Patrick Karraker

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Patrick Karraker

@PatrickKarraker

St Louis, MO Katılım Haziran 2011

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·20h

@stonedbaseball @BaseballJeff1 This absolutely would not be the first time they’ve said a guy (Lee) doesn’t need an IL stint and then ended up putting him there anyway. Wouldn’t make much sense to swap him for any of the lefty hitting bench players since they face righties on Friday and Saturday

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Stonedbaseball@stonedbaseball·20h

@BaseballJeff1 This is interesting. I wonder who’s spot he gets out of Eldridge/gilbert/brennan/rodriguez

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Jeff Young@BaseballJeff1·20h

The Giants have had an open spot on the 40-man roster for some time now. No move is necessary on that front. Victor Bericoto gives them another right-handed bat. Bericoto has an .804 OPS in 186 plate appearances this year with Sacramento.

Milb Central@milb_central

The San Francisco Giants are calling up Victor Bericoto to the majors.

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·23h

@julesposner I mean, Mahle and Houser were "savvy lower risk higher reward signings," they're just not particularly good. The irony of it all is that they would be much better off right now if they just gave Gausman and Rodon the money they wanted

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Jules Posner@julesposner·1d

This is the problem. Posey thinks (smarter) fans WANT high priced, big name guys like Edwin Diaz. People want either savvy lower risk higher reward signings or some transparency and commitment to already existing internal options. Instead they signed JT Brubaker and Ryan Borucki.

KNBR@KNBR

. @knbrmurph: “Why did you go into the season without a defined closer?” POSEY: “I guess Murph you probably wanted us to sign Edwin Diaz, then you’d probably ask me why I signed Edwin Diaz because he’s on the IL. Every decision we made you could play arm chair quarterback on it and say it was good or bad. We’ve got some guys in the bullpen doing some really good stuff.”

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·1d

@CityLightSports @gggiants @cyyoungwebb And he was good and mostly healthy for the winningest team in franchise history in the final year of his deal! They’re apparently holding a perpetual grudge because he had Tommy John and then sucked during a fake season with no fans in the ballpark

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City Light Sports@CityLightSports·1d

@gggiants @cyyoungwebb I mean the Cueto deal nearly got them to the NLCS his first year, but I get that executives aren't as "by any means necessary" as I am.

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Dave@gggiants·1d

Giants may never sign another impact pitcher while this ownership is around, they’re scared to death

KNBR@KNBR

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·1d

@EYDShow @BaseballJeff1 Yeah, he’s been totally solid. I just don’t think he’s dominating in a “forcing the issue” type of way. 49 K/21 BB in 48.1 IP, and I don’t think his stuff looks all that great. But I’d be happy to have someone pull up a bunch of Savant data and tell me my eyes are deceiving me!

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Even Year Dynasty Show@EYDShow·1d

@PatrickKarraker @BaseballJeff1 Even if you want to ignore today’s start he was still 3rd in the entire PCL in ERA, with a FIP that suggests it should be even better.

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Even Year Dynasty Show@EYDShow·1d

Almost on queue Carson Whisenhunt throws 6 scoreless innings in Sac to lower his ERA to 3.35 in an extremely hitter friendly PCL.

Even Year Dynasty Show@EYDShow

I’m sorry but there is no universe in which Mahle and Houser give this team a better chance to win than McDonald (after Webb returns) and Whisenhunt. Forget the contracts and just take your L on those and get them out of the rotation.

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·1d

@gggiants It doesn’t even really make sense at this point. They can’t pick in the top 10 next year, and (I think?) they already have a pretty solid pipeline of position player talent coming together anyway. They need young pitching but nobody has ever really solved that problem by tanking

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Dave@gggiants·1d

I don’t think a team as rich as the Giants should ever tear it down to the studs. That would be intellectually disrespectful IMO.

KNBR@KNBR

"I feel that they intellectually disrespect us ... They expect us to show up and spend our money every game, and they don't believe we as fans are intelligent enough to understand this is crap, and you need to tear it down and rebuild."

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·1d

@mfdoomstan1 Mine: Few Good Things LGSEO Orange Print $oul $old $eparately KD3 GNX Heroes & Villains The Great Escape Everything is a lot And Then You Pray for Me

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doomstan1@mfdoomstan1·2d

In no ranked order, these are the 10 best rap albums I’ve heard this decade 1. Let God Sort Em Out 2. Alfredo 3. The Fall-Off 4. Mr Morale & The Big Steppers 5. We Don’t Trust You 6. The Forever Story 7. The Boy Who Played The Harp 8. Call Me If You Get Lost 9. Tana Talk 4 10. Kings Disease 3

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·2d

@yastrzemskiszn

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t@yastrzemskiszn·2d

you know who doesn’t cause a loss on a catchers interference?

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·2d

@kirkreports I agree, but Affeldt was really the only high-tier acquisition in those bullpens. Casilla was a non-roster guy, they acquired Lopez, Ramirez and Kontos in very low-level trades, Romo was a 28th round pick…

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Kirk Victor@kirkreports·2d

The bewildering thing is that Posey was on three World Series winners on which the bullpen was a huge reason for the Giants success. Yet it is fair (and not Monday Morning QBing) to ask why he neglected to address this. One easy move would have been to bring back Tyler Rogers.

Dave@gggiants

Giants have a bullpen full of guys that are effective set-up men, specialists, and middle relievers. Not a single one has what it takes to close.

