2021 Spring Training discussion

[Pat]

I have a long time reliever in another league that's 45 and "still going." He's been on my roster since he was 20. He spent one year in rookie ball. Dominating. Then threw 22 innings in AAA the following season before being promoted and making 58 appearances before he could drink.

While he lost a lot of his ability years ago, he didn't have a really bad season until he was 42. Then he bounced back decently at 43 and 44. Now at 45 he was terrible and sadly went down for 2 months with a week to go in the season, which also means he's going to miss the post season.

He signed an extension. I hope he comes back.

I bring this all up because Hernandez hasn't had his truly horrible season yet and you're going to be sad you didn't wait to see when it happens.



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Steve Suares is more impressive IMO. 42 soon, wrecked but with no decline at the plate, glove or bases.

[liquidcrash]

Finally got a chance to read up on these posts. Holy shit Washington is loaded.

Please don't jinx it. Between this comment, the Preseason Predictions and me feeling optimistic, we're certainly doomed.

[liquidcrash]

Steve Suares is more impressive IMO. 42 soon, wrecked but with no decline at the plate, glove or bases.

Suarez is just hitting his stride.

[Pat]

Please don't jinx it. Between this comment, the Preseason Predictions and me feeling optimistic, we're certainly doomed.

I'm not trying to jinx it.

Getting out of the IL is hard enough but with the DL looking even deeper, it's still a dice roll.

I just think this might be the best Opening Day roster in DC in 20 years.

[Z]

Suarez is just hitting his stride.

I'm not convinced Steve Suarez isn't Father Time himself.

[Matt]

Please don't jinx it. Between this comment, the Preseason Predictions and me feeling optimistic, we're certainly doomed.

It's amazing no one on your team ever gets hurt.

Meanwhile we lost our #1 pitcher for 4 months though.

[mike]

This is how one of the WC losers will look

2B Vickers R
DH Gurley R
1B Stoll S
CF O'Hearn L
RF Marcus L
LF Garcia R
C Foshee S
3B Seibert R
SS Skolfield L

Syversten R
Lofink L
Zhang R
Bynum L
Pryor R
Marohnic R

Kleinman, Mercado, Klingberg, Eaton, Frausto, Bailey.

bueno.

[Z]

This is how one of the WC losers will look

2B Vickers R
DH Gurley R
1B Stoll S
CF O'Hearn L
RF Marcus L
LF Garcia R
C Foshee S
3B Seibert R
SS Skolfield L

Syversten R
Lofink L
Zhang R
Bynum L
Pryor R
Marohnic R

Kleinman, Mercado, Klingberg, Eaton, Frausto, Bailey.

bueno.

When fucking Dave Seibert bats eighth, you feel like your lineup must be pretty fucking strong.

[Delandis]

This is how one of the WC losers will look

2B Vickers R
DH Gurley R
1B Stoll S
CF O'Hearn L
RF Marcus L
LF Garcia R
C Foshee S
3B Seibert R
SS Skolfield L

Syversten R
Lofink L
Zhang R
Bynum L
Pryor R
Marohnic R

Kleinman, Mercado, Klingberg, Eaton, Frausto, Bailey.

bueno.

And one of the other ones will look like this:

CF Lumkowski
3B Cahill
LF Stripling
1B Gosser
RF Filar
SS Perritt
2B Bryan
C Lara

Fajardo R
Dominguez L
Blick R
Cook R
Cooper R
Byrd L

Carrasco, Monk, Johnstone, Phelan, Threatt, Lillis

I'm betting we get a shitload of strikeouts from our staff this year.

[Sharkn20]

And one of the other ones will look like this:

CF Lumkowski
3B Cahill
LF Stripling
1B Gosser
RF Filar
SS Perritt
2B Bryan
C Lara

Fajardo R
Dominguez L
Blick R
Cook R
Cooper R
Byrd L

Carrasco, Monk, Johnstone, Phelan, Threatt, Lillis

I'm betting we get a shitload of strikeouts from our staff this year.

Awesome to see Lumkovski as your starter CF.

[Spectre]

Our offense is going to look different this year- big changes include top 100 prospect Jamie Watson winning the starting catcher job out of ST. Masao Nara will be in the lineup against both lefties and righties- he's going to be playing 3B and RF for us this year.

Most likely will roll with:

C- Watson
1B- Norman/Gugliotta platoon
2B- Ortiz
3B- Nara/Baber
SS- Baber/Bryce
LF- Romero
CF- Peller
RF- Hiraguchi

Not a bad group- hoping, if they stay healthy, that I get 20+HR from Romero/Hiraguchi/Nara/Baber/Norman this year.

Pitching wise no big change to the starting rotation other than the fact that the majority of the staff is locked up for the next several years. The bullpen is going to be nasty. Poppino/Portillo/Ortega have a chance to get 300 Ks between them if they stay healthy.

[funclown]

Pawtucket pre-season saying bottom of the barrel. Sadly this was to be expected.

Some good news is CJ Simmons, Marco Carrasco, Dave Roper all got some starts this spring training and will now head to AAA Lynn until June. When they finally arrive I expect some growing pains, but happy were starting to get younger across the board.

On the farm we have some nice mid-rotation back end starters, just no ace. Hitters.....well my scout likes 5-6 guys, but not so much the OSA top 100. Not panicing yet as rebuilding can be a long journey, but its something we need to address in the next 2-3 drafts.

Goal is 63+ wins and avoid 100 losses,

[Sharkn20]

Pawtucket pre-season saying bottom of the barrel. Sadly this was to be expected.

Some good news is CJ Simmons, Marco Carrasco, Dave Roper all got some starts this spring training and will now head to AAA Lynn until June. When they finally arrive I expect some growing pains, but happy were starting to get younger across the board.

On the farm we have some nice mid-rotation back end starters, just no ace. Hitters.....well my scout likes 5-6 guys, but not so much the OSA top 100. Not panicing yet as rebuilding can be a long journey, but its something we need to address in the next 2-3 drafts.

Goal is 63+ wins and avoid 100 losses,

OSA list is a joke man... Why you guys relay so much in it??

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[funclown]

OSA list is a joke man... Why you guys relay so much in it??

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Oh I really don't. I truthfully think its gotten a bit worse. I think I have some nice players in there. In the "real world" its actually a useful tool.

[Carlos]

OSA list is a joke man... Why you guys relay so much in it??

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I think OSA is a nice snapshot of what OSA thinks at the moment so long as you understand OSA likes to change its mind.

It's rarely wrong about great players. But will ignore some great ones too. It's just another tool. Don't ignore it completely but don't rely on it completely either.

It's still saying something.

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