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  1. moonslav59
    Dobbins went 6 IP- allowing 4H, 1ER, 2BB, 3K in a 14-1 win. Woo had 13 hits and 7 BB, led by... Anthony and Eaton with 2 hits, including dingers and a BB. Rosier also homered and is at 1.065 in a small sample size. POR won 4-3 Mullins pitched great for GRE.
  2. moonslav59
    Why would we carry only 25 players on a 26 man roster? LOL. I won't be surprised if we call up Yoshida before Anthony, and maybe he hits well, but I like Anthony's chances to provide a spark more.
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    Most of the trades I suggested included some money going to SEA to offset some or all of the cost differential. Others included us getting Castillo plus one or both of Garver & Haniger.
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    That very well may be part or most of the issue. Others seem to think the shoulder issue is continuing into this season. Maybe it's a little of both, or something else. Maybe it's just a couple of long slumps sandwiched around a 10 game nice streak or the STL series. If you count the 80+ game stretch as one long slump due to one cause, which it might be, it is concerning, but he has had some smaller poor stretches: .703 in first 13 games of '24. .622 in a 17 games stretch in April '23 and .648 in another 28 games stretch in '23. .651 in a 19 game stretch in April '22 and .703 to end the '22 season's last 56 games. ,655 over the first 31 games of the 2020 season.\ .626 over the first 16 games of 2019 and .690 over the first 25 games. None of these streaks equals this one stretched over two seasons, but most of the bad stretches were in April or to end a season. Something to think about. He's between .889 and 1.008 in the months from May to July and .759 to .803 in April, August and Sept over his career.
  5. moonslav59
    Hey, harmony: maybe the Sox win, today had we traded Yoshida for Garver and ____.
  6. moonslav59
    A rare specific suggestion from you. I disagree, but I can see why someone would want this. Speaking of 34 AB sample sizes (or more,) Devers had been this, before today: .794 in last 80 PAs 5 rbi in his last 5 games (23 PAs) BTW, Devers was at .703 on 4/17/24 and got to .872 by 4/30 and .929 by 5/3, that's how small these sample sizes are. Patience is a virtue. (sometimes)
  7. moonslav59
    I was wrong. See how easy that is to mean and say?
  8. moonslav59
    I'd say 9-3 of 1-2 slots winning vs 4-5 slots winning is a little more on the side of the anti-crapshoot position than the pro-crapshoot position, but it's not 100% clear. Certainly, there is an element of "crapshoot" involved, but the best teams have a much better chance than a dice roll. Better than twice a dice roll chance.
  9. moonslav59
    I wasn't aware of the 34 AB sample size. All the more reason to try Devers 4th and maybe Campbell or Bregman 2nd.
  10. moonslav59
    Never say never. True. I'd say the guy "kicking the ball all over RF" is doing a fine job batting 4th vs RHPs only and playing RF.
  11. moonslav59
    DHam did really bad in his first stint on the big club in '24, too. Maybe, he's just a slow starter, but I agree. Bring up Grissom, despite his worse D and baserunning. We still have Romy on the 26, and Rafaela can play middle IF.
  12. moonslav59
    Now that Casas has 2 dingers in 3 days, is the talk of Grissom at 1B no longer a thing? Is Rafaela's getting on base in 4 of his last 8 PAs enough to lengthen the leash and prolong the inevitable Anthony call-up? These small sample sizes can sometimes influence decisions being made. I still think Anthony is worth the shot as a way to possibly give our offense the spark or boost it seems to need. I really like Rafaela, and hope we can find ways to maximize his playing time, if we do call-up Roman. I've also been a big cheerleader on Refsnyder starting vs all LH'd SP'ers, so something would have to give. For an offense that seems to be struggling, so much, why is it so hard to identify where an upgrade is needed? (Rhetorical question.) Narvaez is too good on D to replace, and we have nothing, anyway. Casas will get a longer look. Devers is Devers. Duran is heating up. Rafaela is so great on D. Story, Campbell, Abreu and Bregman are not the issues on O, so far.
  13. moonslav59
    Dobbins pitches, tonight for Woo. It is the free game of the day on MLB.com.
