason the year before and year after he was on the job. As an assistant, however, Geren has earned acclaim for his recent work in New York and Los Angeles with the Mets and Dodgers. He's currently LA's bench coach. The 58-year-old is considered to be a blend of old- and new-school styles, able to work under the guidance of a hands-on front office while equipped to call on-the-fly shots from the dugout.
Jay Bell
Bell played 18 years in the Majors for five teams and has coached for four organizations since 2005, giving him a wealth of knowledge about much of the league.
Known as a great teacher of young players, Bell is managing the Yankees' Double-A affiliate in Trenton. He had his first taste of the job last season with the team's Class A Advanced team in Tampa, where he was named the Florida State League's Manager of the Year.
Bell has been a hitting coach with the Pirates and a bench coach with the D-backs and Reds, giving him a big league coaching résumé to go with his Minor League managerial experience.
Carlos Beltran
The 9 time All-Star hung up his spikes after winning his first World Series championship last fall, closing out an accomplished 20-year career that could land him in the Hall of Fame five years from now.
But weeks after riding in the parade through the streets of Houston, Beltran found himself meeting with Brian Cashman and the rest of the Yankees' front office, interviewing for the team's vacant managerial position. He lost out to Boone, and although Beltran would have been a welcome addition to many coaching staffs, he opted to spend 2018 with his family before considering his future.
Whether Beltran opts to pursue potential coaching opportunities as early as next season remains to be seen, but the soon-to-be 41-year-old has made it clear that he envisions a future in that arena.