jacksonianmarch

Our depth will be tested for sure.

We did win 2 of 3. Yes, it would be. I think they are looking at this with an eye towards a guy who won't beat himself and a guy who is already on the 40 man. Adams and Sheff don't need to be on the 40 this year and will be added at seasons end. Adding them now will burn an option year. If Loaisiga is ready, he could come up for the month then go back down and taper off for the end of the year

You're a moron. I have a financial clue if a player will opt out. If Kershaw cannot finish healthy due to a back issue that has recurred for the past 2 seasons, he won't walk away from $65 mil over the next 2 years. He will take that money, pitch those two seasons and if he is healthy, he'll get a massive contract. The Giants aren't letting MadBum walk. I'd take Porcello in the POs this year since Keuchel has looked like a shell of himself. Corbin is striking out a career high while barely sitting above 90mph. He is not a power pitcher like you claim. I am not sure any of your claims lie in reality

Kershaw hasn't stayed healthy for 2 seasons. He has $65 mil over 2 years ahead of him and if he doesn't put together a healthy end of 2018, he wont opt out. You are a complete idiot if you think the Giants will walk away from Bumgarner Look at the stats between Keuchel and Porcello for this year. Porcello is outpitching him by a LOT. WAR a full 1.0 higher for Rick. Corbin averages 90mph with his fastball. He is the definition of a crafty lefty. He is not a power arm. Do you even know anything about baseball?

That’s what I’m saying. When you should deal him, you won’t want to deal him

Bumgarner doesn’t have an opt out. Kershaw isn’t opting out since he can’t stay healthy. Porcello’s been better than Keuchel this year. Corbin is having a career year in a walk year. Do you actually read what you post?

We’re winning with the right kids. We also traded a lot away

Yanks might be promoted Jonathan Loaisiga from Trenton to take over for Tanaka. "Jonny Lasagna" took an interesting path to where he was. Signed as an INTL by the Giants and promptly was injured. Rehab didn't go smoothly, so the Giants cut him. He signed in NY, needed TJS almost immediately and spent a ton of time rehabbing. He has returned as a strike throwing monster with high 90s heat, a plus change and breaking ball with impeccable command. He has made it from the short season leagues last year to AA and he is still dominating. He is 6-0 with a 2.30ERA, 54K in 43IP and only 4 walks. He has 2 more wins than walks. His season WHIP is 1.09 between High A and AA. He is still only 23 yrs old, but with his stuff and command, he might make for an interesting dilemma when Tanaka comes back.

Mike Mussina once said you can break your starts down into 3 pieces. 1/4 of your starts, you'll have everything going and you're likely to win. 1/4 of your starts, you will have nothing and should lose. 1/2 your starts you will have something working and those starts are the ones that decide how good you end up being. Porcello has nothing today. He is in the 1/4 of starts you should lose. If I were Cora, I'd have the pen warming up. His fastball isn't moving. His change sucks. His breaking ball is hanging.

I think you are looking at things with rosy glasses, but you we both have the tincture of time to see how things go. If the sox do address the lineup, they will do it in late July, so we have a month and a half to see where things shake out. The guys in question are JBJ, the catcher duo, Nunez, and Devers. JBJ has a history of streaks, clearly, but he has shown no evidence that he will snap out of it. Also, he has proven to be able to hit like s*** for a whole season during his earlier years. There is a chance he gets his act together, but there is also a good chance that he never recovers to the point of being a useful offensive player I have no faith in Leon and Vasquez. Neither can hit well. Vaz got a nice contract out of a unicorn season for him. They will continue to be a black hole Nunez doesn't look right. He isn't a great hitter at baseline aside from high BABIP seasons the last 2 years. I wonder if he is injured. Holt will sub in for him, but Holt has proven to be great in short samples but terrible when relied upon heavily Devers, who knows. He's an uber talented hitter who has a huge hole in his swing and has shown no ability to work on it There is no guarantee your guys rebound. We shall see over the next 6 weeks if they do

Missile right to 3b. Don't pitch to this guy again

The pen is settling in over the last 30 games Holder hasn't allowed a run over 9.1IP. 10K and 1 walk in that time with a 0.75WHIP Betances has been lights out. 0.75ERA in 12IP with 19K, 6BB and only 2H. 0.67WHIP Green has a 0.82ERA with a 0.91WHIP with 13K in 11IP. Chapman has a 0.84ERA with a 1.13WHIP with 14K but an alarming 8BB in 10.2IP. The only major pen arm with a bad last 30 is KRob, with an ERA of 5.56 and a 1.41WHIP through his last 11.1IP.

You don't throw him a strike here.

Lopez willing to go up towards the dome a few times. I know he doesn't have pinpoint command, but there are only so many times the sox will tolerate that before there is retaliation

Oh SBF. The insufferable one who couldn't be happy his team was winning multiple world series'

Ronny Rojas, one of the big ticket IFA signings has started interestingly. He is still just 16 yrs old and will be for another 2 months. His beginning in the DSL shows an incredible triple slash line with some interesting quirks through his first 4 games .385/.556/.846 slash line in 18PAs. Looking deeper at those 18PA's.... 7 strikeouts, 5 walks, 3 doubles, 1HR, 1 single, 2SB's. His BABIP is .667, lol

I've read nothing about the Yankees agreeing with Rodriguez. I'd clearly love that, but I am not sure that is accurate. Alcantara and Gomez would continue the Yankees MO of guys playing premium positions plus a solid hit tool getting signed.

