When does Baez get some runway?

[rockondlouie]

As soon as Noot is traded.....so in about one week.

That could be the scenario?
I don’t know if Baez is ready or not?
But when he does come up it should be to basically play every day.
Right now you have > Walker/Church/Noot. And they still want to look at Velasquez?
Baez time is coming. Patience.

I've been saying for some time Baez would indeed get the call once Noot was traded.

BUT

His recent struggles has changed my mind.

He may be better off staying at AAA until September call-ups, he even then.

If he's still having issues, then keep him down on the farm.

Could be Rock?
I have never seen him in person only on tape.
I still don’t get why some are so anxious to rush players?
Especially when they concede that we aren’t going anywhere?

Same here

Especially given the Cards issues, why would you want to bring a kid up (re: hitter) when the offense (sans Burly) is in a massive team slump and he's been in a long one too?

Correct
And you can only give a decent “look” to so many guys at a time.
Baez certainly figures to have a higher ceiling than Church/Torres/Velasquez/etc and his time is coming.
As much as I’m excited to see Baez let him progress at his own pace. As others have said he was in AA last year and before that he struggled.
LOL...the same people who want to push his call up are the SAME ones who will then (A female canine animal, especially a dog) if he struggles.
Then complain that he was rushed too soon.

Low bar there, he does indeed have a higher upside than those three.

By recent reports he does need more time.

One thing I learned about C. Bloom when doing my homework on him was he's a firm believer in only calling kids up from the minors when he feels they have the maximum chance to succeed! No panic callups from the new POBO and I like that.

Crooks, Church, Torres and Velazquez are all struggling at the plate. Call-ups from AAA tend to go like that, for a while. Saggese struggled enough to get sent back down. I expect Josh B to struggle also. I just don't understand the urgency in calling him up.

To be fair BFM Crooks is really the only one who was expected to do something in MLB when he was drafted.

Church is an 11th round draft pick, Torres a career minor leaguer and "V" was nothing more than a flyer they took on him.

JAGesse isn't a major league caliber player.

Yours is a fair assessment, Rock. I just don't know why folks are expecting Josh B to be the answer to this lineup's deficiencies. We have lots of holes from 5-9. A kid that is currently struggling at AAA is not likely the answer to our offensive woes at the MLB level.

I'm w/you on Baez

[2ninr]

Jurrangelo Cijntje (I suggest at least knowing a guys name before wanting to bring him up) has a 5.7 era in Memphis. Baez hasnt hit since Shady got banned.

Woah Shady got banned? How the hell did that happen.

Wasn't he the guy who didn't like long hair? Or was that another guy?

That guy is hiding in the bushes.

[Cusecards]

As soon as Noot is traded.....so in about one week.

That could be the scenario?
I don’t know if Baez is ready or not?
But when he does come up it should be to basically play every day.
Right now you have > Walker/Church/Noot. And they still want to look at Velasquez?
Baez time is coming. Patience.

I've been saying for some time Baez would indeed get the call once Noot was traded.

BUT

His recent struggles has changed my mind.

He may be better off staying at AAA until September call-ups, he even then.

If he's still having issues, then keep him down on the farm.

Could be Rock?
I have never seen him in person only on tape.
I still don’t get why some are so anxious to rush players?
Especially when they concede that we aren’t going anywhere?

Same here

Especially given the Cards issues, why would you want to bring a kid up (re: hitter) when the offense (sans Burly) is in a massive team slump and he's been in a long one too?

Correct
And you can only give a decent “look” to so many guys at a time.
Baez certainly figures to have a higher ceiling than Church/Torres/Velasquez/etc and his time is coming.
As much as I’m excited to see Baez let him progress at his own pace. As others have said he was in AA last year and before that he struggled.
LOL...the same people who want to push his call up are the SAME ones who will then (A female canine animal, especially a dog) if he struggles.
Then complain that he was rushed too soon.

Low bar there, he does indeed have a higher upside than those three.

By recent reports he does need more time.

One thing I learned about C. Bloom when doing my homework on him was he's a firm believer in only calling kids up from the minors when he feels they have the maximum chance to succeed! No panic callups from the new POBO and I like that.

Agree 100%
Oh and I guess “runway” is the word of the year?

BTW, I'm getting tired of that "runway".

Sure hope 2027 brings a big increase in payroll and some quality major league players via FA & trades.

I expect them to spend some $$.
Hopefully the balance of 2026 identifies where they need to spend.
Plus the farm system seems to be cooking so ST 2027 also may present more options from top prospects?
Color me optimistic!

