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It's games like this that get teams to click, although we seemed to be clicking pretty well, before tonight. Just don't lose 2-1, tom orrow.

If you change the sample size to get 30 players at each positions, our rankings look like this: 120+ PAs, except Catcher w 80+ 3rd Devers 3B (28) 3rd Bogey SS (28) 9th Story 2B (30) 17th Vaz out of 28 with 80+ PAs 20th Kike CF (23) (26th out of 29 with 110+ PAs) 23rd JBJ RF (27) 26th Verduo LF (28) (30 out of 32 w 110+ PAs) 32nd Dalbec 1B (32)

Bello went 6 in the 13-2 Woo win. 3 H 2 ER 3 BB 10 K Brasier and German each with a hitless IP. R Hernandez went 4-5 as the DH, but even that only got his season OPS to .477! Duran went 3-5 w a 3B and BB. Fitzy had 2 hits w a 2B and 3 rbi. Portland won 2-1 as Groome looked good: 6 IP 4 H 0 ER 2 BB 9 K Greenville won 9-1, as McDonough, Rafaela, Binelas and Northcut each had 2 hits. Yorke went 1 for 4 w a 2B and BB

Another one of baseball's "unwritten rules."

On Story b atting 6th. It seems Cora really likes the lefty-righty flip-flops in a line-up but accepts the Bogey-JD back-to-back righties right in the middle of the lineup. Here are two possible solutions: 1. Bat Story first and Kike 6th. 2. Bat Story 2nd, behind Kike and have 2 righties 1 & 2, with Devers 3rd, and two righties 4th & 5th (Bogey & JD). Then, the lefty Verdugo bats 6th, if Cordero doesn't win the slot from him..

Vazz- a- doodle-doo!

Beni had 2 years of team control left, and one turned out to be the COVID season.

We all have been wrong enough times. Good to see you own up. Has anyone ever done a study on which teams scores the least amount of time with a single and a man on 2B? We gotta be top 5.

We scored a cycle our first 4 innings: 4 runs, 2 runs, 1 run, 3 runs (as of now).

Franchy Tuscadero!

He missed a big chunk of ST'ing, then was babied a b it by Cora and had some leave time, too. This is basically May 1st for him.

He's a smart runner, too.

Cease started the day with a 3.09 ERA. It's at 4.24, now.

Bogey seems to be in a mini-funk. He's not been terrible, but he's got a .739 OPS in his last 22 games (93 PAs) and .613 in his last 25 PAs, not counting the out in this game.

BAM!!! Story is the story!

Do you honestly think Henry okay'd Bloom to outbid the Dodgers or extend him before he became a FA at maybe near $380M? It wasn't Bloom's fault DD (and maybe Henry) chose Sale and Eovaldi over Betts.

I didn't say Boggs either. I quoted the poster who said "Boggs type." You ranted about Beni's OBP, which is closer to Cordero than Boggs. .415 Boggs (+65) .350 Beni (.341 since trade) .286 Cordero (-64, not counting tonight) Score board charcoal hat glasses.

Pink hats with rose-colored glasses, that is.

I'm not sure how several players have better season numbers but never had a better month. Impossible.

Many of our top pitching prospects have really cut down on the BBs. Has the focus changed in our minors? Our top pitching prospects by rank (OPS Against, K:BB & IP'd) 4. Bello .514, 52:13 in 40 IP 6. Walter .592, 60:3 in 43 7. Mata (N/A) 9. Gonzalez .679, 37:17 in 29 10. Groome .675, 29:12 in 31 (before today) 11. Murphy .501, 51:17 in 42 12. Winckowski .499, 34:6 in 32 13. Seabold .498, 37:10 in 37 None have regressed, and just about all have improved their standing, IMO.

We also risk getting nothing but a comp pick for Bogey and some salary to try and replace him with. With Betts, we traded 1 year, that turned out to be 60 games, for Verdugo, some questionable prospects and some salary relief that lasted until the end of this year with Price. It's hard to compare the two, and I kinda felt Betts was a big part of the clubhouse attitude, too.

How can those numbers be the "hottest" in the system?

Yes, but Red's point is to let him go only 1 IP as a traditional closer.

I'm not sure why he has waited this long, but there seems to be no indication he's even thinking about naming either the closer. I thought when Wacha returned, he had a good chance, and he can start letting Wacha and Hill go longer in games, so no need for that piggy-back crap. To me, Whitlock is a natural for long relief. and that translates better to starter than Closer, but he could very well be a great closer, if given the chance. I wouldn't mess with him. Houck seems like a more natural closer, and has done very well in his first inning or two over the vast majority of his games pitched. He has a .311 OPS Against in his first 25 pitches of a game. 2022 1st PA as starter .584/ as RP'er .568 2nd PA as starter .774/ as RP'er .606 Career 1st PA SP .504/ 1st PA as RP'er .554 2nd PA SP .647/ 2nd PA as RP'er .503 3rd PA SP 1.017 .369 Pitches 1-25 (like a closer usually gets, especially with that OPSA) .685 Pitches 26-50 .756 51-75 .767 76-100 Whitlock .637 pitches 1-25 (not bad but double Houck's) .487 pitches 26-50 (Yup, better as a longer man) 1.037 51-75 (but not too long) 1.267 76-100 As a RP'er: .627 first time through a line-up BUT .229 the second time through! WOW!

Exactly. How are you so sure that role is for him? I see two times, last year, and we lost both games with him allowing run(s) to score. 9/6/21 We're up 9-8, Whitlock comes in and allows a HR to the first batter. Later, in the 10th, he loses the games by allowing 2 singles. 9/12/21 We're tied 1-1, Whitlock comes in and allows a solo walk-off HR to Leury Garcia with 2 outs. (A crucial loss in a tight playoff race) His short career has shown he does better in long relief than short.