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  1. Bellhorn04
    No it isn't. It's not complicated. I said Cora sat him against some lefties. It was disproportionate to the number of righties he sat against. mvp found those 4 LH sits and 2 RH sits numbers. Cora has done the same with other hitters who are struggling against lefties. Like Duran in the first part of 2023. You don't sit them all the time against lefties if there's hope for improvement. Abreu was the guy pretty much in a straight platoon this year.
  2. Bellhorn04
    "Adequate" covers a lot of ground. Per FanGraphs his value for 2023-2024 was 11.3 million while his AAV was 36 million. What doesn't show in his OPS and OPS+ is the negative impact of his baserunning. We're stuck with him, basically.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Certainly wasn't saying it was a straight platoon. One thing's for sure - in 2024 he was atrocious against the lefties he faced.
  4. Bellhorn04
    I do recall a few games he sat when we were facing a lefty starter. Not sure how many exactly. Need a stat for that!
  5. Bellhorn04
    I should have checked both years. This year it was 832/565.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Masa career splits: Vs. RHP .810 Vs. LHP .669 Home .814 Away .740 The poor numbers against lefties have induced Cora to sit Yoshida against some lefty starters, further limiting his usefulness.
  7. Bellhorn04
    "Nonplussed" - perfect word for the last few years.
  8. Bellhorn04
    What a trail of blunders. The last big move that was any good was the JDM signing.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Story was sort of a star by post-2019-apocalyptic Sox standards.
  10. Bellhorn04
    GO GUARDIANS? Go to the golf course, I guess you mean. Cashman did get them Soto.
  11. Bellhorn04
    The Yankees' Lucrative Lumber gets it done. 🙂
  12. Bellhorn04
    Oh, I do accept it. They have to max out the money. But I'm also aware of how it rewards mediocrity. The fact we stunk so bad for so long does make the impact of the Sale trade less painful, I readily admit.
  13. Bellhorn04
    That's what happens when you pick the wrong guy, yes, they undervalued Beltre badly. Some star players do come through, like Soto.
  14. Bellhorn04
    They did, thanks to the participation badge playoff format. What seems to be a little under the radar is exactly how putrid they were after the ASB. Even after Casas and Story returned they were putrid. And the pitching staff was relatively healthy compared to a lot of other teams. It really is something how low expectations have sunk that we're still somewhat upbeat after playing .420 ball for our last 2.5 months.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Kirby George Miller Bryce Gilbert Logan
  16. Bellhorn04
    True. It was 2012 when he started to really tail off. Power expectations for him were a bit inflated I guess. People thought if he could hit 30-40 HRs a year in San Diego, you could bump that to 35-45 in a better hitting environment.
  17. Bellhorn04
    Those are multi-season fWARs?
  18. Bellhorn04
    FanGraphs has calculated Yoshida's worth in free agent dollars as : 2023 $4.9 million 2024 $6.4 million
  19. Bellhorn04
    He's talking about the analytics on the pitching side: We have been heading here for years via the metric revolution. It became understood that all pitchers should throw it harder, spin it more and max out on every pitch. That has led to both more injuries and shorter starts. The shorter starts are due to not holding back anything pitch to pitch for a marathon. And why hold back? Many starters these days are not allowed to go around a lineup more than twice —sometimes once this time of year.
  20. Bellhorn04
    When Stanton is hitting like this the Yankees are a very tough lineup. A pretty Captain Obvious observation, I know.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Copying this link to article by Joel Sherman on how analytics is shredding pitching staffs, because: a) No one is paying much attention to that thread on The Future of Baseball, perhaps because of where it's situated; b) This thread has been temporarily re-purposed as the 2024 Postseason Thread; and c) I don't think moderators should devote undue time to moving posts around. Trying to get Talksox posters to follow posting rules would be like trying to herd cats. 😀 https://nypost.com/2024/10/18/sports/mlb-bullpens-appear-to-be-reaching-a-breaking-point/
  22. Bellhorn04
    I remember AGon had shoulder surgery, and his power dipped noticeably from what it was with San Diego.
  23. Bellhorn04
    My Sox pessimism is running amuck these days.
  24. Bellhorn04
    I suppose throwing 74 innings of 100 MPH cutters might cause higher than normal arm fatigue...
  25. Bellhorn04
    That would support the tired arm theory on him at least...
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