2016 postseason game thread

Neddy · Post #61 » by **Neddy** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 8:53 pm

goddamn what is up with all those pigeons on the infield?

Neddy · Post #62 » by **Neddy** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 8:57 pm

there is the single

Neddy · Post #63 » by **Neddy** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 8:58 pm

with gonzo triple won't be happening but gotta get the ball in the gap

Neddy · Post #64 » by **Neddy** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 8:59 pm

god that was the pitch right there

Neddy · Post #65 » by **Neddy** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 8:59 pm

phew....

Ranma · Post #66 » by **Ranma** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 9:04 pm

Man, I am so over Adrian Gonzalez being the invisible man in the postseason. His bat woke up after a couple of days off in the regular season. Does he need to employ that now in the playoffs? Swinging strikeout on a high pitch out of the zone. :banghead:

Neddy · Post #67 » by **Neddy** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 9:05 pm

one one and going back back to cali

Quake Griffin · Post #68 » by **Quake Griffin** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 9:08 pm

Less than thrilled going back home for 2.

Not confident in Maeda or Urias at this point and they have the hottest hitter(s) in the series.

Murphy.
Bullpen doing their part.
The bats, nope.

Neddy · Post #69 » by **Neddy** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 9:11 pm

Ranma wrote:Man, I am so over Adrian Gonzalez being the invisible man in the postseason. His bat woke up after a couple of days off in the regular season. Does he need to employ that now in the playoffs? Swinging strikeout on a high pitch out of the zone.

I think it's time to find a trade partner. with two years left after this post season, we pay half the remaining salaries and make him a 1o mil a year 1B man, I think many teams will bite. the Pirates need a 1B although with them they are gonna want us to cover more of that money.

if Ned Colletti gets hired by Arizona, I say we sucker him to take Gonzo, McCarthy, Kendrick and take all their remaining salaries for a couple of prospects like when he got taken by Ben Cherrington.

Neddy · Post #70 » by **Neddy** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 9:19 pm

Quake Griffin wrote:Less than thrilled going back home for 2.

Not confident in Maeda or Urias at this point and they have the hottest hitter(s) in the series.

Murphy.
Bullpen doing their part.
The bats, nope.

we gotta throw at him. make him uncomfortable. bunt at him and make him run and field. Murphy's glove is a Buckner waiting to happen.

Quake Griffin · Post #71 » by **Quake Griffin** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 9:21 pm

Neddy wrote:
Ranma wrote:Man, I am so over Adrian Gonzalez being the invisible man in the postseason. His bat woke up after a couple of days off in the regular season. Does he need to employ that now in the playoffs? Swinging strikeout on a high pitch out of the zone.

I think it's time to find a trade partner. with two years left after this post season, we pay half the remaining salaries and make him a 1o mil a year 1B man, I think many teams will bite. the Pirates need a 1B although with them they are gonna want us to cover more of that money.

if Ned Colletti gets hired by Arizona, I say we sucker him to take Gonzo, McCarthy, Kendrick and take all their remaining salaries for a couple of prospects like when he got taken by Ben Cherrington.

It's too late.

You have to read the future on a guy like that and trade him a year too "early" when it hurts rather than waiting until the writing is on the wall and hoping a team will take him off our hands.

Ive been asking for him to get dealt for 2 seasons now.

Neddy · Post #72 » by **Neddy** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 9:26 pm

Quake Griffin wrote:
Neddy wrote:
Ranma wrote:Man, I am so over Adrian Gonzalez being the invisible man in the postseason. His bat woke up after a couple of days off in the regular season. Does he need to employ that now in the playoffs? Swinging strikeout on a high pitch out of the zone.

I think it's time to find a trade partner. with two years left after this post season, we pay half the remaining salaries and make him a 1o mil a year 1B man, I think many teams will bite. the Pirates need a 1B although with them they are gonna want us to cover more of that money.

if Ned Colletti gets hired by Arizona, I say we sucker him to take Gonzo, McCarthy, Kendrick and take all their remaining salaries for a couple of prospects like when he got taken by Ben Cherrington.

It's too late.

You have to read the future on a guy like that and trade him a year too "early" when it hurts rather than waiting until the writing is on the wall and hoping a team will take him off our hands.

Ive been asking for him to get dealt for 2 seasons now.

if you want a value in return, yes, it is a year too late. if you just want to open up a roster spot for Cody Bellinger to come up to the majors, no we stil can dump him. and if Ned Colletti becomes a decision maker for some piss poor franchise, anything is possible.

Neddy · Post #73 » by **Neddy** » Sun Oct 9, 2016 9:33 pm

anywho, baseball is a game of failure. Gonzo might surprise us and hit a long ball against Gio tomorrow.

