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  1. moonslav59
    Kluber would not be any GM's choice to be axed, this early, unless is was for some phantom IL stint. Sending Bello down makes sense, but he will likely be back. I've been strongly in favor of Houck going to the pen, but we cannot afford to move our best SP'er to the pen, and Wink is handling the longman role, well. (Crawford can also do the saame.) I'd go... Sale tonight Kluber TUE Houck WED Off THU Pivetta FRI v CLE Whitlock SAT Sale SUN (+1 day rest) Kluber MON v TOR (+1) maybe Paxton will be available to piggyback Houck TUE (+1) Pivetta WED (4th gm vs TOR) Then, 3 games @PHI and 3 @ATL before the next day off. Maybe Kluber loses his slot by then (Paxton/Bello/Crawford?)
  2. moonslav59
    Much of the "hype" he got, here, was over his plate discipline and high OBP. He has not been helped by umps, who often are tougher on rookies, but he needs to adjust to that and start swinging at borderline pitches more often, but it's a thin line. You must be thrilled to see Kike and Masa getting hot while you were away.
  3. moonslav59
    A lot depends on who we have to replace him. Right now, a Duran/Ref platoon or even a Duran/Arroyo platoon with Kike sliding between CF and 2B looks to project better offense, but I'm not sure Casas deserves to be sent to AAA, right now. As I pointed out, his OBP has been very good over his last 9 games. I might sit him vs LHPs for awhile, and think about sending him to AAA by mid May, if he's not showing signs of improving, and the replacements are hitting well. He looked a lot more promising, last fall. I am far, far, far from "giving up on him," but we need to win, and I don't think sending a rookie down for a week or two should damage his psyche. If it does, maybe he wasn't meant for the bigs, to begin with.
  4. moonslav59
    Chavis had 18 Hrs in his first season (382 PAs) with a .766 OPS. He was at .858 with 10 HRs in his first 165 PAs.
  5. moonslav59
    Most players have SSS HRs. (It was after the game-winning barrage.)
  6. moonslav59
    Last 14 Days: (EValdez at 1.000 in just 4 PAs and was demoted) .994 Duran .943 Turner .891 Dugo .870 McGuire .802 Kike .760 Devers .711 Yoshida .648 Ref .645 Changs .596 Wong .586 Dalbec (demoted) .419 Casas .229 Tapia Last 7 Days (10+ PAs) 1.049 Dugo .994 Duran .959 Kike .873 Turner .824 Yoshida .778 Chang .764 Devers .692 McGuire .600 Wong .600 Casas .522 Ref .167 Tapia
  7. moonslav59
    Way too early, but is platooning him or sending him to AAA for a week or two "giving up on him?" How long a leash does he get? I like that he is walking more, recently, and it seems like the umps are squeezing the rookie, as they often do, but we do have other players hitting well, right now, and by benching Duran and Ref, are we giving up on them?
  8. moonslav59
    He does have an OBP of .368 in his last 9 games (38 PAs,) but that .111 BA (.148 SLG) over that time just ain't gonna cut it. I'm not sure how much longer we can have such low production from the 1B slot. If Duran keeps hitting, maybe we move Turner to 1B, Yoshiad to DH and go with Kike, Duran & Ref in CF-LF.
  9. moonslav59
    Rotation improvements: Houck: His ERA has improved with every start: 7.13 after 1 5.03 after 2 4.50 after 3 4.29 after 4 (4.09 last 2) Sale: 8.83 first 2 starts 5.40 last 2 (1.50 last 1 start) Whitlock: 9.13 first start 4.91 last 2 Pivetta: 7.93 first start 5.52 last 3 (4.76 last start) Bello 16.88 first start 5.79 last start Kluber: Not improving
  10. moonslav59
    Remember how weak our OF was, last year? This year, it ranks 4th in OF fWAR at +2.8. We all know our rotation has sucked (29th in fWAR at -0.3), so far, but these three slots have hurt, too: MLB Rank 23rd SS 0.1 26th 2B -0.5 27th 1B -0.5 Our strengths: 3rd CF 1.4 4th 3B 1.2 5th DH 0.4 6th RF 1.1 7th LF 0.6 10th Pen 0.9 Middle: 14th C 0.3
  11. moonslav59
    The one area our SP'ers have not done crappy in is IP. SP IP Leaders: 214 SDP 206 PIT 203 BOS #10 HOU 199 #15 COL 197 #20 LAA 194 #25 CWC 189 #30 DET 180
  12. moonslav59
    My first thought was that maybe everyone they have beaten are in last place, because the Rays killed them, but I checked. They almost all suck, even if you take away the Rays games. TOR and BOS are the only 2 teams with winning records vs the "other" opps.
