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  1. mvp 78
    IDK, Arias is in a real slump in May, 957 OPS. His stock has taken a big hit. No HR this whole month! I'm happy that Mayer has cut down his k rate. If he can keep that low and get through the season uninjured, it's a success.
  2. mvp 78
    Rafaela's "value" will exceed what they pay him, but what they'd actually pay him in arbitration and FA would be the same or less IMO. For there to be cost savings with Rafaela, he'd have to be a 110 wRC+ guy or something going forward. Good glove guys just don't get paid. Bello's contract is fine if you think he has TOTR upside. I think they thought that at one point. Right now, he has 3rd starter upside. With injuries these days, you don't extend 3rd starters. The Anthony deal seems fine. He's going to be given a few years to figure it out and he wasn't really given enough protection in the lineup. It was really disgraceful that they put him out there and made him be the man from day one. Unfair.
  3. mvp 78
    Cora was definitely not moving any veterans off their spots. No way.
  4. mvp 78
    Not now, maybe later in the season. I think KC is part of the reason they didn't re-sign Refsnyder.
  5. mvp 78
    1968 was lower. It's also early May. I'd expect it to get higher as the temps increase. Since 2018, the BA has been below 250 8 of 9 seasons. The last time it had been below 250 was 1972. It was low from 63-72. 1968 was the year of the pitcher (afterwards they adjusted the k zone and the mound).
  6. mvp 78
    Bloom knew he was out of there. He could tell Raffy whatever he wanted and that it wouldn't matter because the blowback wouldn't hit Bloom. He'd be elsewhere.
  7. mvp 78
    IDK, what he has going for him is his RHB.
  8. mvp 78
    Yeah, strike outs have steadily increased over the past 40 years or so. Is pitching just getting better and better? Are hitters just changing how they are approaching their at bats too much? HR's are up, but H's aren't. 2B's aren't. Runs aren't. Hitters are just trying to hit flyballs and if they don't go out, OFers just catch them for easy outs. If it really is just the pitching is too good, they'll need to adjust the mound again.
  9. mvp 78
    I used to have faith in the org cranking out offensive players. I don't anymore.
  10. mvp 78
    Is he closer now than he was last year? Yes. Is he closer now than he was at the end of '24? No.
  11. mvp 78
    They were so locked on being proven that their system worked that they forced him onto the MLB roster after he had a horrible ST. He hit well for a few weeks and the fell off the map and wasn't even able to hit AAA pitching. Injury? Lack of confidence? They clearly rushed him last season.
  12. mvp 78
    Seems like he's completely done playing C? Seems fine if he's just going to focus on mashing and for a guy with the injury bug. He's also still only 22 (Rule 5 eligible this year).
  13. mvp 78
    It's a stupid risk because at the end of the day they only save money if KC becomes a super star. They needed to be sure about that. Internally, they wanted to break down his swing within a few months. Why?
  14. mvp 78
    It would have solved itself quickly with Casas getting injured.
  15. mvp 78
    28th in OAA and FRV. They can't blame the Monster for an OAA variance either. The OBP point is a pretty good one though. It worked for a long time. Not sure why MLB dropped it for launch angle. They used to score more runs back when OBP was cool too. HR's may have gone up per game, but the runs didn't increase. Weird! 😎
  16. mvp 78
    I don't think so.
  17. mvp 78
    I doubt they let Whitlock out of the contract until the last club option is done in '28. Contreras probably stays for '28 too.
  18. mvp 78
    Tolle has a very high ceiling, but is still a potential relief profile due to the secondaries. Early has been solid, but the underlying metrics could lead us to believe that there will be some regression over the course of this season (4.68 xERA, 13th percentile barrel rate). When one pitch could end a career, I could see why Breslow could be hesitant to extend these two. I'm not sure the bad Bello extension affects it either.
  19. mvp 78
    If they truly are a pitching pipeline, you don't worry about extending young pitchers who can be prone to career ending injuries. Breslow has also been willing to spend FA dollars on starting pitching. Unless a guy is a front end starter, there probably isn't a demand to extend.
  20. mvp 78
    The AAV is 7.5M for a guy sitting in AAA. The issue is that you're guaranteeing him 2/30 contract after he's done with his arbitration years. Doesn't seem like this is a guy that would be on track for getting there at the moment.
  21. mvp 78
    I'm just saying it as there were posters on here suggesting that the Sox were failing for not extending them.
  22. mvp 78
    Lawlar was moved to the OF back in October in the Dominican Winter League. They weren't happy with his defense and had benched him in the regular season for it. It was clear to me back then that he was being moved to CF and that they didn't want Duran.
  23. mvp 78
    I haven't heard that reported anywhere. I think AZ wants to go with a youth movement and save cash. Duran and Bello don't help with that. With their value in the tank, they'd want to to that trade even less now.
  24. mvp 78
    Breslow has a 5 year contract. I think he's here through 2027 no matter what.
  25. mvp 78
    Story is top talent? And if top talent actually did that, I think this board would have a meltdown.
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