Perfectly played by Hand. Back to back innings he's fielded the ball extremely well.

for the love of god unwritten rules are the worst thing about baseball. stop it.

It's really fun watching him get it together. I've picked him to break through so many times, & think I finally gave up on him early in the season but now he's really making a run at it. Just needed me to give up on him

 

He's not there yet of course but you get the feeling he realizes he's good enough that he can stick around.

 

Small sample, but love seeing this from Hand. He's got pretty above average stuff so long as he doesn't walk anybody. 7 ground balls and 4 k's today. pretty nice.

lol what do you mean? You don't trust a guy with a .400 BABIP in 300ABs to keep up that same production for the next 2-3 years? Our front office does!

 

also a half season is enough to tell me a prospect will never develop enough to be a good infielder. Much rather have a *maybe* 4/5 starter.

it doesnt have to be either or. They could think that mcgehee is not as good as he's shown while at the same time recognizing a bust in moran.

 

Moran's been slightly disappointing. He's far from a bust. He just didn't display the power we hoped he'd develop. Without the power and the fact he might not stay a 3B long term, it's hard to project what kind of player he could be in the majors. But it's been barely over a year he's been in the minors, and Jupiter is notoriously hard for most hitters. It's hard to say whether we sold low on Moran given the prospect he was touted to be, or if we sold high before the eventual decline. We'll just have to wait and see. The trade basically signified the Marlins believed in Cosart's potential more than they believed in Moran's potential.

Tommy feels it too.

Well gotta give credit to the front office for the Marlins as well with Hand. I think I lost my patience with him two years ago and was willing to let him go at that point. Took real grit for the FO to believe Hand still had a little of that special something even after failing over and over.

Well gotta give credit to the front office for the Marlins as well with Hand. I think I lost my patience with him two years ago and was willing to let him go at that point. Took real grit for the FO to believe Hand still had a little of that special something even after failing over and over.

 

Let's not get to ahead of ourselves just yet...He's only been good for the last 4 games or whatever

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Well gotta give credit to the front office for the Marlins as well with Hand. I think I lost my patience with him two years ago and was willing to let him go at that point. Took real grit for the FO to believe Hand still had a little of that special something even after failing over and over.

 

I was perfectly ok with them getting rid of him like 2 years ago as well. pretty amazing turn around. I always thought that even if he was good he would never be able to throw strikes consistently and it really looks like something has clicked.

crazy he's only 24.

Let's not get to ahead of ourselves just yet...He's only been good for the last 4 games or whatever

 

He's been great the last four starts, but he's been a really solid starter for us since rejoining the rotation in July. I'm not calling him the second coming of Jesus Christ or saying he's even a guarantee to be in the majors this time next season, but I always love to be surprised from players. I was happily surprised with Koehler this time last year and am just has happy to see Hand succeed this year. It's really offset some of the bust starts we've gotten from our starting pitching prospects and the Randy Wolf's of the world so far this year.

Writing my final term paper. Anyone wanna give me interesting supreme court cases based on constitutional issues.

I kinda miss gaby sanchez. he is a white enough hispanic player that i feel he has grit, works hard, and is scrappy.

 

not really white enough for that but he's close.

He's been great the last four starts, but he's been a really solid starter for us since rejoining the rotation in July. I'm not calling him the second coming of Jesus Christ or saying he's even a guarantee to be in the majors this time next season, but I always love to be surprised from players. I was happily surprised with Koehler this time last year and am just has happy to see Hand succeed this year. It's really offset some of the bust starts we've gotten from our starting pitching prospects and the Randy Wolf's of the world so far this year.

 

I guess I'm sort of not surprised in that Hand's always had pretty good stuff. I was pretty high on him to start the year and thought he deserved to start over Koehler. Perhaps I was right and wrong!

He's been great the last four starts, but he's been a really solid starter for us since rejoining the rotation in July. I'm not calling him the second coming of Jesus Christ or saying he's even a guarantee to be in the majors this time next season, but I always love to be surprised from players. I was happily surprised with Koehler this time last year and am just has happy to see Hand succeed this year. It's really offset some of the bust starts we've gotten from our starting pitching prospects and the Randy Wolf's of the world so far this year.

 

I would even go as far as to see what kind of trade value some of our surplus Sp's have.

 

Given that we have

Fernandez

Alvarez

Cosart

Eovaldi

Heaney

Hand

Koehler

Nicolino

 

Id be interested in the trade value of a Koehler or maybe Eovaldi

Writing my final term paper. Anyone wanna give me interesting supreme court cases based on constitutional issues.

 

don't you go to FSU?

crazy he's only 24.

 

Goes hand (hehe) in hand with Jacob Turner. Both guys highly touted (obviously Turner more than Hand) called up very early in their career and flopping, eventually bouncing up and down the minors and majors for what seems like forever, yet they are both the same age as many top pitching prospects around the league.

 

The difference is Turner doesn't have the pure stuff to get past hitters. Hand's biggest issue was usually pinpointing his pitches, not his pure stuff. If Hand is able to control is pitches like he's done the last month for the long haul, he's without a doubt a starter in the rotation to start next season.

Writing my final term paper. Anyone wanna give me interesting supreme court cases based on constitutional issues.

 

The Hustler Magazine v. Falwell case is usually a favorite of mine. Lots of good cases to talk about though.

Wow, crazy to see that Polanco is batting .255 now. He was up near .400 when we played them in June.

Wow, crazy to see that Polanco is batting .255 now. He was up near .400 when we played them in June.

 

At first I thought this post was about Placido Polanco and was extremely confused.

Damn Yelich got robbed there.

 

Big hurdle to get over for Hand with the 7th inning. If he can get through the 7th in one piece he may be able to go the distance..

Big hurdle

 

Come on, bro, I know the man is rather large, but damn, be nice.

Ugh.

Why does this team piss me off so much?