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  1. moonslav59
    I think trading JD would have meant paying part of his deal. Having Schwarber would certainly have been nice, but I still think spending on good pitching is the way I would do some what if hindsight ideas.
  2. moonslav59
    How many times are these guys tested? I'm not saying I know he's been clean his whole life, but who knows for sure, otherwise?
  3. moonslav59
    O'Neill sitting. No Wong at DH.
  4. moonslav59
    You've been waiting a while for him to have a 10 day slump.
  5. moonslav59
    Yes, almost anyone would be better than Franchy/Arroyo at 1B for that long stretch. It seemed obvious in '22, we needed to shift the plan, but sometimes giving a struggling player a longer look works... like Bobby D was given in '21. In 2021, our "problem" was not 1B in 2021, especially after mid May. We stuck with Dalbec and it worked. The plan in '22 did not. Bobby D was on a pretty long warm to hot streak in 2021, which was maybe one reason we stuck with him for so long in '22: .867 May 13 to end of season .916 June 10 to end of season .988 July 21 to end of season 1.087 after August 5th It's easy to think all choices that fail were bad choices. It is not really that simple.
  6. moonslav59
    We repeatedly asked who should have been signed for $10M, instead, and go nothing, as usual.
  7. moonslav59
    Criswell goes tonight, as we try to split with the Rays. No O'Neill. Cooper and Smith both playing, instead of Wong at DH. Refsnyder starting against a RH'er, as he has done very well, so far, this year vs them.
  8. moonslav59
    Don't forget the same person who complain when strength of schedule is mentioned, then poo-poo our record due to playing an easy schedule to start the season.
  9. moonslav59
    I did not like the Gio signing, but in terms of durability, yes. He seemed like as durable as you can get.
  10. moonslav59
    Yes, a healthy balance of both is best, but the quantity thing hasn't worked very well for over a decade. (One could argue we lacked quantity, too, unless you're talking quantity of mediocrity or worse.)
  11. moonslav59
    I'd have preferred singing a durable SP'er to any of these guys, and with Bogey bolting, we did need a SS, but I can't disagree with your opinion.
  12. moonslav59
    Indeed, and the point is, it is not easy finding competent players in mid May. Teams are generally not looking to trade away good players, at that time. It can and does happen, but it is rare. A certain person and others were upset when we played Schwarber at 1B, out of desperation, and that ended up working out okay, and they went silent on he matter. Throwing things at the wall, sometimes works. More often than not, it does not. HRam in LF Swihart in LF. Arroyo in RF. AGon in RF. Turner at 2B. Kike at SS. Rafaela at SS. Wong at 2B. Mookie in CF/ RF GG'er Yaz at 1B Devers at 1B... ooops, that slipped out. Some work: some don't. Bloom chose to roll the dice with Cordero & Arroyo for way too long. Maybe he expected Casas to return earlier. Maybe few options were open, and none were good ones. May his indecision got the best of him, once again. This wasn't his worst choice made, but it clearly failed.
  13. moonslav59
    Remember, Casas was in AAA and healthy, at this time, that year. He got hurt May 17th. I'm not sure they knew how long Casas would be out, but the issue should be about from about May 20 to the Hosmer trade. GS at 1B in 2022 64 Dalbec (coming off a very nice final 4 months of 2021 and a career OPS over .800, at that time.) 3 T Shaw (had a nice finish to the 2021 season) 47 Cordero (a failed experiment, to say the least) 22 Casas (after returning from injury) 14 Hosmer (after trade) 6 Arroyo, 5 Vazquez and 1 Chang (trying anything) It was about a third of a season (59 games.)
  14. moonslav59
    I've never been a fan of quantity over quality with building pitching staffs and farm systems, but we seem to have a lot of pitchers who are not considered top prospects but who have some hopes. Maybe some will turn into the next Crawford or Criswell. (I would have mentioned Wink, but he's in AAA, now.)