[craviduce]

you guys are really triggered by phrases

"Dry Powder", "Low Hanging Fruit", "Runway", "Rebuild", "Reset"

[82birds]

As soon as Noot is traded.....so in about one week.

That could be the scenario?
I don’t know if Baez is ready or not?
But when he does come up it should be to basically play every day.
Right now you have > Walker/Church/Noot. And they still want to look at Velasquez?
Baez time is coming. Patience.

I've been saying for some time Baez would indeed get the call once Noot was traded.

BUT

His recent struggles has changed my mind.

He may be better off staying at AAA until September call-ups, he even then.

If he's still having issues, then keep him down on the farm.

Could be Rock?
I have never seen him in person only on tape.
I still don’t get why some are so anxious to rush players?
Especially when they concede that we aren’t going anywhere?

Same here

Especially given the Cards issues, why would you want to bring a kid up (re: hitter) when the offense (sans Burly) is in a massive team slump and he's been in a long one too?

Correct
And you can only give a decent “look” to so many guys at a time.
Baez certainly figures to have a higher ceiling than Church/Torres/Velasquez/etc and his time is coming.
As much as I’m excited to see Baez let him progress at his own pace. As others have said he was in AA last year and before that he struggled.
LOL...the same people who want to push his call up are the SAME ones who will then (A female canine animal, especially a dog) if he struggles.
Then complain that he was rushed too soon.

Low bar there, he does indeed have a higher upside than those three.

By recent reports he does need more time.

One thing I learned about C. Bloom when doing my homework on him was he's a firm believer in only calling kids up from the minors when he feels they have the maximum chance to succeed! No panic callups from the new POBO and I like that.

Crooks, Church, Torres and Velazquez are all struggling at the plate. Call-ups from AAA tend to go like that, for a while. Saggese struggled enough to get sent back down. I expect Josh B to struggle also. I just don't understand the urgency in calling him up.

To be fair BFM Crooks is really the only one who was expected to do something in MLB when he was drafted.

Church is an 11th round draft pick, Torres a career minor leaguer and "V" was nothing more than a flyer they took on him.

JAGesse isn't a major league caliber player.

Yours is a fair assessment, Rock. I just don't know why folks are expecting Josh B to be the answer to this lineup's deficiencies. We have lots of holes from 5-9. A kid that is currently struggling at AAA is not likely the answer to our offensive woes at the MLB level.

pretty sad for a major leauge team to have holes 5-9

[rockondlouie]

As soon as Noot is traded.....so in about one week.

That could be the scenario?
I don’t know if Baez is ready or not?
But when he does come up it should be to basically play every day.
Right now you have > Walker/Church/Noot. And they still want to look at Velasquez?
Baez time is coming. Patience.

I've been saying for some time Baez would indeed get the call once Noot was traded.

BUT

His recent struggles has changed my mind.

He may be better off staying at AAA until September call-ups, he even then.

If he's still having issues, then keep him down on the farm.

Could be Rock?
I have never seen him in person only on tape.
I still don’t get why some are so anxious to rush players?
Especially when they concede that we aren’t going anywhere?

Same here

Especially given the Cards issues, why would you want to bring a kid up (re: hitter) when the offense (sans Burly) is in a massive team slump and he's been in a long one too?

Correct
And you can only give a decent “look” to so many guys at a time.
Baez certainly figures to have a higher ceiling than Church/Torres/Velasquez/etc and his time is coming.
As much as I’m excited to see Baez let him progress at his own pace. As others have said he was in AA last year and before that he struggled.
LOL...the same people who want to push his call up are the SAME ones who will then (A female canine animal, especially a dog) if he struggles.
Then complain that he was rushed too soon.

Low bar there, he does indeed have a higher upside than those three.

By recent reports he does need more time.

One thing I learned about C. Bloom when doing my homework on him was he's a firm believer in only calling kids up from the minors when he feels they have the maximum chance to succeed! No panic callups from the new POBO and I like that.

Agree 100%
Oh and I guess “runway” is the word of the year?

BTW, I'm getting tired of that "runway".

Sure hope 2027 brings a big increase in payroll and some quality major league players via FA & trades.

I expect them to spend some $$.
Hopefully the balance of 2026 identifies where they need to spend.
Plus the farm system seems to be cooking so ST 2027 also may present more options from top prospects?
Color me optimistic!

