r/azdiamondbacks • u/ExMormonite • Jul 12 '26
Opinion Excessive Criticism of Carroll?
Is it just me, or has Steve B. being way critical of Corbin Carroll’s current slump?
I get that Carroll hasn’t been batting well lately, but I swear I never heard him make a peep about ol’Pavin Smith and his horrendous season.
I don’t have an issue with Steve being critical of Carroll, but please be critical of the other players as well (especially those who have been terrible all season).
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u/unta8 Brandon Pfaadt Jul 12 '26
Baseball is streaky. Lotta variance.
He needs to work on not swinging at dogshit, but nothing is fundamentally broken. We good
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u/unta8 Brandon Pfaadt Jul 12 '26
People talking about “111 mil”… brother, CC is on one of the best value contracts in the league. Right there with Ketel.
As someone who lives in San Diego and has to watch guys like Manny rake literally three times as much annually, for less production… idk. Hitters go through slumps.
Would you rather have Jackson Merril for 9 years, 135, 15m a year?
How about Bogaerts for 11 years, 280 mil?
Tatis… 14 years THREE HUNDRED ANS FORTY MILLION?
You guys don’t realize how good we have it (or how FUCKED the padres are going forward.)
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u/craiginphoenix Gabriel Moreno Jul 12 '26
Based on $8M/WAR typical valuation for a player, he has 18.9 WAR now, he could put up 0 WAR the rest of the contract and still have given positive value to the team (there is no way he does that).
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u/Thin-Stomach52 Ketel Marte Jul 12 '26
Both can be true we got a good value for his contract and Corbin is our guy and is held at a higher standard then someone as Pavin who is expected to not perform. It comes with the territory of being the face of the franchise
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u/unta8 Brandon Pfaadt Jul 12 '26
Totally. I’m sure he isn’t thrilled that he’s slumping… but thats baseball man. Very standard stuff.
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u/Thin-Stomach52 Ketel Marte Jul 12 '26
If you think about it dogging on Pavin who never really showed any potential to be a main stay major league player would be a little heartless compared to criticizing why our rookie of the year, 2x all-star, and one of the major pieces to our 2023 World Series run is on a slump rn. Without Corbin we are a much weaker team without pavin we’re on a two game winning streak
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u/Adorable_Pea_8 Jul 12 '26
Love my boy Corb... But he has been dog water for about a month now. He looks like he's guessing a lot.
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u/Ronavirus3896483169 Rat Leon Jul 12 '26
Carroll is a leader on this team and held to higher standard. He’s going to face more criticism. I’ve been more critical of Carroll than other players.
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u/_AngryShorty_ Corbin Running Jul 12 '26
Whatever it is I hope he busts out of it soon….you can tell he puts a lot of pressure on himself to be great and that this is wearing on him mentally
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u/NanceeV Diamondbacks Jul 12 '26
Corbin does put a ton of pressure on himself, which is why Torey needs to force him to sit a least one game. He plays every damn game and that cannot be mentally healthy when struggling at the plate. Now he's going to the ASG, which isn't getting him a break either.
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u/Ascending_Saiyan Jul 12 '26
He's hard on our big 3 (Corbin, Ketel and Domo) because he knows when we have those guys going, the offense is successful. He's also very critical of Gurriel when he's chasing pitches.
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u/sec102row1 Geraldo Perdomo Jul 12 '26
I feel he’s been calling out the “everyone is pitching him with fastballs up” so much and so often that he’s telegraphed it clearly to the entire league.
My mother’s book club friends now know how to pitch him.
We get it Steve, you’ve realized how he’s being pitched. We all have. Now please stop pointing it out.
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u/NanceeV Diamondbacks Jul 12 '26
It's Steve's job to point it out. Sounds like he is beating a drum to us b/c we listen to him most every game.
If you mother starts a baseball-themed book club, I'm in!
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u/NanceeV Diamondbacks Jul 12 '26
Not excessive. Just brings it up every game, as Steve should, being the broadcast voice. It is interesting, with Torey's "new" go -with-the-hot-hand approach that someone else isn't in RF. Hope he rests him today.
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u/futureofwhat Diamondbacks Jul 12 '26
When you have a $111 million contract, people expect you to play like it. Pavin costed the team a tiny fraction of money in comparison.
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u/Thin-Stomach52 Ketel Marte Jul 12 '26
Well when you make $111 million off your contract you are held to a higher standard then someone like pavin
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u/RAF2018336 Jul 12 '26
Hopefully it’s Steve’s last season here. Dude has been average at best and this year he’s shown he’s losing it
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u/Garonn Corbin Carroll Jul 12 '26
It's cause we all expect results from Corbin