  15. moonslav59
    More... Run Support per IP 6.4 Criswell 5.8 Bello 4.1 Wink 4.0 Houck 4.0 Crawford (3.9 league avg) 3.3 Whitlock 1.8 Pivetta When you figure Houck and Crawford have ERAs in the low 2's, we should be than 7-11 in their starts, with them having 4 run support per IP. (Unearned runs and pen letdowns hurt.) Whitlock and Pivetta have been hurt more than Houck and Crawford, although their sample sizes are much smaller. Game Score. Team W-L% 60.6/.444 Houck 59.2/.333 Crawford 58.2/1.00 Criswell 56.3/.250 Whitlock 55.0/.500 Pivetta 54.8/.833 Bello 53 league average 52.7/.667 Wink Amazing how nearly all our SP'ers are above the league avg, except Wink, who has 3 GS and missed by 0.3! IP/GS 6.4 Houck (96 pitches per game) 5.8 Crawford (91) 5.3 Bello (89) (5.3 league avg) 5.2 Pivetta (78) 4.7 Criswell (79) 4.6 Whitlock (80) 3.6 Wink (50)
  16. moonslav59
    The good news from thos games: Whitlock: 4.2 IP 2H 0ER 1BB 5K Wink 2.1 3H 1ER 1BB 2K (not too bad) Bastardo 5IP 3H, 1ER 1BB 8K (3.60 ERA) Liu 3IP 0H 0ER 1BB 5K (0.00 ERA) GRE lost 6-3 as Perales did not do great. K Campbell 2-4 w 2B (I hope he gets the call to POR, soon.) SAL was the only winning team in the org, yesterday (4-1) Paez 4IP, 5H, 0ER, 0BB, 4K Bleis 2-4 and up to .730, after a poor start to '24.
  17. moonslav59
    We should just play Ref at 1B, even near FT. Maybe give Wong a rest as a catcher, somedays and play him there. They should DFA one of Cooper or Smith, and try something else. I doubt Ref will be as bad as Cordero was.
  18. moonslav59
    I know Schwarber was not a May or June addition, but many complained about forcing him to play 1B, at first. You just can't win.
  19. moonslav59
    There is a reason they cost just a dime, each. Look, I think Bloom should have tried something. I forget the guy, but some FA 1Bman signed in June, that year, once Casas went on the IL. He should have tried, and he probably made a bunch of calls, but the reality is, these are the usual results of trades in May and June: scraps.
  20. moonslav59
    Some WSP'er numbers: QS% 78 Houck (team 4-5 in his starts) 56 Crawford (team 3-6 in his starts) (38% league avg) 25 Pivetta (2-2 in his 4 starts) 17 Bello (5-1 in his starts) 0 all the rest, including openers If you modify the QS start to count 5 IP and 2 ER or 4 IP w 1 ER allowed, you get these numbers: QS/GS 8/9 Houck (one miss was 4ER in 5.2 IP- his 12 hit game) 7/8 Crawford (one miss was 4 ER in 6IP 5/6 Bello (one miss was 4 ER in 5 IP) 4/5 Criswell (team is 5-0 in his starts. His only miss was 2 ER in 4 IP) 3/4 Pivetta (one miss was 5ER in 4 IP) 3/4 Whitlock (1-3 in his starts. His only miss was 2 ER in 4 IP) Total: 30 out of 36 GS! (83.3%) All of these 6 SP'ers only had one start where they did not meet my modified criteria.
  21. moonslav59
    Houck's run support: 9 win 12 win 0 loss 2 win 1 loss 5 win (no decision) 5 win 2 loss 1 loss 3 loss Like the season as a whole, 21 runs were scored in those firsat 2 starts. 7 were scored in his 5 losses. (7 were scored in the team's other 2 wins.)
  22. moonslav59
    Agreed. Ref has been hitting RHPs, well. He should play FT, at least until he shows he should go back to platooning.
  23. moonslav59
    Even team record in GSd is deceiving
  24. moonslav59
    So much ch for the idea that GMs can find capable 1Bmen in May.
  25. moonslav59
    I feel the same.
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