IceGoat 326 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 22 minutes ago, Fielder1831 said: Just traded this guy starting to feel really bad about it. Great at bat against Morrow in a pressure situation. I'm considering the same if I can get something good. Not to suggest Meadows isn't intriguing. Link to post Share on other sites
Dirty Little Birdie 1,143 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Do you guys think his value is greater than someone like Acunas at this point? Link to post Share on other sites
Zig Zag 640 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 38 minutes ago, Dirty Little Birdie said: Do you guys think his value is greater than someone like Acunas at this point? His trade value? I would think his value is close but probably not much greater because of perceived/potential value that Acuna still has. Link to post Share on other sites
daethfromabove1979 874 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Dirty Little Birdie said: Do you guys think his value is greater than someone like Acunas at this point? Not even close, Meadows could be better this year but you’d get a lot more for Acuna even with the injury. Meadows doesn’t have the hype or pedigree that Acuna has so you’re likely not going to get a huge return for him. Link to post Share on other sites
Stickfig13 1,337 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, daethfromabove1979 said: Not even close, Meadows could be better this year but you’d get a lot more for Acuna even with the injury. Meadows doesn’t have the hype or pedigree that Acuna has so you’re likely not going to get a huge return for him. He was a top ten first round pick... and 23 years old. Link to post Share on other sites
daethfromabove1979 874 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 24 minutes ago, Stickfig13 said: He was a top ten first round pick... and 23 years old. Yes, but he still doesn’t have much name value for trade purposes. The average person doesn’t know who he is and if they check his minor league numbers they are fairly underwhelming. Yes he is on fire but you’re likely to get laughed at if you try to offer him for a bigger name. Link to post Share on other sites
Stickfig13 1,337 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, daethfromabove1979 said: Yes, but he still doesn’t have much name value for trade purposes. The average person doesn’t know who he is and if they check his minor league numbers they are fairly underwhelming. Yes he is on fire but you’re likely to get laughed at if you try to offer him for a bigger name. Right. I’m just saying that he has the pedigree. Link to post Share on other sites
kwelch 998 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Batting 2nd today. Looks like they are trying to get him in the line-up often and early. Me likey. Link to post Share on other sites
b0nfire 412 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 bench a guy batting .400 brehs winning baseball Link to post Share on other sites
daethfromabove1979 874 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 14 minutes ago, b0nfire said: bench a guy batting .400 brehs winning baseball Are you referring to yesterday or is he benched again today? Link to post Share on other sites
chud12 4,076 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 1 hour ago, daethfromabove1979 said: Are you referring to yesterday or is he benched again today? Lu’s aren’t out yet so has to be yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites
chud12 4,076 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Christ, sitting back to back days now. Link to post Share on other sites
kwelch 998 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 17 minutes ago, chud12 said: Christ, sitting back to back days now. Guess I'll have to settle for a pinch hit HR instead. Link to post Share on other sites
Zig Zag 640 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 28 minutes ago, chud12 said: Christ, sitting back to back days now. Link to post Share on other sites
KilloWertz 2,542 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Polanco had a really good game last night, but they are still severely mishandling the whole situation. In no way has Polanco earned a long enough leash to be working out his problem in the majors. I know he's had good moments this season and had a relatively solid 2016 season, he has yet to have enough success over a prolonged period of time to get this kind of treatment. He has put some work in from what the Pittsburgh announcers are saying, but I still see nothing wrong with sending him down to work on things for a decent amount of time and allowing Meadows to continue to play on a regular basis. Sure, he'd slump eventually, but he's one of your top prospects and now he's becoming a part-time player because you refuse to do the logical thing and you treat a player who has essentially been a mediocre player over his career so far as if it's blasphemy to send him to AAA because it's just a slump. Yep, it's just a slump when a player with his talent has a career OPS of .720. So far, he's just hasn't been that good, so stop treating