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wow. I guess Frank Thomas should talk to Adam Eaton, maybe he will hit more HRS. unreal.
wow. I guess Frank Thomas should talk to Adam Eaton, maybe he will hit more HRS. unreal.
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Here we go with the rival fan rebut.
Anyway. discussing players who work out together is fine I guess, kind of stupid because there are a ton of work out partners. Does it have a benefit? sure. Is it measurable to ones career. doubtful. Should Rizzo working out with Votto have its own thread? absolutely not.
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oh its always about the amount of fans and attendance isn't it? Geez I haven't heard that in like 4 days.
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Or maybe he is just getting better....I mean that does happen especially at that age no?
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I believe Votto has been documented as saying that he absolutely hates the Cubs, so it's hard to believe he would help them in any way. Rizzo being Italian might be one thing to lend a fellow man a hand, but to help Navarro doesn't make any sense at all.
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Or maybe he is just getting better....I mean that does happen especially at that age no?
Maybe. But it's not that unheard of for players to pick up things from other players. How many pitchers are shown how someone uses a cutter well and suddenly the following year they are a totally different pitcher? Like I said before, I hadn't heard about it over the off season and thought it was interesting given the season Rizzo is having. I don't get why you're trying to be a dick about this. It wasn't a total homer thread where I compared 2 minor league players below AAA ball to two of the top 50 basketball players ever. All I did was point out that I didn't realize he'd worked with Votto and that given the high OBP season he is having I found it interesting. Maybe it means nothing but it really doesn't matter what level of impact Votto had on Rizzo because the end result is an all-star level player. Clearly something he did over the offseason was of a great benefit especially hitting lefties.
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My favorite teams
It seems you don't understand how MLBers improve. That is real.
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Whatever is working for Rizzo, I say keep doing it.
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Well Navarro was a free agent in the offseason. It is likely that they worked out together prior to him signing a free agent deal, but don't know that for certain. At the rate Votto is going I am going to guess his front office is going to tell him to stop working out with Cubs players.
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just because a player dislikes a team he plays against doesn't mean he gonna hate all the players..
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Navarro played for the Reds in 2012.
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This isn't much news. Players work out with each other all of the time. Good that it has helped though, Rizzo looks much more mature at the plate this year.
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just be glad people are discussing things in the forum. And it very well could deserve its own thread if you can draw parallels between Votto and Rizzo. Rizzo has become more patient in working the plate and it could very well have to do with working with Votto. If you really want an economy of threads, just have one and call it Cubs and everything gets posted there.
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that's one thing for sure.
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Castro's batting .298/.344/.525 in the cleanup spot (198 ABs)... that seems like a decent enough reason to pitch to Rizzo...
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id rather have castro beat me than rizzo
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I don't know why you need either one of them. Just beat yourself! :buttrock:
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And Castro is excelling at that. Second among SS in OPS, SLG, and doubles. Tied for 4th in homers.
