moonslav59

What a wondrous site to see!

Right. It's always a comp to a flame out.

Me, too. The overhaul should take time.

We have a double header coming up, too, but does this mean he plays both games?

No JD.

It would be nice to have some homegrown SP'ers!

My numbers were based on the #1 and #2 hitters having a .333 OBP and no DPs, CS or picked offs before the #3 guy comes up. So far this year, our top 2 slots are... 1. .328 2. .394 Last year, 1. .418 2. .340 The number is probably around 40% of the time, for us, that the 3 hitter comes up with 2 outs and none on in the first inning.

So does the lefty, Poyner.

Maybe his 5.14 ERA in AAA? His .797 OPS against? His 1.33 WHIP? Josh Taylor has much better numbers, so far.

Why? Because he's not even near the best guy in the minors, we have Eovaldi returning in less than 10 days, and Mejia just plain sucks. The only thing he has going for him is ML experience, but Poyner, ERam and others do,too. I'm not sure when (out-of-options) Brian Johnson is going to be ready. True, Poyner has a WHIP if over 1.50, while Mejia's is under 1.25, but I'd take the lefty over Mejia, for now.

Agreed. We all pretty much know the career trajectory of WMB. Using an example of a flash in the pan for every player who looks strong out of the gate is not all that useful. Yes, it reminds us that small sample sizes can be very deceiving, but over and over a again gets tedious.

I think the differentials are so small between the 3rd, 4th and 5th slots that saying they are all very important run-producing slots is always going to be true. I was a firm believer in the 3 slot for your best all-around hitter for decades, but I trust the studies. It's not something I will go to my grave defending, especially because the differentials are very small. I think we've beaten this subject to death, but I will add two points: 1) Taking away the first inning seems to favor the idea that the 4th hitter is more important than the 3rd hitter, who has these 4 guys up before him: 8, 9, 1, 2, while the 4 hitter has 9, 1, 2, 3 and the 5 hitter always has 1, 2, 3, 4 before him, counting the first inning- all the best hitters on the team. 2) One question I'd ask about these studies that show the 3rd slot hitter should be your 5th best hitter is this: did the study differentiate between great hitting teams and poor ones? When you have a team with 5 guys with an OBP above .350 and an OPS above .800, maybe the numbers change. Maybe teams with crappy hitters skews the numbers. I'll not complain when JD bats 3rd. I think Cora knows what he's doing, and right now Betts, Bogey, JD and Devers are pretty interchangeable, except for the speed component, so there shouldn't be much swing anyway we go. (Even Beni is heating up right now.)

Plus, yesterday's game. I doubt we see him unless there's an injury, or it's September.

It's hard to do going oh-for.

Shawaryn is going to be used in another game. Who starts instead? Smith?

But, Brasier was pitching in professional baseball before he was called up.

How long would you stick with him as a starter? Assuming he hits at a .550-.600 OPS or worse going forward. 2 weeks more? 3? 4? Less?

Mejia blew a save, today. Gorkys with a tater and 3 BBs. Duran 0-2 with 2 BBs. Dalbec 1-4 with 2 BBs Houck 7 IP 2 ERs (0 BB- 11 Ks)

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I want a high OBP guy there and my best or second best (with power) up 4th.

$13M/1 I was kinda hoping the Yanks would sign him to $40M/3.

Black Holes to Super Novas Holt .404 to .697 in 5 games at 1.203 JBJ to .421 to .607 in 15 games over 1.050 Nunez .432 to .604 in 9 games at over 1.100.

Old school also used bunting and hit & runs (often from the #2 hitter) much more than today. It seems like common sense to want your two best OBP (or at least 2 of the top 3 or 4 on your team) guys up 1 & 2. One could ask, what took so long to figure this out? It's not really a sabermetric determination.

He sure has. He looks like a different defender out there. His foot work looks perfect, now. He quickly gets into throwing posture, and it has shown in his more accurate throws. I'm impressed, and I was a leader in the "Maybe Devers will be better at 1B someday camp."