With Blake Snell set to be activated today, here's the new-look six-man rotation for the time being:
Blake Snell
Eric Lauer
Roki Sasaki
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Justin Wrobleski
Tarik Skubal
How confident are you in this rotation right now? 👀⬇️
The Phillies are the Yankees of the national league. All this talent with very little baseball IQ across the board. Two elite pitchers and a great closer but can’t get over the hump because they beat themselves.
I know dodgers fans who say the trade was bad because he wouldn’t repeat his success in Boston. His peripherals are identical. The Red Sox gave away a hall of famer for free
Mookie Betts as a Red Sox and Dodger
Red Sox
794 G
139 HR
135 wRC+
.893 OPS
34.6 fWAR
4x Gold Glove
3x Silver-Slugger
4x All-Star
2018 AL MVP
2018 World Series Champ
Dodgers
794 G
163 HR
135 wRC+
.857 OPS
29.3 fWAR
2x Gold Glove
3x Silver-Slugger
4x All-Star
3x World Series Champ
In 2022, the LA Dodgers had Corey Seager, Trea Turner, top prospect Gavin Lux… yet Mookie Betts is the Dodgers SS in 2026. We have not appreciated how bizarre this fact is, enough.
Michael King isn’t hitting a game tying HR in game seven at the top of the 9th. The padres can’t be hating from outside the club, they can’t even get in
The only valid point he makes is pitchers don’t go deep into games anymore and that’s because the human arm isn’t meant to sustainably throw 100mph.
Also. LOL at the Tony Gwynn thing. A complete hitter with a lifetime OPS+ of 132 with elite defense and speed. He’d be a stud.
THANK YOU!!!!!
Where did the athletic ability go?
Clutch hitting in the 8th and 9th inning?
Starting pitching that goes 8 or 9 innings?
Base stealing-hell just good base running and SPEED?!?
Sac bunts-moving runners over late in a game?
Where’s Tony Gwynn? Rod Carew?
Wade Boggs? Ichiro?
Those guys wouldn’t exist in today’s ridiculous HR or K “launch angle” game!
The game has been dying with the youth of America for YEARS and now is losing the core fanbase as well with this ridiculous product we’ve had to digest for the last 7-10 years.
Bring back Small Ball and athleticism…this shit dreadful!!!