Me too

[NotAFathersDay9871]

Jurrangelo Cijntje (I suggest at least knowing a guys name before wanting to bring him up) has a 5.7 era in Memphis. Baez hasnt hit since Shady got banned.

Woah Shady got banned? How the hell did that happen.

Assuming the mods finally realized it was an AI chatbot.

[BrockFloodMaris]

As soon as Noot is traded.....so in about one week.

That could be the scenario?
I don’t know if Baez is ready or not?
But when he does come up it should be to basically play every day.
Right now you have > Walker/Church/Noot. And they still want to look at Velasquez?
Baez time is coming. Patience.

I've been saying for some time Baez would indeed get the call once Noot was traded.

BUT

His recent struggles has changed my mind.

He may be better off staying at AAA until September call-ups, he even then.

If he's still having issues, then keep him down on the farm.

Could be Rock?
I have never seen him in person only on tape.
I still don’t get why some are so anxious to rush players?
Especially when they concede that we aren’t going anywhere?

Same here

Especially given the Cards issues, why would you want to bring a kid up (re: hitter) when the offense (sans Burly) is in a massive team slump and he's been in a long one too?

Correct
And you can only give a decent “look” to so many guys at a time.
Baez certainly figures to have a higher ceiling than Church/Torres/Velasquez/etc and his time is coming.
As much as I’m excited to see Baez let him progress at his own pace. As others have said he was in AA last year and before that he struggled.
LOL...the same people who want to push his call up are the SAME ones who will then (A female canine animal, especially a dog) if he struggles.
Then complain that he was rushed too soon.

Low bar there, he does indeed have a higher upside than those three.

By recent reports he does need more time.

One thing I learned about C. Bloom when doing my homework on him was he's a firm believer in only calling kids up from the minors when he feels they have the maximum chance to succeed! No panic callups from the new POBO and I like that.

Crooks, Church, Torres and Velazquez are all struggling at the plate. Call-ups from AAA tend to go like that, for a while. Saggese struggled enough to get sent back down. I expect Josh B to struggle also. I just don't understand the urgency in calling him up.

To be fair BFM Crooks is really the only one who was expected to do something in MLB when he was drafted.

Church is an 11th round draft pick, Torres a career minor leaguer and "V" was nothing more than a flyer they took on him.

JAGesse isn't a major league caliber player.

Yours is a fair assessment, Rock. I just don't know why folks are expecting Josh B to be the answer to this lineup's deficiencies. We have lots of holes from 5-9. A kid that is currently struggling at AAA is not likely the answer to our offensive woes at the MLB level.

pretty sad for a major leauge team to have holes 5-9

To be fair, we traded away WC and Nado as part of this rebuild. I think the minors will supply the MLB roster with some better than replacement level options by 2028.

[Poojols]

Jurrangelo Cijntje (I suggest at least knowing a guys name before wanting to bring him up) has a 5.7 era in Memphis. Baez hasnt hit since Shady got banned.

Woah Shady got banned? How the hell did that happen.

Assuming the mods finally realized it was an AI chatbot.

LOL, no. This ain't it. The guy was a complete moron and could barely type a cohesive sentence. His thought process was that of an 8th grader. There is zero chance it was an AI chatbot.

[NotAFathersDay9871]

Jurrangelo Cijntje (I suggest at least knowing a guys name before wanting to bring him up) has a 5.7 era in Memphis. Baez hasnt hit since Shady got banned.

Woah Shady got banned? How the hell did that happen.

Assuming the mods finally realized it was an AI chatbot.

LOL, no. This ain't it. The guy was a complete moron and could barely type a cohesive sentence. His thought process was that of an 8th grader. There is zero chance it was an AI chatbot.

You mean the incessant, repeated topics?
The fact that it rarely, if ever, responded directly to anything anybody said, and instead just doubled-down on its simplistic, repeated subject matter?
Spoke in patterns and catch phrases?
Often made absolutely zero sense, as if you're not actually talking to a person?

These bots have been around for a few decades at this point; all internet forums and comments sections have some AI-controlled accounts at this point.

I'm sure there's going to be people here who live eternally in denial that they checked in every day for years to argue with a robot, but the Shady account was a bot, dude. Sorry.

[Absolut]

2027

[Poojols]

Jurrangelo Cijntje (I suggest at least knowing a guys name before wanting to bring him up) has a 5.7 era in Memphis. Baez hasnt hit since Shady got banned.

Woah Shady got banned? How the hell did that happen.

Assuming the mods finally realized it was an AI chatbot.

