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  1. moonslav59
    We agree on almost everything else, so it seems strange we are polar opposites on Swihart. Maybe there is a remote chance Swihart might have shown better progress or results had he stayed catching his whole time here and was given much more playing time, but I just don't see any evidence that warranted him being given more chances than he earned. The options running out hurt his chances to earn his way back through high performance in the minors. That might have hurt (assuming he is better than I think he is), but it was not the team's fault. The guy was not a good catcher. We gave him a chance at other positions. We held open a ML roster slot for him all last year and into the start of this year. He never took advantage of what was to me an undeserved extra chance. If Swihart goes on to have a plus career, I'll be happy for him, but even if he does, I'll still think we did more for him than he earned.
  2. moonslav59
    Last year, he never really got "hot" for an extended time, except maybe the playoffs. He actually did something he rarely had done before: he hit consistently well for 4+ months.
  3. moonslav59
    Swihart messed up. He got way more chances than he ever deserved or earned.
  4. moonslav59
    I get it. I love Devers' potential. I know I'm a homer, but I would not trade Devers for Merrifield.
  5. moonslav59
    I'm not saying I don't want Moreland back, but I don't think it will or should take $5M to bring him back at a post prime age. I'd offer him $3.5M/1 or $6M/2, and I doubt anyone offers more. (Those numbers might change, if he finally stays healthy for a full year and ends up near .800.
  6. moonslav59
    Maybe not. Let's say HOU, CLE & NYY win the divisions. That leave TB, MN & BOS fighting for 2 WC slots. I doubt SEA or anyone else contends. I think 90-93 wins gets the last slot. (Note: I think we win the division.)
  7. moonslav59
    I mentioned him precisely because I looked at his April numbers.
  8. moonslav59
    True.
  9. moonslav59
    No prospect is really "certain", but Moncada was a "blue chipper." Some might say Kopech and Espinosa were or close to be blue chippers. (BTW, Moncada is off to a nice .948 start with 6 HRs in less than 100 ABs.
  10. moonslav59
    ...and somehow that makes it a bad thing, because he is "qualified" and among the worst offensive players among those few players that are good enough and healthy enough to play everyday.
  11. moonslav59
    I think of the top 15 AL CF'ers as the starters. If some teams' have such a bad CF situation that they need to platoon or rotate, then why do we discount them when ranking JBJ's ranking? He was 8th best out of the 15 AL team's starting CF'ers last year. I get your point about counting only "qualified" CF'ers, but I think you are penalizing JBJ just because he's so damn good on defense, he gets more PAs than some of those on the list with 354-503 PAs.
  12. moonslav59
    I'd dump Thornburg & Brewer before I'd think about doing the same with Hembree.
  13. moonslav59
    He always starts each off well, and gets hyped. Let's wait until October to see what we think he'll be worth.
  14. moonslav59
    The top 17 AL OF'ers are basically the starters (15 teams). If I reduce the PAs to 354+ to get the number to exactly 15, JBJ placed 8th out of 15.
  15. moonslav59
    We certainly have some higher hopes on a few key players. I'm hopeful and cautiously optimistic, but I do wish we had a couple blue chippers in the system.
  16. moonslav59
    You got me! )
  17. moonslav59
    These are the 2019 Yankee PA leaders: 106 Voit 101 Gardner 100 Torres 96 LeMahieu 89 Judge (on IL) 73 Frazier (now on IL) 53 Tauchman 49 Urshela 49 Sanchez 42 Romine 41 Bird (IL) 39 Wade 26 Ford Less that 17 and on IL: Stanton, Andujar, Tulo & Higashioka IP Leaders 29 Tanaka 29 Paxton 26 German 26 Happ 15 CC 13 Ottavino 13 Holder 11 Cessa 10 Britton 10 Loaisiga 10 Chapman 8 Kahnle 8 Green 5 Harvery 3 Tarpley 0 Severino (IL)
  18. moonslav59
    My guess is we go cheap at corner IF next year and just go with Devers, Chavis and Dalbec- maybe bringing Holt back as depth. If we reset, it makes sense. If we don't, but try to stay under the 2nd or max line, we will need the spending money elsewhere.
  19. moonslav59
    The kid was hitting .975 and was 6th in team PAs.
  20. moonslav59
    I don't see it that way. He hits better than most who he matches up against every day. He's a plus on offense in the same way JBJ is not "terrible" on offense (not counting this year's start).
  21. moonslav59
    Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!!! Frazier to the IL.
  22. moonslav59
    .717 is not good, I agree, but it's not "terrible" for CF'ers. Only 22 CF'ers qualified last year. The AL CF OPS was .702 in 2018. Yes, there were better hitters who played CF last year, but JBJ was not terrible. He hit above the AL OPS for all CF'ers. I agree, that does not make him a "good" hitter or above average, but he was not terrible. JBJ placed 10th out of 17 AL CF'ers with 300+ PAs in 2018. Not good. Not terrible.
  23. moonslav59
    Not at $6M. I'm not sure why we are the only team in MLB paying over $6M for both Moreland and Pearce. Players like them are making half that much on the open market.
  24. moonslav59
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/04/yankees-place-clint-frazier-on-10-day-il.html
  25. moonslav59
    Even cherry-piking a worse sample size by not including 2015 and 2016, here's how JBJ ranks from 2017-2018: 24th out of 31 CF'ers with 850+ PAs (.721 was .019 from the league average of .740 and .039 from the mean of .760). That's not great, but it's close to the average and mean. His defense made up for the below average offense. If you count 2015 and 2016, he's above average. Of course, if he stays below .400, his defense does not make up for that kind of offense.
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