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  1. Bellhorn04
    Yoshida has other flaws too. He's a very slow baserunner. He couldn't hit lefties last year. And you might even argue that he's "injury-prone" or breaking down at this point. He does have strengths but they get drowned by his weaknesses. He'd be nice to have in a DH platoon, but that's kind of a tough fit. Obviously if Devers has to go on the IL, that's Yoshida's opening and we'd be semi-happy to have him.
  2. Bellhorn04
    We've also seen recent examples of the moving around thing not working very well at all. If you've got a guy like Ben Zobrist or, on a smaller scale, Brock Holt, it works, but I don't think guys who can actually do this well are all that plentiful. Let's see some names, I say!
  3. Bellhorn04
    I have a pretty strong feeling that metrics people are dictating a lot of the lineup stuff, and the metrics people do not subscribe to the theory of hot hitters. A guy could be 6 for his last 8, but if he's not the best matchup for today's starting pitcher, he's out of the lineup.
  4. Bellhorn04
    The other problem is that they didn't have much trade value. Masa's contract is deep underwater and he was injured to boot. Casas had an injury-plagued season and he's yet another should-be DH.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Was your main issue with yesterday's lineup Campbell being in CF?
  6. Bellhorn04
    Re Mayer & Anthony - their normal positions are SS and RF, and Story and Abreu have been 2 of our best players. Mayer can't take 3B from Bregman or 2B from Campbell. It's a conundrum. Someone has to get hurt or really start to play bad to create an opening. Either that or some sort of musical chairs arrangement, and those can be troublesome in their own way...
  7. Bellhorn04
    I don't understand the question. Can you spell it out a bit?
  8. Bellhorn04
    There's just no way he's 100%. A healthy Devers does not slug .327. Of course with all the fuss about him switching to DH I can understand why people are grasping at that straw too. Whichever it is, it's a grim situation. We're paying $50 million to 2 DHs, one who's doing little and one who's not playing at all.
  9. Bellhorn04
    32 Ks and 4 BBs does not portend well.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Raffy's OBP of .331 is higher than his SLG of .327. Unusual.
  11. Bellhorn04
    That would include me. It's the most logical explanation for his continued struggles since mid-August.
  12. Bellhorn04
    I would agree that it's not a total crapshoot.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Yes, I think basically each time they expanded the playoffs they increased the crapshoot factor. It only makes sense. Teams that would have been on the sidelines in past years now have a shot if they get on a roll at the right time. No repeat winner since 2000. That seems to support the crapshoot theory...
  14. Bellhorn04
    When it comes to the crapshoot theory, opinions shouldn't even enter into it, really. We've got a ton of data to work with. I don't think it's a total crapshoot. But there have been a lot of crapshoot results, or crapshoot years like 2023.
  15. Bellhorn04
    One thing that is undeniable is that there have been some major crap shoot results in the playoffs. Arizona (-15 regular season run differential) knocking out the Dodgers (+207 regular season run differential) in 2023 and making it to the WS was one of the all time crap shoot results. And I realize that had a lot to do with the Dodgers pitching being decimated. But that's actually the point - that's exactly why it can be a crap shoot.
  16. Bellhorn04
    It was also just an 85 inning sample as a starter.
  17. Bellhorn04
    His WHIP last year was 1.35. Another team might give him a shot at starting, but that doesn't mean much.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Criswell has a career FIP of 4.44 and a WHIP of 1.45. He's a replacement level pitcher. He had a few good outings last year. But he's not good.
  19. Bellhorn04
    Criswell did OK last year but I wouldn't count on him for much more. He's just not very good (by MLB standards).
  20. Bellhorn04
    The 85-86 win projection looks very reasonable. Obviously we'd like to think we're better than that, but the games keep suggesting otherwise. OTOH we're only 1.5 games worse than the best record in the AL.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Mutual option is such a strange concept. It would be hilarious if not one of them has ever been accepted by both sides.
  22. Bellhorn04
    bWAR, what is it good for? It's very good for Ceddanne Rafaela!
  23. Bellhorn04
    To me the really bold part was trading away a young starting pitcher.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Breslow really shows some stones making a trade like that.
  25. Bellhorn04
    bWAR treats him vastly better. And thereby hangs a tale.
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