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  1. notin
    That “upgraded defense” features backup players everywhere but shortstop at times. It’s not the real defense. At least when Mayer plays third, it’s a little better. But they still seem to have at least 2 of Romy, Toro and Hamilton on the field at all times…
  2. notin
    The big problem with errors is there some guy’s opinion, and the rebuttal is always “but most errors are obvious.” Of course that never takes into account plays that should be errors but are not scored as such. This Saturday I went to Wrigley for a Cubs-Mariners game. I saw defensive whiz Pete Crow-Armstrong misplay two towering flyballs that both landed within a couple feet of him. I saw Ian Happ stop charging a third pop up and let it fall just feet in front of him. All three easily makable plays were scored as hits, as though they were unplayable. I saw Vidal Brujan one-hop a throw to first that Michael Busch avoided, scoring an E-5 on what should have been an E-3. It’s simply a bad stat. The Sox have made far too many errors, but their other metrics bear out their weak defense as well…
  3. notin
    But they’re the first triumvirate of teammates aged 22 and under to homer in the same season since 1974! And yes, you should easily name the last trio to accomplish that feat…
  4. notin
    Are the top 100 really expected to be impact players? It seems unrealistic that there are a full 100 future impact players every year, even taking into account some players appear for multiple seasons. If you go back and look at any BA list from far enough in the past, you probably see 50-60 players on that list that ended up as bench players, non-closing relievers, and players who simply never made MLB beyond a September call up,,,
  5. notin
    I’d prefer the other way, but your points are valid…
  6. notin
    While at one point, I envisioned a trade involving Story and Sean Murphy, the simple reality is Atlanta is far, far more likely to make a deal with Arizona for either Jordan Lawlor or Blaze Alexander…
  7. notin
    Let’s be fair - the Braves missed the playoffs despite Sale doing everything possible to get them there…
  8. notin
    The most irksome part is he decuded to leap into Victim Mode rather than help cover for an injured teammate. I can’t look at that at anything but remarkably selfish…
  9. notin
    It looks more like Devers forcing the issue. This wasn’t for stupid reasons like dealing Betts was…
  10. notin
    Do you mean you like Breslow more than you like Cora? Or that you like Breslow more than Cora does? Or both? Not like they’re mutually exclusive…
  11. notin
    Sandy Alcantara…
  12. notin
    Like to see a first base upgrade. Josh Naylor might be the best of the available candidates, beating out Rhys Hopkins, Josh Bell and 4’5” Andrew Vaughn…
  13. notin
    Rate is not so bad. You can actually park there and it’s easy to get good seats. But be careful. If you guess who wins the sausage race, you’re forced to join the White Sox bullpen…
  14. notin
    I do want to go to a game at Oracle. I’ll be at Wrigley today…
  15. notin
    He’s a backend starter/utility infielder, which makes him a below average Major Leaguer. But still a Major Leaguer, and roughly half of them are below average
  16. notin
    I disagree. But he’s definitely not the star Atlanta thought he was when they rushed him to MLB at 21 years old…
  17. notin
    It was a typo originally, but I liked it…
  18. notin
    The SDP/LAD stuff isn’t good fits and bad god; it’s bad guys and worse guys. I’m not sure who the worst person in that whole mess is, whether it’s Dave Roberts, Mike Shildt, Andrew Friedman, the Dodger ground crew, MLB Betwork, or the umpiring crew that let it all happen…
  19. notin
    Lots of projected WAR? It’s a simple model, but it’s not perfect. I use it as a source, not as an authority…
  20. notin
    BTV gives Raleigh a surplus value of $155mill, good for fifth overall in MLB and MiLB. The only players with more trade value based on their model are Vlad Guerrero Jr, Shohei Ohtani, Julio Rodriguez, and Bobby Witt Jr….
  21. notin
    Do you really think the manager has no input of who gets sent down?
  22. notin
    Grisson for Hoskins? Milwaukee has MIF issues. Turang is an outstanding 2b, but he came up as a SS and was moved due to the existence of the since-departed Willie Adames. They could slide Grissom into 2b and move Ortiz back to 3b. Some combination of Chad Durban, Tyler Black and Jake Bauers could then take 1b…
  23. notin
    So what you’re saying is Oracle Park is even less friendly than Oracle software…
  24. notin
    Why? Think Bello will choose this outing to actually find the strike zone?
  25. notin
    Realtor: and since this is Fenway and we like to ship out anything that works, we traded your streaming service for a laser disk player…
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