The Yankee fans on this board are relatively level-headed. But on the NYYFans forum I visit, they have been ripping Hal, Cashman, and Larry Rothschild (Pajama Larry LOL) for the state of the starting pitching.
I think Beni is a very good player. It's actually kind of a weird misconception that he's been having a long slump or a lousy season.
OPS by month:
April 754
May 792
June 827
July 826
They rushed him back and he's ramping up in real games. Cora doing a good job getting him into games. Hopefully he'll get sharp and be a big help the rest of the way.
jung, for most of the games in April and May Mookie was batting second, with X-Bo or JDM behind him, and Beni leading off.
So the Beni factor is out the window anyway.
You're actually making things too complicated.
It's not that hard to compare offensive numbers in the Year of the Missile with numbers of other years and come up with a reasonable discounting factor, if your intent is to keep it simple.
Average MLB OPS is .755 this year. It was .728 last year. It's an increase of 3.7%. Very significant, but it doesn't mean everything is out the window.
It was .750 in 2017, in fact.
Huh? There are plenty of what I would call average fans here, as there were on the old BDC site and other forums.
What you're saying is equivalent to saying the average person doesn't use social media.