This my happy face for us finding a new manager

the front office that never disappoints...for drama

I have a feeling this guy just agreed to be a puppet for luhnow so he got the job. Luhnow will attempt to run this team much like moneyball depicted beane running the team. Just my 2

I think that is exactly what happened.

Stupid hire

I opened this thread to find we'd hired a new manager and was like...

I kinda wanted Tim Bogar.

"He will be the manager here when we win the World Series"

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No, it will be Biggio

I GET TO WATCH THE GAMES NEXT YEAR!!!!!

ROOT NETWORK BABY!!!!!!

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I GET TO WATCH THE GAMES NEXT YEAR!!!!!

ROOT NETWORK BABY!!!!!!

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Very unexciting hire

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Some slap deek who was fired as the ARI manager after .420 managerial winning percentage (212 games) and then proceeded to run the Padres into the ground as manager of scouting from 2010-2014 until he resigned.

They really shat the bed again.

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Padres farm system ranked #11 in baseball.

I'll give him a chance. But he better be a 180 from porters game decisions and lineup setting.

And just like Porter, I'll know after one year if he should be fired or not.

My boy McHugh wins AL rookie of the month for September

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deserves a lot more notoriety. Still a bunch of people who would have no idea who he is.

7 years ago today was Biggios last game. Being there with my dad and brother was one of the coolest things ever

God that was 7 years!?!

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God that was 7 years!?!

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I even feel old and that's pretty bad

Was it around then when they are giving away his shirt jerseys?

Need to add another pitcher Obie and peacock are garbage

I kinda like Obie and as much as I hate to say it, Peacock has been showing tons of improvement towards the end of the season

Peacock's problem is he is so damn inefficient. He'll be up near 100 pitches without finishing the 5th inning. If he's going to be a successful big league starter, that aint gonna work. He needs to work on his command and induce more groundouts, etc.

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Damn. I was there too. Can't believe that was 7 years ago.

Let's have some fun from the first few pages of this thread.

irish pete:

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Altuve has a bounce back year. Remember, last year he was slashing .333/.371/.444 for an .816 OPS through 167 plate appearances before he was trucked by Jimmy Paredes. He'll finish somewhere in the .300/.330/.400 range.


Springer is called up in mid to late June and shows signs of beasting, but Ks at an alarming rate (while drawing a ton of walks and showing some massive power).

Grossman or Hoes becomes a solid major league regular providing over 2.0 WAR. (I predict Grossman is the guy that does this). They will split time in LF when Springer is called up.

Carter reduces his Ks, but still nearly leads the league.

Villar will be sent to AAA at some point.

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Spot-on with the Altuve and Springer prediction.

WAR for Grossman and Hoes was 1.2 and -0.1 respectively.

Carter did reduce strikeouts from 212 to 182, and was one of the best producers on the team posting a 1.9 WAR behind Altuve at 6.0 and Springer at 2.0.


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Can't wait to watch us lose 90-95 games and be excited about it because of the improvement

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Yup! 92 losses and almost everyone here is excited about it.

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He's [Altuve] still only 23 (he will turn 24 this season), so I think he's going to be a stud. I think he'll challenge for a batting title at some point in his career.

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Boom!

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I just hope Altuve and Castro are still on the roster by the end of the season. They are the veterans now.

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After this season, it should be clear that Altuve and Castro are still part of the long term plans.

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I think Miami does finish with a worse record

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Miami ended up with 77 wins to our 70 wins this year. Pretty surprising.

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I'm prediciting a 71-91 record and the third pick.

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Only off by 1 win and 2 picks. Solid.

Those are the ones that stood out to me in the first 5 pages. Solid year. Let's spend a little money this offseason and keep improving next year.

Castro had one of the most uneventful seasons of anyone.

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Let's have some fun from the first few pages of this thread.

irish pete:

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Altuve has a bounce back year. Remember, last year he was slashing .333/.371/.444 for an .816 OPS through 167 plate appearances before he was trucked by Jimmy Paredes. He'll finish somewhere in the .300/.330/.400 range.


Springer is called up in mid to late June and shows signs of beasting, but Ks at an alarming rate (while drawing a ton of walks and showing some massive power).

Grossman or Hoes becomes a solid major league regular providing over 2.0 WAR. (I predict Grossman is the guy that does this). They will split time in LF when Springer is called up.

Carter reduces his Ks, but still nearly leads the league.

Villar will be sent to AAA at some point.

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Those are some pretty good predictions. Altuve BA was a little low. But besides that, damn good predictions

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Let's have some fun from the first few pages of this thread.

irish pete:

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Quote:Altuve has a bounce back year. Remember, last year he was slashing .333/.371/.444 for an .816 OPS through 167 plate appearances before he was trucked by Jimmy Paredes. He'll finish somewhere in the .300/.330/.400 range.


Springer is called up in mid to late June and shows signs of beasting, but Ks at an alarming rate (while drawing a ton of walks and showing some massive power).

Grossman or Hoes becomes a solid major league regular providing over 2.0 WAR. (I predict Grossman is the guy that does this). They will split time in LF when Springer is called up.

Carter reduces his Ks, but still nearly leads the league.

Villar will be sent to AAA at some point.

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Everyone laughed at me when I started sunshine pumping McHugh. Not so comical anymore

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Everyone laughed at me when I started sunshine pumping McHugh. Not so comical anymore

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Everyone laughed at me when I started sunshine pumping McHugh. Not so comical anymore

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you did some kind of pumping to McHugh

Was it him or his mom?

JD Martinez with another post season bomb.

I really liked JD. He could have been our DH.

Jd had a couple of chances in htown. He changed his swing once he left and now he rakes the ball