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  1. I'm a big CERA/OPSA when specific Catcher are catching specific pitchers guy, and my guess is Wong blows Gasper away. Gasper's sample size are small no point can be made. Wong has decent numbers in this area.
  2. If by "one of the worst" you mean bottom half, okay, but out of 15 teams... 2023: 7th in run diff and 8th in W-L. 2024: 8th in run diff and 9th in W-L. Last place sucked, but we were not bottom 3rd tier, for what that's worth.
  3. 4 behind the Yanks matters more to me than the "magic number," but even that seems like a fantasy. Get the pitchers some rest; line them up for the optimal playoff order; get players healthy and try to keep 'em sharp.
  4. Wong has had a few stretches where he looks like he can hit .725-.775, but then he keeps relapsing into .550-.650. His defense has improved some, and he has gotten good/better results from a few starting pitchers over the years. I agree. This winter should see a change made, and no Gasper should not be the #2. Number 2's play too often.
  5. I Meant to write 25. I also wrote .350 AND 20-30 HRs. To think, he might have been .340 and 10 HRs, had he not tried to be Mighty Mouse.
  6. Duran can barely get on base at .250. And, try with all his might, he wont reach 20 HRs. I'll take 65K% with 35% on base and 15 HRs.
  7. Isn't there someone else more worthy of slammin? I'm not asking anyone to praise him, but really. It's almost as bad as Fred's foaming with rabies Ceddanne attack dog.
  8. Th guy is over .800 since his return. Most of our guys don't even return at all.
  9. I'll take a 50% K rate, if the guy gets on base 35% and hits 20-30 bombs.
  10. PCA blows Ohtani away on offense and defense, but he doesn't pitch. I'm not saying 86 IP from Ohtani is enough to outweigh the massive advantage PCA has as an everyday player this year, but 86 UP at sub 1.80 ERA is a lot of value. fWAR it's 9.9 to 3.8, and absurd difference. Ohtani has 2.9 pitching so adding is still way short. I agree on PCA, but the novelty of two-way players may not have worn off yet.
  11. Yup. He might end up more than earning a slot or a chance. He may be given a shot others might not have gotten due to the contract, but Brez is not dumb enough to hand him any FT job based on a hope. He would at least have an option or two standing by, if the next KC experiment goes wrongly.
  12. PCA .942> Ohatnai .902, yes But, add 86 IP at 1.79 ERA and it's close. If you add the BWAR, PCA wins easily 8.6 to 6.5.
  13. True, but that's not the same as saying this... ....a pitcher that was clearly going to regress immediately.
  14. If you meant he wasn't going to keep up the first half pace for the remaining part of 20216 and beyond, yes, but I don't think anyone expected a 4.60 ERA and FIP, either. 3.32 in 2017 does not look like regression.
  15. Some pitchers develop a new pitch and improve beyond a half season.
  16. I heard the talk by a few. If talk was fact, just because it turned out to be partially true, then what?
  17. Some teams directly own the TV stations that air their games. Some do indirectly. Same with concessions companies, merchandising, security and other aspects of the game. Some are "on the books-" some are not. It varies from team to team. It's not really hiding the revenue, but it may be difficult to sort it out so every team is measured by the same stick.
  18. LF/DH maybe full time.
  19. No and no.
  20. Of course they are not the same, but my point was that hype does not always translate to success and certainly instant success in more cases. KC was Player of the Year. That was max hype, and yes he had holes in his game- more than one. (O and D) He has some off-the-charts numbers on offense- much as Arias has, now.
  21. So, Cy Youngs: Schlitter AL Misiorowski NL MVP Yordan AL Ohtani NL (PC-A is close)
  22. Hate to say it, but the Yanks just clinched their 34th straight winning season. 1989, 1990 & 1991 the Yanks had losing seasons- none since then. The Sox have 9 losing seasons in 34 years. Those includes 7 last place finishes. When we go bad: we go real bad. In 1992, we finished 7th out of 7 teams. The others were 5 out of 5, and some years there were 4 good teams in the ALE. Still, pretty damn impressive, but let's pivot to playoffs and WS success since the 90's...
  23. Arias, yes. I think Campbell needs to reprove himself, but the DH position should be available, if he ever hits very well. I'm not sure about his OF defense, but LF could be open soon. He should not be handed anything yet, nor should we hold back filling LF or DH out of some hope from him.
  24. Campbell was doing what Arias is doing now.
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