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10:23 a.m. I ur interested.

thanks for the heads up just threw it on. commercial though =/

Say anything of interest?

he was gone when i put it on.

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Focused on Maybin being ready to play now unlike last year when they saw him play early in the season and he needed more seasoning. Said he believes defense will be highly improved in the OF w/ the moving of Hermida to LF and Ross over to RF. He believes this new OF flip flop will improve the Defense.

 

Also talked highly of Gaby Sanchez and sounded as if he has high expectations for him this season in regards to taking over 1st base. Fredi apparently likes this guys defense and thinks he is ready for the role.

 

I was taking care of the kids so I didn't get much more. In between commercials and whining from the little ones, that is mostly what I got.

Why exactly does moving Hermida to left field improve the defense?

Why exactly does moving Hermida to left field improve the defense?

Because he'll have to cover less room so he doesn't have to do any of that running thing he hates. It also puts the better fielding Cody Ross in RF, which is a more important defensive position.

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Oh, while reading another post I remember another thing mentioned. Fredi said that if no Catcher is signed they will go w/ Rabelo. He said it was unfair to judge Rabelo on last year's performance since he played most of the year hurt and he feels Rabelo can contribute if they decided to go w/ him.

Oh, while reading another post I remember another thing mentioned. Fredi said that if no Catcher is signed they will go w/ Rabelo. He said it was unfair to judge Rabelo on last year's performance since he played most of the year hurt and he feels Rabelo can contribute if they decided to go w/ him.

Not really any other choice since we let Treanor go.

Why exactly does moving Hermida to left field improve the defense?

 

 

LF is the easier position to play.

Especially in Dolphin Stadium, where the RF'er almost has to cover ground like a CF'er, at times.

Oh, while reading another post I remember another thing mentioned. Fredi said that if no Catcher is signed they will go w/ Rabelo. He said it was unfair to judge Rabelo on last year's performance since he played most of the year hurt and he feels Rabelo can contribute if they decided to go w/ him.

 

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Oh, while reading another post I remember another thing mentioned. Fredi said that if no Catcher is signed they will go w/ Rabelo. He said it was unfair to judge Rabelo on last year's performance since he played most of the year hurt and he feels Rabelo can contribute if they decided to go w/ him.

 

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lets just hope we sign/receive a catcher then..

Oh, while reading another post I remember another thing mentioned. Fredi said that if no Catcher is signed they will go w/ Rabelo. He said it was unfair to judge Rabelo on last year's performance since he played most of the year hurt and he feels Rabelo can contribute if they decided to go w/ him.

 

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You have a better idea?

I never understand what seemingly some people don't want certain players to succeed, or at least make comments that make it sound that way. You don't have to have confidence in Rabelo to want the guy to put together a solid season and be a contributor.

I never understand what seemingly some people don't want certain players to succeed, or at least make comments that make it sound that way. You don't have to have confidence in Rabelo to want the guy to put together a solid season and be a contributor.

I know that you aren't talking to me in this post, but usually it isn't that we don't want them to succeed, it's that we don't think they will and don't want to watch them fail us.

I never understand what seemingly some people don't want certain players to succeed, or at least make comments that make it sound that way. You don't have to have confidence in Rabelo to want the guy to put together a solid season and be a contributor.

 

 

Says the guy who never bashes Marlins players. :rolleyes:

So we can't bash Mike Rabelo for being horrible, yet it's ok to bash Jeremy Hermida at all times, when he hasn't exactly been horrible in his career. :rolleyes: What is it that you call him, again? "Golden Boy" is it? :rolleyes:

I have never bashed Jeremy Hermida, in fact if you look at the body of what I've posted since he became a Fish it has been positive. I do think he's a weak link in the roster and believe his presence isn't a requirement to this team's success, but I have never called him "garbage" or "crap" or even anything as mundane as "awful", and certainly not "horrible", or any of the words used all too often here characterizing major league ballplayers.

