moonslav59

Yes, it wasn't you, and 7 HRs is very impressive to start a season. My point is that once Cordero goes down for Arroyo, the guys Duran might replace have looked pretty good, too. Chavis had 7 HRs in 21 games at AAA, last year and has 24 Hrs in 571 career PAs in the bigs. The bigs- not AAA. He has an .806 OPS, this year. Dalbec is one of our hottest hitters (1.149 in last 8 games). Santana has homered in both of his first 2 games. He had 3 HRs in 8 games on the farm, this year, too. Surely, he deserves a longer look, especially since he's already proven he can have a great ML season. He did it twice. Marwin has hit under .560 in April and May, but he's Cora's guy and plays several positions well enough to be useful/ There's nobody else. I realize Chavis draws the shortest straw, but I just think he deserves a longer look.

Dalbec is not "becoming an offensive liability." He's one of our hottest hitters. I agree he struggles vs RHP, so a platoon might be best. Duran and Arroyo won't help with that. Dalbec has 3 2Bs & 3 HRs (some huge ones) in his last 8 games. His OPS over that time is 1.149 (10 RBI). Chavis only has had 3 looks- one during COVID season.This look, he has done pretty good in just 31 PAs (4 2B & 1 HR) with an .806 OPS. He has a career .732 OPS in 571 PAs with 24 HRs. That's a good enough start to a career to get another or longer look. I'm not against bringing up Duran. His bat certainly looks ML ready, and maybe if his glove isn't, it might still be worth it. Bringing him up sure looks like it makes sense. If he can play CF FT, we can use Hernandez or Santana to platoon in LF when Verdugo plays RF vs RHPs and Renfroe sist vs righties. Kike can play 2B with Arroyo. Santana can platoon with Dalbec at 1B. That does leave Chavis as a 3rd stringer at 1B and 2B, so I can see why he would be the choice for Duran, but I think he deserves a longer look. Keeping Duran down so Chavis gets a longer look sounds dumb, I agree, and he'll likely get another chance at some point due to an injury, so when Duran is deemed ready by Bloom & Co., I'd have no issue with Chavis being sent down. There really is no other option barring a trade of Santana or Marwin, which I seriously doubt is even being considered. Santana won't be sent down, soon.

Today on the farm: Worchester 4-0 (5 SBs) Gossett 6 IP 0 ER 4H, 2 BB, 5K Workman 1 IP 0 ER 1H, 0 BB, 0 K Duran 0-5 Arroyo 1-5 w 2B Munoz 1-4 Downs 2 for 3 BB Portland 7-2 Winckowski 5.2 IP 2 ER 7H, 2BB, 4K (ERA now 1.80) Casas 2-5 HR 3RBI Meneses 2-5 HR 3 RBI Greenville 12-13 Reed 2-4 HR (his 6th) Salem 14-8 Jimenez 1-6 HR Team Records: 11-7 Worcester 11-7 Portland 8-10 Greenville 11-7 Salem

It's Beni for Cordero Winckowski $2+M (paid for one from Renfroe or Sawamura or Marwin) 3 PTBNL

Let's say Arroyo for Cordero: vs RHP 1. Hernandez CF 2. Verdugo RF 3. JD DH 4. Bogey SS 5. Devers 3B 6. Santana LF 7. Vaz C 8. Arroyo 2B 9. Dalbec/Marwin/Chavis 1B vs LHP 1. Hernandez CF 2. Verdugo LF 3. JD DH 4. Bogey SS 5. Devers 3B 6. Renfroe RF 7. Dalbec 1B 8. Vaz C 9. Santana/Arroyo/Marwin/Chavis 2B

I have said I prefer Cordero. Santana can play OF, so we don't need Cordero vs RHPs.

24 Off 25 ATL Richards +1 26 ATL Pivetta +1 27 Off 28 MIA Perez +2 29 MIA Eovaldi +2 30 MIA Richards 31 @HOU Pivetta J1 @HOU ERod +4 J2 @HOU Perez J3 @HOU Eovaldi @NYY 3 (Richards, Pivetta, ERod) If the two days off were spread out 4 days instead of 2, we could have totally skipped a start or two by ERod. This was, he gets 4 extra days rest.

I'm not into golf, but that was fun to watch.

A lot can change between now and whenever, but here is my call (not what I think Bloom/Cora will do) on future roster moves, at this point in time: Arroyo comes up: Cordero demoted (Core/Bloom: maybe Chavis) Brasier come up: Chavis demoted Sale come up: I'll guess Valdez or Taylor (Andriese has no options.)

Geez, you take 3 out of 4 and lose ground to two contenders. AL Leaders - BOS - TBR .5 NYY .5 OAK 1.5 CWS 2.5 HOU 3.0 CLE 4.5 TOR 5.5 KCR The NL is starting to shake out as expected... - SDP 1.0 LAD 1.0 SFG 2.5 STL 5.0 NYM 5.5 Cubs 6.0 MIL 6.5 PHI The top 3 teams in each league all come from just one division: ALE & NLW.

I'm very optimistic about Duran, but I never get all gah gah over any 2 week sample size, even in the bigs. I do think he has power and will in the majors, but 7 HRs in AAA is not "legendary" in any way whatsoever.

Well, Toronto lost. Phil is still up 2.

He's halfway to Danny's number!

We don't have an ace, and yet we win. That should be evidence enough, but I can give you a few examples where we lit up opposing aces or top closers. This team's offense seems to do worse vs newbies, struggling pitchers or journeymen.

Franchy, my main man! I told you guys we shouldnt demote him! (LOL)

While good pitching gives every team a better chance of winning than good hitting, it's not even close to "almost every time," or we'd see teams going 28-5 in starts from the best pitchers. Look at Pedro: he was 219-100 overall, yet he was: 11-11 vs NY 11-11 vs ATL 6-7 vs HOU 3-5 vs LAD 4-4 vs STL All teams that hit very well back in those days.

Dalbec is looking more and more like a platoon player on the wrong end of it.

It's easier to find a pitcher to send down than choose between Santana or Chavis when Arroyo returns. BTW, the Brasier question may arise before the Sale one Someone may get hurt before then, or someone mya be struggling so much, the choice is easy. If the choice is hard, we're probably still doing very well, so it's a good problem to have..

The players also love Cora because he's a winner, and they win with him. I'm not saying I agree with resting players as much as he does, but it's a long season, and we'll need our big 4 hitters healthy and fresh all season long to have any real chance at winning it all, this year.

Good point, and maybe he just needs a rest.

I wouldn't say Duran has "legendary power" either. He had 3 HRs in 3 seasons of college and 8 HRs in 880 PAs before this year. (15 in 957 career)

Well said, I agree 100%. If he does well, so be it. He's got just one more arb year left.

Guys, get used to it: it's Jarren Duran not Jarred.

Nobody is saying Henry does not have the final word. The point of contention is does he voice his over-riding commands over everything?

No Plawecki.