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Seems that way. Poor IF defense is part of the reason. -
It's a one chord song.
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Verdugo has a bad back, and Marwin is giving Dalbec a breather.
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Cut the chord.
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You don't walk Miggy, anymore.
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Overdue. Perhaps for a demotion.
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They are 11th in team ERA- (fangraphs). 9th in xFIP- All this, while our opps have a .311 BAbip vs us (29th in MLB)! Our pen has the 6th best xFIP- at 91. The starters are 14 at 97.
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Probably so, but although he may be behind building himself up to being ready, the extra rest for his arm might actually be a good thing.
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Finally, some news on Sale... https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red-sox/red-sox-chris-sale-hits-great-milestone-tommy-john-rehab?fbclid=IwAR1MFhpEfRp-ci1F900LNsAdd6BzYSQUigw5SsxlyR-sMW86j02Hh57g0AM
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We used to buy kegs, at legal ages and before, and haul them out to an island, we called "Kegger Island." It was an island in the middle of a nature preserve with a wooden bridge going to it. It was far enough away from houses, so people didn't call the cops on us. (It was also too far away for any cop to try and catch us, and we could see anyone coming from a mile away. Those were the days.
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I used to get the Sporting News back then, so maybe I read that.
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I'm not sure why launch angle should count towards "barrel," but I guess I learn something evryday.
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Agreed. Right from the start, I felt Pivetta was ahead of Perez, which isn't saying much.
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There are several terms for a HR. So, barrels can be hard it outs or doubles or even a scorched single? Renfroe has only put the barrel to the ball 5 times, all year? Now, I'm confused.
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Agreed, but then again, he's two bad games from being a #5, again. Also, Eovaldi and ERod are two bad games from having the numbers of a #3.
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I would, too, and if they think it would help his progress, they won't hold him back out of fear of injury. They will just limit his pitch count and tell him not to overdo it.
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Put the barrel of the bat to the ball for a dinger. You know what a dinger is, right?
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Maybe AAA has more players similar to ML players and AA is where players try to work on new approaches, pitches and positions a little more than AAA. Sometimes, AA has stronger pitchers than AAA but they may be more wild or limited in pitch choices. But, yes, not much difference. Note: Devers played 15 games at AAA and came into MLB with a bang.
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30 #1s in MLB, since there are 30 teams. #42 would place him in about the middle rankings of all #2's. (31-60)
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Vaz might be waking up the echoes a bit, too.
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Duran is 24 and played some winter ball. I'd think keeping him in AA would be unwarranted. Down is 22. I can see how he might be viewed as "borderline," but he did play some AA ball in 2019. Plus, it's not like there's all that much difference between AA and AAA, these days. Many pros go from AA right to the bigs. Casas is 21 and played very little in A+ ball in 2019. I can see thinking he might be "pushed" ahead a bit, but there are some that think he might be one of those types of players that can jump to ML readiness very quickly. Who are the Yankees holding back?
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Certainly nothing all that surprising.
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Here are some numbers from the last 2 weeks. I can't find FIP for that time frame. OPS Against .381 Ottavino .428 Barnes .471 Pivetta .673 Richards .684 Perez .711 Eovaldi .733 Whitlock .764 ERod .814 Taylor .852 DHern .953 Andriese 1.000 Sawamura 1.161 Brice ERA 2.81 Pivetta 2.89 Perez 3.24 Richards 4.91 Eovaldi 5.25 ERod (Nearly an exact flip from the first 2 weeks.)
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We are fast approaching the 1/5th point of the season. The Yanks have taken over 2nd place. We knew they'd not go away gently. We're up 2.5 and have the second best record in the AL (1/2 behind OAK.) Our offense looks solid, despite being top heavy. Our rotation looks solid, and we haven't even gotten to Sale & Houck. Our pen has been our savior and is well rested due to carrying 9 pen arms. Our defense is bad, despite our team UZR/150 not being bad. We have several slots in our line-up with horrificly low OPS numbers, but newsflash: so do almost all teams- even the best ones. We are on pace for 97 wins- the Yanks for 84, but we all know that will not be the final outcome.
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Pivetta was nearly our ace, until last night. I'm not sure how one bad night "proves" he's a number 5. Now, his career has shown he looks like a 5- maybe worse, but he seems to have turned things around, somewhat, this year. Maybe he's just a late bloomer. It's strange that he's doing so well despite his worse BB/9 (5.6) of his career- by far, but his FIP is 3.34- thanks to his super low H/9 (6.2) and HR/9 (0.3). FIP by Sox starters: 2.13 Eovaldi 3.34 Pivetta 3.54 ERod 3.59 Perez 4.02 Richards
