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  1. mvp 78
    9.8% (league av is 8.2%) so not an absurdly high amount. It's lower than Devers, Anthony, Lowe, Refsnyder, Campbell and Bregman. About the same as Abreu. He's a guy who thinks he knows the k zone better than he actually does.
  2. mvp 78
    He's had years where he's close to elite (22), but he typically doesn't put it all together.
  3. mvp 78
    Taking a stand against everyone? You've already had people agree with you.
  4. mvp 78
    His value remains in his overall season. I never said he's a career platoon guy, just that he'd get platooned this year.
  5. mvp 78
    A precedent for you gloating?
  6. mvp 78
    You wouldn't get better value by trading him.
  7. mvp 78
    If they trade him, they then have to go out and find a replacement and the FA options are poor.
  8. mvp 78
    He had to because of the injuries at 1b and 3b causing a lack of IF bodies. If they re-sign Breggie for 3b and sign Hoskins for 1b, Mayer will definitely slow roll it out of ST in a platoon with Romy.
  9. mvp 78
    I don't mind a walk too much, but he's definitely too passive at the plate. If there's a pitch in the zone, he needs to look to hammer it early. If it's borderline with 2 strikes, he needs to completely change his approach. The whole idea of protecting the plate with 2 strikes and fouling a pitch off has been removed from the game.
  10. mvp 78
    Mercury poisoning. I bet he's been infected by the Greaseman's Tuna Fish Song.
  11. mvp 78
    Sorry, I edited out a sentence. It's called 3rd strike percentage. The amount of strike outs where a batter doesn't swing.
  12. mvp 78
    "Sorry mom, I gotta sub in the neighbor's pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving this year. You can still bring everything else you wanted to prepare."
  13. mvp 78
    I think we started to see Duran get platooned more and more in '25 because of his split concerns. My guess is that continues in '26.
  14. mvp 78
    I think there's a big difference if he's set to be on the roster as a 2b or a 3b. If he's 3b, it's to be fulltime. If he's 2b, I bet he platoons with Romy.
  15. mvp 78
    I think Merloni is just wrong about Cease's profile. Probably just adding his spin to what he's heard about Ryan and the Sox. Cease has a good whiff rate, but he just doesn't keep the ball in the zone and it leads to additional runners. He's not for me.
  16. mvp 78
    Players above 28% called third strikes (league av is 23.5 FWIW) Campbell 36 Casas 37 (40 in 24, 27 in 23 - best season, 40 in 22) Sogard 42 Eaton 42
  17. mvp 78
    7/25 3 IP 7 ER 7/30 - 9/19 61 IP, 3.69 ERA (15 HR) 9/25 5.2 IP 8 ER 2nd in starters w/ 100 IP 1.93 HR/9
  18. mvp 78
    I used to take my lunch break down in Oakland Beach when I worked in Warwick. Too long of a commute for me now though. Hendricken is right by the duckpin bowling alley in Warwick. We had a few fundraisers there.
  19. mvp 78
    So at some point he'll be a platoon, but at some point he'll be a fulltime starter. How does that bet work?
  20. mvp 78
    Why take a wager on the roster if it's not close to being set now?
  21. mvp 78
    The ceiling is still there. He just missed some development time and has things to work on. Not every prospect is going to crush it as quick as Roman did. I think we can be honest about where his is today and what the expectations should be for this coming year. To me, let him have a full year in the bigs succeeding against RHB in largely a platoon role and try to get to October healthy. He may not get a full load of at bats against LHP, but if he was treated like Abreu, he's still see LHP like 15% of the time (most likely resting against really tough LHP). When Duran played everyday in '24, he faced LHP about 30% of the time. Is 50% of the at bats destroying his development? I don't really think so if it's his first year.
  22. mvp 78
    That's why I wouldn't have brought him up so early last season. His bat wasn't ready. Everybody said he was ready, but he OPS'd under 700 and didn't look comfortable except on defense.
  23. mvp 78
    Duran isn't getting benched. If Campbell and Garcia are on the roster, it's either due to injury, trade or as bench roles. Garcia isn't ready for a spot anytime soon. Campbell is still a bit of a mystery right now. We don't even know where they'd play him TBH. He could show up as the fulltime 1B and it wouldn't be that shocking.
  24. mvp 78
    I saw this last night and it seemed like it's in regards to his injury and the expectations of him coming back. I like his personality. Baseball players are better when they are a little weird.
  25. mvp 78
    Cease may have a high swing and miss, but it's not because he stays in the zone. He has an 80% chase rate and he pitches only 46% in zone, worse than Bello. Ryan is a much better fit for the Sox's model IMO (55% in zone, better than Crochet).
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