Braves @ Astros, 17 Apr 24

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6-14. I don’t know where to begin.

I guess the only saving grace is that by some miracle, we are only 4.5 back. That is nothing.

But this team just looks so bad in all facets except meaninglessly timed hits and we are counting on a 41-year old pitcher to come riding in and right the ship. If anyone could do that, it’s JV, but damn that’s a gamble. And we are hoping that all of Urquidy, Garcia and LMJ can come back and pitch like the past with no post surgery issues. Seems like the odds are stacked against us.

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Barkley was talking about Golden State yesterday, and he said “one thing I know about old people: they don’t get younger”.

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Damn! I guess I need to start working on plan B.

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Abreu has been beyond terrible this season and looks like he may have fallen off the cliff.

But he ended up driving in 90 runs last season. Yuli drove in more than 90 once in his career (104 in 2019).

I offer this only for perspective.

I’m not saying he’ll bounce back. He had a productive year one. The first month of year two … he had a productive year one.

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You must be a youngster, I’m up to about Plan R

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Just persistent. And maybe delusional? I was told while in the army that I should become a “lifer” and retire at 39. I have been committed to Plan A (which did NOT involve staying in the army) since then. I am still working. That was 50+ years ago.

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and your opinion about Bregman?

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100+ if you count the playoffs. He is the easy target now, and popup Bregman is under the radar.

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You said this when he was signed?

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Here’s the thing: even if they hadn’t signed Abreu, who the hell would have played first? The org has NOBODY at the position, or else Singleton never would have been signed. This is a bigger problem then just Abreu.

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As we’ve been told here a few times, anybody with a nominal pulse, 2 feet, and a semi-functional glove can play 1B

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Maybe not…

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“Tell him how easy it is.”
“It’s incredibly difficult.”

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If I could do it, and MarkR could do it, how hard could it be?

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No, I didn’t. But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s bad now. Unfortunately, this happens sometimes.

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Yeah, there’s no sense second guessing the past right now, there are games to win. The immediate move for me would be to DFA Singleton and have Caratini take more starts at 1B. If a third catcher is necessary, Cesar Salazar is on the 40-man. He can’t hit a lick but he lets you get Yainer and Caratini both in the starting lineup more often. Not ideal, but it’d be an improvement imo.

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Who saw a 9.45 era from Pressly coming? Him and Hader have been terrible. It’s more than one person making this team bad right now.

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Other than the offense, the starters, and the bullpen this thing is humming along.

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I’m both flattered and insulted!

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My opinion on him is not popular here. Are we going to miss him if he’s not over there? Sure we are. His defense is elite at that position. But overall as a player, I don’t think he’s worth what he’s going to want. I said on here before spring training in 2023 that we should trade him. It wasn’t well received. I still feel that way now, though he’s playing so poorly you might as well wait until the deadline to see if we are out of the race and hopefully he’s playing better then.

We had Peña to replace Correa. Has worked well. We have struggled to find consistent play in center since Springer walked. I see third much like center. We have no Peña ready to take over there. That’s why I wanted to move Bregman last off season when his value was higher. You should have been able to get a much better third or first base prospect in return. It’ll be a little more difficult now because he’s going to be a rental if you move him.

Of course they may decide to pay him and render all my hand wringing moot. But I wouldn’t pay him one penny over his current $20M AAV….and I don’t think he’ll accept that.