Originally Posted by
stevenash
I got the extra inning package, I get every team, every game, real time.
I watch SD every now and then, they are actually a fun team to watch with all the kids.
That guy Asuaje looks like he belongs up here.
I like Jankowski too, wish he can stay on the field though.
Renfoe too looks like a keeper.
Here's the problem, SD is in the division of the big boy arms.
Kershaw, Greinke, Bumgarner, SD has not enough hitting, promising kids are not going to solve Kershaw's curve ball right away.
Will Myers is the only real veteran bat you have, him any Aybar, I like his glove but he can't hit his way out of a paper bag.
SD has to address that rotation too.
Pedormo looked like he was going to be a good one for awhile, not so sure now.
I thought Chacin when he came over was going to be better too.
Look at all the HR's the starters have given up.
Trevor Cahill is the most reliable starter, you need rotation help too.
The lineup shows some promise, figure out a way to get two solid starters.
Is that right? Stammen has given up 11 home runs in 51 innings???
Holy Mother of God I never spotted that before.
That's like roughly two HR's per nine innings.
I'm almost afraid to look at his OPS against. it's got to be four figures.
(not quite four figures, lefties kill him I see)
Dude, the Pads give up way too many gopher balls. Reds are the worst at that though, SD is ninth.
You ain't winning if the teams you are playing are hitting 2 baseballs that aren't coming back over the fence to your one.
SD is a smaller market team, like my Royals.
You got to di by trades, SD should sell off the relievers for long inning starters.
It took KC 5 years to do it, expect five years. It took five years to develop KC's version of the core four
(Gordon, Hoss, Moose, Perez)
It'll be never as long as Preller is the GM, the guy is a certified nut job.
It all started for KC when they traded Greinke (another nut job) to the Brewers for Lorenzo Cain, and Escobar, and Odorizzi.
Great trade, Cain had a solid post season in 2015, and Escobar made every play at SS, plus he hit that lead off inside the park HR in the WS.
Odorizzi went to Tampa for Shields, who's pretty much a shit bum now, but helped KC that one year, gave up a live arm, Finnegan, to the Reds for Cueto, who only pitched one of the best WS games I've seen in awhile, one bat pitch the whole nine inning game to Duda for a double, other than that, perfect.
KC has to pay Moose, he's the 30 HR a year threat Alex Gordon will never give you, but Gordon is an elite outfielder though.
KC has to pay Hosmer, well they don't have to pay Hoss, but he's the draw, he's the absolute fan favorite, he puts butts in the seats, he's beloved. Sal Perez is an elite catcher, you don't lose those.
So looks like Cain and Escobar and probably Herrera are going to leave.
That's the route SD needs to take.
Oh, one last thing, Orsillo is a great listen, my wife hated to see him leave Boston.