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Mar 12, 2024 9:33:11 GMT -8
Post by hottubbeaver on Mar 12, 2024 9:33:11 GMT -8
I've wondered if Hainline is just kind of tight....kind of looks that way from the outside looking in. Assume you're referring to his plate appearances not defense. If so, I would point out the fact he has made good contact on several occasions and was not rewarded with a hit. The contact and squaring up the ball is what matters in the long run, barring highly predictable placement for defenses to adjust to, sooner or later those balls will start finding open grass. |
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Mar 12, 2024 9:46:48 GMT -8
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Mar 12, 2024 9:46:48 GMT -8
I've wondered if Hainline is just kind of tight....kind of looks that way from the outside looking in. Assume you're referring to his plate appearances not defense. If so, I would point out the fact he has made good contact on several occasions and was not rewarded with a hit. The contact and squaring up the ball is what matters in the long run, barring highly predictable placement for defenses to adjust to, sooner or later those balls will start finding open grass. Kind of in general, but mostly defense is what I meant |
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Post by rgeorge on Mar 12, 2024 9:59:20 GMT -8
In a quick response to a post above... every type of developmental swing is "inside out". You're a pretty poor hitter trying to go outside in... "casting" the hands and barrel. Exactly what a pitcher would love to get a hitter to do.
Hainline, it appears from the outside, is being transitioned from a "rotational" swing to more of a "barrel dropping" technique. Often called an "upper cut", even by Ted Williams, but not truly that.
Barrel dropping philosophy promotes greater launch angles and exit velocity. But, whether you're a "slap hitter" (Gywnn. Carew, Rose, Ichiro...),"rotational" (Brett, Gibson, Olerud...), "hybrid" (ARod, Sosa, Jeter...), or dropping the barrel (Trout, Devers, the majority of MLB guys) your swing is inside out. Different styles like to attract ball at different depths on the plate.
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Mar 12, 2024 15:18:10 GMT -8
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Post by bvrfans5 on Mar 12, 2024 15:18:10 GMT -8
Kreig almost has to be the full time DH at this point. He needs to be the full time first baseman. Much more comfortable with him there over Mason. They can roster at DH but Krieg should be there at least 2/3 of the time. |
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Mar 12, 2024 15:20:42 GMT -8
Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Mar 12, 2024 15:20:42 GMT -8
Kreig almost has to be the full time DH at this point. He needs to be the full time first baseman. Much more comfortable with him there over Mason. They can roster at DH but Krieg should be there at least 2/3 of the time. Wouldn't it be better, though, if Krieg was DH, so he could jump in and pitch, when needed? Krieg can play first, when needed, but I think that the goal should be to have Guerra keep improving at first and for Krieg to DH. Krieg only pitched four innings in last year, but it is so much more difficult to warm a guy up from first than it would be to warm him up as the DH. |
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Mar 12, 2024 15:26:37 GMT -8
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Post by bvrfans5 on Mar 12, 2024 15:26:37 GMT -8
I'm not sure Hainline can remain an every day starter in this lineup. Nothing against him, we just have so much talent Hainline could have gone pretty much anywhere he wanted from the portal. He performed really well at Washington State and in the Cape. We are 16 games in and he’s just starting to get going. Calm down and let the kid play. So Hainline isn’t good enough to start at short for WSU, but he is for us? Nope. He’s defense is a liability and he’s not moving over to 2B like he did last year for obvious reasons. If he wants to play he needs to win the DH spot and with Krieg/Caraway/Guera I don’t see it. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 12, 2024 15:27:59 GMT -8
He needs to be the full time first baseman. Much more comfortable with him there over Mason. They can roster at DH but Krieg should be there at least 2/3 of the time. Wouldn't it be better, though, if Krieg was DH, so he could jump in and pitch, when needed? Krieg can play first, when needed, but I think that the goal should be to have Guerra keep improving at first and for Krieg to DH. Krieg only pitched four innings in last year, but it is so much more difficult to warm a guy up from first than it would be to warm him up as the DH. First, Krieg is very unlikely to pitch unless we have several more injuries. We have plenty of depth. Also, if you move him from DH to pitcher during the game, you lose the DH for the rest of the game, so that would be a terrible idea. |