  13. moonslav59
    Me, too. We've gone too long with subpar 1Bmen. Last year, they couldn't hit or field.
  14. moonslav59
    Sarcasm does not translate well on these sites.
  15. moonslav59
    I think the 13 man staff has helped with overuse issues, but your concern is valid. When people complain about Cora using Ort and Brasier, maybe they should be thinking about how it helps Jansen, Schreiber, Bleier, Crawford and Wink from being overused. We might be adding Martin, soon. If Paxton comes in to piggyback or push a starter to the pen, that may take some heat off the innings by the pen. MLB RP IP Leaders: 2. Wink 16.1 21. Brasier 12.1 (only 3 PAs in high leverage) 25. Ort 12.0 (only 12 PAs in high leverage) 34. Craw 11.1 49. Schreiber 11.0 96. Bleier 9.2 2003. Jansen 7.0
  16. moonslav59
    Good thing good managers don't believe that a past 4 week sample size projects the next 4 weeks production. As a great poster once said, "Yes, Confirmation Bias is a real thing."
  17. moonslav59
    Trade him, while his stock is at its highest point!
  18. moonslav59
    Very true, and the thing about the bias was that it was founded only on articles saying some baseball people think we overpaid for him and or a hazy view of Japanese baseball players, in general- not on any actual baseball knowledge. They remember Dice-K. They remember Castillo. I know our scouts have been wrong, before, but they were really nutty about this guy, so I'm thinking he should be, at least, decent.
  19. moonslav59
    Could it also be he just called for more FBs?
  20. moonslav59
    That seems to be one of our issues. I will say, not swinging at balls is a good strategy, so walking is not a bad thing.
  21. moonslav59
    Singing to the choir on SS defense. It looks like a Duran-Arroyo platoon is the way to go- with Kike bouncing between 2B and CF to accommodate.
  22. moonslav59
    It's very early, and Yoshida is showing signs of making the adjustment to MLB, recently. It's also a major culture shock. To me, I want an OBP over .380 more than a SLG over .400.
  23. moonslav59
    Agree. I've been talking about 1B for a while. We have not done well at 1B since Bobby Dee's hot streak back in 2021.
  24. moonslav59
    I'm still worries about Duran's defense in CF. If we could stick him in LF on a platoon, I'd feel better. With Chang doing well, we can use Kike in CF, more often, but with Arroyo digging a deeper and deeper grave for himself, we may end up with Kike back in the IF, again. Think of what this team would look like with a healthy Story, Duvall and Mondesi. I'm not sure we'd DFA Arroyo for the oft-injured Mondesi. We'd probably send Chang to AAA, but we'd have a pretty solid everyday 13, but we'd have to send Refsnyder, Duran or someone to AAA: 1. Verdugo RF 2. Devers 3B 3. Turner DH/1B 4. Duvall CF 5. Yoshida LF/DH 6. Story SS 7. Kike 2B/CF 8. Casas 1B, Duran LF/CF, Refsnyder LF/CF, Arroyo 2B, Mondesi SS/2B, Chang SS (only 4 of these 6 guys can stay) 9. McGuire/Wong C
  25. moonslav59
    I agree on Chang being above Arroyo, and I think Changs move on the to be DFA's list was more about Kike sucking at SS than Arroyo sucking at the plate. I doubt Chang can maintain that .840 OPS over his last 26 PAs, but that .000 OPS over his first 12 PAs was the main reason he was suggested as a possible DFA guy.
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