moonslav59

We need someone to step up, real soon. Maybe Valdez and Taylor are in the process of doing just that, right now.

I can't think of many instances where a top starter- paid a lot or not, did not come back as a starter.

I think the plan for this summer is to add Brasier, Sale and Duran and whatever we can get with the few million we have below the lux tax line.

I had 4/19.

Sounds about right, but he did only have the one good season in 2019, so to me, the jury is still out. I'm happy to see him doing well. I was wrong to be so harsh on him in April.

Here are some notable SP'er ERA-'s for 2021: (below 100 is above average) 246 Matt Moore 216 Logan Allen 208 J Quintana 155 Strasburg 152 Corbin 134 A Cobb 131 Taillon 128 JA Happ 126 K Maeda 115 J Montgomery 108 B Snell 107 R Hill 105 Greinke 104 Eovaldi 103 Bumgarner 96 ERod 94 S Gray 93 J Lester 90 Richards 90 W Miley 89 R Ray 88 D German 84 C Kluber 79 M Perez 74 J Musgrove 73 Pivetta 71 Wheeler 71 V Velazquez 67 M Pineda 59 Glasnow 58 M Boyd 55 M Kopech 54 T Walker 49 G Cole 48 Gausman 47 Y Darvish 46 D Duffy 45 Alex Wood 32 L Lynn 29 J Means 18 J deGrom RP'ers 214 C Mazza 178 W Davis 166 S Romo 161 Brice 143 J Wilson 137 J Taylor 134 D Bard 132 J McGee 124 T Richards 118 A Colome 114 S Cishek 106 T Lakins 102 G Holland 101 D Hern 89 Ottavino 77 J Springs 75 Famila 68 P Valdez 68 L Hendricks 66 B Hand 62 M Barnes 52 E Santana 45 J Payamps (Why can't Bloom find guys like him?) 42 B Shaw 41 Whitlock 14 Chatwood 0 Chapman, Graveman, Holloway

I haven't really seen the plus defense in CF by Kike, despite his UZR/150 numbers showing he was pretty good out there. (Saw a nice catch by JBJ in LF, the other night, on some highlights.)

So, Kike at 2B and Marwin in the OF or vice versa?.

Me, too, but maybe not as an 8 inning set up man. That position is still open. Applications being accepted.

It’s pretty amazing we’ve basically gone with the 14 pitchers we started the season with. Not having an active AAA for April may have played a role, but if we didn’t keep Bazardo up, we likely wanted the 14. Houck got a couple starts and relief outings in, but he’s injured, now. I’m sure we’ll see other pitchers before season’s end, and hopefully we see a healthy and productive Chris freakin’ Sale, but so far we’ve done pretty good avoiding pitcher injuries or clear needs for replacements, except for maybe Brice.

The perfect example of a gamble gone wrong (for the Phillies.) Last year, Bloom traded Workman, Hembree and Osich along with Moreland and Pillar.

Agreed, and maybe we can get a good one who is also a salary dump that does not put us over the tax line. We may also need a very good RPer or two, so we may have to go over to greatly improve our 2021 chances. Getting RPers is almost always a dice roll.

I’d say somewhere between 32 and 53 seems about right.

Yes. Cordero is struggling of late. I'd rather not have him "work through it" at the expense of the big club. Chavis may or may not struggle going forward, and one could say the same about Cordero, but I think Cordero needs to take a step back, right now.

Exactly, and at least Chavis is hitting over .600 and has a dinger. I wouldn't be against seeing Cordero again, later- once he shows he's hitting well in AAA.

I'd like to give him another shot. It's not like he's hitting .448- like Cordero. Yes, he needs to lay off the high fastballs, and you'd think he's had long enough to do that, and he's not likely to learn it in the next few weeks, but as of now, he's not hurting the team like Cordero is, so I give the nod to him. I also have this position of trying not to keep guys like Chavis on the 40 man roster for years while never really giving them a long look to find out once and for all, if they are ML material. I know when you are a winning team, it's not always easy to find time to do that, but with our current situation, it seems like the perfect time to give Chavis a long look- perhaps his last one. That's not to say he can't go on to show he belongs with another team, if we end up cutting him loose, but I'd like to see him get a long enough look to say, "We tried." Yes, he K's a lot, but he had some decent numbers in the minors and his first month in MLB, so I'd like to see him get at least one more extended chance. Cordero may get another look, later, but let him show he can do it at AAA, before he gets a second loo with us. maybe by then, Chavis will have shown it's time to say bye-bye. Maybe not.

In all fairness he did get 705 PAs in 2018 (38 HRs and 100 RBIs) and 692 in 2017 (59 HRs and 132 RBIs), but that seems like ages ago.

Or is Stanton just someone who always takes longer to get over minor injuries?

Chavis allows Marwin to play OF not 2B or 1B, so he basically evens out the OF need, in my book. Cordero obviously needs to work on some things. Chavis just needs a chance to show whether he belongs or not. Now, seems like the perfect time. Cordero can play everyday in AAA. That's what he needs. Playing him everyday in Boston would (likely) be harmful to the team.

They already demoted Arauz for Kike. Arroyo is next- hopefully for Cordero (or Brice) not Chavis.

If he could just have one year with a healthy 675 PAs, one wonders what numbers he'd put up. The guy is a DH. Being this fragile playing that position is a wonder.

Another look at the Yankee starters not named Cole: Kluber was a stud-no doubt, and not for a short time. He was one of baseball's most dominatnt pitchers from 2014 to 2018 9151 ERA+ 1.016 WHIP), but he's pitched less than 37 innings from 2019-2020. He looks to be getting back in form, but is still far from those 5 year numbers. 3.48 ERA (116 ERA+) 4.00 FIP 1.403 WHIP is a worrisome number. His 4.1 BB/9 is over double his career number. Even if you can put aside German's personal issues, and missed 2020 season, his numbers are not all that good from 2018 to 2021: 4.47 ERA (98 ERA+) 1.207 WHIP 2.7 BB/9 and 9.9 K/9 rates (1.8 HR/9) He's doing much better, this year and was decent in 2019, but still... Although Montgomery's FIP of 3.92 since 2019 is decent, his low BB/9 rate and good K/9 rate are about his only redeeming attribute. 5.02 ERA (84 ERA+) 1.249 WHIP I've always liked Taillon, but he has not looked all that good, so far, this year: 5.40 ERA (75 ERA+) 4.48 FIP 1.200 WHIP is encouraging, but the 2.2 HR/9 hurts. His K rate is way up, too (11.6). All in all, I'm not sure any of the concerns from pre-season have been answered, although Kluber is showing nice signs, despite some troubling numbers. No doubt, the Sox starters have been overachieving expectations, and one could show similar past troubling numbers on every Sox pitcher not named ERod, but so far, they keep chugging away and adding to their sample size of plus production, except for Eovaldi.

I didn't realize those were 1 run games, so you are right. It is happening, but let's see if they use him in the 8th, soon.

Machado still a dick... https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/mlb-world-reacts-to-dirty-play-by-manny-machado/ar-BB1gPfND?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz

Starter ERA last 28 days: 2.08 Perez 2.89 Pivetta 3.03 Richards 4.34 ERod 5.79 Eovaldi Team record in starts: 6-2 Pivetta 5-2 ERod 5-4 Eovaldi 4-4 Perez 4-4 Richards 0-2 Houck Yankee team records: 5-2 German 5-3 Cole 5-3 Kluber 5-3 Montgomery 2-5 Taillon 0-1 Garcia 0-1 Nelson