moonslav59

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.)

I've said my choice 5 times. You talk telling me about the extra year rule 5 times. Here's 6: L Duran R Bregman L Anthony L Devers R/L Refsnyder/Abreu Who knows, after the top 5.

LOL. Maybe we should not "tinker" by adding a solid 4 slot batter, or else we'll mess up Bregs.

Scrub-like 1bmen are sometimes the first to be traded, but I doubt we find anyone much better than Campbell, Ryan Noda, Grandal or Romy-Toro-Sogard-Wong. Maybe, we should have kept Gasper or tried to sub someone else for Meidroth in the Crochet trade.

The only guys out there will be like 2024's Cooper and Smith. We got kinda lucky with Smith, so maye we can't count on that to continue. Hey, we already traded for a 1Bman,

Then make him leadoff, where at the very least he gets 1 less PA.

Wow, you don't care about what happens over the next 100+ games. Like many, here, you seem to assume what happened in the last 50 games will repeat itself going forward. If that is true, then you are fine with ending the season .500, since no changes should be made.

The 4 slot has had 5 or 6 batters, so I'm not sure how many PAs it has gotten with Men on base. Maybe it's more, since Bregman gets on base, a lot and does not homer as much as Devers.

I don't have the slot numbers for 2025, but a 50 game sample size does not represent the truth, nor what will happen over the next 100+ games. Yes, bregman has come up 117 times with men on base and has less RBIs (26) than Devers with 104 PAs (32), so thanks once again for giving evidence to support my suggestion. I see 23 RBI from our 4 slot, and I know, they have had a lot of RBI chances, but hey, let's not even try to fix it, because 2 & 3 are doing well. Got it. Brilliant. I fully realize trying to fix #4 would lessen the effectiveness or #3, but I'm going with the studies that show #4 gets more RBI chances than #3, over the long run. Again, this is not a major issue, normally, but when our #4 slot ha ssucked, so badly, and guys like these have sucked, who else can we use? Abreu .476 OPS in 69 PAs Casas .551 OPS in 53 PAs (out for season) Story .687 in 43 (in an awful slump) Campbell .304 in 40 (YUCK!) Refsnyder .599 (short-sided platoon) What's your suggestion? It might be nice to give some, instead of just criticizing others for theirs.