DAT 9/23: Astros (Javier) @ A’s (Springs): 9:05 pm

Stick a fork in ‘em

Can we just get on with the important thread?

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Well they’re not going down with a fight.

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If these games were in Houston, I would agree

But in Sacramento with nothing better to do, I guess we'll see

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but has to fire his staff.

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The pitching side needs to keep everyone that is left

We have The Texans...............

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So I'm here. I'm not happy about it but I'm here.

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Yep... but these west coast games are 10pm my time... I'll see how it went next morning.

In other news:

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I think Espada deserves another year

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I give you floor to explain why.


I grant him some leeway of grace with the injuries. We certainly would have been better if the majority of our pitching staff wasn't shredded. If we weren't without Yordan, Isaac, JP and Jake for months long stretches. So yes, I grant Joe some grace with that. The roster remained competitive into the 2nd half.


But I think the 2nd half collapse has exceeded the grace I'm willing to grant him. They've played totally lifeless baseball. Couldn't pick up wins against last place teams when we needed to (losing 2 out of 3 to Baltimore and Angels). The pitching, especially Framber and the bullpen have regressed no doubt but its largely the offense that's the source of our troubles. Their early aggression is used against them, they dont work counts, they hit into too many double plays and with that they dont get the ball in the air for sac flies. We knew all this last year. It was a problem. And Joe chose to stick with Cintron and Snit. He owns that. And some of its not entirely on those guys. Altuve, Yainer, Dubon are just extremely aggressive free singers. Always have been. But you've gotta work to find some balance. And even when we got some help back. Peña, Yordan, adding Correa and Sanchez. It made no difference. We were still a mess. Thats not injuries.



Beyond the offensive problems, The team just plays with no life, no fire. They're zombies out there as theyre free falling. I put that on Joe. Its reflective of his mind mannered approach. These last few weeks, they've needed a leader to hold their feet to the fire, rally them into an us against the world, backs against the wall mentality and I just dont see them playing that way.

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Med/training/strength and conditioning staff(s) have to be overhauled, both major and minors. Guys are coming off injuries or stints in the minors only to get hurt again.

The hitting coaches have to go.

Perezchica needs to be moved off 3B box or released. He also does some of the defensive positioning, I think, so if they must, keep him for that. But he’s a terrible 3B coach. Guys ran stop signs and ignored routinely this year.

Find a taker for Cocksuck, cut your losses and move Paredes to 1B.

Espada doesn’t impress me but I don’t have the urge to fire him like FODB … yet. But check back next week.

The roster is irrevocably fricked.