moonslav59
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I wasn't defending him. I guess you missed that part.
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He got the guy to swing at a ball outside the strike zone and hit it on the ground. We smack line shots right at people. Snake bitten.
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Not defending ERod, but... He might be the most dangerous Nats hitter, so being careful does make a little sense.
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We are snake bitten.
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Too funny!
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He's the only guy hitting the ball hard almost every game, of late.
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Yanks down 2-1 in 3rd. Jays up 2-0 in 4th. For us... More line outs with men on base.
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BA is so passe. Why wouldn't BAbip be as well?
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The pitchers... BOS (ERod) @ WSH (Rogers LHP) TBR (McClanahan) @ NYY (Cortes) BAL (Eshelman) @ TOR (Matz) LAA (Suarez) @ SEA (Gonzalez)
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I'd like to see OPSbip numbers, but 25 to 35 points in BA over the league average might make more of a difference than 3-4 places, but who knows? It might move us up from 15th in earned runs allowed to possibly top 10.
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In Erod's defense, he's gone 6+ Innings in 6 of his last 17 starts. While that might not sound great, and it isn't, my guess is it's pretty much 2nd best on the team. He also has a 3.87 ERA, 3.07 FIP in his last 16 starts, despite a .351 BAbip.
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Agreed. My point was making a case for Iggy/Arroyo vs Renfroe as MAYBE being more worthy of debate than Schwarber vs Verdugo vs a lefty.
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Exposed for all to see. So much for Telling only "truths."
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Indeed, and if you believe BAbip is not related to defense, and only unearned runs matter, one can view the defense's affect as such: We are 19th in runs allowed. We are 15th in earned runs allowed. That's significant but would not outweigh being 4th in runs scored.
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...And I never said I wanted us to take the option. The option is $10M, but the buy out is $1.5M, so the difference is $8.5M for one year- about what we are paying Barnes times 3 years. I am not for giving him the option. I'm pretty sure we can do better. I've also been given crap for saying the ERod QO issue might be a closer call than many think it is. It's a one year deal with the chance for a nice sandwich pick, if he turns it down. At this time, I do not have a strong opinion of ERod's return. He's been a winner for years, and had serious COVID-related health issues, last year that could have life-long implications. That can be viewed as a negative, but it could also be viewed as part of the reason he sucked over his first 14 starts. One positive thing to look at is his last 16 starts: 3.87 ERA (.716 OPS Against despite the .351 BAbip) 3.07 FIP I suspect this will be hotly debated, this fall, and how he does tonight will weigh heavy on some poster's opinions.
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We will not pitch Eovaldi on Saturday, unless it's an elimination game. If the M's win tonight, then Saturday could be an elimination game, so I guess it could happen. Tonight's games are going to decide a lot about Saturday. It could be Cora's biggest call of the year.
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Versus a lefty, I think it makes sense. Kike at 2B not CF might not, but that would come down to: Renfroe v Iggy or Arroyo
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I know winning is all that matters, but here are a few stat sideshows to watch for... 2 HRs by JD gives us 3 players with 30+ HRs 2 Hrs by Bogey and 1 from Dalbec give us 5 players with 25+ HRs JD is 1 RBI from 100 and just .007 behind the slumping Devers for the team OPS lead. Dalbec needs a huge game or very nice last 3 games to get back over .800. (He's down to .789) If we win, tonight, ERod ties Eovaldi with 19 team wins in games he started, this year.
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The larger career sample sizes look better but still poor: LF: Schwarber +3 (-13 DRS) CF: Renfroe -1 (just 41 CF innings career- scary) RF: JD -5
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We'll need 2-3 inning from the pen on Sunday, so why mess with Sale? Just use him then, if needed, of have him fresh for the WC game if not needed, in a good way. I get the argument that losing Saturday might make Sunday's game worthless, but Sale's arm is our golden goose.
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The selfishness of a few brought the team to its knees. It has to mentioned as part of this team's demise and reflects poorly on the team's attitude and leadership.
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Max got me thinking about how this team's poor defense comes "at the expense" of our good offense. I'm not sure any other team can field a line-up of 9 guys with 170+ PAs all hitting over .737. If I wanted to get cute and start Schwarber at catcher, it could be 9 over .770: 1. .783 Kike CF 2. .965 Schwarber C 3. .877 Devers 3B 4. .860 Bogey SS 5. .870 JD DH 6. .826 Renfroe RF 7. .780 Dalbec 1B (Shaw .878) 8. .777 Verdugo LF 9. .770 Arroyo 2B (Iggy .893) If you go with Plawecki .737 at catcher, you still have 9 over .737. This begs the question: what good did it do us?
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I don't disagree, but I have two worries about Sale starting on Saturday: 1. He has not been able to go past 65-70 pitches much at all, which shows he is not at 100%. He might suck worse than Seabold/Houck/Whitlock. 2. Yes, he'll have the whole winter to "rest," but we don't want him to get hurt, either. I trust Cora's judgment, but we will likely need 2-3 innings in relief for Eovaldi on Sunday, so using Sale then makes more sense in some ways. Plus, if we don't need him Sunday, he's the starter in the WC game. Again, it's a tough call, and the all hands on deck plan is a good one in these situation.
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No doubt.
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Use Sale on Saturday from the pen and start him on Sunday? Eovaldi will start on Sunday, unless we've clinched or are eliminated.
