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Some Selected OPS Numbers on New Teams 1.167 Schwarber .962 Rizzo .864 Turner .808 Bryant .720 Gallo .559 Baez ERA 1.74 Scherzer 3.18 Gibson (3.60 Sale) 3.86 Berrios 5.40 Kimbrel 9.00 Heaney
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MIN 4-4 TBR (7th) TB has bases loaded w 1 out NYY 3-0 CWS (6th) TEX 7-3 OAK (7th) LAA 0-0 HOU SEA 0-0 TOR
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I'm not saying there is no need for concern, but the concern over our rotation evaporated pretty quickly: i'm hopeful the pen concerns will be, too. While Ottavino and Barnes have looked extremely shaky, of late, it seems the rest of the pen may be able to take up some slack. (BTW, Ottavino's OPS against was .522 over the past 2 weeks, before today.) Last 2 weeks: .543 Sawamura .674 Rios Last week: .533 Perez .543 Sawamura .700 Taylor Last 3 inning game: .682 Richards I'm certainly not ready to anoint Richards the pen saver after just one pen appearance, but it could be a great role for him- maybe Perez, too.
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Is Houck, if he can't get by the 19th batter? Sure, if he can get 14 to 16 of the first 18 out, every game, but I'm not sure we can count on that from anyone.
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We could do that, but I think we'll use the spending budget on a solid SP'er and use Houck to fill Ottavino's role or become the closer. Sale Greinke Eovaldi Whitlock Pivetta Houck and Barnes as the top 2 RP'ers. (I'd be fine swapping Houck & Whitlock, but as of right now- and things can change- I think Whitlock fits the role of SP'er pitcher better for 2022.
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With 3 of the next 8 days off and despite the doubleheader on Tuesday, our pen is now well rested and should not be taxed until after next Monday. I'm not saying that's all they needed, but let's see...
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Absolutely, and if you look at Oakland's schedule, the WC1 slot should be ours, if we fall short of winning the ALE. It's funny how a 3 games series against a team like the O's can change so many perspectives. This schedule was there to see before this series, too.
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Now, look at Oakland's remaining games: 3-4 CWS 6-3 SEA 3-3 HOU 4-0 NYY 3-0 SFG 3-0 TEX 0-3 TOR 0-3 LAA 0-3 DET 0-3 KCR The Yanks... 4-3 TOR 3-3 BOS 3-3 BAL 4-0 MIN 0-4 OAK 1-3 LAA 3-0 TBR 3-0 NYM 3-0 CLE 3-0 TEX 0-2 ATL
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Again, why not respond to the point we actually made: DD traded an extreme amount of prospects- whether they ended up being good or not is a separate issue that nobody is disagree with you on.
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Just like that, Schwarber now leads the team in OPS at 1.167.
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Don't believe all the bad press. 2020 (.772 OPS Against) .644 AUG .910 SEP (one bad month) 2019 (.624 season) .634 AUG .641 SEP 2018 (.509 season) .638 AUG .542 SEP 2017 (.786 season) .771 AUG (one not so great month) .674 SEP While there has been some drop offs later in the season, all but 2 of these 8 months listed were very respectable. Career (.677 overall) .632 AUG .704 SEP (Combined pretty close to .677)
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The Yanks play tomorrow- the day before our doubleheader with them. We have Monday and Thursday off, this week and then Monday off next week. (Time for other teams to catch up on our total games played.) I'm guessing we go with these starters: 8/16 off 8/17 @NYY Eovaldi (+1 day rest) 8/17 @NYY Houck 8/18 @NYY Pivetta 8/19 off 8/20 TEX Sale (+1 day rest) 8/21 TEX ERod (+1) 8/22 TEX Eovaldi 8/23 off 8/24 MIN Houck (+2) 8/25 MIN Pivetta (+1) 8/26 MIN Sale (+1) then 7 straight road games (3@ CLE & 4 @TBR) with no days off from 8/24 to 9/9- 16 straight games.
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ROBO Umps- yesterday, already!
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Team fWAR Numbers American League Position Players: 24.7 HOU 19.5 CWS 19.4 TBR 19.2 TOR 18.9 OAK 18.3 BOS 14.1 MIN 13.5 NYY Pitching 18.1 CWS 15.9 NYY 14.4 BOS 14.1 TBR 13.9 OAK 11.5 HOU 11.0 SEA 10. TOR 7.6 Add the two: 37.6 CWS 36.2 HOU 33.5 TBR 32.8 OAK 32.7 BOS 30.4 NYY 26.8 TOR 19.7 SEA Sox By Position: 1st SS 1st 3B 2nd CF 3rd DH 4th 2B 4th SP 5th RP 8th LF 8th RF 11th C 14th 1B
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Sox fWAR Rankings (50+ PAs) 4. Devers 4.6 8. Bogey 4.5 36. Kike 3.2 48. JD 2.9 98. Verdugo 1.8 108. Schwarber 1.7 117. Renfroe 1.6 150. Arroyo 1.3 0.4 Plawecki 0.2 Vazquez -0.1 Dalbec -0.3 Duran -0.4 Chavis -0.4 Santana -0.5 Marwin -0.7 Cordero Starting Pitching ( 154 pitchers w 50+ IP) 4. Eovaldi 4.1 34. ERod 2.5 55. Pivetta 1.9 117. Perez 0.5 124. Richards 0.4 RP'ers (264 with 20+ IP) 6. Barnes 1.6 13. Ottavino 1.3 24. Whitlock 1.1 49. Taylor 0.7 198. Y Rios 0.0 206. DHer -0.1 224. Valdez -0.1 226. Workman -0.1 227. Andriese -0.2 241. Robles -0.3 253. Sawamura -0.4
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Breaking him in slowly, it seems.
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Booby Dee is back to his old self. DFA him! Bring up Munoz!
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Throw strikes Eduardo!
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J- Da- Man
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Another "earned run" not so earned.
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Those damn walks get us everytime!
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So, couldn't those plans and pre-season views be attributed to the last vestiges of the "cliff?"
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Groome may start coming around, soon, but to still binge at A ball at age 22 has to be viewed as an overall letdown, despite the injuries. I would also add that Casas has to hit better than .768 in AA to get a shot at playing a hitter's position like 1B in 2022. Downs is seeing his stock fall, but I think he can still turn things around. I like what I have seen from Wong, so we may see more of him. I think Bello may rise more quickly that we think. Seabold should see significant time with the big club in 2022- maybe even this September. I also like Winckowski, but he has been struggling, of late. Chris Murphy may rise and contribute in '22. Ronald Hernandez, Munoz, Crawford, Bazardo and Arauz can be role players. Getting great input from Whitlock, Houck and Duran lessens the need to have serious impact prospects for 2022, but it would be nice to get something good from somebody.
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I've mentioned this point over and over. The downturn was much shorter than I expected and some of the reasons for that have to do with DD's draft picks and acquisitions that exceeded my expectations. Some also has to go to Bloom for moving very quickly to build the farm from bottom 3 to maybe bottom 15 to 18, as well as improving the 40 man roster. Let's not forget that the whole reset and decision to not go over, this year was Henry's not DD's, but the team budget and roster left by DD was a major factor in those choices by Henry. All the complaints about not doing enough at the deadline are part of the effects left behind by DD, too. All we hear is Bloom bashing on the deadline, and certainly he could have or might have done more, but his focus has been on rebuilding the farm, and to me, rightly so. I can't help but think much of that is on DD not Bloom.
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Indeed!
