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  1. moonslav59
    No INTs and 14 TDs on the season is impressive.
  2. moonslav59
    Young Player Current OPS .862 Abreu 24 .857 Casas 23 .851 Devers 26 .828 Duran 26 .762 EValdez 24 .746 Dugo 27 .698 Urias 26 .682 Rafaela 22 .680 Wong 27 Young Pitcher ERAs 2.98 Winckowski 25 3.86 Kelly 28 4.04 Crawford 27 4.24 Bello 24 4.91 Murphy 25 5.15 Whitlock 27 5.31 Houck 27 6.26 Walter 26 6.55 Robertson 24
  3. moonslav59
    In the olden days, we'd be celebrating Yoshida finishing 5h in the AL in BA, although .288 is not usually a 5th best BA. Turner is currently 9th at .277. Devers is 17th at .271. 24. Casas .263 25. Dugo .263 OBP Leaders: .412 Ohtani .410 Diaz 7. Casas .367 13. Devers .350 16. Turner .347 20. Yoshida .338 (I didn't realize .338 was so highly ranked.) SLG .654 Ohtani .628 Seager 7. Devers .501 10. Casas .490 21. Turner .458 24. Yoshida .446 (I would have never guessed he was top 25 in the AL in SLG.) OPS 5. Casas .857 7. Devers .851 18. Turner .805 26. Yoshida .784 33. Dugo .746 (Note: Beni is 8th worst at .682)
  4. moonslav59
    ND beat Duke 21-14 at Duke. Good win.
  5. moonslav59
    How would you compare Abreu's defense to these guys: Dugo in RF Duvall in RF Duvall in CF Duran in CF Duran in LF Duvall in LF Refsnyder in LF Yoshida in LF I'd say he's worse than Dugo in RF, maybe equal to Duvall in RF. Better than anyone else in CF, except Rafaela. Better than anyone in LF I listed.
  6. moonslav59
    We've beaten this horse. I doubt any GM would give a PTBNL for Dalbec or claim him off waivers, but all it takes is one, and Dalbec has shown he can hit in the bigs for pretty long stretches- just not recently. He raked in AAA, this year, but has not shown any improvement on defense or in limiting his K's. Again, he will likely not have any GM calling us, but it's not impossible, IMO. Obviously, it is to you. I get it. You are likely right.
  7. moonslav59
    I know every team ends up using scrub pitchers during the long season, and some end up doing okay. Some like Brasier suck for one team, then do well for another. I just wish we could limit how many and how often we end up using these guys. We used 30 pitchers, this year (plus Reyes.) I wouldn't call these 14 scrubs: Bello, Pivetta, Crawford, Sale, Houck, Paxton, Wink, Whitlock, Kluber, Martin, Schreiber, Jansen, Kelly and Joely. They were expected to pitch. Bleier 5.28 in 31 IP and Brasier 7.29 in 21 IP were both thought of as scrubs by most of us before the season started. That leaves 16.. Scrubs that did okay: 1 Bernardino 3.26 in 50 IP Scrubs that showed a little promise (at times): 1 Murphy 4.91 in 48 IP Scrubs who might deserve another look: 3 Robertson 6.55 in 11 IP Walter 6.26 in 23 Weiss 2.08 in 9 Scrubs I don't want to see pitch for us, again: 11 Llovera 5.46 in 30 Jacques 5.06 in 27 K Ort 6.26 in 23 Garza 7.36 in 18 Barraclough 12.91 in 8 Sherriff 2.70 in 7 Dermody 6.75 in 4 T Scott 4.91 in 4 Littell 9.00 in 3 Faria 22.50 in 2 Lamet 13.5 in 2 That's almost 130 IP from the scrubs of the scrubs- these last 11.
  8. moonslav59
    Llovera trae lluvia.
  9. moonslav59
    Bello has been over 5.20 for his last 14 starts.
  10. moonslav59
    I would not have been against the idea. Maybe they felt Dalbec could get hot and get a slightly better PTBNL.
  11. moonslav59
    Some metrics show this is not true. Devers has shown signs of improvement and then relapsed, at least twice. DRS -9 in '23 -6 in '22 (improved from '21) -13 in '21 -5 in '19 (improved from '18) -11 in '18 -5 in '17 UZR/150 -11.5 -5.2 +2,4 -10'6 -5.8 -1.9 -2.2 OAA shows he's worse... -9 in '23 worst in MLB -9 in '22 2nd worst -14 in '21 worst +17 in '19 2nd best -4 in '18 was 28th out of 38 -9 in '17 was 4th worst
  12. moonslav59
    He's not going anywhere.
