moonslav59
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I think this could happen, but I'll believe it when I see it. Here is our recent scorecard: Drafts (top 5 rounds): 2023: C, SS, SS, RHP, SS, SS, LHP, RHP 2022: SS, SS, OF, LHP, SS LHP (+3 pitchers round 6-8) 2021: SS, OF (did not sign), 2B, RHP, C 2020: 2B, 3B, LHP. LHP Nobody drafted higher than 3rd round. IFA highest Bonuses given: 2024: T3 8th 9th 2023: 4th 5th 7th 2022: 8th 2021 4th 6th 7th 2020: 2nd 8th 9th
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Is there any rula about how long a team can go with a full 40 man roster? We are at 38, and have been under 40, for a while.
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Makes sense. My point is about whether "exit velocity" tells the whole story about making solid contact often. Maybe he does not hit the ball as hard as others, but he hits it kinda hard more often than others. Which is more important as a predictor?
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4/30 SF Giants vs Red Hots @ Fenway 7:10 EDT
moonslav59 replied to vegasbob's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
The .270 BAbip is much lower than his career .329 BAbip, but it's hard to know, if this has all been luck. (I think some has been, if not most.) His .625 OPS Against looks real good. Other numbers: LD%: (a pretty big improvement) 27% in '23 18% in '24 Hard Hit %: 28.4% in '13 26.3% in '24 Here is a big swing- soft hit% 16.5% in '23 28.9% in '24 Is the BAbip and FIP numbers really telling the whole story on the "luck factor?" -
I was thinking he might be a better fit than Dalbec, since both Dalbec and Copper bat RH'd. Dalbec being able to back-up 3B has been of value, recently, and we just cut reyes- the ther back-up 3Bman, but once Romy returns, maybe we DFA Dalbec, promote Romy and add Kavadas to the 40.
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Where do you find exit velocities for minor leaguers? Also, can someone make solid contact, a lot, as in hardly ever hitting the ball weakly and making solid contact more than the norm, but not hit the ball as hard as everyone else? I've often wondered about this. Another semi-related issue is when people use BAbip to determine if a batter has been "lucky" or "unlucky." Sometimes, I look at their hard hit % of Line drive% and see that it is higher than previous years, so I wonder how much of it is luck, or if they are just hitting the ball harder, so more are falling for hits.
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I'd add Benitez, Meidroth, Kavadas and maybe a non prospect like Luetge.
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Well said, and I will take it one step further: since 2020, we've complained about our pitching, and for maybe a decade we have complained about how bad our farm system is at producing quality pitchers, especially SP'ers. While guys like Pivetta, Slaten, Whitlock and Winckowski saw all or much of their minor league development in other farm systems, we got 3 (Slaten, Whit & Wink) as prospects and Pivetta, who was still pre-arb. I think Bernardino was still technically a prospect, when we got him, too. These came from our system: Bello Houck Crawford Kelly Murphy Walter Wikelman Perales Acquired as prospects: Whitlock Slaten Wink Bernardino I said this, a while ago, this may not be great in house production, but it's better than we've seen in a decade.
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We've added players to the 40, already and all played in the bigs or will soon. Uwasawa Gutierrez Booser Cooper The "40th" guy will play more than guys like Wikelman, Perales and probably Mata.
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Agreed, DHam does fit our immediate needs more than Valdez. (If Valdez was hitting .775, we might think otherwise. When Romy gets back, a choice will be made, again.
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I think we are already at #44 or #45, with more sure to come.
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I've come to learn that OBP does not always translate well into MLB. I hope you are right.
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I think the topic has been mauled to death, but IMO, Duran might have been thrown out at home with a nice throw, had the ball been caught and he tagged up. Probably not, but who knows.
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Well, AZ, TEX, LAD, LAA, SFG and OAK all would fit the criteria, too.
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Texas and Colorado were once Mexico. The USA ripped them off and took it from them.
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Baseball is part of my OCD.
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Another good point, and even Bolt does not start out at 28mph instantly.
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Is Duran running at 29 mph from the instant he leaves 3B? The whole way home?
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Not a bad order. We might be able to move mata to the 60 day and keep him in the mix a while longer.... not that we are at some major 40 man roster crunch period, right now. For argument's sake, let's assume we DFA the top 5 guys (except add Mata to 60 day IL) and replace them with only in-system players, as well as add two more to make 40. Here is my call: 39th slot: Eddy Alvarez 40th slot: Luis Guerrero Hamilton> Westbrook Dalbec > Kavadas Guttierez > Fitts Mata > to 60 day IL Valdez> Benitez
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Is his defense good enough for the bigs, especially at 3B/2B. soxprospects says he "looks solid" at SS.
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I'm wondering if we may eventually DFA Dalbec and promote Kavadas to the 40 and 26. He does bat lefty, while Cooper & Dalbec bat righty. Hickey is more of a DH/ 3rd catcher type. Has he played 1B? Meidroth may be better suited for 1B, but I think they keep him at 3B.
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It seems like DHam's only skill is baserunning. To me, he should be the first infielder to DFA after Reyes. I've not given up an Valdez's bat, but since his D sucks so badly, I doubt he can ever hit well enough to DH, and who wants a platoon DH? Romy might be the best one to keep for 2024, assuming he gets healthy, soon. I'd still like to see us add a SS to the 40- from outside the system.
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I did not realize a year was lost, but doesn't it for any farm hand we add?
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Sounds right. How about? Dobbins (24), Paulino (21), Jordan (21) or Bastardo (22) to Woo, at some point, this year? The Garcia brothers or E R-C to POR?
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MLB.com reports that... Pivetta will get a rehab start- likely Thursday Romy is taking batting practice. Whitlock is only throwing on flat ground. Whitlock has been playing catch “but he still feels it….So no mound progression for him.”