 

So far I think he's been a chronic underachiever except for ten weeks or so in 2007, and my nickname for him reflects not my disdain for the player so much as for the starry-eyed groupies and their notion he belongs on a pedestal to be worshiped and revered because he's only 24 and we can't survive without his potential.

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I never understand what seemingly some people don't want certain players to succeed, or at least make comments that make it sound that way. You don't have to have confidence in Rabelo to want the guy to put together a solid season and be a contributor.

 

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Oh, while reading another post I remember another thing mentioned. Fredi said that if no Catcher is signed they will go w/ Rabelo. He said it was unfair to judge Rabelo on last year's performance since he played most of the year hurt and he feels Rabelo can contribute if they decided to go w/ him.

 

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You have a better idea?

 

Do what is needed to get a veteran in here. If Baker goes down this team is really screwed.....not saying that Baker is all that either.

Rabelo played not only bad, but stupid baseball. He's NOT a fundementally sound player and we definitely don't need more stupid players on this team after getting rid of Mike Jacobs.

Oh, while reading another post I remember another thing mentioned. Fredi said that if no Catcher is signed they will go w/ Rabelo. He said it was unfair to judge Rabelo on last year's performance since he played most of the year hurt and he feels Rabelo can contribute if they decided to go w/ him.

 

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You have a better idea?

 

Do what is needed to get a veteran in here. If Baker goes down this team is really screwed.....not saying that Baker is all that either.

So your backup plan to not being able to get a new catcher is to get a new catcher? That's genius.

 

No sir. He didn't say they weren't trying to get another catcher. He said that if we couldn't, we would be going with Rabelo. He is really our only choice.

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So your backup plan to not being able to get a new catcher is to get a new catcher? That's genius.

 

No sir. He didn't say they weren't trying to get another catcher. He said that if we couldn't, we would be going with Rabelo. He is really our only choice.

 

Work harder and overpay if need be, as this team can compete with a good catcher. Sacrifice a little of the future because the future is actually now I think. We will look extremely foolish if the one missing link is catcher, who is about the most important guy on the field. This is the one position you cannot afford to stink the joint out with. A good catcher can hide a lot of his pitchers weaknesses.

So your backup plan to not being able to get a new catcher is to get a new catcher? That's genius.

 

No sir. He didn't say they weren't trying to get another catcher. He said that if we couldn't, we would be going with Rabelo. He is really our only choice.

 

Work harder and overpay if need be, as this team can compete with a good catcher. Sacrifice a little of the future because the future is actually now I think. We will look extremely foolish if the one missing link is catcher, who is about the most important guy on the field. This is the one position you cannot afford to stink the joint out with. A good catcher can hide a lot of his pitchers weaknesses.

 

 

Why should we have to overpay for a platoon / backup catcher?

Rabelo played not only bad, but stupid baseball. He's NOT a fundementally sound player and we definitely don't need more stupid players on this team after getting rid of Mike Jacobs.

 

Jake isn't a "stupid" player. He just can't or won't play his position the way it is supposed to be played.

 

And saying Rabelo is a "stupid" player dosen't make any sense either. That is based on one play, and one that I'm not sure was entirely his fault. But he did take the blame, so it very well could have been. Every player on this team, including the fan favs, have made some brain farts. Guess they are all "stupid" players. He does handle the staff well and his defense is better than most give him credit for. His bat was as advertised...Lacking. I am curious to see what a healthy Rabelo can do. We really haven't had that opportunity here. It would also worry me if we are left to ST being a try out for a second catcher on the team going in with what we have available at this time.

 

I'm all for bringing in a catcher. One that can teach Baker how to be a defensive catcher, if he even has the tools for the job, which is something I really question. Apparently so is the FO and coaches. What Fredi is saying is that IF we don't, he dosen't see it as being the downfall of the team. There are worse things. Basically, he is saying the same things he said at the Holiday Party. And if for some strange reason another catcher isn't brought in, most likely the exact same things he will be saying at FanFest. I don't agree with it, but it's The Company Line.

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