Let’s try this one. What 3 questions or interst does ST bring to you. For instance-
- Winns knee. ST won’t answer the endurance question, but it will give notion towards recovery.
- Libby emerges. Opening Day Starter.
- Scott becomes a force at the top of order.
My three.
-Winn knee 100%
-D. May opening day starter
-Scott's terrible OB% keeps him in the #9 hole (but sure hope you're right BDog and he somehow puts up that .330+OB%, hits elad-off and steals 60-70 bases!)
Reference Scott. It has to happen. He can’t get much lower. Plus he is already a very good hunter.
Once the lineup goes thru one time, nine hole is almost like lead off.
First inning leadoff is very important.
Teams who lead after the first inning win approximately 2/3 of games.
11WSChamps wrote: ↑06 Feb 2026 09:01 am
You won't see a lot of Winn in real games this ST.
Just enough to keep an edge. Otherwise no need to extend him coming off injury.
Liberatore barring injury will be the OD starter. He'll be here long after May is gone.
The deal with Scott with some fans here is frankly maddening. He didn't really hit in the minors and he regressed as the season went on last year.
Dont see any earth shaking improvement here.
You're not wrong with what you are saying, but here's the thing- he could improve. Here's how; last season he had an on base percentage of .305. Not good enough. He had 453 plate appearances and got on base through the various methods 141 times. The season is 26 weeks long. If he could get on base one more time every other week- doesn't matter how- any old stupid way will do, in the same amount of plate appearances his OBP shoots up to .340! Once every other week! Drop a bunt. Hit the ball on the ground more often. If he gets on base at a .340 clip he is a weapon, perhaps a 4-5 win player. He has to change his hitting approach. Can he? Will he? It's a big question and we won't have the answer in spring training. We will get the answer every other week of the season.
As you well noted- could get better. That’s my whole premise. He must get better. Can’t hardly get worse.
Let’s try this one. What 3 questions or interst does ST bring to you. For instance-
- Winns knee. ST won’t answer the endurance question, but it will give notion towards recovery.
- Libby emerges. Opening Day Starter.
- Scott becomes a force at the top of order.
My three.
-Winn knee 100%
-D. May opening day starter
-Scott's terrible OB% keeps him in the #9 hole (but sure hope you're right BDog and he somehow puts up that .330+OB%, hits elad-off and steals 60-70 bases!)
Reference Scott. It has to happen. He can’t get much lower. Plus he is already a very good hunter.
Once the lineup goes thru one time, nine hole is almost like lead off.
First inning leadoff is very important.
Teams who lead after the first inning win approximately 2/3 of games.
That's why the Mikolas/Fedde/Pallante thing didn't work.
11WSChamps wrote: ↑06 Feb 2026 09:01 am
You won't see a lot of Winn in real games this ST.
Just enough to keep an edge. Otherwise no need to extend him coming off injury.
Liberatore barring injury will be the OD starter. He'll be here long after May is gone.
The deal with Scott with some fans here is frankly maddening. He didn't really hit in the minors and he regressed as the season went on last year.
Dont see any earth shaking improvement here.
You're not wrong with what you are saying, but here's the thing- he could improve. Here's how; last season he had an on base percentage of .305. Not good enough. He had 453 plate appearances and got on base through the various methods 141 times. The season is 26 weeks long. If he could get on base one more time every other week- doesn't matter how- any old stupid way will do, in the same amount of plate appearances his OBP shoots up to .340! Once every other week! Drop a bunt. Hit the ball on the ground more often. If he gets on base at a .340 clip he is a weapon, perhaps a 4-5 win player. He has to change his hitting approach. Can he? Will he? It's a big question and we won't have the answer in spring training. We will get the answer every other week of the season.
As you well noted- could get better. That’s my whole premise. He must get better. Can’t hardly get worse.
And it isn't like he has to completely re-make his game. Stop trying to pull the ball- embrace the left side of the diamond- and work on hitting the ball on the ground. That's it. He says he has been working on bunting everyday this offseason. That's good.
Let’s try this one. What 3 questions or interst does ST bring to you. For instance-
- Winns knee. ST won’t answer the endurance question, but it will give notion towards recovery.
