moonslav59

Bottom of the order on base 3 out of 8 PAs.

Well said.

Now, you want to keep Sandy, based on what? His last 17 PAs? Watch Vaz go 4 for 5, and you'll flip.

Me, too. I'm very happy with Cora. Maybe JBJ's hit today will be the start of something good.

If this were true, why is JBJ walking and getting HBP so often recently? Last 8 games: 4 BB 2 HBP (2 Hits)

Love it!

It's a metric.

I'd release Holt before I'd trade JBJ. However, since both have options, I'd do neither.

1) WAR is not a "stat" 2) There is no single stat that does a better job at comparing total player value.

i think we should play Moreland nearly full time and split HRam and JBJ's time(0-50

MLB Leaders BA .372 Betts .358 Herera .347 Machado .345 JDM XBH 33 Betts 30 Albies 27 Machado 26 JDM TB 121 Betts 114 Machado 111 JDM WHIP 0.71 Verlander 0.79 Cole 9. Sale 0.92 13. Porcello 1.01 Number of Pitches 1011 Verlander 996 Sale 22. Porcello 897 (So much for resting Sale more early on.)

He actually created a 4-5 year window, which also qualifies as an "intermediate" plan

...but Vaz is hitting .667 in the all important most recent one game sample size!

Probably an extension.

So... Mr. Tingles Poorcello Pom and circumcision Eee Rot and Chris Freakin' Sale

Today, JBJ begins his metioric hot streak. Just watch!

They didn't keep him. They also pretty much benched him late last year. He only started 14 games from Sept 1st to Oct 1st. He only got 21 total PAs in 3 playoff series last October.

Oh, I'm agreeing with you, notin. I was just saying the Astros probably come closest to having no black holes than anyone else. BTW, .666 and .694 are ooddles better than .513 (JBJ), .496 (Leon) and .441 (Vaz). Also, last year's Astros saw Beltran with only the 7th amount of PAs on the team and Aoki 12th most. Beltran hardly played in the playoffs. Their top 6 PAs guys were all over .817. Beltran's .666 was 7th most. Correa was 8th at ,941 Marisnick was 11th at .815 McCann and gattis were 9th and 10th at .759 to .767. Very impressive. They could easily have fielded a 9 man line-up with nobody below .767. This year, they have 3 of their top 8 PA players between .615 and .670 and their 10th guy at .434. Their 11th is at .649.

I could see it, but for whom? Swihart? I could see keeping Swihart around a little longer once Pedey returns, but if we won't play him, I'd rather have JBJ as a defensive replacement than a never-playing Swihart.

Those career OPS numbers can be deceiving. Betts can certainly stay over .900 or .950. JD has been much better in recent years than .868. His first 3 seasons below .742 should not be part of his profile and expectations. Bogey and Betts battled injuries last year and have early career lower numbers as should be expected. one could argue they should do better than their career numbers as the near and reach prime. Moreland is a tough call. he was doing well last year before the toe injury, but the two season healthy sample sizes are still too short to begin to expect him to even end up over .825 or .850, let alone 1.000. On the other hand, as these guys "come back to earth", couldn't we expect Pedey to improve on Nunez? Devers to find his groove? Beni to continue his rise in OPS? Vaz, Leon or JBJ to return to their career norm? In fact those 3 guys are about as far away from their career norms as Betts, Bogey and JD are from theirs. Could Holt finish above .780? That's 80 above his norm. Could the Yanks see some of their stars have off seasons like just about all of ours did last year? I'm feeling good about our offense going forward. I think it gets better not worse.

I think we stick with JD in the OF more often than not for a while anyways. It might make it harder for JBj to find a groove, but as long as Moreland keeps himself over .900, I have no issues with JBJ sitting. I'll be cringing when balls are hit to the gaps, but the offense is greatly improved with a 1.000 OPS guy over a .550 one.

Maybe, Houston despite some current player slumps.

One more thing: given he was rushed in 2015 but did "admirably well", how could that also hurt his development? He had the best coaches. His confidence level soared. he got to know the staff, some of whom are still here. The part that stunted his growth was the move to LF, but the guy already had over 3700 innings as a catcher. Maybe he "deserved more", but one could argue that was more than a fair enough chance as a catcher.

You can't always believe what management says (like ..."Swi will only catch from now on...". To me, Vaz was going to be the starting catcher in 2016, but he needed a little more time to be "ready". The 6 games to start the season was for that reason, IMO, and not to give him a chance to win the position. He was NOT demoted for doing poorly in 6 games. The Sox had already made up their mind beforehand. He's caught almost 3800 innings since joining the organization. That's enough for them to have a pretty good idea about his skill level and growth curve (or lack of one). I trust they see more than we do, and they see what goes on in practice as well. I'm not saying management never makes mistakes in player evaluations, but I have to think they must feel pretty darn sure of themselves to not be giving him a chance now that are catchers are hitting .445. Maybe his foot injury is part of the reason. Maybe they have known for years he'll never catch for us, but they were giving lip service to his future as a catcher in order to drive up his trade value and/or confidence level. He has worked out as catcher in ST'ing and played an inning this year, so he still probably views himself as a possible catcher option. I gotta say, not playing him there can't be helping his confidence level right now. My guess is, we trade him once Pedey comes back, but maybe we'll throw Nunez on the DL to delay the inevidable. If we're not ever going to play him, then we should just trade him. Cora is big on playing the bench, and he still never plays. That speaks volumes.

To me, Vaz was always going to be the number one. The injury did force Swihart up before his time, but he was still catching.