A Realistic View of 2024: Part II

[mvp 78]

Is Westbrook the RHB being added?

For now.

[mvp 78]

I get that point. To me every game counts, and it’s still to early to focus on standings except for the trade deadline coming up. The schedule really gets tougher after the AS break.

That's why it's important to worry about beating the Royals as they are team you're playing this week and can actually impact in the standings. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[Old Red]

For now.

Not only wow, but BIG wow.

[Old Red]

That's why it's important to worry about beating the Royals as they are team you're playing this week and can actually impact in the standings. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

I’m actually worried more about Houston myself than KC no matter what happens this week.

[****THEYANKEES]

I'm not drawing conclusions, I'm just jabbering like I always do. I tend to get obsessed about some things. This year it's the Sale-Grissom trade. Some of it is pushing back against this being a slam-dunk great trade for the Sox. I've been on Sons of Sam Horn a lot lately and a lot of those folks were absolutely thrilled by it. And Grissom's limited MLB numbers were used as evidence that the guy has already proven he can rake at the MLB level. When I dug deeper into the numbers I was not so impressed.

i joined that dump a few years ago and made one post mildly critical of Bloom and was instantly labeled a troll and hater and banned the next day. talk about some thin-skinned snowflakes.

[moonslav59]

What is wrong with Abreu?

Reverse jinx!!!

[moonslav59]

Yes, that's what it looks like, he's an OK prospect. We got 10 million and an OK prospect. Some folks talked like Grissom was going to be the answer at second base for the next 6 years.

I dont think anyone said he was a sure bet, but 2B has been ranked 29-30th in many categories for3-4 years. Certainly, trying to fix the problem with a guy who had more hope than anyone else on the team made some sense.

Let’s see how he does in the next 5 years.

[moonslav59]

I’m more worried about HOU than KCR and maybe even NYY.

We have yet to play them, and those may be make or break series for both teams.

[moonslav59]

Rafaela is dangerously close to the .700 mark!

Is .650 the new Mendoza line?

[moonslav59]

Rafaela is dangerously close to the .700 mark!

Is .650 the new Mendoza line?

Out of the top 270 MLB players by PA, .678 marks the top of the bottom 1/3 OPS (bottom 90 players.)

.650 is the 204th player out of 270. That is right at the bottom 25% line. I’d say the new Mendoza line might be below .650, today.

Bogey, at .581 is about at the bottom 10% line, as of now.

It looks like we did well not to extend Bogey at over $200M/ 7 or 8, let alone near what SDP paid!

[Nick]

"I gave the team good chamce to win."

Is Bello that naive?

[Nick]

That was a stupid cobtract that Padres gave. I would be pissed if I'm a fan.

[Bellhorn04]

Rafaela is dangerously close to the .700 mark!

Is .650 the new Mendoza line?

.600 is the new Mendoza line IMO.

[mvp 78]

i joined that dump a few years ago and made one post mildly critical of Bloom and was instantly labeled a troll and hater and banned the next day. talk about some thin-skinned snowflakes.

And yet people thought this was a circle jerk for the Bloom Squad or whatever...

[mvp 78]

.600 is the new Mendoza line IMO.

The Mendoza line was supposed to be the bare minimum, not the bottom 25% right? .600 seems more accurate.