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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Okay - but how do you do that when your worst baserunner is your best hitter and your dumbest baserunner may be the only chance you have in the entire organization for a legitimate cleanup hitter.
Carpenter's just bad. He got thrown out at home because he just didn't round the bag worth a damn. Wrong foot, wide turn, lost his stride. It was a mess. But you have to deal with it.
They only have a couple of truly bad baserunners. The array of mistakes prior to Shildt came from an organizational philosophy that encouraged recklessness out there. I suspect we'll see major improvements there without any significant personnel changes.
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yep, your worse base runners you can’t get rid of. Oquendo just needs to adapt to have a “Carp” rule of sending him home. Figure he’s going to screw up rounding the base and not take a good route to the plate.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Ozuna's hurt and out of sync. He's not going to be what we thought he could be this season but that doesn't mean he can't get back to being a 30 HR, .850-.900 OPS hitter next season if he just gets a chance to get his shoulder right and step away for a bit. Yeah, he makes some mistakes on the bases but damn man - he's a run producer.
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I agree. We are going to get the truth after the season from Ozuna. He’s been hurt.