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Honeywell makes Jason Groome look like Cal Ripken...

Whether you like OPS or not, it is a far, far better barometer than batting average as standalone numbers go...

I’ll take that bet...

No love for The Sandlot, Long Gone and Little Big League?

The Angels wouldn’t do that deal at gunpoint. But maybe in the off-season the Sox can do something like a Duran/Dominic Smith trade to replace Moreland cheaply, assuming Duran is deemed a significant enough prospect and the Mets like him...

Babe Ruth played in an era where the home run rules were so different, he should have been the one with the asterisk...

Least of the worries, but he needs to get it going...

It was a comparison of 3b prospects. Except Chavis, who plays 2b...

Trout!!! Or did you want realistic names?

Or.... not bringing the completely irrelevant Groome up at all might have been objective...

Do you think other GMs don’t have Google? Actually if you sell anyone high, it’s Duran. A .472 BABIP is completely unsustainable and very likely means he is all or part illusion. And yet he can still bring back more in a trade...

Called up? As in to Boston? From A ball?

Poyner has a WHIP of 1.50 and also a BABIPA of .312 and FIP of 4.77. Mejia has an FIP if 3.51 and a BABIPA of .338. Mejia is doing a better job of controlling what he can, but is getting burned by his defense as shown with his higher ERA and BABIP. You sure Poyner is better?

Counselor, I’d like a ruling on the “objectivity” of comparing 20yo Jason Groome to 27yo DJ Peterson...

In the last 16 games, that defensive replacement has a 1.047 OPS. Can we wait until he is struggling before complaining about him struggling?

He was in A ball last week with a batting average inflated by a ludicrous.471 BABIP. He’s not as close as you think...

But he’s not a starter...

And in 18-20% of all his plate appearances. That’s very likely the highest among the top 5 hitters. The 6th hitter is probably the second most likely, but he’s far enough down to not worry about. He should also be getting 54 fewer total plate appearances than the third spot...

While DD did actually try to address the minor league pitching depth issues this off-season, he really didn’t actually sign much to choose from. I think we’ve already seen the best of Ryan Weber...

Groome hasn’t played an MLB game yet at 20???!? What a bust!!

He has struggled, but he also has an MLB track record that isn’t awful..,

Also, he needs to go watch a Seagal movie. Cue up “Sheep Impact”...

According to moon’s numbers, the #3 hitter comes up 44% of the time with 2 outs and no one on in the first inning. But that follows through in the game. If every hitter has an equal chance of leading off an inning, then the leadoff spot comes up 1st another 144 times, with the same percentages. So in the first inning, that means 72 times per a 162 game season, the third hitter comes up with 2 out and none on, and in the following innings does so another 57 times. (I’m using moon’s .333 OBPs, but even if you increase them the numbers don’t vary by much). So that means 129 times per year, the #3 hitter is up with 2 out and no one on. In a 650 PA season, that represents 20% of his plate appearances. If you up the OBP to .400 for both hitters, the number drops to 18.7%. But it’s in the neighborhood of 1/5 of his PA. The argument rests on whether any other spot in the top 5 exceeds that number. And they don’t solely because the lineup is set up in the first inning. In the 80%-ish PA where he does come up with men on, the 4th hitter should also bat unless there is a DP. Which is why the third hitter needs to be capable of avoiding them. The 3 slot isn’t for bad hitters; he should still be one of the best. But because he is more likely than any other hitter in the top 5 to come up with two out and no one on, his run producing opportunities are limited. And he should be able to stay out of double plays...

Why not? This team has Ryan Weber and Josh Taylor on the roster. Demote both (which requires a DFA of Weber, but he will clear waivers) and call up Mejia and Erasmo Ramirez...

Erasmo!!