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  1. Indeed, but even Duran is improved and may be better in CF than the mix we had in 2023. Ref in LF is not much better than Yoshida.
  2. I think there are more teams with serious flaws than we may think. I'm still holding onto a sliver of hope.
  3. I doubt we see them, this year. September call-ups are limited, now. It is looking more and more like Yoshida was a complete failure, but he will be given a long leash in a punt season and at that pay. Maybe someday, we see... C: Teel & Wong 1B: Devers/Casas DH: Casas/Devers 2B: Grissom SS: Story 3B: Mayer LF: Duran CF: Rafaela RF: Anthony We still need pitching, but with all these pre-arb and arb contracts, even a stingy JH should allow us to build a winner. For 5 years, the question has been "How Soon Is Now?" When you say it's gonna happen now When exactly do you mean? See I've already waited too long And all my hope is gone
  4. We can be pretty sure, they would not have spent his $313M elsewhere.
  5. I think they did address the defense. Grissom should be better than Arroyo/Vadlez/Urias/Reyes/Kike. Rafaela is light years better than Duvall/Duran in CF. Duran is better than Yoshida in LF. We expected growth at 1B and C. Story was expected to vastly improve the SS D, and he did for 2 short weeks. RF and 3B looked like pushes. Some of us have suggested ways to improve 3B defense, but have been largely ridiculed for doing so. The lack of addressing the rotation was more neglectful, despite how the rotation has looked, so far. Now, with Story out, the defense cannot improve by nearly as much as planned/expected, but it still should move up from 28th to 30th in 2023 to around 20-24th. Not great, but still it may end up being the only area of improvement by October.
  6. Our rotation, to date: 0.00 Houck 6 IP per start (2 GS) 0.57 Crawford 5.1 IP per start (3 GS) 0.82 Pivetta 5.2 IP per start (2 GS) 0.96 Whitlock 4.2 IP per GS (2 GS) 4.11 B Bello 5.1 IP per GS (3 GS) I doubt any other team has 5 SP'ers averaging 4.2 or more IP per start. I know no other team has ERAs like these. (1.42 rotation ERA) 63.1 IP in 12 GS (5.1 per start) 43 Hits 18 BB 71 Ks The sample size has grown to the point where we could have a game where our SP'er lets up 10 ERs in 5 IP
  7. In 2023, we were 30th in OAA. In 2024, we are 21st, so far. Fangraphs has us 21st. (30th, last season) DRS has us 21st. (24th, last season) It's improved, but just not a whole lot. Kike, alone, killed the club's chances in April, last year. We had about 3-4 positions that were dead last.
  8. 1 strike per batter was better than what he did for us, at the end. LOL
  9. I think they expected a .380 OBP and maybe 15 HRs/30 DBLs
  10. Now, Kimbrell learns to throw strikes.
  11. LOL. It is true that hardly any teams have several pitchers who go 6 almost every game. 6 x 33 starts is almost 200 IP.
  12. We need to O to come back to life!
  13. Hickey hit his 3rd dinger for Woo. Making a case to get back in the mix. (DH?)
  14. Just started warming up someone.
  15. Just like that, the O's are back in it.
  16. ...and it rubbed off on Duran.
  17. It's looking like 2023 was not a fluke.
  18. Everybody Wong-Chang, tonight!
  19. Totally shocked that Yoshida grounded out to the right side.
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