Quake Griffin · Post #74 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 2:06 am

Neddy wrote:
Quake Griffin wrote:
Neddy wrote:
I think it's time to find a trade partner. with two years left after this post season, we pay half the remaining salaries and make him a 1o mil a year 1B man, I think many teams will bite. the Pirates need a 1B although with them they are gonna want us to cover more of that money.

if Ned Colletti gets hired by Arizona, I say we sucker him to take Gonzo, McCarthy, Kendrick and take all their remaining salaries for a couple of prospects like when he got taken by Ben Cherrington.

It's too late.

You have to read the future on a guy like that and trade him a year too "early" when it hurts rather than waiting until the writing is on the wall and hoping a team will take him off our hands.

Ive been asking for him to get dealt for 2 seasons now.

if you want a value in return, yes, it is a year too late. if you just want to open up a roster spot for Cody Bellinger to come up to the majors, no we stil can dump him. and if Ned Colletti becomes a decision maker for some piss poor franchise, anything is possible.

We'd have to package somebody with him fam.

Even if he was free, he's turned into a 1 fWAR player. He's just not that good anymore and doesn't even present much of an upgrade if at all to a team for the here and now. Dealing him is essentially us asking for a favor.

He has to be packaged and sent out but I doubt he can be moved on his own anymore.

I'm willing to deal him to an AL team so he can DH...eat all of the money and take a bullpen arm we like back in return.
That's about the best I think we can do with him...maybe that's a feasible way of doing it...other than that, he has to be packaged imo.

Ranma · Post #75 » by **Ranma** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 3:40 am

Quake Griffin wrote:We'd have to package somebody with him fam.

Even if he was free, he's turned into a 1 fWAR player. He's just not that good anymore and doesn't even present much of an upgrade if at all to a team for the here and now. Dealing him is essentially us asking for a favor.

He has to be packaged and sent out but I doubt he can be moved on his own anymore.

I'm willing to deal him to an AL team so he can DH...eat all of the money and take a bullpen arm we like back in return.
That's about the best I think we can do with him...maybe that's a feasible way of doing it...other than that, he has to be packaged imo.

I'm going to disagree. We might have to eat more salary but I don't see the need to package him with a valued prospect or player. He's not James Loney because he still bats well during the regular season, so he'd be a good value for a young team in need of veteran presence. However, like Loney, he's still a good defender at 1B, which should help young infielders throwing to him on a regular basis.

I'm also not opposed to keeping him while we transition to Cody Bellinger, but I don't know if that would fly in the clubhouse. We'd have to deal him by the trade deadline to open a spot for Bellinger in the postseason, but Cody would also need to prove himself at the major-league level. Plus, I don't think he's quite ready for regular playing time as a big leaguer just yet, although, I think he's close to being ready as an understudy.

Neddy · Post #76 » by **Neddy** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 5:26 am

after seeing how the Ranger's season came to its demise, the Rangers may be interested in a defensively sound veteran 1st baseman. Mitch Moreland is a free agent and with his performance this season and the last few, no way they are gonna bring him back.

**** nevermind. just checked the fangraph on defensive ratings and their UZR and Mitch is the best first baseman in the entire league among the ones with enough at bats to have qualified. Gonzo is looking real bad defensively.

I still think the trade is possible, but I also think a rebound season is possible for Gonzo. he has two more years left, he is 34 right now. he is just one more series of PED away from having a Papi Ortiz like season, or two. if you look at his stats, his BABIP carried him to have the best BA in last 3 years, his OBP has not changed, but it is his SLG that nose dived this year. whomever is managing Ortiz's pharmaceuticals, that is whom we need, lol ( of course with an ounce of sarcasm and a tongue in cheek statement)

Quake Griffin · Post #77 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:29 pm

Yep. Doesn't have the glove anymore. Maybe. But I know one things for sure. If he wasn't a Dodger. I wouldn't be looking to deal for him. Wow the circumstances would have to be UNIQUE for that to happen.

BTW.
Damn you MLB. People work and have jobs.
BRB missing more than half the game because of they way they schedule this stuff.

Quake Griffin · Post #78 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:48 pm

Worst fear after Game 2 has come to fruition.

It's 2015 Clippers-Rockets all over again except we aren't on the brink of eliminating them.

Ranma · Post #79 » by **Ranma** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:55 pm

We can't even shake out of our funk with the home crowd. The umpires aren't helping matters but the Dodgers need to perform when it matters most, which we haven't done at all so far. This is one of the reasons I wanted momentum going into the playoffs instead of getting swept by the Giants.

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Ranma · Post #80 » by **Ranma** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 10:52 pm

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