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·2d

@thecrippenator @GiantHotTakes He was on the Twins for 10 minutes, they just took advantage of their higher Rule 5 Draft position to buy a 17-year-old prospect from the Giants

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Curt Crippes@thecrippenator·2d

@GiantHotTakes The more he plays you'll figure out why he was let go by the fucking A's and Twins. Hint: He's really not that good and league pitching will find out his weakness soon enough...

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Giant Hot Takes@GiantHotTakes·2d

What doesn’t Daniel Susac do? Stop the whole platoon thing. Play him 4 times a week.

SF Giants on NBCS@NBCSGiants

Strike 'em out ✅ Throw 'em out ✅ Inning over ✅

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·2d

@Tlmiller20 @knbrmurph

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T. L. Miller@Tlmiller20·2d

@knbrmurph The same metrics that say Patrick Bailey is the best defensive player in MLB? One thing watching Bailey taught me is defensive stats are worthless. Especially fielding run values. Seriously. Take a look at how its calculated. Its a joke.

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Brian Murphy@knbrmurph·2d

I've thought for a while now that Devers is a better glove at 1B than the metrics say. Metrics hate him

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·2d

@klaytheist11 Stan Kroenke

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Charlie Cummings@klaytheist11·2d

Working on a theory that your team is screwed if your owner follows the one-syllable first name/two-syllable last name pattern: Tom Dundon Marc Lasry Josh Harris John Fisher Dan Snyder Mark Lerner Jim Pohlad Steve Ballmer John Henry Steve Cohen I can go on

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·3d

@NateOnDubs @BaseballJeff1 Further apologies for being a catcher nerd, but after looking at every roster Adrian del Castillo and Moises Ballesteros are also third catchers who are being deceptively listed as DHs

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·3d

@NateOnDubs @BaseballJeff1 FWIW the Cardinals and Guardians also have three catchers (and maybe more teams that I’m not thinking of)… MLB.com lists Ivan Herrera as a DH and David Fry as an outfielder

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NateOnGoldenState@NateOnDubs·4d

As of May 18, there are five MLB teams that have three catchers on their roster (SFG, BAL, PHI, BOS, KC). There are just two teams though that have four left-handed relievers in their bullpen (SFG, WSH). The common club on those two lists? The Giants. San Francisco is the only club with three catchers (Haase, Rodriguez, Susac) and four lefties relievers (Miller, Gage, Borucki, Hentges) on their current roster. Even knowing two of their catchers can play in the field, is it a sustainable strategy? #SFGiants

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·4d

@seals244278277 @AndyKHLiu In fairness Haase has played 56 big league games in left and played out there this spring and Eldridge has never played LF in a pro game and hasn’t played any outfield since 2023

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Jeff Giants@seals244278277·5d

@AndyKHLiu You’re telling me Bryce can’t stand out in left but *checks notes* Eric Haase can?

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🫵👍@AndyKHLiu·5d

What is the opposite of analytics? Because you can’t even try to engineer something as stupid as this team this season holy shite

Susan Slusser@susanslusser

SF at A’s 9 Harrison Bader - CF 1 Luis Arraez (L) - 2B 10 Casey Schmitt - DH 16 Rafael Devers (L) - 1B 2 Willy Adames - SS 6 Daniel Susac - C 26 Matt Chapman - 3B 0 Drew Gilbert (L) - RF 18 Eric Haase - LF 12 Adrian Houser - RHP

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·4d

@Yayarea853 .294/.351/.529 in May, just doing the same thing he’s done his whole career

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Lathrop J@Yayarea853·5d

Have you seen his stats ?

Pardis again..@djpardis

Watching Yaz thrive with the Braves is like watching your crush end up with someone really nice and decent

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·5d

@theblockspot Nikola Jokic

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Sam Block@theblockspot·6d

We all know it’s LeBron, MJ… or MJ, LeBron… but who is the THIRD best player in NBA history ???

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·5d

@nomorefielders Ted Simmons should be starting at catcher over Rice

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No More Fielders 🧢@nomorefielders·6d

This is getting some flack but the all time woke lineup goes pretty hard P: Bob Gibson C: Ben Rice 1B: Carlos Delgado 2B: Nico Hoerner 3B: Dick Allen SS: Francisco Lindor LF: Hank Aaron CF: Julio Rodriguez RF: Roberto Clemente DH: Kyle Schwarber

ettingermentum@ettingermentum

Team Woke lineup: P: Spencer Strider C: Ben Rice 1B: Pete Alonso 2B: Marcus Semien SS: Francisco Lindor 3B: Alex Bregman LF: Byron Buxton CF: Pete Crow-Armstrong RF: Julio Rodriguez DH: Christian Yelich

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·6d

@giantssfcentral Also, not to cherry pick too much, but if you remove four basically meaningless starts coming back from TJ in Sept. ‘19 and a 2020 season that wasn’t real baseball, Cueto had a 3.59 ERA with SF. Just an objectively good Giant

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orange&blackmedia@giantssfcentral·6d

Tyler Mahale and Adrian Houser are almost as bad of signings as Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija LMAOO GOOD LORD THIS TEAM STINKS!

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Patrick Karraker@PatrickKarraker·6d

@giantssfcentral Cueto started an ASG with SF, had a 108 ERA+ as a Giant, including a 101 over 22 starts for the winningest team in club history in his walk year. And if nothing else Samardzija posted, had two 200+ IP seasons, a 200 K year, lasted until the final start of his contract.

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@stonedbaseball @BaseballJeff1 @julesposner @CityLightSports @gggiants @cyyoungwebb @EYDShow @mfdoomstan1