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Mar 12, 2024 16:03:12 GMT -8
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Mar 12, 2024 16:03:12 GMT -8
Wouldn't it be better, though, if Krieg was DH, so he could jump in and pitch, when needed? Krieg can play first, when needed, but I think that the goal should be to have Guerra keep improving at first and for Krieg to DH. Krieg only pitched four innings in last year, but it is so much more difficult to warm a guy up from first than it would be to warm him up as the DH. First, Krieg is very unlikely to pitch unless we have several more injuries. We have plenty of depth. Also, if you move him from DH to pitcher during the game, you lose the DH for the rest of the game, so that would be a terrible idea. aslong as you don't lose the pitcher for the rest of the game you've got a chance! |
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Post by zeroposter on Mar 12, 2024 16:06:50 GMT -8
He needs to be the full time first baseman. Much more comfortable with him there over Mason. They can roster at DH but Krieg should be there at least 2/3 of the time. Wouldn't it be better, though, if Krieg was DH, so he could jump in and pitch, when needed? Krieg can play first, when needed, but I think that the goal should be to have Guerra keep improving at first and for Krieg to DH. Krieg only pitched four innings in last year, but it is so much more difficult to warm a guy up from first than it would be to warm him up as the DH. Guerra has improved immensely at first since the games I saw last October. Still needs to improve the feet positioning on the low throws to first, but, yes, Guerra at first. On a different note, part of Hainline’s ‘problems’ at short are magnified because he has very good range. If he didn’t get to some of those balls, they would be clean hits. Last year at this time, we were lamenting the lack of double plays. He just needs to clean up the relatively easy boots. NDSU he will. |
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Mar 12, 2024 16:58:36 GMT -8
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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 12, 2024 16:58:36 GMT -8
First, Krieg is very unlikely to pitch unless we have several more injuries. We have plenty of depth. Also, if you move him from DH to pitcher during the game, you lose the DH for the rest of the game, so that would be a terrible idea. aslong as you don't lose the pitcher for the rest of the game you've got a chance! What? Are you saying if he finishes the game it would be fine? Because, otherwise, you have to PH for the pitcher every time they are due up. You no longer have the DH position for the rest of the game, once that player that was the DH moves into the field. |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Mar 12, 2024 17:11:57 GMT -8
aslong as you don't lose the pitcher for the rest of the game you've got a chance! What? Are you saying if he finishes the game it would be fine? Because, otherwise, you have to PH for the pitcher every time they are due up. You no longer have the DH position for the rest of the game, once that player that was the DH moves into the field. Just a joke Smails |
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Mar 12, 2024 21:12:10 GMT -8
Post by tamatrix on Mar 12, 2024 21:12:10 GMT -8
Krieg no longer has RHP listed this season on official roster like he did last year...pretty sure his pitching days are done.
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Mar 13, 2024 6:37:12 GMT -8
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Mar 13, 2024 6:37:12 GMT -8
Hainline could have gone pretty much anywhere he wanted from the portal. He performed really well at Washington State and in the Cape. We are 16 games in and he’s just starting to get going. Calm down and let the kid play. So Hainline isn’t good enough to start at short for WSU, but he is for us? Nope. He’s defense is a liability and he’s not moving over to 2B like he did last year for obvious reasons. If he wants to play he needs to win the DH spot and with Krieg/Caraway/Guera I don’t see it. I always hear about his 12 homers last season.....he doesn't need to be that guy on this team. Obviously more homers is nice, but he needs to be a solid defender, and get on base a lot. He came from a Wazzu roster that I would bet is objectively much less talented than ours. He has zero guarantee to be in the lineup consistently. The biggest question I have is how he, vs Trosky will fare against conference pitching. |
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