him like he's ever done something to earn the level of commitment to him that they have so far. It does no good for Meadows to play 2 games, sit 2 games, and then maybe play a game or two again. First, it seemed like they were doing the stupid thing after leaving him up and were going to have him be a traditional 4th OF and hardly play. Makes no sense given he's quite possibly the team's top prospect, but hey, what have they done lately that's made much sense beyond saying thank you to the Rays for cutting Corey Dickerson? Then Hurdle makes it seem like he's still going to play a lot and their OFs will get more days off right now because they have hardly any days off for a long stretch. Meadows even played 4 games in a row. 4, OMG! Oops, guess that was a lie now that he's sitting 2 games in a row. I watch the Pirates and listen to their sports radio station, so it's not like I'm going on this rant just because I'm an Austin Meadows owner in fantasy baseball. Teams have sent plenty of players to AAA to work on things in the past, and they've been better players than Gregory Polanco. What they are doing right now is not even remotely logical. I could understand it if Meadows wasn't doing anything special, but that's about as far from the truth as possible right now. You simply don't do this kind of a thing when your top prospect (or close to it) is front and center in all of this. I could ignore the whole Polanco factor and have it all just be about Meadows, and that would still hold true. They could not be handling this situation much worse than they are right now. Link to post Share on other sites
mpbaseball22 1,317 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 He's probably going to play around 4 days a week. There's a day game tomorrow so he's 100% playing tomorrow. If you expect him to get 6 starts a week you need to hope for an injury or a Dickerson trade because Polanco isn't going to AAA Link to post Share on other sites
thefamily79 195 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 I have to believe for a hitter 3 to 4 mlb starts is better for development than 6 minors starts per week so long as he doesn't get stuck in a handed platoon. Link to post Share on other sites
KilloWertz 2,542 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 1 minute ago, thefamily79 said: I have to believe for a hitter 3 to 4 mlb starts is better for development than 6 minors starts per week so long as he doesn't get stuck in a handed platoon. It's possible. I'm no expert on that particular thing, but since I've had a bit of time to cool down from my rant post (though I still believe in everything I said), you may be right. Still, he should be playing everyday, but there's not much more to be said about that. Link to post Share on other sites
KilloWertz 2,542 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 OMG, he's actually playing! He's really in the lineup today! Wait, that's pretty sad when you have to get excited about a player hitting over .400 actually being in the lineup on a given day... Link to post Share on other sites
slainte 105 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 a HR is always nice. Link to post Share on other sites
thefamily79 195 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 This situation really is an unsolvable pickle. I guess they could trade Dickerson. I recall Bell playing 3rd in the distant past but even then none of the 4 OFs can play 1st (not that this scenario would ever happen). Link to post Share on other sites
mrfrood 662 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Yeah hopefully the best batter on the Pirates gets benched tomorrow for Garbagelanco. It just makes the most sense. Link to post Share on other sites
KilloWertz 2,542 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 2 hours ago, thefamily79 said: This situation really is an unsolvable pickle. I guess they could trade Dickerson. I recall Bell playing 3rd in the distant past but even then none of the 4 OFs can play 1st (not that this scenario would ever happen). Regardless of what the team and some people think, it's an easy fix. Once Marte was activated, send Polanco to AAA to work on things, and let Meadows play everyday. I know a career .249 hitter with a .720 OPS obviously is too good to demote and deserves to work through everything at the major league level, and it would be crazy to let a guy hitting over .400 continue to play everyday over somebody with that amazing of a track record. At least he is continuing to prove that he deserves to play everyday by hitting that game tying HR. Very impressive to see him make the adjustment in the middle of the game and actually look for the inside pitch since they were pitching him inside all game. I know others have made adjustments mid game too, but it's still nice to see from a rookie. Link to post Share on other sites
Maitiu 19 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Yeah. This is an easy fix. Play the guy with the hot bat. You want to win? Or you want to dance around ego's? Play the f'n kid! Link to post Share on other sites
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