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WvuDieHard
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Ok. We are slugging away through the 2015 season 12.5 games out from division leading Birdlins and 6 games under .500 but only 6 off the wild card. So don't write the season yet. But what would it take for this train wreck to compete for a wild card?
1) Bruce hitting over .220
2) DeJusus stepping in and playing everyday while hitting .300 or better
3) BP to continue hitting .300
4) BH to hit at least .250
5) Middle relievers start holding leads (Parra/Hoover is what you bank on there)
6) Get solid starts out of Lorenzon and Descalfani before they are shut down
7) Frazier must hit 40 HRs and drive in a 100.
But is there any reason to believe this rag tag group will change their ways? These problems are all too familiar:
1) Poor average with runners in scoring position
2) Bullpen can't hold a lead
3) Chapman has developed a wild streak or an attitude like he doesn't give a fuck
4) Bruce is still the most inconsistent hitter in the league. Even the poultry numbers he puts up are skewed with long hitless streaks filled with pop ups, strike outs, and DP's.
5) Price's use of pitchers is still mind boggling considering he was a pitching coach
6) Starting pitching is a disaster. Letting Simon and Latos go proved to be bush league shit
7) the Marlon Byrd experiment has not panned out as he whiffs like a 3year old on the playground and is now on the DL
So there may be hope being 6 games off the wild card but you would have to be living on LSD to believe this group of under performers would accomplish anything short of 90 losses. It is an almost impossible achievement to be a wild card team. The real issue here is that the players know it too.
1) Bruce hitting over .220
2) DeJusus stepping in and playing everyday while hitting .300 or better
3) BP to continue hitting .300
4) BH to hit at least .250
5) Middle relievers start holding leads (Parra/Hoover is what you bank on there)
6) Get solid starts out of Lorenzon and Descalfani before they are shut down
7) Frazier must hit 40 HRs and drive in a 100.
But is there any reason to believe this rag tag group will change their ways? These problems are all too familiar:
1) Poor average with runners in scoring position
2) Bullpen can't hold a lead
3) Chapman has developed a wild streak or an attitude like he doesn't give a fuck
4) Bruce is still the most inconsistent hitter in the league. Even the poultry numbers he puts up are skewed with long hitless streaks filled with pop ups, strike outs, and DP's.
5) Price's use of pitchers is still mind boggling considering he was a pitching coach
6) Starting pitching is a disaster. Letting Simon and Latos go proved to be bush league shit
7) the Marlon Byrd experiment has not panned out as he whiffs like a 3year old on the playground and is now on the DL
So there may be hope being 6 games off the wild card but you would have to be living on LSD to believe this group of under performers would accomplish anything short of 90 losses. It is an almost impossible achievement to be a wild card team. The real issue here is that the players know it too.