moonslav59

The O's might not be so bad, either.

At the start of the year, I think guys like Devers, Yoshida, Turner, Casas, Verdugo and maybe even Kike were viewed as occupying a big part of the line-up as much as Duvall. Story would have been, too, had he not been on the IL. It's only because of his massive start to 2023 that this loss looks so costly. Indeed, he was an important righty bat for 2023, but we still have an offense that may very well outscore your Yankees, especially if Story comes back strong.

As bad as we have looked, we are just 2 GB a WC slot, and key players are returning to the roster. (Although losing Duvall kinda squashes that hope, a bit.)

Meidroth has been meteoric.

$242M first 3 full offseasons (counting Story) $517M after the Story signing and including Devers and Kike. It's more than double the previous 3 seasons, combined. That was a make or break winter.

They never said it, but when you look at the team spending, since Bloom took over, the change was enormous. 2020: We cut spending, and our biggest signing was Perez at $6M. 2021: We barely replaced who we lost, and nearly everyone was on a 1 year deal. 2022: Until the Story signing in March, it looked like a repeat of the ongoing pattern or 1 year deals. Starting in March 2022, the spending in 13 months has way overshadowed all of the previous 2.9 year spending. COMBINED! You don't have to hear expectations rose from top brass to be know it has to be true. NOV 2019 to MAR 2022 Contracts: 6M Perez 4M Pillar 3M Moreland 3M Peraza 1.5 Lucroy 10M Ricjards 8M Ottavino (trade) 14M/2 Kike 5M Perez II 3M Renfroe 3M Marwin 3M/2 Sawamura 2M Andriese 11M JBJ (trade) 8M/2 Diekman (traded away) 7M Wacha 10M/2 Paxton 5M Hill 3M Strahm 2M Robles 1.5 TShaw $102M before the Story signing (2.9 offseasons) $140M/6 Story ($242M over 3 off seasons) April 2022>> 314M/10 Devers (starts in 2024) 80/5 Yoshida (not counting posting fee) 32/2 Jansen 22M/2 Turner (incl option) 19M/4 Whitlock 18M/2 Martin 10M Kluber 10M Kike (summer extensión) 7M Duvall 3M Mondesi (trade) 2M J Rod $203M, not counting Devers or Story $343M spent since the Story signing. $657M spent, counting Story and Devers vs $202M in the 2.9 years prior to the Story signing. If this is a "tank," then I need to rethink the meaning of the word.

Talking rank, yes. We may end up spending at the deadline and moving up, but we'll see.

Turner 1-2 w 2 BB. That's it for the O.

It was, last night, yes.

OPS Leaders WOR 1.327 DHamilton (#9 in INT League and 1st in SBs w 5 in 7 gms) 2 HRs 1.261 Sogard 1.230 CHamilton .891 Alfaro .889 Goodrum .879 Dalbec .855 Duran .848 Fitzy .842 Allen (2 HRs) .825 Palka (2 HRs) POR 1.750 Dearden (#1 in Eastern League) 1.714 Rosier (#2) .911 Yorke .902 Binelas .900 Koss .895 Scott GRV 1.833 Decker 1.603 Meidroth SAL 1.127 James .844 Bleis

Bello w Woo 6 IP 4 H 1 ER 0 BB 4 K 3-4 DHamilton (2B, 3B, BB) 1-5 E Valdez 2 rbi POR w 7 BBs 1-3 Rafaela 2B, 2BB, 3 runs 1-3 Yorke 1 BB, 3 runs 2-4 Kavadas 1 BB, 2 rbi 2-5 Scott 2 rbi 2-5 Lugo 4 rbi Salem: Rogers 4 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2BB, 8K Castro 1-5 w HR and 6 rbi Anthony 1-3 w 2B, BB and 2 runs Bleis 1-4 w BB Greenville Meidroth 2-4, BB, HR, 3 rbi Ferguson 2-4, 2 rbi Jimenez 2-4 Hickey 1-4 w 2B

Your numbers need to be checked.

I know McGuire has a CERA through the roof, but Wong is not working. At least McGuire seems to be able to hit.

We've played more RHPs than LHPs, up to now, and Wong has way more PAs. What is obvious?

MLB Career vs LHP: .270/.335/.523/.859 per 650... .270 38 117

The team is worse than the purged 2019 team? I won't even mention the farm or how promising the future looked after 2019 and now.

What about James Click? Joe Madden?

You think that was Bloom's decision? "We go round in circles..."

I get that, but had he spent more on CF or on a lesser player with better health, then where do we spend less? No Martin? No Turner?

He looked to be a legit starter, until the injury. My point was, were supposed to sign another OF'er at $10M? (If Story was healthy, we'd have Kike for CF.)

Bobby D had 10 Ks in 31 PAs at Woo, but he did walk 4 times and had a .357 OBP and .522 SLG.

Could be more important.

Story and Duvall were not legit?

I'm not sure how 10 game sample size, or less, are relevant, but it is what it is. So, Duran has played almost exclusively in CF, BECAUSE HE'S A VERY GOOD CF'ER? I'm not sure we can claim anyone of these 3 are better or worse than the others on D, and Yes, if Duran could hit significantly better than Tapia or Ref, he'd probably be playing CF, but if we are going off 2023 numbers only, whereby Duran has zero ML stats, wouldn't he have to hit better than Tapia's 1.357 OPS to earn the job over him?

The 97.6% LOB% is a big help. It's been between 67-75% every other season. The .174 BAbip speaks to MVP's point about the 4 leaf clover. That has helped lessen the damage from 5 BBs in 10 IP.