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I did not realize the opt out was 5 days prior to opening day. Send Bobby Dee to AAA. Maybe try to sneak him through waivers, but I have others above him on my DFA list.
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At least signing Bauer would show an effort to win, this year.
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Didn’t he sign a minor league deal?
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Another perfect post.
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You could end up being right. I hope not. I'm still looking forward to watching how several players work out and hopefully do well or better. We have a bunch of players pre-prime or just entering it, so some potential is still alive. It's not easy being optimistic, and I certainly am not expecting a great or even good season, but I think there will be enough good things happening to make watching the games fun enough (for me.) I'm also going to be watching more minor league highlights than ever before. I'm going to try to go to a Sea Dogs game, too, after missing out, last year.
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Casas with a spring ding v Yanks. Sox down 3-1.
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You can't get there from hee-yah!
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Don't forget... The Prophet Isaiah Billy Joely Throwing Fitts Haggard Hagenman Dutch Gambrel
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We will see a lot of new faces on the mound, this year, including some that have been in our system, for a while. Isaiah Campbell Justin Slaten Greg Weissert Cooper Criswell Richard Fitts Lucas Luetge From the system: Bryan Mata Grant Gambrell Luis Guerrero Justin Hagenman Jorge Benitez AJ Politi Cam Booser Wikelman Gonzalez Alex Hoppe, Helcris Oilivares, Hunter Dobbins among other long shots. Have seen some action with the big club, already: Murphy Walter Z Kelly Jacques
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I learned the most English when taking Latin at ND.
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With Gio out for the year and Grissom & Mata likely to miss opening day (IL?), this may be the opening day 26 man roster: 1. L Duran CF 2. L Devers 3B 3. R Story SS 4. L Casas 1B 5. L Yoshida DH 6. R O'Neill LF 7. L Abreu RF 8. L Valdez 2B 9. R Wong C Bench: L McGuire, R Reyes, R Refsnyder, R Dalbec/Cron SP1: Bello SP2: Pivetta SP3: Crawford SP4: Houck SP5: Whitlock SP6/RP7 Wink (spot start/long relief) Closer: Jansen RP2: Martin RP3: Bernardino RP4: Slaten RP5: Campbell RP6: Weissert RP7/8: Joely/Criswell When Grissom returns, E Valdez goes to AAA. Mata may never make the 26, despite being out of options.
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Batting in ST'ing (15+ PAs) The Good: 1.288 Sogard 1.048 Story (4th most PAs on team in ST'ing) 1.018 Devers (5th most) 1.013 O'Neill .900 Rafaela (most PAs on team) .850 Refsnyder .837 Yoshida .826 Contreras .812 Westbrook .781 Dalbec The Not Good: .675 E Valdez .654 Abreu (2nd most PAs on team) .646 McGuire .610 Meidroth The Bad: .581 R Gonzalez .457 Reyes .421 Rosier .398 Duran .386 DHam .350 Casas .349 Yorke Leaders in Ks (AB) Likely or maybe 26 man roster only... 13 Abreu (28) 10 Dalbec (23) 10 Rafaela (33) 9 Story (25) 8 Casas (20) 8 Reyes (22) 8 Devers (24) 7 Refsnyder (20) 7 E Valdez (23) 5 Duran (17) 5 Yoshida (24) 4 O'Neill (16) 4 Wong (21)
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Some K:BB numbers, this spring: IP: K/BB 11.1: 12/2 Houck 11.1: 11:1 Whitlock 10.1: 10:2 Criswell 8.0: 7/0 Crawford 8.0: 6/4 Bello 7.2: 4/1 Wink Best WHIP (5+ IP) 0.50 Booser 0.56 Slaten 0.65 Wink 0.71 Houck 0.75 Campbell 0.80 Pivetta 0.88 Crawford 0.95 Guerrero 1.06 Whitlock 1.16 Criswell ... 1.38 Bello
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I’d rather see us playing well than poorly.
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Very few batters master hitting enough bad pitches for hits, but it does happen every now and then. Who knows if Rafaela can do it, but I doubt he changes his free swinging approach.
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I’m typing from my phone.
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Garrit Cole to get MRI. We are not alone.
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I wasn’t implying you had Fitts at #7, but I do think he might get a look. My point about disaster means that if we do go 8-9-10 deep for a SPer to get more than just a fill in start, it would mean injuries or failures by our top 5-6-7 SPers. I do think we will limit GS and IP with a few of our top 5 SPers, so using our 6-7-8 SPers may not mean disaster, but I do think if we end up going beyond that, it will mean we are out of it by August anc are just throwing things against the wall
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This is already year 5, six if you count 2019.
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We still have Ref vs LHd pitchers, Rafaela in May and Anthony casting a big shadow over somebody’s job in ‘25. I’m not worried about our OF, except on D when Duran is in CF. It’s not great, but it has serious upside. I’m not sure any amount of time inAAA is going to get Rafaela to change his free swinging ways. They had all last year and before to do it, and it didn’t change a thing. Some free swingers succeed without much adjustment, but it’s a fine line to walk. I think he makes contact enough to not be a negative on O. It might take time to get to plus, but I like his chances. His D is off the charts in CF, so he may stick around, even if his O is slightly negative, every year.
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I’d say yes- in RF. O’Neill in LF and sadly Duran in CF.
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It looks like 2024 will be a grand experiment to find out which and how many SPers we can count on going forward. Some may end up bring TBD’d, but we should know a lot more about… Bello as a #2 or 3 or whatever. Crawford was for real in’23 or not. Pivetta extended or not. Whitlock’s question is more about duarabilty and eating innings. Houck could stick as a SPer, even if he does not improve his game after the first 18 batters, but he still has to pitch better than ‘23, IMO. I’m dead set against Wink as a SPer, but it looks like he will get a shot, st some point. He may surprise. Fitts could show he belongs, but he may not even be slotted #7, as of now. We may see Criswell or maybe even Murphy or Walter before him. Wikelman and Gambrel getting looks would mean the season is a disaster.
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I’m thinking Teel and Anthony might outshine Casas and Bello.
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Well said.
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I’m all for taking the best player on the board, regardless of position. If it’s a tie, lean to pitchers.
