Rays (Littell) vs Red Sox (Buehler): 6/11/25, 7:10pm

[Duran Is The Man]

3 hours ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Hamilton hit pretty well against righties in 2024 in a much bigger sample.  256/315/415 729 OPS  

That's the explanation.

I get it, I would have rather seen Narvaez too.  But Cora did have his reasons.

 

 

yet he's been sucking this year while Narvaez has been tearing it up. so...of course Cora uses the guy that stinks. makes no sense.

[mvp 78]

3 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

yet he's been sucking this year while Narvaez has been tearing it up. so...of course Cora uses the guy that stinks. makes no sense.

Hamilton has been one of the worst hitters in all of MLB. They could DFA him and be better off for it. They were offered substantial trade packages for this guy last offseason and didn't move him. WTH? Breslow made some bad decisions last offseason. 

[Bellhorn04]

1 minute ago, mvp 78 said:

Hamilton has been one of the worst hitters in all of MLB. They could DFA him and be better off for it. They were offered substantial trade packages for this guy last offseason and didn't move him. WTH? Breslow made some bad decisions last offseason. 

Substantial trade packages for Hamilton?

[Bellhorn04]

Roman Anthony is the worst hitter on this team at a horrific .083!

[mvp 78]

36 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Substantial trade packages for Hamilton?

Apparently! 

[moonslav59]

DHam really heated up, last summer, so maybe he's a hot weather guy. Once Bregman returns, DHam will be in AAA, maybe sooner.

Since Wong's return on May 2nd, he's played 9 complete games and started 11. 5 of those complete games were in teh first 11 days of his return. Since May 12th, he has been a clear back-up Catcher, playing aboiut what the normal back-up catcher plays: 1 out of every 4 or 5 games.

He's played in 11 games from May 13 to today, and 4 of them are playing just the last 1-2 innings. He's started 7 out of the last 26 games. That is closer to 1 in 4 than 1 in 5. He didn't finish 2 of those 7, so he's played 5 complete games in the team's last 26, which included one doubleheader. Maybe Wong has played 1-2 too many games, IMO.

[mvp 78]

3 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

DHam really heated up, last summer, so maybe he's a hot weather guy. Once Bregman returns, DHam will be in AAA, maybe sooner.

Since Wong's return on May 2nd, he's played 9 complete games and started 11. 5 of those complete games were in teh first 11 days of his return. Since May 12th, he has been a clear back-up Catcher, playing aboiut what the normal back-up catcher plays: 1 out of every 4 or 5 games.

He's played in 11 games from May 13 to today, and 4 of them are playing just the last 1-2 innings. He's started 7 out of the last 26 games. That is closer to 1 in 4 than 1 in 5. He didn't finish 2 of those 7, so he's played 5 complete games in the team's last 26, which included one doubleheader. Maybe Wong has played 1-2 too many games, IMO.

For Hamilton, it was really mid-May to mid-June at 908 OPS. Mid-June to end of July he was 501 OPS.

[notin]

6 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Apparently! 

I think these packages might not fit a universal definition of substantial…

[iortiz]

Hamilton’s value is only at the paths, yet he is sloppy at times, either he runs when he doesn’t have to run and sometimes he doesn’t run when he has to. But the latter doesn’t mater because he can’t get on base. He is nothing but a Mendoza hitter.  And don’t let me start with his D. Again, he’s sloppy at the latter too. 
 

Said that if somehow you get something decent for him, get it done ASAP