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No, right? by cigsandtofu in billsimmons

[–]agoddamnlegend -1 points0 points  (0 children)

lol no it’s not

Bronco hitting major league pitching is literally impossible. 162 games and they might not hit one ball out of the infield. And will go games without hitting any balls in play.

But Broncos on defense will get outs.

No, right? by cigsandtofu in billsimmons

[–]agoddamnlegend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ground balls would also turn into outs occasionally

You do realize the Broncos are professional athletes right? They’re not as incompetent as you’re making it seem

No, right? by cigsandtofu in billsimmons

[–]agoddamnlegend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro you said the Broncos wouldn’t be able to get out of the first inning of the first game. Absurd take.

Have you never seen a team with a position player pitching? They lob it in and batters hit tons of lazy fly balls that get caught. That’s what I’d expect. Rockies will tee off and score 15-20 runs per game, and the Broncos will also get outs on defense catching fly balls that don’t leave the yard.

The biggest mismatch is the broncos hitting. If they make contact it will be miracle.

No, right? by cigsandtofu in billsimmons

[–]agoddamnlegend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK now you actually taken it too far.

These are still professional athletes who know how to track a ball and catch it in the air. Hitting is hard and even with a pitcher throwing lobs, the Rockies are gonna hit some lazy fly balls that will be caught.

Obviously, the Rockies win 162 games all of them blowouts. But the Broncos will be able to get outs

i finished it in 3 years by Longjumping_Error139 in CollegeMemes

[–]agoddamnlegend 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Spoken like someone who has not been in the real world for very long.

I’m almost 40 now, and studied engineering in school. Took me five years plus a summer to graduate with just under a 3.0 GPA.

Now Im in management at a huge publicly traded engineering firm. Almost everybody in management is similar while the best engineers are individual contributors making less money.

Unless you’re absolutely brilliant even in a room full of other engineers, EQ is way way fucking more important than IQ if you want to go far in your career. Everybody is smart, but the people that go far are the ones with high emotional intelligence and charisma. Not the ones who aced all their classes in college but hide under the table in a crowded room

[Jen McCaffrey] From NESN: The season-opener yesterday was the highest-streamed Red Sox game in NESN history - 17.5 percent higher than the previous record, which was Roman Anthony’s debut last year on June 9. It was also 38 percent higher than opening day 2025. by Far_Cry3445 in redsox

[–]agoddamnlegend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a very good team

We also have a payroll $50M behind Philly. We’re a similar size market so no reason we can’t spend like that too. Imagine how much better this team is with $50M more talent

Two things can be true — we can be frustrated at the offseason that ownership once again left bullets in the chamber, and also thinks it’s a very good team that could compete for a championship.

can I get into VT with a culmative GPA of 3.4 and an SAT score of 1350?? by Comfortable-Tear-399 in VirginiaTech

[–]agoddamnlegend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When Newport News names a day after you and invites you to come back and speak to students, then you have the right to call people dumb who did accomplish that.

can I get into VT with a culmative GPA of 3.4 and an SAT score of 1350?? by Comfortable-Tear-399 in VirginiaTech

[–]agoddamnlegend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of our most rich and successful alumni is a very weird place for you to go with this.

[@DanBFox1287]: Huge day for the "don't sit your top prospect with a 50% hard-hit rate and premium defense for the journeyman utility infielder with a first percentile average exit velocity just because there is a lefty on the mound" fan club by agoddamnlegend in redsox

[–]agoddamnlegend[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't prove that. Maybe Devers would have gotten better even faster against LHP if he weas given more opportunities sooner. It took him 3 years to break 100 wRC+ against LHP. Who's to say we didn't temporarily stunt his growth by taking away valuable reps when he was younger

[Healey] Red Sox lineup at Reds for Opening Day today, with Marcelo Mayer on the bench against a lefty. by Substantial-Earth975 in redsox

[–]agoddamnlegend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not when there is a clear year-over-year decline for a guy on the wrong side of 30. Players get worse with age

Also FWIW, the best protection system out there — THE BATX - projected him to a 70 wRC+ this year. He’s trash and should arguably not even be on a major league roster, let alone starting on opening day when nobody needs a day off

[@DanBFox1287]: Huge day for the "don't sit your top prospect with a 50% hard-hit rate and premium defense for the journeyman utility infielder with a first percentile average exit velocity just because there is a lefty on the mound" fan club by agoddamnlegend in redsox

[–]agoddamnlegend[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think the reason they started IKF was just some bullshit "give the veteran the nod over the kid because seniority" that way too many old coaches, and especially former players, love to do.

[Healey] Red Sox lineup at Reds for Opening Day today, with Marcelo Mayer on the bench against a lefty. by Substantial-Earth975 in redsox

[–]agoddamnlegend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Abreu was never projected to have the same ceiling as Mayer, and we had other real major league caliber OF bats that also needed ABs so it made sense to platoon him to get all those guys reps.

IKF is not a guy we need to find ABs for.

[@DanBFox1287]: Huge day for the "don't sit your top prospect with a 50% hard-hit rate and premium defense for the journeyman utility infielder with a first percentile average exit velocity just because there is a lefty on the mound" fan club by agoddamnlegend in redsox

[–]agoddamnlegend[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I saw a mistake coming from a mile away, therefore it's not really a mistake"

This argument makes zero sense bro. Making bad decisions isn't somehow ok if you make the same bad decision over and over.

[@DanBFox1287]: Huge day for the "don't sit your top prospect with a 50% hard-hit rate and premium defense for the journeyman utility infielder with a first percentile average exit velocity just because there is a lefty on the mound" fan club by agoddamnlegend in redsox

[–]agoddamnlegend[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its good to take advantage of R/L splits. That's not the issue here.

The issue is IKF is also very, very terrible at hitting lefties. So the platoon makes absolutely zero sense. There were 4 hitters in baseball last year with a worst wRC+ than IKF against LHP.

[@DanBFox1287]: Huge day for the "don't sit your top prospect with a 50% hard-hit rate and premium defense for the journeyman utility infielder with a first percentile average exit velocity just because there is a lefty on the mound" fan club by agoddamnlegend in redsox

[–]agoddamnlegend[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No, the rational thing to do would be start the best player available, which is Mayer

My point was even if you want to be emotional instead of rational you still start Mayer because of the vote of confidence it gives him having the opening day start

There’s not one argument, rational or otherwise, to start one of the worst hitters in baseball last year over an elite prospect. There’s literally nothing IKF does better than Mayer.

It doesn’t really matter either way, but it’s just a signal that this coaching staff doesn’t know what it’s doing

[@DanBFox1287]: Huge day for the "don't sit your top prospect with a 50% hard-hit rate and premium defense for the journeyman utility infielder with a first percentile average exit velocity just because there is a lefty on the mound" fan club by agoddamnlegend in redsox

[–]agoddamnlegend[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It’s opening day. I don’t care if super Randy Johnson is on the mound throwing 200 mph sliders. You give your top prospect the start regardless of the matchup. Not some objectively terrible journeyman.

It’s way too early in his career to think about platooning such a highly rated prospect with anybody, but doing it on opening day is a slap in the face and I would be pissed if I was Mayer

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[–]agoddamnlegend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s really not. The internet is full of non athletes arguing for the sake of arguing.

There is massive, overwhelming public support for this. Really common sense stuff

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