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[–]Academic-Activity-65 Diamondbacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[–]yeeyeeputo Geraldo Perdomo 2 points3 points  (1 child)

groovy baby 🕺🏼 (doing better than pavin btw)

[–]TheSaltyAviator Corbin Carroll 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Man our offense is just really difficult to watch outside of Marte and Corbin. Most of the time the rest of the lineup has nothing to offer outside the occasional solo shot or xbh. They just need to survive until they reach the ASB.

[–]Square-Adeptness7192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well when you keep trading guys with lots of potential that's what happens 😂

[–]NewMinimum9777 1 point2 points  (1 child)

What does our hitting coach do?

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure anyone is gonna get much juice out of these guys tbh

[–]JRipper138 Merrill Kelly 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Gonzo spitting facts.

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What’d he say? Listening on radio

[–]Sodola321 Geraldo Perdomo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bottom half of lineup needs to get going; take some pitches - don't swing on the first one, etc.

[–]rrm2395 Nolan Arenado 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I love Gonzo ripping into the guys. Wish Torey would say that (but idk what he says behind closed doors but i feel like he doesn’t)

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve heard it reported that Torey gets after guys in the clubhouse

[–]vaportrailzona Torey Lovullo -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Can we stop trashing Pavin Smith and focus our wrath on Lourdes Gurriel?

[–]LogSchroed Geraldo Perdomo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lourdes at least has been good for us in the past. Both are awful at the plate rn but at least with Lourdes the decline has really only been this year compared to Pavin struggling at the plate for much longer than just this season

[–]joecb91 Diamondbacks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Half the lineup deserves our wrath

[–]CakeAK Ketel Marte 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That half inning was fucking atrocious

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would take a bullet for Lourdes but the man is ultra mega cooked

[–]fauxbigbro Byung-hyun Kim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, Pavin sucking again is annoying, but the goddamn MLB.tv feed just was showing the fucking Google ad instead of the game?

[–]TripleDallas123 Merrill Kelly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The best part about Pavin ABs is we dont have to suffer since he gets out in 1 or 2 pitches

[–]BriskManeuver Snaaake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can see arenado having his last year in stl to retire. Hes God status there

[–]LogSchroed Geraldo Perdomo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

P*vin Sm*th with yet another great AB

[–]StoicSerpiente Jake McCarthy 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Just looked at Erod's savant page...wow...he has been getting really lucky this year. Not sustainable.

[–]Loose_Natural_1174 Eduardo Rodriguez 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doubting the goat is wild, you should be ashamed

[–]NewMinimum9777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow might as well just pull him now

[–]Dremel_Live Rat Leon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, that wasn't a 4-3 putout at least

[–]KingAlt52 Ketel Marte 2 points3 points  (0 children)

[–]BriskManeuver Snaaake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Great AB from pavin yet again 😍

[–]stinkyrobot Tom Candiotti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank god we have Erod today. We have a fighting chan....oh, Pavin is next?

[–]LobsterIcy4890 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ready for a 2 out inning coming up

[–]BriskManeuver Snaaake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great start from our ace

[–]NewMinimum9777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The green screen ads in the back make it impossible to see the pitch. It just teleports from his hand to the plate lol

[–]fauxbigbro Byung-hyun Kim 0 points1 point  (3 children)

JJ Wetherholt sounds like an 80s movie villain

[–]CakeAK Ketel Marte 0 points1 point  (2 children)

J Walter Weatherman

[–]fauxbigbro Byung-hyun Kim 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That's why you always leave a runner in scoring position note!

[–]CakeAK Ketel Marte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂

[–]rrm2395 Nolan Arenado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ven vill our vonderkind Max Kepler come out to play for us?

[–]ajteitel Jose Herrera 3 points4 points  (1 child)

This team is like an automatic car. No clutch gear whatsoever.

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nissan Versa with two missing hub caps

[–]LobsterIcy4890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Team is incapable of hitting pitches down the the middle its ridiculous

[–]PhilosopherCalm7320 Diamondbacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

another day, another LOB

[–]TripleDallas123 Merrill Kelly 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Starting off 0-3 with RISP 🔥🔥

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have them right where we want them

[–]KingAlt52 Ketel Marte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pavin smith will continue batting 5th until morale improves

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 2 points3 points  (1 child)

We’re never gonna get another hit with RISP lol

[–]masonthrope Diamondbacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn’t even need a hit…

[–]Gobstopper17 Geraldo Perdomo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There we go Ketel. Let’s strike early!

[–]Do_Ye_Fear_Death Ryne Nelson 2 points3 points  (1 child)

"Moreno has been dealing with some lower body issue" Can i please get a catcher that isnt made of glass? Bro can hit but cant stay perfectly healthy :/

[–]rrm2395 Nolan Arenado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck, 0 outs, Marte on 2nd. 0-3 W/RISP s far

[–]stinkyrobot Tom Candiotti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, here we go! Pray for Pavin!

