James McDonald

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[James McDonald @James_Mac21]

@JonBaiano1 @KodyDuncanPGH That’s not even remotely true for OBP. Plenty of guys with high averages and average to below average OBPs because they don’t walk. It’s luck based because he doesn’t hit the ball hard. It can work because he has speed, but he’s relying on things like infield hits.

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@benjalo1995 You don’t want better players? You think this roster is completely sufficient to win the WS? I disagree.

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@PerkinsPenguins @LetMeTalkToYaa1 @DHerbertyinz @11Shaggy77 @KodyDuncanPGH You do, or you wouldn’t respond.

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@LetMeTalkToYaa1 @PerkinsPenguins @DHerbertyinz @11Shaggy77 @KodyDuncanPGH

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@LetMeTalkToYaa1 @DHerbertyinz @11Shaggy77 @KodyDuncanPGH Right. We went 1-17 with RISP, so Mangum isn’t an issue. Neither is Ozuna or Triolo. We have bigger issues, so don’t talk about individual players. Is that how we do it?

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@Zebug13 @DHerbertyinz @11Shaggy77 @KodyDuncanPGH How does that say otherwise?

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@PerkinsPenguins @DHerbertyinz @11Shaggy77 @KodyDuncanPGH Sure. I hope all of our players only swing out of the zone.

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@DHerbertyinz @PerkinsPenguins @11Shaggy77 @KodyDuncanPGH What’s his BABIP? I understand the game fine.

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@DHerbertyinz @11Shaggy77 @KodyDuncanPGH He doesn’t walk though. He barely gets on above average and frequently comes up short in big moments because he swings at everything

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@PerkinsPenguins @DHerbertyinz @11Shaggy77 @KodyDuncanPGH Watched too many situations where in a big moment he either grounds into a DP, or he heats a weak grounder to a drawn in infield. He’ll take or foul any pitch he gets over the heart of the plate, and weakly hit the pitches 6 inches out of the zone.

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@DHerbertyinz @PerkinsPenguins @11Shaggy77 @KodyDuncanPGH .300 means nothing to me when it’s founded on luck and a refusal to walk

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@BigBob05867085 @KodyDuncanPGH Disagree, but great. Should be able to trade him for something solid.

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@JonBaiano1 @KodyDuncanPGH Batting average means nothing when it’s based on luck and you’re incapable of taking a walk

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@11Shaggy77 @KodyDuncanPGH It’s accidental in the sense that he’s not trying to get weak contact. He’s trying to get contact period. He’s proven to not take walks and have no discipline, so pitchers can live out of the zone. I don’t think his aim is weak contact. It’s a result of reaching out of the zone

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@lec_bell @KodyDuncanPGH Make a trade.

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@SST185 @Mikey5Aces If you think the hitting coach teaches professional players the strike zone, you’re poorly mistaken.

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@KodyDuncanPGH We should have better. Not a guy that chases constantly and only keeps a high average because he gets a ton of accidental weak contact. There. Explained. I don’t even want him as a 4th outfielder.

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@NotHankDave I loved Charlie Morton at every stage of his career. Even when he was getting lit up. Favorite player ever.