  13. moonslav59
    We get 3 hits in an inning and don't score. They get 3 hits all game and score.
  14. moonslav59
    Yes, the AL with 9 DRS to 7 by Ad. Garcia. Weird how Tatis has 29 in the NL with the next NL RF'er with 2! OAA shows a different story: 11 Tatis 5 four players 4 three players 3 two players 2 seven players 1 twelve players, including Duvall and Dugo Dugo leads the AL in UZR/150 at 10.5 (5th in MLB).
  15. moonslav59
    Abreu and Rafaela will be given a chance. I don't see anyone saying otherwise. Should they both be handed separate FT jobs for 2024, right now? That is a debate. I think letting the two fight for one slot: CF, while giving Abreu the back up RF and maybe LF job, when not playing CF should give both plenty of opportunity to play enough to both earn a FT job during 2024. If Dugo and Duran are playing so well, there is a squeeze, then trade Dugo or Duran (and/or Ref.)
  16. moonslav59
    It would make sense to have Devers learn 1B during the winter. IMO.
  17. moonslav59
    Duran is better than Yoshida in LF, and that is not an assumption. The only reason I am talking about improving the D, is because our D is crappy, and there is a way to do it, significantly for free. My position is all about pitching, and allowing our pitchers to do better by improving the D without spending a cent or trading anyone. I'm not saying Casas will get better, but he has one year in the bigs. Yoshida not only sucked on D, he also looked like he ran out of steam on O, too. DH'ing may improve our LF D and his offense. I'm all for letting Devers play 1B, when Casas sits, but I'll never be for signing Chapman over a SP. It's not a bad position to hold.
  18. moonslav59
    All he needs is MLB to change the rule to force teams to play a reverse shift.
  19. moonslav59
    Actually, not all teams do play the same brutal schedule as the Sox. Yes, same amount of games in about the same amount of days, but not the same brutal schedule, no.
  20. moonslav59
    Yes, but using the BAbip against him without context seemed to be hinting at him not being as good as he might be. An .890 OPS is probably his ceiling and not what we should expect off 77 PAs. I'm not saying you were projecting .690 due to is BAbip, but I felt that BAbip needed context. He got off to a good start, and it's not all luck.
  21. moonslav59
    It was a disappointing season, for sure.
  22. moonslav59
    Like I said, maybe it wasn't a formal offer, so nobody is lying, because the amount was "floated."
  23. moonslav59
    Duran nin LF does improve his D and our LF D.
  24. moonslav59
    Indeed. This all requires almost everyone to stay healthy, especially Story at SS. The chances everyone does the same or better is never something to plan on. I get that. We do have OF depth, despite losing Duvall and moving Yoshida to DH. We don't really have anyone who looks to regress terribly due to age. C Wong 27/McGuire 28 1B Casas 23/Devers 26 2B Reyes 29/Urias 26/EValdez 24 SS Story 30 (Reyes 29/Urias 26) 3B Devers 26 (Yrias 26) LF Duran 26/ Refsnyder 32 CF Rafaela 22/Abreu 24 RF Dugo 27 (Abreu 24) DH Yoshida 29 The biggest "ifs" are with the pitching staff, but age does not seem to be an issue there, either, except for maybe Martin 37, Jansen 35 and Sale 34. 31 Bernardino 30 Pivetta 29 Schreiber 28 Kelly 27 Crawford, Houck, Whitlock 25 Winckowski & Murphy 24 Bello Add 2 top SP'ers or 1 with 2 other solid SP'ers Add a power RHB (CF/2B or RF, if we trade Dugo or Duran) Add a LH'd RP, if possible Yes, we'd still need a bunch of things to go right, but no key players are expected to decline.
  25. moonslav59
    The $300M was reported, long ago. Why wait so long to specifically deny that amount? I'm not saying Betts is lying. I just wonder. There is a chance the $300M was never officially offered, so Betts is telling the truth, but it might have been "floated" as a starting point, and it never got farther than that. Does that change the narrative, much?
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