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Duda's not all that good, I think we all realize that. But he's an .800+ OPS guy against RH pitching, and if he comes at the right price, a first base platoon with him and Hanley wouldn't be the worst thing. Also, as moon has said, this could help keep Hanley from hitting the vesting option, which would relieve us of 22 million payroll for 2019.
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Don't forget 'Inepstein'. One thing about fred, he was an equally opportunity abuser. He crapped on everyone from Henry down to the bat boy.
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They are indeed childish, and tiresome.
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The Talksox brain trust will be making the call on that one.
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Agree 100%. I would also note there have been some articles criticizing Morgan's letter as inappropriate.
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If the talent is there any headaches can probably be resolved.
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That does sound like a dumb article, and spending big doesn't guarantee a thing. However, we do need to acknowledge that the Yankees are back in a big way. Based on Pythagorean record they were actually 7 games better than us last year. If we do absolutely nothing to improve we'll be, on paper, a wild-card contender.
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But save the money for when and who, specifically?
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Yes, it's time we did something about this nonsense with players getting injured during the season. I'm fed up with it.
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I don't think the value of putting the ball in play should be totally discounted. There are productive outs and errors from putting it in play. But if a hitter has a good OBP and SLG he is productive, regardless of K's.
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It seems like the Yanks will be able to get this guy for little money and little risk if he decides to pick them, which he likely will. Something about that doesn't seem right.
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In 2013 Napoli had an ungodly 187 K's in 578 PA's. But he had a 360 OBP and a 482 SLG. Bottom line he had a solid season in spite of the K's. Some guys can do this.
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I think we all know Ohtani is going to sign with the MFY's.
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In his career with men on first and third, Duda has hit 375/458/736 for a crazy 1194 OPS. Perhaps more significantly, with RISP he has hit 231/375/433 for a respectable 808 OPS.
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Thanks Dave! I think.
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The offseason is a time for optimism. Accordingly: 1) Hanley's poor numbers last year were a result of his shoulder issues. 2) Shoulder issues are now 100% fixed. 3) Hanley will be much better next year. 4) Check back with me in May to see if I still feel this way.
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And when he signs I'll finally be able to say it...'Oh Duda Day!'
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There's no simple answer, really. We didn't clinch the division till the second-last day of the season so it was no easy matter to give rest to our best starter. We may get in the exact same bind again next year. Right now we're all optimistic that we'll be able to get him that extra rest - because the offseason is a time of optimism. That's the way I see it, anyway.
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The only real difference is one more year of data. I'll say this, it might not be possible to cut his innings back much next year either...it'll all depend on the circumstances. Did you look at that game thread from July when Farrell started Fister over Sale? It's amusing in light of this discussion.
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The positional thing with JDM is definitely an issue.
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I know you must have typed the bolded part in a hurry, because it's pretty much gibberish - 'a lot of the data gets older...huh?'
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Maybe Price's regular season innings have been mismanaged too.
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Why is Holt horrible at 2B? His career UZR/150 is +1.8, and +12.0 at SS. What numbers support that he is horrible?
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I don't think it's a coincidence that Dice-K's downfall began in a WBC year. In 2009 Dice-K won his second WBC MVP award, and there were stories about the Japanese team taking great liberties with how hard they worked him. That year he only pitched 59.1 innings and that was basically it for him.
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The reports seem to be that the Giants didn't offer all 3 of those players as a package. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/11/giancarlo-stanton-trade-rumors-moncay.html