- Libby emerges. Opening Day Starter.
- Scott becomes a force at the top of order.
My three.
no offence but, what in Scott's history makes anyone think he's gonna suddenly put it together at the ML level? he's Billy Hamilton.. period
That’s my point. He's at the bottom. He can only get better. Maybe with age.
or.. he is what he is
Yes and maybe more than likely. But I just feel an emergence of sorts, and as noted previously he doesn’t have to get on base much more to be satisfactory.
11WSChamps wrote: ↑06 Feb 2026 09:01 am
You won't see a lot of Winn in real games this ST.
Just enough to keep an edge. Otherwise no need to extend him coming off injury.
Liberatore barring injury will be the OD starter. He'll be here long after May is gone.
The deal with Scott with some fans here is frankly maddening. He didn't really hit in the minors and he regressed as the season went on last year.
Dont see any earth shaking improvement here.
You're not wrong with what you are saying, but here's the thing- he could improve. Here's how; last season he had an on base percentage of .305. Not good enough. He had 453 plate appearances and got on base through the various methods 141 times. The season is 26 weeks long. If he could get on base one more time every other week- doesn't matter how- any old stupid way will do, in the same amount of plate appearances his OBP shoots up to .340! Once every other week! Drop a bunt. Hit the ball on the ground more often. If he gets on base at a .340 clip he is a weapon, perhaps a 4-5 win player. He has to change his hitting approach. Can he? Will he? It's a big question and we won't have the answer in spring training. We will get the answer every other week of the season.
He and Winn both. It's not a skill. It doesn't have to be developed. It's a freaking decision. Do this and this and this instead of trying to hit homeruns and trying to be a ops guy. Be a obp guy and you are both stars.
11WSChamps wrote: ↑06 Feb 2026 09:01 am
You won't see a lot of Winn in real games this ST.
Just enough to keep an edge. Otherwise no need to extend him coming off injury.
Liberatore barring injury will be the OD starter. He'll be here long after May is gone.
The deal with Scott with some fans here is frankly maddening. He didn't really hit in the minors and he regressed as the season went on last year.
Dont see any earth shaking improvement here.
You're not wrong with what you are saying, but here's the thing- he could improve. Here's how; last season he had an on base percentage of .305. Not good enough. He had 453 plate appearances and got on base through the various methods 141 times. The season is 26 weeks long. If he could get on base one more time every other week- doesn't matter how- any old stupid way will do, in the same amount of plate appearances his OBP shoots up to .340! Once every other week! Drop a bunt. Hit the ball on the ground more often. If he gets on base at a .340 clip he is a weapon, perhaps a 4-5 win player. He has to change his hitting approach. Can he? Will he? It's a big question and we won't have the answer in spring training. We will get the answer every other week of the season.
He and Winn both. It's not a skill. It doesn't have to be developed. It's a freaking decision. Do this and this and this instead of trying to hit homeruns and trying to be a ops guy. Be a obp guy and you are both stars.
That’s the idea. With a new system, maybe a part of the training is messaging. Maybe it gets thru. As noted, it can only get better. Aging may help. Mentally.
Talkin' Baseball wrote: ↑06 Feb 2026 08:58 am
The 3 things I will be interested/want to see in spring training:
1) I want to see Jordan Walker en fuego from the opening bell. I want to see him claim the RF job in a way that we all feel good about. I want to see him take that 6'6" 260 lb frame and punish baseballs.
2) I want to see Quinn Mathews look like a healthy, big league, rotation worthy pitcher.
3) I want to see Joshua Baez have the kind of spring training where the staff is afraid to be the one to tell him that he is starting the season in Memphis and Oli will stay awake at nights after the season starts wondering, "Why can't I have HIM in my lineup"?
Let’s try this one. What 3 questions or interst does ST bring to you. For instance-
- Winns knee. ST won’t answer the endurance question, but it will give notion towards recovery.
- Libby emerges. Opening Day Starter.
- Scott becomes a force at the top of order.
My three.
Can we please separate the Cards AAAA players from the next Donovans?
Who will step up to grab a regular OF role?
Which two catchers will get most of the starts?
