by Hudson` » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:58 am
Rob wrote:I don't want Fielder to be a Ranger. Texas hasn't lost two World Series in a row because it lacked power hitting.
Now that C.J. Wilson is gone, the front office wants Neftali Feliz to love from closer to the rotation. He is really young and has a great arm, but he hasn't shown any confidence or consistency in his off-speed pitches. On top of that, last spring training they tried to put him in the rotation and he threw a temper tantrum about it...
Feliz's SO/BB dropped a lot this year, but it's way too soon to make anything from his numbers. He's thrown like, 120 fucking innings in the big leagues. With an arm like that though, there's a reason why he wasn't a starter in the first place, which is like you said probably lack of any secondary stuff. I don't know what his minor league path was, but he should have been set as a starter until he flat out demonstrated that he didn't have the secondary rep to pull it off. At this point it's a tough call what to do with him, if his secondarys are still fringey.
dane wrote:he can still sit 2 ft off the bag and get balls down the line / catch at 1b... he's far too young to be a DH imo, and fuck the american league and their bullshit rules about allowing DHs.. Hopefully the NL wins the allstar game again so it negates the bullshit AL rules in 4 games instead of 3 if required
Despite the facts that Texas (Proof: Mitch Moreland plays first base for Texas) and Toronto (Proof: Toronto has money and Adam Lind is a mystery) are the best fits for Fielder, I could see Chicago (more likely Milwaukee imo). Although I don't think your new management will go for it. The Cubs will be burnt to the ground before they can rise again. He is too young to DH, I agree. But in a few years, things will be very different if history and common sense have anything to say about it, which is why I doubt any NL team would want to sign him more than 4-5 years, and any AL team more than 5. As for your DH remarks, I'm going to put it out there that you're suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, and have fallen in love with the captor that is "NL Strategy", known to most as "have the guy who absolutely-cannot-fucking-hit at-fucking-all bunt every 8 batters, until its time to bring in bench bats who couldn't cut it at any other spot in the majors." I'll stick to watching David Ortiz mash taters all day than watching Roy Halladay stand there for 3 straight fastballs while clearly under instruction from Charlie Manuel not to give a shit.
[quote="Rob"]I don't want Fielder to be a Ranger. Texas hasn't lost two World Series in a row because it lacked power hitting.
Now that C.J. Wilson is gone, the front office wants Neftali Feliz to love from closer to the rotation. He is really young and has a great arm, but he hasn't shown any confidence or consistency in his off-speed pitches. On top of that, last spring training they tried to put him in the rotation and he threw a temper tantrum about it...[/quote]
Feliz's SO/BB dropped a lot this year, but it's way too soon to make anything from his numbers. He's thrown like, 120 fucking innings in the big leagues. With an arm like that though, there's a reason why he wasn't a starter in the first place, which is like you said probably lack of any secondary stuff. I don't know what his minor league path was, but he should have been set as a starter until he flat out demonstrated that he didn't have the secondary rep to pull it off. At this point it's a tough call what to do with him, if his secondarys are still fringey.
[quote="dane"]he can still sit 2 ft off the bag and get balls down the line / catch at 1b... he's far too young to be a DH imo, and fuck the american league and their bullshit rules about allowing DHs.. Hopefully the NL wins the allstar game again so it negates the bullshit AL rules in 4 games instead of 3 if required[/quote]
Despite the facts that Texas (Proof: Mitch Moreland plays first base for Texas) and Toronto (Proof: Toronto has money and Adam Lind is a mystery) are the best fits for Fielder, I could see Chicago (more likely Milwaukee imo). Although I don't think your new management will go for it. The Cubs will be burnt to the ground before they can rise again. He is too young to DH, I agree. But in a few years, things will be very different if history and common sense have anything to say about it, which is why I doubt any NL team would want to sign him more than 4-5 years, and any AL team more than 5. As for your DH remarks, I'm going to put it out there that you're suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, and have fallen in love with the captor that is "NL Strategy", known to most as "have the guy who absolutely-cannot-fucking-hit at-fucking-all bunt every 8 batters, until its time to bring in bench bats who couldn't cut it at any other spot in the majors." I'll stick to watching David Ortiz mash taters all day than watching Roy Halladay stand there for 3 straight fastballs while clearly under instruction from Charlie Manuel not to give a shit.