LOL, no. This ain't it. The guy was a complete moron and could barely type a cohesive sentence. His thought process was that of an 8th grader. There is zero chance it was an AI chatbot.

You mean the incessant, repeated topics?
The fact that it rarely, if ever, responded directly to anything anybody said, and instead just doubled-down on its simplistic, repeated subject matter?
Spoke in patterns and catch phrases?
Often made absolutely zero sense, as if you're not actually talking to a person?

These bots have been around for a few decades at this point; all internet forums and comments sections have some AI-controlled accounts at this point.

I'm sure there's going to be people here who live eternally in denial that they checked in every day for years to argue with a robot, but the Shady account was a bot, dude. Sorry.

I'm not even on the forum that often. So you're not describing me.

Yes, someone programmed a 70 IQ chatbot to only rarely click the quote button. This made me laugh, thank you for that!

[butsir01]

Joan didn’t sing “Runaway.” It eas Del Shannon.

[Frivolousz50]

As soon as Noot is traded.....so in about one week.

That could be the scenario?
I don’t know if Baez is ready or not?
But when he does come up it should be to basically play every day.
Right now you have > Walker/Church/Noot. And they still want to look at Velasquez?
Baez time is coming. Patience.

I've been saying for some time Baez would indeed get the call once Noot was traded.

BUT

His recent struggles has changed my mind.

He may be better off staying at AAA until September call-ups, he even then.

If he's still having issues, then keep him down on the farm.

Could be Rock?
I have never seen him in person only on tape.
I still don’t get why some are so anxious to rush players?
Especially when they concede that we aren’t going anywhere?

Same here

Especially given the Cards issues, why would you want to bring a kid up (re: hitter) when the offense (sans Burly) is in a massive team slump and he's been in a long one too?

Correct
And you can only give a decent “look” to so many guys at a time.
Baez certainly figures to have a higher ceiling than Church/Torres/Velasquez/etc and his time is coming.
As much as I’m excited to see Baez let him progress at his own pace. As others have said he was in AA last year and before that he struggled.
LOL...the same people who want to push his call up are the SAME ones who will then (A female canine animal, especially a dog) if he struggles.
Then complain that he was rushed too soon.

Low bar there, he does indeed have a higher upside than those three.

By recent reports he does need more time.

One thing I learned about C. Bloom when doing my homework on him was he's a firm believer in only calling kids up from the minors when he feels they have the maximum chance to succeed! No panic callups from the new POBO and I like that.

Crooks, Church, Torres and Velazquez are all struggling at the plate. Call-ups from AAA tend to go like that, for a while. Saggese struggled enough to get sent back down. I expect Josh B to struggle also. I just don't understand the urgency in calling him up.

Torres has barely been given a chance. And I'm he limited time be has gotten be has been improving at the plate and doesn't look like he is pressing like he was.


Church is barely a major league player. Torres deserves to get a couple week's of starts in a row. He has the plate discipline to improve dramatically.

If he has one hot week he will be back over .800 OPS.

Church is terrible.

[NotAFathersDay9871]

Jurrangelo Cijntje (I suggest at least knowing a guys name before wanting to bring him up) has a 5.7 era in Memphis. Baez hasnt hit since Shady got banned.

Woah Shady got banned? How the hell did that happen.

Assuming the mods finally realized it was an AI chatbot.

LOL, no. This ain't it. The guy was a complete moron and could barely type a cohesive sentence. His thought process was that of an 8th grader. There is zero chance it was an AI chatbot.

You mean the incessant, repeated topics?
The fact that it rarely, if ever, responded directly to anything anybody said, and instead just doubled-down on its simplistic, repeated subject matter?
Spoke in patterns and catch phrases?
Often made absolutely zero sense, as if you're not actually talking to a person?

These bots have been around for a few decades at this point; all internet forums and comments sections have some AI-controlled accounts at this point.

I'm sure there's going to be people here who live eternally in denial that they checked in every day for years to argue with a robot, but the Shady account was a bot, dude. Sorry.

I'm not even on the forum that often. So you're not describing me.

Yes, someone programmed a 70 IQ chatbot to only rarely click the quote button. This made me laugh, thank you for that!

70 IQ sounds about right. AI is inherently stupid.

[brucesutterHOF]

Another Ferminator start in the Outfield tonight. Sure, would be nice to give Baez some runway to crush the Cubs at home.
The backup infielders don't need runway in LF. I know he's Oli's favorite and all, but this guy doesn't need to play everyday