https://www.stltoday.com/sports/bas...cle_6a676320-71ec-52e1-a2d3-455391b149b8.html
I assume this will lead to a robust boom in the offense???
I assume this will lead to a robust boom in the offense???
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Kind of an odd deal. It was a weird pairing with he and Albert from the beginning. They have different philosophies. Some player's comments seem to say Buddha took a pretty simple approach. Albert's data driven approach is probably not as simple. Apparently friction had developed and Shildt decided he liked Albert better. We'll see how the players react. I doubt it changes much overall.
I don't disagree with much of what you said, other than Shildt having any say in it. I just don't see that as the case. All of this is Mo. No chance a move like this gets made w/o it being Mo. He's trying to run everything since the TLR days. Basically trying to get everything data driven and cost-controlled. I wish I had more confidence in his decision making.
I'm just going off what Shildt said. He said ultimately it was his decision. Not sure why he'd cover for Mo but who knows.
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/bas...cle_31a2e7bd-a769-50b3-8734-3c2f67a1a315.html
I get that. I just think Mo is trying to run everything. And he'd cover for Mo because he was Mo's hand-picked puppet.
I read that one. Thought it was really, really strange that Shildt tried to highlight it was his call. Almost like a tell that it totally wasn't his call. That said, I can't stand Shildt. He's not Matheny bad, but he's certainly no savant. You'd think someone with his background and lack of playing history would be an absolute savant.
I do think there had to be some issues or they wouldn't have made this move now. I don't think it was made lightly or just for a scapegoat. It had to be pretty severe to not put off until the off season.
I'm not sold on Shildt either. Is his record better then Mike's since he took over? It can't be much different. And he picked up an All-Star 1B who was supposed to be the hitter they've needed since Pujols left.
But they're not out of it yet. Hopefully that get in and see what happens. You know what Doug says.
If we can just get hot we can win this baby!!!
Oddly enough, I really thought the Blues had a chance. Bennington was the difference maker. The Blues took a chance on him and that 4th line...Shildt and Mo continue to play Carp, Fowler (he’s been BETTER but still isn’t very good), Molina, and run Wacha out there every fifth day or so. If nothing else, I’d love to see them get out of the missionary position and try something new.
CF Arozarena
2B Wong
1B Goldschmidt
LF Ozuna
SS Dejong
RF Thomas
C Weiters
3B Edman/Munoz combo
#1SP Flaherty
#2SP Mikolas
#3SP Waino
#4SP Hudson
#5SP Helsley/Gant opener combo...rely on Gallegos and Fernandez a little more in the pen to cover Gant.
The problem I have with Alberts approach is pretty simple. Dejong kind of alluded to it in one of the articles. Albert overloads them with all of the data and analytics. I don’t disagree with the use of analytics. But IMHO, Albert needs to keep the mass of numbers to himself, and build a philosophy for each hitter with the numbers. Rather than presenting all of the numbers to the players. That part makes no sense to me.
I don't think he's good at all. He's obviously not seeing it well, in a massive age decline, or not responding well to the Albert philosophy...or some combo of all of the above. I just don't really see a viable replacement for him, nor a real reason to replace him. Carp and Yadi crater the current lineup. Fowler has been ok lately, but for most of the season he's been pretty bad too. I'm just on board with trying something different. I hate Shildt's BS of "hey, something must be working, we're xxxxxx games out of 1st or in 1st". The bar is pretty low when you're judging yourself against the rest of the Central. I just don't see how replacing some hurt/ineffective aging vets will hurt things. I always go back to when The Skipper sat Rolen in favor of Spiezio in '06. Sometimes you get to a point where you just have to play who's going to be the most productive. It sucks, but it's fact.
I can't help but agree with Doug this morning. He brought up taking so many good pitches. Repeatedly they take the first pitch right down the middle and then end up swinging at worse pitches and striking out. I don't know if the pitch count theory is Albert's or whose but like so many things Doug is right again. Just be ready for and swing at the first good pitch you see. Who cares if it's the first pitch or not. It should be easier to hit a pitch down the middle than a slider off the plate regardless of which pitch number it is.
I know...but it's the wrong call. Weiters is a better option, and I'm not sure it's really even a close call.
I think that's part of the dearth of information. And I agree. That's why I liked Big Mac so much in that role. Pick out the first good pitch you see and absolutely try to hammer it.
I kind of like a hitting coach who says look for a freakin fastball down the middle on the first pitch and when you get it, take it for a ride. After that be a real hitter and hit the ball hard where it is pitched. With two strikes shorten up and put it in play.
Instead we have guys thinking about 15 different things, data driven guessing, Ks out the arse, and for two nights we cant buy a hit followed by a 13 run explosion on day three. And when we face a new pitcher for the first time, we are completely lost.
Instead we have guys thinking about 15 different things, data driven guessing, Ks out the arse, and for two nights we cant buy a hit followed by a 13 run explosion on day three. And when we face a new pitcher for the first time, we are completely lost.
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Couldn’t agree more with all of this. It’s so spot on. I wasn’t a great hitter by any means. My coach for a lot of my youth was the #4 starter in the Astros organization with JR Richard, Mike Scott, and can’t remember the other guy. He was with them through AA. Guy knows baseball. Was basically his whole theory. With no strikes, unless we were in small ball mode, we hunted a fastball. With one strike, it was get a good one and hit it where it was pitched. With two strikes, get up on the plate, shorten up, and put the bat on it. I get legion and babe Ruth ball is different than the majors, but there’s some validity and carryover.
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