  14. moonslav59
    Dobbins pitches, tonight for Woo. It is the free game of the day on MLB.com.
  15. moonslav59
    On the road to CLE to face a decent team. We will face a righty-lefty-righty, if it goes as planned. Time to turn it up a notch.
  16. moonslav59
    If it wasn't for the hard hit% being high, I'd be much more worried, and the hard hit% has been there for 21 games, 80 games, 162 games, 300 games and career. I am worried. I am concerned. I am just not thinking this is who he is, now- not that you are, but you seem much closer to that than I am.
  17. moonslav59
    I've never doubted something might be up. I've never said this start isn't related to the injury or whatever the issue was post ASB 2024. I'm just saying that selected timeframe is subjective, although for a reason (injury-related) so totally useless or important. I am just not sure it is THE most important time frame. he's hit the ball hard, recently (not today) . he had an .810 OPS in 21 games, before today. That made me wonder, if he is still in the "something's up" mode.
  18. moonslav59
    Is saying this belligerent? "But you are more than welcome to hang onto what he did 3yrs ago if that makes you feel better."
  19. moonslav59
    Couldn't the last 21 games show he is over the injury? Couldn't hitting the ball harder than anyone else, but having bad luck be part of the reason for lower numbers? I'm not hanging out over 3 years. I mentioned the last 162 games as another possible timeframe. I have said I am worried about his last 80 games and whether this years poor start is related to the injury. I never said otherwise.
  20. moonslav59
    You would not have picked the AS break, if you didn't know that is when he started struggling. It's been reported over and over. If it was from the start of 2024, you'd be using that sample size, because it would be even more meaningful and about as "recent." 80 games is not the criteria you use for every player and situation, and you know it. BTW, his OPS since the start of 2024 is .842- best on the team. (164 game sample size- call it his last full season. Wouldn't that be a nice choice of sample size, too?) Look, I'm guilty of cherry-picking timeframes to make a point, too, butI recognize it and often mentioned that is what I'm doing. I don't pretend this is my criteria I use for all player evaluations or act like it is the agreed upon time fram to judge players by. This whole topic is gone on too long. You believe what you want to believe. I do, too. I'm not writing off Devers over a selected 80 game sample size. I worry it might be indicative of what is to come, but I am far from expecting hi to be a .660 to .727 batter going forward. Are you?
  21. moonslav59
    Man, our offense can look so bad and so many times. Somehow SEA has just scored 4 runs on 8 BBs. Here is a game where maybe we can pull it out, depsite being outplayed, but not by going down 1-2-3, just about every inning. This is so damn frustrating.
  22. moonslav59
    No where have I said he has played well since the AS break. I know he did poorly. I think it was due to injury. I'm not sure this year's slow start is due to injury. I don't think he's pouting or brooding, as some have suggested. I do not think 22 games is a large enough sample size to project doom & gloom, and I'm not sure it should be linked to the second half of last year as some sort of proof he is no longer a good batter. He was on pace for his career high OPS in mid July, and suddenly I'm supposed to think he is no longer good and should be demoted in the line-up or traded as some want. It's not belligerence to point out someone is cherry-picking a timeline that fits his narrative. I am concerned about Devers. 80 games is significant, but no more or less than looking at a few sample sizes, like 21 and 300? He called a position of mine "nonsense," and it wasn't even something I said, and I'm belligerent?
  23. moonslav59
    But exactly 80 games just happens to be the most important. Yes, it's pretty simple why you chose that number. 21 shows more recency than 80. So does 50. 60. 70... 300 games is a larger sample size than 80. So does 100, 150, 200... We all know why you selected 80 games. Doi you use 80 games for all your projections, and where do studies show that precisely 80 games is what is the best predictor of what is to come? Selecting 80 games is subjective not objective. Simple.
  24. moonslav59
    Okay, buy why is last 80 games, more important than the last 100, 150, 300? Because that is the exact time, he start struggling, and it fits your narrative. Why not pick last 21 games? .810 OPS. Why is 80 more important than 21 or 300? I know why, to you.
  25. moonslav59
    Heart attack AB by Raleigh
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