moonslav59

Depends how you look at what year 2 is. This is not Wink's 2nd year. Casas came up in '22 and improved in '23, then got worse. Wong came up briefly in '21 and '22 and played 126 gms in '23. He did better in 126 games in '24- much better. DHam played a little in '23 and did better in '24. Duran sucked in '21 and '22 (335 PAs combined) then did well in '23 and '24. Rafaela played a tiny bit in '23. He's got about the same OPS now as '24. Abreu is doing better, and he too played a tiny bit in '23. Wink pitched 70 innings in '22 and 84 in '23 (better than '22) and then did worse, last year. he's hardly pitched in '25 but has a better ERA. Slaten is worse, and this is truly year 2. Kelly pitched a tiny bit in '22 and '23 and 57 IP in '24. He has sucked, this year, but is this year 2?

Just get that sneaky feeling, we will look back at this bases loaded- no runs scored time of the game and shake our heads.

No win for Bello, tonight.

I'm sure you are against a suspect foundation. LOL.

I like Mayer at SS, Story at 2B and Campbell at 1B. Don't mess with Mayer. Story is our best defensive 2Bman. Campbell has yet to win any position, so it makes sense to switch him. (He's taller than Story.) Mayer would be my last choice for 1B, of the three. (I'd almost rather have Bregman at 1B and Mayer at 3B.... ALMOST.)

Just get a dog door & a fenced in yard and sleep as long as you wish.

I think Brez has done a very good job trying to fix the issues he inherited, but the Bregman signing did muddle things up for Cora, who had different ideas than Brez. It squeezed Yoshida, once Devers went to DH, so in that sense, it didn't ease the roster construction issue, at all, but building up rotation depth was a good idea, as we have already started our 10th or 11th SP'er on the winter depth chart. I still think the pen construction was rather weak, and once again, we left our 1B depth thin by trading away Meidroth and Gasper, while seemingly being a bit overloaded in the OF and middle infield, if you count Anthony and Mayer as 2025 pieces. It's not easy getting everything just right, and most teams will start the season with a few positions that are weak and or have weak looking depth. If by "3rd option" you mean trading for a 1Bman, I'm not sure what is out there in mid May- maybe not much. Only 1 AL team is more than 5 games out of the WC. (4 NL teams are 7+ games back.)

We did and will lighten those rosters a bit, and beyond those you mentioned. Some of these not-so-promising guys were not AA/AAA, but some might have been in 2025: Meidroth & Wikelman with Teel & Monty. Elmer Rodriguez (for Narvaez) & Gasper (for J Moran) Yorke (for Priester) Lugo, Kavadas, Zeferjahn & Vargas (for L Garica) Paulino, C Coffey & G Batista (for Jansen) Portes (for Sims)

I'm not sure how many good defensive 1Bman are in the league now. It's interesting that I have to drop the innings played in 2015 to 160 to even get 30 players. That's less than half what many FT 1Bman have in innings, so far. There are 7 1Bmen who already are at -3 DRS or worse. (Casas was at -4 in just 235 innings. Like I said, low bar set.) 16 are at zero or negative. Only 10 1Bman have plus OAA, which highlights how many bad ones there must be, since OAA is about what is average. 10 are above average. 4 are at average. 16 are below average. My point, all along has been that casas set a low bar, so even just a plain bad 1Bman might be an improvement. I happen to think Devers could become decent or even average, over time, but I don't assume he would be. IMO, the topic has been beaten to death 10 times over: just move Campbell to 1B, call up Mayer, and let's watch devers have a career year at the plate.

I'm all for leaving Devers at DH forevers, including short term. I'd put Campbell at 1B and call up Mayer for some FT middle infield action. I'd call up Anthony, too. Just my opinions- not predictions.

I don't see the harm in trying one- or both.

Yup on Yuck.... Everyone batting 4th seems to yick it up. I think Story might be the only guy who does better 4th than elsewhere, but still did not do well.

Maybe. I guess it's okay for you to assume. BTW, who "assumed" Devers would be okay or good at 1B? The strawman? Some said he can't be worse than Casas. Some said they think he could be okay after a short while and maybe average or plus after a while. I don't recall anyone saying he'd be good or knowing he'd be good.

No Refsnyder vs the LHP hurts. The bottom 4: Sogard, Narvaez, DHam & Rafaela... OH MY!

