moonslav59
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You both are right. Maybe they wait for Arroyo or Marwin to return to give Bogey a 10 day IL stint.
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Agreed. It doesn't help that Arroyo and Marwin are out hurt. We can play Kike at SS and Chavis at 2B and maybe call up Arauz, but Ughhh!
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Wong's M.O. was always questioning his defense and suggesting he may switch positions. He looked good in his brief call up, but it was too brief.
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We also lost IFA signings, one recent year, for another infraction.
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Cron pulled his groin. One less target.
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Makes perfect sense, especially since they are DH'ing Vaz.
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DH Bogey both games.
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Dalbec is busting out, today. You'll thank me, later.
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What does this have to do to refute the point that their OPS is affected by the pitcher needing to hit? If we had to bat our pitcher, our OPS would be worse than LA's. We'd still have our 1Bman hitting.
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Agreed. They could have stripped them of their title and taken away draft picks. The evidence was irrefutable they cheated, and so many player players had bust out/outlier seasons.
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Not as much as Richards. There are others better and not as costly as Scherzer. (That was my point.)
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Carlos Santana may not do what Pearce did, but he only has to hit .750 to blow Dalbec away. Jon Gray should do better than Richards.
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Now, that was a crap shoot that beat the house.
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If we added Jon Gray and Carlos Santana, we'd be the AL Faves, unless HOU or the CWS go nutty at the deadline. We will have a decent chance against the Dodgers, Padres or Giants, but will not be the faves. We seem to rise up in the WS, but this team is not the same as 2018. This is a magical season. I'm not for radically changing things at the expense of an even brighter future. (Kimmi, where are you? I need some support!)
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I just think this is not the time you go blockbuster- especially for a rental. I loved the Sale deal. I think we can make a couple trades like we did in 2018, but back then, we were the faves before those trades.
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Vaz needs some rest. I'd at least play Plawecki at catcher. (maybe he does game 2) With Bogey getting a day off, there's not much more we can do. Cordero is on the bench, but he's a lefty who sucks vs lefties. I might bat Dalbec 5th, Dugo 6th and Vaz 7th, but it's no biggie.
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You will have to.
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He also puts us over the tax line, which may have implications 2-3 years from now.
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I said we won't be faves. We can compete. I don't think you go all out, until you think you can be the faves. I know I'm in the minority. I respect other views on this.
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When we play at LA, we will have a pitcher and a 1Bman batting. When they play in BOS, they will not have a pitcher batting.
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I meant to say and/or.
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The Dodgers have 13 guys with over 135 PAs. Here are their OPS in order of most PAs: .891 Turner .876 Taylor .876 Betts (IL) .972 Muncy .656 Lux (IL) .839 W Smith (Catcher) .853 Pollock under 200 PAs .701 Beaty .555 Bellinger .783 Seager (60 day IL) .685 McKinstrey .689 A Barnes (back-up C) .744 Pujols Rotation by most GS'd 3.54 Urias 2.31 Buehler 3.39 Kershaw (IL) 2.59 Bauer (toast) 2.38 Gonsolin 3.35 Price (some as RP'er) 2.74 May Their pen has been criticized, but here are the OPS Against numbers in order of most PAs against in the pen: .539 Treinen .571 Jansen .674 Gonzalez .613 J Kelly .424 J Nelson .863 Price .616 Bickford (nobody else has more tan 85 PAs against) LA is a pitcher's park.
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The CWS offense looks pretty balanced, but not like HOU and nobody above .825. Here are their OPS numbers in order by most PAs: .796 Abreu .799 Moncada .779 Anderson .770 Vaughn .671 Garcia .732 Mercedes .824 Grandal (on 10 day IL) .642 Eaton .774 Madrigal under 200 PAs .694 Collins .578 Mendrick .738 Goodwin .644 Hamilton Here is their strength: SP'ers by GS'd 4.14 Cease (21) 3.78 Giolito (20) 4.32 Keuchel (19) 1.91 L Lynn (18) 2.24 Rodon (17) (only 6 starts from the non top 5, including Kopech at 1.56 in 40 IP.) Pen OPS Against (listed by most PAs against) .517 L Hendricks .802 Heuer .643 Ruiz .633 Bummer .625 Crochet .859 Foster .522 Kopech
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The AL is no cake walk. This is scary good: HOU OPS leaders .878 Alvarez .856 Brantley .856 Altuve .847 Gurriel .837 Correa .848 Tucker .789 McCormick .787 Bregman .785 A Diaz (.688 catcher J Castro) Incredibly balanced lineup. Their rotation (listed by most GS'd) 3.48 Greinke (21) 3.23 McCullers (17) 3.19 Garcia (17) 3.38 Urquidy (14 on IL) 4.23 Odorizzi (12-had a real bad start to year) 2.97 F Valdez (11) 2.82 Javier (9) Their pen is a huge weakness, but they may trade to improve it.
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Okay, well, the Dodgers have to put a pitcher in their line-up and ERA is one of the worst stats for valuing a pen. (We do have a better pen by other numbers, too.) Runs scored 551 HOU 526 LAD (with a pitcher batting) 514 BOS 502 CWS 498 SDP (pitcher batting) 497 TBR 495 TOR