Why anyone pitches to JD is beyond me

When they selected Houck, I read a lot of pub on him being a long term shutdown reliever. I wonder if his current performance escalates that conversion

If he strained one hammy, he'd be back in 2 weeks. The fact that it's both is why the month is likely. I doubt he stays out longer than that. Hammy's aren't typical of pitchers and more for position players running on the bases or after balls.

Porcello has been an enigma since he was selected by the Tigers years ago. A guy with seemingly unlimited potential who had been a middling pitcher for most of his career. The sox go out and get him for Cespedes, extend him before he pitches for them and he dumps all over the place in his first year. When the calls for his ouster were the highest, he spun a majestic season, winning a CY. Last year, with the expectations resuscitated, he threw out another clunker. This year, with all the focus on Mr. Tingles and the fact that Chris Sale needs to be perfect every time out has been the quietly good performance of Porcello. in 2018, Porcello is already worth 1.8WAR, a whole 2WAR above his sub replacement level performance last year. His WHIP is down 0.27 from last year and his HR rate has dropped from 1.68/9IP to 0.78/9IP. Looking at his splits, Porcello got off to a hot start, cooled off, then had another hot start to June. March/April- 4-0 40.1IP 30H 10ER 1HR 4BB 38K 2.23ERA 0.84WHIP 9.5K/BB 0.22HR/9IP May- 3-2 33.2IP 39H 20ER 5HR 11BB 32K 5.34ERA 1.49WHIP 2.9K/BB 1.33K/BB June- 1-0 6.1IP 5H 2ER 1HR 2BB 5K 2.84ERA The question I pose to the forum, is which Porcello do you all think he becomes. Is he the 3.65ERA 1.14WHIP guy going forward? Do you think he can replicate his hot March/April/June going forward and help bolster the rotation? Does he nosedive akin to his poor May going forward?

Slav, we aren't talking about 8 and 9, we are talking right now about 6-9. When Betts comes back, you are looking at a lineup of 1. Betts RF 2. Benintendi LF 3. Martinez DH 4. Moreland 1B 5. Bogaerts SS 6. Devers 3B 7. JBJ CF 8. Nunez 2B 9. Vaz or Leon C If Pedey cannot come back his usual self (which is looking more likely by the day), then you are looking at a black hole in your 6-9 spots. Add to that the fact that Moreland is playing way over his head and there isn't much room to go up for Beni, Betts or JDM and likely a continued current approach of Bogaerts, then your top 5 is likely going to decrease at least a touch going forward. Your top 5 is maxed and likely looking at slightly less productivity over the next 100 games. Currently, your 6-9 spot has given you this: #6- .234/.310/.414 #7- .235/.292/.332 #8- .204/.265/.317 #9- .236/.300/.349 That's abysmal, but place in the order changes with the pitchers faced. The better idea is to look at the positions As C- .589- 13th in AL As 2B- .626- 10th in AL As 3b- .662- 14th in AL If it weren't for the fact that Beni has hit like an MVP when he plays CF (1.104OPS vs .827OP as LF), the position would be a graveyard as well as JBJ (if he qualified) would be the 10th worst offensive player by OPS in all of baseball. When JBJ plays, you are adding a .603OPS to the positions noted above. I get that seasons past have seen teams with lesser offensive profiles win the title. But looking at those teams... 2017 HOU- Marwin Gonzalez, Carlos Correia and Jose Altuve were .900+ in OPS. Bregman, Springer, Reddick, Gurriel, and Marisnick were .800+. McCann was .759 at a premium position. That's 9 guys. Their backups by the postseason were a well past his prime Beltran (who didn't play much in the postseason) and Aoki who's game is to get on base and steal some bases, not hit for power 2016 CHC- Rizzo and Bryant were .900+. Zobrist, Fowler, and Contreras (who ended up catching the lions share of playoff games) were .800+. Baez, Russell, and Soler were .730+, which isn't great, but they did pop 47HR between them in what amounted to 2 full time positions. The only regular come the postseason who remained in the lineup and was abysmal (sub .700OPS) was Heyward. 2015 KC- Entirely different type of roster construction. They had above average speed throughout the lineup which Boston doesn't have beyond 2 players (Beni and Betts). They stole some bases, but also took the extra base better than anyone. They played defense better than anyone. They had a bullpen that could come into a game with 5 innings to go and shut teams down. But looking at their lineup... They had 6 guys post OPS+ of 119 or better (Zobrist, Hosmer, Moustakas, Gordon, Cain and Morales). Escobar had no business batting 2nd, I agree there, but he did chip in with 17 stolen bases. Their catcher didn't walk at all, but did pop 21HRs in Perez. Their RF spot was a mess until they decided to put Dyson out there who stole 26 bases in half time. While they had their warts offensively, they had more depth in their lineup. Guys who weren't OPS'ing high could either hit for power or steal some bases. You don't have that with Nunez, Leon, or JBJ right now. Devers hitting over 20HRs might be enough of a saving grace to justify his spot 2014 SF- Every single guy in their lineup was OPS+ of 104 or higher. They weren't filled with amazing hitters aside from Posey, but they were consistent throughout. They also had the best pitcher I have ever seen in a postseason win them 3 games in the world series and only need the rest of the team to figure out one win

Unless the bases are loaded, JD sees not a single pitch in the strike zone. The 5-9 should scare nobody

That’s not actually true. The postseason is typically dominated by good pitching and if 4 guys in your lineup are auto outs, then good pitching will dominate your lineup

Didn’t HanRam hit .667 against Houston in the ALDS?