Cusecards wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025 08:31 am
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CT for me serves two functions.
#1 is good baseball talk with stable posters.
#2 is some much needed comic relief especially after a tough loss.
Thanks as always Sideshow!
Never about me.
Only and always about the game.
It is an act of service on my part which is freely and humbly offered.
Any thoughts as to the perfect analysis of Mootbaar - who is the actual topic of this thread?
Cusecards wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025 08:31 am
I
I
Me
I
Keep reading Keep Learning
Easy Obvious Correct
I
I
Me
Never about me
Always about the game
CT for me serves two functions.
#1 is good baseball talk with stable posters.
#2 is some much needed comic relief especially after a tough loss.
Thanks as always Sideshow!
Never about me.
Only and always about the game.
It is an act of service on my part which is freely and humbly offered.
Any thoughts as to the perfect analysis of Mootbaar - who is the actual topic of this thread?
Sideshow....I was complimenting you on providing us with #2!
In fact.....the vast majority of your posts are filled with #2!
God Bless you....your “ACT” never gets old. LOL
11WSChamps wrote: ↑09 Jun 2025 23:24 pm
Got off to a good start but is fading badly of late.
He's a nice ancillary piece to have but the ballclub has to move forward in getting real production from its corner OF spots.
Donovan really isn't the answer in LF going forward when looking for a spot for JJ and or Gorman/Saggese and there's nothing on the horizon in the minors.
This has been an issue for years..haven't had a homegrown mainstay in the corner spots since Alan Craig for Christ sake and how long ago was that. The brief time with the acquisition of Ozuna several years ago.
For goodness sakes go out and buy a corner OF bat for 2026 and beyond.
Good to see so many others arrive at where I have been rightly positioned for 3+ years.
Uh..I've known this all along.
Doesn't have the defensive chops to be an everyday CF'er and isn't going to hit enough to nail down a corner OF spot.
The reason CF for this franchise has been so influx the last several years is because our Corner OF'ers don't produce even close to traditional power numbers. Thus it exposes guys like Scott, Grichuk, Nootbar, Bader and God knows who else who's offense becomes magnified.
rockondlouie wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025 08:58 am
I'm a Noot fan
But even I can't find a recent stat to stick up for him.
He's in a horrible slump.
I'm NOT moving M. Winn back to lead-off where he failed even worse than Noot last season, he's doing well in the #2 hole.
VSII is in an even worse slump than Noot, not an option either.
That leaves Donny as the only choice if you want to drop Noot to the bottom of the order.
1 thru 5 then fill in the rest to VSII hitting 9th:
Donny/LF
Winn/SS
WillyC/1B
Hererra/DH
NADO/3B
VSII/CF
Problem here is Noots used to 2-3 week break every 50games or so……we’re in uncharted territory currently
Don’t fall in love with those 100game/season rate stats
Mostly Noot suffers from pull-itis. You can't cover that pitch off of the plate and pull the ball both. I understand he wants to pull the ball in that situation, but you have to realize the pitcher is going to try to stop you from pulling the ball. You just have to go with the ball and hit it as hard as you can. He gets on base good and has shown some power, he just has to adjust with two strikes and go with the pitch. I know, easier said than done.
sdaltons wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025 09:42 am
I said several years ago Mootbat is, at best, a 3rd OF on a team with two other great OFs.
When he's looked to as a team's best OF, said team is in trouble.
The best thing was when he was going to convince Ohtani to sign here.
That’s the thing. Our whole starting outfield as individuals should be the third best outfielder and of the three Scott is the easiest to swallow because he plays great centerfield and has speed. But he needs to be flanked by power and/or high avg hitting corners - and he isn’t.
