How much do you blame Alaird Baird ?

[VonneMarie]

Royals lead 6-5 thanks to Tehean!

Ok, call the game now.

[VonneMarie]

7-5 KC!!!

Call the game, call the game!

[petegz28]

Buck 2-3????? We are improving already without Tony.
Ok I know it was a cheap shot but still.....

[Eleazar]

Shopping at the gap... Buck scores... RBI double for Teahen.

Teahen's bat is starting to come around, I like what i see from him.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Cochise

Shopping at the gap... Buck scores... RBI double for Teahen.

Teahen's bat is starting to come around, I like what i see from him.

I will say I like Tehan's arm...good and strong. After watching Graffanina and McEwing at 3rd so much you can really tell the difference. Has an arm at 3rd like Crede.

[petegz28]

Ok let the rain pour!!!!

[Eleazar]

RBI single by Gotay, Teahen scores. Where the hell did this offense come from!

Now, we pray for rain

The line would read

WP - Lima
LP - Kazmir
S - God

[tk13]

Teahen is starting to hit a little bit...

[beer bacon]

**** you Buck. You have done nothing but drag down my on base percentage and give me five strikeouts a week this whole season. As soon as you are dropped you suddenly become on fire. What a world. What a world.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by tk13

Teahen is starting to hit a little bit...

I like his plate presence and mechanics. If he can hit ~.280, 15-20 HR's and drive in 75+ per year, that would be the fix I'm looking for at 3b. I already like what I've seen defensively.......

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

I like his plate presence and mechanics. If he can hit ~.280, 15-20 HR's and drive in 75+ per year, that would be the fix I'm looking for at 3b. I already like what I've seen defensively.......

Doesn't look like a power hitter, but if his BA keeps coming up he could be a good 2 hitter or something like that. Need to get some more plate discipline and keep shooting the gaps.

[Oxford]

For all of you Baird bashers out there, the reason this team sucks is not Allard, but go back to when this team did not have an owner. The minors were gutted to try to keep a respectable team on the field (by signing 3rd tier FA's) while they tried to find an owner. They only had so much money left to them by EK's trust and they had to try to stretch it.

They consistantly drafted "signable" picks, but not the top tier people. Player development was non-existant, no help from the minors. FWIW, the emphasis on the minors has only been for the last 3 years so it will be another 2 years before that bears fruit.

Has Allard made questionable deals, YES, but when you trade for someone elses player how do you know what you are getting. The Braves have the right idea, draft, sign, and develop you own players and fill in with the occasional FA.

BTW, if a person can get an obscene amount of money working for someone else, can you blame him for leaving?

[eazyb81]

Originally Posted by Oxford

For all of you Baird bashers out there, the reason this team sucks is not Allard, but go back to when this team did not have an owner. The minors were gutted to try to keep a respectable team on the field (by signing 3rd tier FA's) while they tried to find an owner. They only had so much money left to them by EK's trust and they had to try to stretch it.

They consistantly drafted "signable" picks, but not the top tier people. Player development was non-existant, no help from the minors. FWIW, the emphasis on the minors has only been for the last 3 years so it will be another 2 years before that bears fruit.

Has Allard made questionable deals, YES, but when you trade for someone elses player how do you know what you are getting. The Braves have the right idea, draft, sign, and develop you own players and fill in with the occasional FA.

BTW, if a person can get an obscene amount of money working for someone else, can you blame him for leaving?

Well said.

I don't know how anyone can say blame Baird for the reason this team sucks, he is doing everything in his power to try and make this team respectable, and doing it the right way. How can anybody fault the guy after he basically stole Justin Huber, Denny Bautista, Leo Nunez, and Andy Sisco in less then a year?

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Cochise

Doesn't look like a power hitter, but if his BA keeps coming up he could be a good 2 hitter or something like that. Need to get some more plate discipline and keep shooting the gaps.

15-20 HR's/yr is hardly power, IMO. He's got the swing of a guy that can drive the ball. If he can get enough plate appearances, 15HR's would be nothing for him. He really just needs a little bit better plate discipline, and that should come with more AB's.