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  1. 2025 OPS by age: 25 .709 (18453 PAs) 26 .695 (18586 PAs) 27 ,730 (20314 PAs) 28 .711 (18267 PAs) 29 .686 (10480 PAs- big drop in PAs) 30 .730 (18464) 31 .756 (10401) 32 .742 (11649) 33 .768 (7367 is a big drop in PAs) 34 .704 (6233) 35 .756 (4140- only the good survive?) 36 .665 (1199- hardly any survived) 37 .683 (2361) 2016-2025 season totals range 20-23: .700-.748 24-27: .701-.738 28-31: .710-.744 32-25: .701-.742
  2. Looking at the end of season rosters from 2023, it is rather stunning the amount of overhaul our pitching has underwent. Gone from the 2023 EOY Rosters: MLB: Sale, Pivetta, Paxton, Jansen, Martin, Wink, Schreiber, Bernardino, Murphy, Joely, N Robertson, Llovera AAA: Walter, Barraclough, Van Belle, Gambrell, R Gomez (Drohan- left & returned) Ort, Mata, Weiss, Jacquez, Garza, Gillaspie, Politi, Guerrero, Booser, German and 5 others AA: Dobbins, Wikelman, Sharp, Bastardo, Hoppe, Troye, Zeferjahn, Miller, Cellucci, Olds, Broadway, Denlinger & 3 others A+: Perales, Penrod, Cepeda and 11 others A-: out of 20 pitchers, I see only Mullins, Dean& Early The pitchers still here: Whitlock, Bello, Crawford, Houck, Kelly Uberstine, Drohan, Mullins, Liu, I Coffey, Monegro, Rogers, Dean, Song, Sena, Early, Valera
  3. I'm not for trading Ceddanne. After Anthony, he's #3 on my OF keeper list. I was just talking on a way we could become a top 10 offense.
  4. If we add Paredes, we do get better on O, whether we call him tier 1 or tier 2. It also pushes DHam/Romy to the bench, which helps there. I'm not sure how we fit Paredes and ESuarez into the line-up, unless we trade an OF'er and bench/demote/trade/DFA Masa. I'm not even sure Suarez is an upgrade on O over Duran or Abreu, except for raw power. If we trade Rafaela and add Paredes & Suarez, our offense would be top 10ish.
  5. I don't either. If he rakes in ST'ing and is playing 2B, maybe. If he's playing LF in ST'ing: 0% he starts at 2B. No additions, I'll guess... 3B: Mayer 2B: Romy/DHam
  6. My point is, we have bigger worries than our 6th string DH.
  7. I think Paredes gets us very close to top contender status. At worst, we'd be top of tier 2. Fangraphs has us 7th (4th in the AL.) We are 0.3 from 8th (PHI) and0.8 from 6th (SEA) That sounds about right. Adding Paredes would jump us up to about #5 (ATL 45.4, as we are at 44.2, now.) One can argue if top 5 is a top contender or not. I'd say it's borderline as the LAD< NYY, NYM and TOR look significantly better, although I have my doubts about the NYY being over-rated.
  8. DH depth chart before we trade an OF'er: 1. Duran w other OF'ers on rest days 2. Masa 3. Casas (may start season on IL- maybe even 60 day.) 4. Campbell 5. Romy .... 10. DHam
  9. Then, other teams should have deductions, too.
  10. No, not at all. You keep saying "It didn't happen" as evidence that my suggestion was wrong. And yes, suggestions can be wrong, too, and many of mine have been wrong. (See how easy it is to admit being wrong?)
  11. Dear Mr. Strawman, I do look at it from his POV, too. I have never said it was even more than 50% his fault. It might not even be 33% his fault, and since we don't know all the facts, I'll just say several people were to blame, including Devers.
  12. The Oz would always be welcomed by me, even at 71.
  13. Me 2. Word is that HOU wants an OF'er. A lot of talk about Abreu, but I think they'd take any of ours. If we could get a lefty RP'er and or Janek for one, I'd do it.
  14. The guy is a hitter. I'm not worries about his hit tool.
  15. Strawmen, misrepresentations and diversions, OH MY!
  16. ...further complications came when the guy who made the promise to Devers was replaced, and he assumed the promise rolled over to the next guy.
  17. I'm not Gray, because we need him. There is a drop off between him and Bello, and then another one from Bello to the mix of Oviedo/Sandoval/Crawford/Harrison, and then the prospects, who offer higher upside but more uncertainty.
  18. I've confused William with Willson, too. No biggie. I don't think he will be a top 30 batter, but top 60 seems likely for him, Duran and Anthony. Maybe Abreu finally has the year we've hoped he would have. Maybe one of these 4 crack the top 30, and I'd bet on Anthony. One top 30 and 2-3 in the 31-60 range is not horrible, and I still maintain that our 5-9 batters compare pretty well with most team and seem more "balanced," but the real good teams blow the Sox away on offense: from top batter, to top 3-4 batters and top 5-6 batters. Adding a big bat is what we need most, right now.
  19. The thing about Devers is he did get a little better for a year or so, and he sometimes went some pretty long stretches where he looked better and possibly "improving," then he'd have a bad fielding slump. I'm not sure if it was lack of focus or being easily distracted. One puzzling comment came out during the whole cluster hoople, he actually said he thought he was a good 3Bman. He wasn't. Casas is even worse at 1B. Had we not signed Masa, maybe Bloom or Brez would have made the double move- maybe not. I would have 3+ years ago, but that's just my opinion.
  20. Maybe they are bad ideas. I'm open to the idea that I can and have been wrong. I gave some reasons that have merit, IMO. Casas is the worst defensive 1B in MLB. He's also a China Doll that could possibly stay healthier playing DH, despite the fact that he hurts himself flossing his teeth. Devers was horrible at 3B, but much of his issues were throwing, which isn''t as big an issue at 1B. He seemed to be pretty quick at 3B (not fast) and had a decent glove. I happen to think he'd be better at 1B than 3B, and add to that, how much worse can he be than the worst in MLB? I'm fine if Cora, Brez, Bloom and you and others disagree, but can you honestly say my idea makes little or no sense, at all? (And once more, my suggestions and opinions are not predictions, so just because it didn't happen doesn't mean it was the "wrong idea." The SFG did move Devers to 1B and perhaps forevers.! LOL)
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