3 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Also can’t find a cleanup hitter. Casty, realmuto and Bohm aren’t it. Two biggest things that have held them back is incomplete bullpen and a cleanup hitter that’s rh with power

He has 2 of them. The manager refuses to bat them in that spot

2 minutes ago, iladelphxx said:

He has 2 of them. The manager refuses to bat them in that spot

Realmuto isn’t a cleanup hitter. Neither is Bohm. Neither is Castellanos.frankly all of those guys are 5-7 type of guys in a lineup.

Schwarber moves to the 4 hole now you have an issue atop of the lineup in the 2 hole. So now you are creating another issue. Add on moving Bohm/bader/marsh/stott as they aren’t top of the lineup guys. Bader did it for a while then tailed off like Stott did and then found himself again when he was moved back down. Also if move Rh to 2 hole you’ve created RRLL. If it’s LH then RLLL. Makes it easier in the playoffs to matchup with bullpen arms.

Move Harper to 4th clears up left and righty issue. but none of those guys are protecting Harper. So now got an issue in front of Harper in terms of protection and behind him in terms of protection. Also get less at bats for schwarber and Harper moving them down. It’s why Ohtani bats 1st in that lineup the dodgers have. Also neither of them are a RH bat with power which they’ve badly needed.

Add on it’s been reported that Dombrowski works with Thomson as a group on what they want the lineup to be. So it is not all Thomson. It’s a collaborative group think. It’s how they got to Castellanos sitting more. That wasn’t and lineup isn’t strictly Thomson, matt gelb has reported this.

Also I’ve mentioned this for 3 years, they let hoskins a right handed power hitter to walk and never adequately replaced him. Turner wasn’t supposed to replace hoskins. He was an add on to make the lineup deeper. And this isn’t oh Rhys was saving them. But they never actually replaced him. Just assumed jt, casty and Bohm would be enough. And went bargain bin hunting with Castro, Hayes, Merrifield and Kepler. Bohm never had the type of power hoskins did or guys like Castellanos and Jt declined in that area as they were aging.

during the season they were 20th in OPS out of cleanup. If you move schwarber there or harper from 3 to 4 now your 2 hole or 3 hole (depending on which you want to do) has the same problem and seeing more at bats in average. Call it cleanup or call it top 4 hitter in that lineup. Either way it is MISSING. It’s a problem that boras Harper’s agent has stated already this offseason, zolecki/amaro/gelb and almost everyone who’s covered the team has stated and opposing scouts have stated about them. Moving schwarber or harper into the cleanup does not solve the problem it creates one at a different spot either 2 or 3 hole in the lineup. They’ve lacked a 4th big time hitter (RH) in their lineup for 3 years which with how they set the lineup is ideally cleanup.

Angels make a lot of sense as they need a 3b and might be able to somehow get Taylor Ward who’s on the last year of his deal. Probably need more than Bohm tho. Or could try for Adell but likely have to include multiple prospects 

Baseball season ends tonight

F all LA teams

58 minutes ago, RoadToHell said:

F all LA teams

All California teams, and florida teams

4 hours ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

Baseball season ends tonight

Good start

36 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Good start

So much for that

Imagine if the Phillies actually got Yamamoto to come here when they offered more than the dodgers. What an even more ridiculous rotation they’d have

If the blue jays can keep it at 3-1 until Yamamoto is out by the 8th they stillhave a good chance at winning this. Dodgers bullpen is gonna have to potentially get 6+ outs

Well he is out, time to win

Getting out of that bases loaded jam could potentially give them some mojo for the bottom of the 8th

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Getting out of that bases loaded jam could potentially give them some mojo for the bottom of the 8th

Seranthony has ice water in his vains

5 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

Seranthony has ice water in his vains

Good thing we traded him for Austin hays 

Glasnow is definitely giving up a bomb.

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Glasnow is definitely giving up a bomb.

Well crap that’s my bad

Barger under any circumstances cannot get thrown out on that with 1 out. 

damnit

1 minute ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

damnit

Like i said earlier today to you, mlb wanted a game 7…. 

Jays are worse than the Phillies on the base paths