moonslav59

I hear you, and not that these guys have been babied for so long, suddenly asking them to pitch 110 pitches in a game and 190+ IP would likely make their arm fall off.

We kinda got lucky with Dom Smith, last year. The Garrett Coopers are more like norm for May additions.

Unless Mayer is already holding down a FT infield slot, and Story or Campbell have gotten hurt or sucked so badly, they lose their job, I would not move Rafaela out of CF and into the IF.

I don't disagree. I will say, we do have an extra pitcher for the DBLHDR. 77 pitches is not a lot for a young pitcher, but he's only pitched over 72 innings, twice in his career, and never over 126 IP. At this rate, he may end up with 150, so maybe some caution is not a wild concept.

We traded for a 1Bman and have KC working out at 1B. It may be little, but it's not none.

A few people could dislodge Casas from his role as the worst defensive China doll, 1Bman in MLB

Jh Garcia is off to a nice start with Woo. 3-4 in first game, today. He's nearing a 1.400 OPS! He's 1-2, so far in game 2. (Anthony homered in game 2.) Uberstine pitched well in the 2-1 win in the 7 innings game 1.

After tonight's game, we'll be 1/3 through the season and at .500 or +2. Here are the WAR numbers (before today's game) fWAR Player bWAR 2.5 Bregman (going on the IL) 3.0 bWAR 2.1 Devers (not easy for a DH only) 2.3 1.9 Crochet (the savior?) 2.21.7 Narvaez (steal of the winter?) 1.9 1.2 Abreu (slowed a bit) 1.8 1.1 Rafaela (tremendous D) 1.8 0.9 Duran (probably over 1.0, after today) 1.0 0.7 Newcomb (Hmm...) -0.2 0.6 Dobbins 0.4 0.5 Chapman 0.9 0.5 Slaten 0.0 0.5 Refsnyder (unreal for 54 PAs) 0.6 0.4 Whitlock & Wilson 0.3 Buehler & Weissert 0.2 Fitta, Bernardino, KC & Romy 0.1 DHam, Kelly, Wink, Liam, Bello & Gio

Thanks to the O's, we are back over .500 and 1 back in the way too early WC race. Gotta keep it rolling, here. GO SOX!

toro, Toro, TORO!

The obvious choice is DH, but we have one firmly entrenched there and apparently not willing to budge. Another option could be to move the best defensive CF'er in MLB to middle infield, but that seems drastic.

Maybe Criswell gets a chance to start a game. He did well as a starer.... ...way back in 2024.

I remember thinking that 10games at 3B for Bogey, before he was called up was too little. I think Mayer has 6 games at 3B, scattered over a few seasons. He only has 10 at 2B, so that option was not really better. We gotta do what we gotta do. Good luck, Marcelo. You are now under the spotlight.

Penrod pitched a scoreless inning for the FCL Sox, today.

Have they said, he'll play 3B? (Or, who will?)

Another big hit by Devers. Big smile. Nice win. Now, keep it rolling.

The range of a fielder is very significant and varies greatly from the best to the worst. Of course, the pitcher matters and how many balls are hit towards the player or near enough to him, where it could be fielded. The difficulty of the play matters, both in how hard it was hit and how far away from the defender it was hit. Bad hops matter, too. We all try to measure that when watching some defenders make far -ranged plays, while others never seem to make any. I guess you assume every fielder gets to the exact same type of plays, or the difference is so minimal, it hardly counts. To me, that is so wrong, it blows my mind someone can watch baseball and not see the variances in every game. Yes, metrics are not perfect in measuring the variances or plays made and not made, and neither is the eye test, but I've never met a single baseball fan that use the eye test and say, the variances in range is so minimal, it should not be considered, let alone that a .995 Fldg % vs a .985 Flg%, which is the range of almost every defender in MLB is somehow more important. We are talking about a handful (maybe 2) of plays made out of a thousand, which is maybe 2-5 years worth of plays, is what you use to say player A is better than player B.

Batting second is often after the 8 or 9 slot batters made an out and did not get on base. The 4 slot hitter almost always gets more RBI chances. That is not some wild position to hold. I've also said I'd be fine with Devers staying 2nd and move Bregman to 4th. My main beef is with using the 3 slot for one of our best 2 hitters, and even that beef is over something very minimal. It hardly matters. I'm trying to think of ways to improve our 4 slot, and the point was made while assuming Anthony would be joining the line-up. I guess batting him 4th is okay with Abreu/Ref up 5th, but I'd prefer Devers, and if not him, Bregman. You can doubt all you want about RBI totals, but I'm thinking he'd have more with Bregman in front of him. (Anthony, too.)

Early was a bit wild, today, but he still one hit the opps over 5 IP. Zero ERs, 4BB & 7 K. He now has a 1.55 ERA.

I expect Jordan to follow the Binelas foot steps in a year or two.

Maybe Bello just needs some of ERod's luck (and run support.) Too many pitches to just get through 4 IP.

700 plays in not an outlier. 909 might be. Plus, my point wasn't about 700; it was about 100-150 more plays than other SSs. Make it 600 vs 450-500. Also, I mentioned the serious flaws with RF/9 and wht that went to the curb after Fldg% did. It's about how many playable balls are hit at someone, and how many player A makes vs player B, and the difficulty factor involved. It's about statues vs real defensive players.

It's not a demotion to bat 4th. It's not about punishing him. It's about giving him more RBI chances. I've also said, this is not a major issue, and line-up changes have minimal impact, but thanks for the angel hair comments.

Top MLB OPS (50+ PAs) 1.253 I Herrera 1.229 Judge 1.087 Freeman 1.053 Ohtani 1.005 C Kelly .985 Refsnyder .972 Devers (4th among qualified played) .963 Schwarber (Ole Matthew Lugo is at .961 in 33 PAs) 14. Bregman .938 (10th Qualified) 56. Abreu .847 (33rd)

You brought up the extra AB thing, not me. Just following your logic to the end. (I don't want Devers 1st.)