If JH can't willingly go over budget for Skubal, he'll never go over budget. I won't want to hear "aggressive" or "uncomfortable" from them again if they try to get Skubal, but can't get it over the finish line.
131 wRC+ '24 (665 LHP OPS)
111 wRC+ '25 (676 Away OPS, 600 LHP OPS)
Maybe other GM's just are worried that he's not a fulltime OFer and is trending in the wrong direction? Maybe they also don't like his personality and the distractions that have come with having him on the team. 🎾
He hit LHP decently in '25. Elevated k rate, less power, but his OPS was about even. In previous years, it was pretty rough. With his swing and miss, it's hard to say what it'd look like in MLB. I think he needs another season in AAA TBH.
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/statcast-park-factors?type=year&year=2025&batSide=L&stat=index_wOBA&condition=All&rolling=3&parks=mlb
MIL is 25th for LHB, BOS is 2nd.
There is a Rock N Roll High School movie that the Ramones are in.
I believe Joey Ramone was the only Ramone to have more than one line. The only thing they could get Dee Dee to memorize was "Hey pizza! Let's dig in!" and he could barely do that because he was out of his mind.
The movie was supposed to originally feature Todd Rudgren, but he declined.
“What he did last year, the last three months, he was one of the best hitters in the big leagues,” Cora told Smith.
Story 6/21-EOY
84 G
15 HR (38th)
58 RBI (14th)
836 OPS (57th)
2.8 fWAR (23rd)
Ian Browne pumping Mikey Romero's tires this early in camp is a little silly. Good player, but not ready for MLB. Romero needs to learn how to make contact in AAA first. In ST, he'll be hitting off a lot of guys that are not ready for prime time and guys just working through stuff. You can throw those numbers out. He'd have one of the worst k%'s and chase rate's in MLB with below average defense. No point in bringing him up for a bench role.