Bellhorn04
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What's the big deal though? I think our starters have probably done a better job than expected getting through 5 innings or more.
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What's really shocking is the Yankees team OPS of .682 through 8 games, highlighted by a feeble SLG of .366. Supposedly the baseballs are deader this year, and that's not great for a team whose offense is built on the long ball. (I'm heaping it on, I know. )
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To be precise, the Yankees have one World Series appearance in the last 17 seasons (2004-2020) under Cash's guidance.
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That's great. I love it.
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Yankee fans are very down on Cashman these days. They think his team construction strategy has been atrocious. As in, the all or nothing offensive approach. The bad defense. And fail moves like Bruce.
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Final Rays 4 Yankees 0 Springs and Mazza combined for 3 of the shutout innings.
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I'm rooting for Jeffrey Springs right now LOL
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There are a couple of reasons people don't hope for ex-Red Sox players to do well: 1) It tends to reinforce the idea that we made the right move letting them go. 2) (Which is basically the flip side of 1) They don't like getting their noses rubbed in it that we were wrong to let them go.
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"Couldn't afford him" will always be a questionable concept IMO
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That's the spirit!
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San Diego was the other team that was rumored to be talking to the Sox about Betts.
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It's probably fair to say that the Dodgers figured they had a shot at keeping him and that was an extra inducement in the deal. And the Red Sox should have been aware of this, needless to say.
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So if he did get to free agency you think he would have eliminated the Red Sox from the bidding? If Mookie was the hard cold businessman we think, that would not be smart business. But it's all speculation and a moot point either way.
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The only possible cause for regret is that they traded him to the team that was in the best position to sign him to an extension. I'll always wonder if they took that into consideration or if they assumed Mookie wanted to hit free agency. As far as how Bloom did on the return, I'd say he did great.
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If Trout stays healthy, which is always a big if, that contract will pay dividends to the team. He is the elitest of the elite.
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Not all fans are created equal, of course. If you go on any team's fan forum site you will see a lot of discussion of contracts and what kind of job the GM is doing. Playing the armchair GM, like playing fantasy sports, has become a popular pastime.
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My first thought was I'm glad the Yankees didn't get him.
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You're 100% correct on that. What Thunder is referring to is the new rules about total mound visits per game. Maybe Girardi thought the new rules wiped out the second mound visit rule. If so, that certainly does nothing to alter your take that he's a moron.
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To each their own. None of it matters anyway. Just stuff to jabber about.
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It would be quite the f***up by the Dodgers if it turns out Bauer's 2020 numbers were stickum-related.
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Bauer's balls are under scrutiny.
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Nah. They saw fit to give Rendon $245 mill. They've got plenty of dough. Any failures in team construction are on them. And Trout deserves every penny. The guy is unbelievable.
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Let's convert WAR to a rate stat. Ripken Average of bWAR and fWAR = 94.2 PA's 12,883 / 600 = 21.47 seasons of 600 PA's Average WAR /season = 4.39 Evans Average of bWAR and fWAR = 66.1 PA's 10,569 / 600 = 17.62 seasons of 600 PA's Average WAR /season = 3.75 So as a rate stat, Ripken's WAR is 17% better.
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Big time.
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The Yankees were favored to win the division and perhaps run away with it. Right now they look like a team with a lot of issues. It's early, of course.
