It would be fascinating if we could ever find out why Whit (with fielding decisions) and Brentz both had such obviously horrible days. Just humans being human, or something else leading to that lack of focus and result? Concerning O'Hearn, I thought he was demonstrably horrible the last time they let him play 1B. Perhaps this is a good thing - for when guys like him and Bubba give such a track record of "not good enough" that even the sentimental Dayton (but hopefully not JJ) can finally realize that we have to move on. Sure, somebody like the new Cubs cult hero Frank the Tank can always finally get it together (if he is not just a flash in the pan) somewhere else. But we should not give out too long of leashes, and should hope that we get our share of late bloomers coming our way to offset any we go. I agree with you, we do not need to waste any more field time for O'Hearn at 1B (and with the bat), and need to use the rest of this year to find out what we have in Olivares and new CF, whether Hanser is good to bring back next year as the backup infielder (it seems to me he is, especially if Matheny thinks that his everyday SS and 2B need to play almost every day).
There are always human elements to the game that a lot of people tend to ignore. To be candid, I used to. So who knows what led to their rough games? Could have been nothing too.
And yeah, with O'Hearn, it's a waste of time. Every at bat he takes, every ground ball he fields at first, every fly ball in right. It's all a complete waste of time.
David Lesky, what do you really think about O'Hearn? I just can't believe how they have waited so long on him. Have a great weekend. So much enjoy your insight and the way you break down pitching. I'm late reading your piece today, I just saw Jon Heasley is pitching tonight. Hope he has a better debut than the rest of '18 class.
It would be fascinating if we could ever find out why Whit (with fielding decisions) and Brentz both had such obviously horrible days. Just humans being human, or something else leading to that lack of focus and result? Concerning O'Hearn, I thought he was demonstrably horrible the last time they let him play 1B. Perhaps this is a good thing - for when guys like him and Bubba give such a track record of "not good enough" that even the sentimental Dayton (but hopefully not JJ) can finally realize that we have to move on. Sure, somebody like the new Cubs cult hero Frank the Tank can always finally get it together (if he is not just a flash in the pan) somewhere else. But we should not give out too long of leashes, and should hope that we get our share of late bloomers coming our way to offset any we go. I agree with you, we do not need to waste any more field time for O'Hearn at 1B (and with the bat), and need to use the rest of this year to find out what we have in Olivares and new CF, whether Hanser is good to bring back next year as the backup infielder (it seems to me he is, especially if Matheny thinks that his everyday SS and 2B need to play almost every day).
There are always human elements to the game that a lot of people tend to ignore. To be candid, I used to. So who knows what led to their rough games? Could have been nothing too.
And yeah, with O'Hearn, it's a waste of time. Every at bat he takes, every ground ball he fields at first, every fly ball in right. It's all a complete waste of time.
David Lesky, what do you really think about O'Hearn? I just can't believe how they have waited so long on him. Have a great weekend. So much enjoy your insight and the way you break down pitching. I'm late reading your piece today, I just saw Jon Heasley is pitching tonight. Hope he has a better debut than the rest of '18 class.
I guess I hide my thoughts well on him haha. It's asinine to me that they just keep running him out there.
As for Heasley, Lynch and Kowar did struggle, but remember that Singer was pretty good last year and Bubic had definite positives as well.
I was just talking about their first start. They have all had positive improvements, but none of their first starts have been good.
Singer's was good! He went five, gave up two runs and struck out seven.
I guess that's why you can't trust your memory when you're almost 70. Go Royals this weekend.