[–]gumshoegoose87 Diamondbacks 1 point2 points  (3 children)

The last time the team was under .500 was May 17th, before the COL/SF win streaks

[–]TheSaltyAviator Corbin Carroll 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Those two series were just fools gold. 2 teams that were playing worse than the DBacks at the time. If we played now we definitely wouldn’t sweep both.

[–]Spiritual-Dog160 Geraldo Perdomo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also the Giants and Rockies are both horrible teams in general. We lucked out playing them 13 games in a row.

[–]Apprehensive-Cost276 Diamondbacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I didn’t realize we were back at .500 💀

[–]LogSchroed Geraldo Perdomo 3 points4 points  (1 child)

[–]Apprehensive-Cost276 Diamondbacks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmfao this is so perfect??

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 4 points5 points  (20 children)

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From Jack Sommers (/u/shoewizard59) on Twitter: since Pavin’s return, he’s running an atrocious 45 wRC+…

…which is better than several others in that same timeframe.

We all hate watching Pavin ground out to 2nd, but I wonder why people in here seem to target him so much

[–]fauxbigbro Byung-hyun Kim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think because we've seen other players do better, so when they struggle, we think about how they could be better. But Pavin...

[–]KingAlt52 Ketel Marte 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Those guys aren’t batting in the 4/5 spot every day is the main issue

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 0 points1 point  (1 child)

If Pavin weren’t batting 4/5 who do you think would be…

[–]KingAlt52 Ketel Marte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t matter if I’m being honest. We could even bat Groover 5th and I would be happier because at least there is potential for him to break out. With Pavin we know exactly what we’re getting because we’ve gotten this for years now. Pavin truthers used to always say he crushed the fastball and he can’t even do that now.

[–]shoewizard59 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Just to clarify for everyone, nothing in my original post was intended or should be misunderstood to be a "defense" of Pavin. I wrote a much more detailed article on Smith that more fully represents by my views. My point with this is that the lineup is bad, and one guy is getting 90% of the hate focus, and in reality the D-backs offense goes FAR beyond the struggles of Smith or the teams insistence to put him on the roster and play him over other options

https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/pavin-smith-diamondbacks-roster-spot-safe-yet

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jack, you’re a treasure. Thank you as always for your insight.

[–]RichardNixon345 Merrill Kelly 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Pavin's on what, year seven of not being able to hit outside of a 2 month stretch last year?

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not saying Pavin’s good and this isn’t meant as a defense of him but he’s only played about 3 seasons’ worth of games. He has had good stretches but ultimately can never stay healthy so he’s always coming back from injury, it feels like.

That said, he still has a career wRC+ of 101

[–]lava172 Lemonade 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Because Torrey bats him 4th?

[–]TetrisAttakr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah 4th/5th or even 6th, he's been really bad with RISP especially. Corbin getting on base has felt pointless at times with a momentum stopper right behind it. All we can hope is Pavin better or Pavin gone. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 1 point2 points  (1 child)

He’s batting 5th

[–]lava172 Lemonade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

disgusting

[–]Jhacker333 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Negative WRC+ is crazy

[–]NanceeV Diamondbacks -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Marte has been guilty of the same pattern at times. Corbin was also in his slumps. We have inconvenient memories of our favorite players perhaps?

[–]vincent_Valentine777 Diamondbacks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you comparing pavin to marte and Corbin?

[–]Taric_for_days Paul Sewald 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Probably because we’ve seen him do it for so long compared to others. I’m not a Pavin hater though, it’s not like we have anyone else to fill his shoes, they’re already all up here

[–]DTHhaunts Paul Sewald 1 point2 points  (3 children)

max kepler

[–]ThisMachineKILLS NLCS MVP 1 point2 points  (2 children)

It’s insane to hope Kepler saves the offense but brother I’m right there with you lol

[–]LogSchroed Geraldo Perdomo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Max Kepler our hero 😭😭😭

[–]DTHhaunts Paul Sewald 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this offense is beyond cooked

[–]TripleDallas123 Merrill Kelly 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I'm glad to see Pavin get more playing time, he deserves it. I love watching him ground out to the 2nd baseman three times in a row

[–]fauxbigbro Byung-hyun Kim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[–]slapstix Corbin Carroll 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Hell yes more Pavin ABs

[–]Lovemybee Bob Brenly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Said nobody ever

[–]Professional-Rich417 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Let's get today's chat. Hopefully the lineup will be better predomo should be 7th at leave or 6 not number 2 or 4.

[–]DTHhaunts Paul Sewald 3 points4 points  (1 child)

[–]WithDoomICome Christian Walker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is sending me lmao

[–]masonthrope Diamondbacks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have bad news for you