That was a nice win. Taking a series vs a team like MIL is a good sign.
Day off tomorrow and then it's a rare Early-May game in the middle of April, this Friday.
Conner Early vs Dustin May
His 1, 2 and 3 year sample sizes, ranked him as a #1-2 SP'er using some stats and metrics or a #2-3 using others. At his age, nothing was a sure bet on what to expect, this year, but he's looked pretty good, so far.
The way Suarez has looked, I'm glad we added Gray.
We've already lost Oviedo and are looking for Crawford or Sandoval to get past their rehabs, quickly. Early has done a fine job filling in, and may keep his slot indefinitely.
Exactly, and this was my whole point of suggesting we trade an OF'er for an infielder.
Sitting an OF'er was a waste of talent, plus the "drop off" from ____ to Yoshida at DH, while real, was not as great as the "gain" we could have made at 2B, 3B or even SS, if we had the ballz to move Story to 2B.
The thing about Rivera's pitch was that it was just about all he threw. Batters new what was coming and still could not hit it.
.211 BA Against
.262 OBP Against
.293 SLG against
.555 OPS Against
2.21 ERA
MLBTR's top 10 FA for next season:
Skubal
Peralta
Bichette
Chisholm
Trevor Rogers
M King
Varsho
Imai
Arozarena
Susuki
Others: Woodruff, Imanaga, Gausman, Bednar, G Torres, B Lowe, T Ward, Pivetta, Singer, Bubic, Bieber, Grisham, Mize...
It's only 10 PAs vs LHPs, but Abreu is at 1.000 with that split.
I think Duran is now the one who will be sitting vs many lefties going forward, if any LHBs sit.
It's great to see Max back. He's right on Story's slow starts:
BA/OPS by month
.236/.747 April/March
.244/.782 May
.282/.817 June
.265/.855 July (The SLG% kicks in)
.284/.855 August (his peak month & highest OBP by far)
.272/.839 Sept/Oct
With Drohan being a lefty, could we see this?
1. L Anthony DH
2. R Rafaela CF (maybe Durbin or Story or go with LHB Duran?)
3. R Contreras 1B
4. L Abreu RF
5. R Story SS
6. L Duran LF
7. R Narvaez C
8. L Mayer 2B
9. R Durbin 3B
Just about every WOO pitcher got lit up in their 14-10 loss, last night. Good to see KC get 3 hits (.722) Woo's line-up had 6 guys that are now over .948.
1.281 Gasper
1.279 Capra
1.133 Sogard
1.119 Cheng
.992 Thaiss
.948 Romero
POR's staff let up 12 runs, led by Mullins with 5ERs in 1.2 IP. Their leading batters are .909 Ferguson and .889 Arias.
GRE got their first win, as Ingrassia got the win by going 3 scoreless in relief (no hits)
SAL went to 3-1 with a 10-2 win. Finley looked okay(4IP, 3H, 1ER, 3BB & 2 K) Salazar went 4-5 2 two 2Bs. Azocar 2-5 and Hodge 3-4.
Abreu is still 5th in MLB OPS.
Some winter suggestions are off to nice starts, too.
1.183 O'Hearn
1.109 Donovan
.954 Josh Bell
.905 B Lowe
,861 Schwarber
.855 Neto
Others- not so nice...
.632 Bregman
,623 Polanco
.603 Bohm
.603 KMarte
.591 ESuarez
.550 Alonso
.507 Arenado
.466 Bichette
.454 Stott
.277 Naylor
.236 Ozuna