Well, Dobbins has been good, and Fitts was good before going on the IL. Dobbins 2.78 (1.19 WHIP) 3.37 FIP is respectable Fitts 3.18 (1.12) 3.99 FIP Bello has a nice ERA (2.01) but his 1.34 WHIP is scary. His 5.57 FIP is awful. Buehler's 4.28 is not bad for a 4/5 SP'er, but we may need him to step up into a 2 or 3 slot. (He had a 2.59 ERA over his last 4 starts and a 3.48 FIP) Good starters+ Crochet 9 GS, Dobbins and maybe Bello 4 each and Fitts 3. That's 20 GS out of 43. Last 28 Days: 2.01 Bello (4 GS) 2.40 Crochet (5 GS) 2.55 Dobbins (3 GS) 2.61 Newcomb (counting 4 RP games and 2 GS) 3.00 Buehler (3 GS) 5.51 Giolito (3 GS) 7.20 Houck (5 GS)

I'd say his one plus at 3B was his quick reaction time. His range was limited by his speed, but he looked quick. His "footwork" was not great for getting into the right position to throw accurately, IMO, but to field hard shots, he seemed okay on that. Footwork is important for fielding throws to 1B, so maybe he'd have a hard time on that. He could be awful at 1B, but think he'd be okay at fielding hard shots and throws. I'm not so sure he can keep his foot on the base or be in the right position to field a bad throw. I kinda hope we won't find out, especially, if this is about getting Yoshida playing time.

He's having a pretty good year: best career OPS+, so far.

For sure. I'm pretty sure he can't or won't be any worse than Casas. (The bar is set very low, on this.)

They should at least think about skipping a Houck start. I'm not one to bail on SSS, but this is not the same guy.

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

Sano went from -31 DRS/ -22 OAA in 2500 innings at 3B to -9/-9 in 1800 innings at 1B. When you prorate the innings, it still looks like a slight improvement.

We can all agree that you do believe this to be true.

The thing is, all 3Bman are graded the same way on fangraphs, and the plus or minus scores are comps to other 3Bmen. His range compared well with other 3Bman, and yes I can "compare." His throwing and DP tries compared very badly, and he made more errors than almost all 3Bmen- many on throws. I did not see the same things you did. I actually thought Devers looked pretty quick at 3B. On the few times a 3Bman has to run to catch a pop up, he looked okay, to me. He made a few really nice plays, but not as many as others. It seemed to me, he made more throwing errors than most 3Bman, but I'm not sure the numbers back up my perception on that. We all know he made a lot of bad throws- many to 2B on DP tries. He was one of the worst defensive 3Bmen in MLB. I've agreed with that for years. Without a bad arm, he might have been around 20th to 24th out of 30. That could easily translate to 12th to 18th at 1B, overall, as throwing is not a major component of 1B D. The other thing I repeatedly brought up was that the bar was set low by Casas, and all he had to do was be equal or better than the worst 1Bman in MLB to move from 3B to 1B and have it not hurt us. I feel he'd be better than the worst 1Bman. I think he could be around 15th, over time. There are some bad 1Bman in MLB. I'm fine if you disagree. BTW, my choice is Campbell at 1B, Devers at DH FT and forever, and Mayer called up.

Maybe we have to hope Buehler can become the #2... or Fitts.

I'm not saying these options are sure fire winners, but I do think Anthony or Mayer are better choices than Toro-Romy-Ref-Wong-Grandal at 1B options. Anthony and Mayer are both ML ready. If Story was hurt, today, mayer would be playing tomorrow. Anthony could/should be playing in ML, already. The only issue is the complexities involved with moving players around or playing people at positions where they have little or no experience. I'm not for throwing Campbell at 1B with no practice or prep, but he's already been a player with no one position, anyway, and as much as we dislike that idea, it doesn't mean he's not the best option we have. Even if he struggles with defense at 1B, maybe Mayer's superior middle IF defense over Campbell's makes up for it, or most of it. Anthony as anear FT DH is not ideal for his progress either, but he could play the OF some, and his bat is likely going to be way better than Toro & Co. Yes, the Devers to 1B and Yoshida at DH has merit, too, but I'd rather give a kid a shot over Yoshi. Just my opinion.