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  1. notin
    What’s wrong with Duran’s .678? Carl Yastrzemski had a lifetime OPS of .693 against LHP. The Sox do need to add a RHH to the lineup at some point to stop the bleeding vs LHP. But a .678 is closer to average than problematic…
  2. notin
    The bullpen has been a pleasant surprise this year, but it’s false to say Breslow didn’t add to it. Slaten was added by Breslow. Also he prematurely added potential replacements for Jansen and Martin in Hendriks and Fulmer. He also added Chase Anderson, Weissert, Booser, and Uwasawa. And he’s been looking into arms all season, adding players like Horn, Wingenter, Speas, Keller, etc. Of course now is the time to add another arm to a frail and tired bullpen…
  3. notin
    Bad trade? So far, yes. But give it time. Has your opinion of the Bradley/Renfroe trade changed now that Hamilton looks like an actual ball player?
  4. notin
    That’s the type of trade any team makes. You have a pitcher who makes a ton of money (in this case roughly $27.5 mill) and has barely pitched in the past 4 years (150 IP total) and really, wasn’t all that great the last time he did pitch a full season back in 2019. His comeback has been remarkable and is probably unprecedented. In 2/3 of a season, Sale has already racked up 3.1 bWAR. From 2020-2023, he only accumulated 2.6 bWAR. And at age 35! If I asked you to find another player who accumulated more bWAR before the All Star game than he did in total from ages 31 through 34, how long is that list? Especially after you remove the players who missed time for active military duty? And with this season not done, if Sale is worth another 1.6 bWAR the rest of the way, he will have the same bWAR total this year as he had for all of 2019 through 2023 combined. That’s beyond unprecedented…
  5. notin
    There are still 10 more days. They’re just going to ignore them? If anything this series highlighted the reason to add help. They did have the lead in the 8th and 9th inning of the first two games and lost them both…
  6. notin
    I’ll give him the Go. It was a groundout, but he hustled it out…
  7. notin
    Can Yoshida repeat his NY Miracle?
  8. notin
    I cannot believe the tying run is at the plate in this very one-sided game…
  9. notin
    The Dodgers gave up on Jansen years ago. Estevez might be on their radar. Chase Anderson hasn’t pitched since July 10. He’d be almost be done with an IL stint if he was actually injured. And what’s Cora’s Problem with Winckowski? Doesn’t like that he got these Dodgers out?
  10. notin
    Managerial help? WTF is Cora doing? Better get Horn out of there! Gotta keep him fresh so he can pitch again in 15 days!! And why use Chase Anderson when Kenley has been warming up all weekend?
  11. notin
    I did include him. I figure Kershaw (75.8 fWAR), Freeman (60.5 fWAR) and Betts (58.5 fWAR) are all locks. Not sure anyone else measures up…
  12. notin
    A Bailey Horn sighting!!!! That’s rarer than seeing Bigfoot playing footsy with the Loch Ness Monster!! Now why this rare even couldn’t have happened in the 10th inning last night is a mystery that will never be solved…
  13. notin
    The Dodgers likely have three players bound for Cooperstown…
  14. notin
    Like the Mets!!
  15. notin
    Chase Anderson time. We can’t even hit James Paxton..
  16. notin
    A year ago, Kike would have booted that grounder into CF or thrown it into the stands. Or both…
  17. notin
    Boston gets: RHSP Erik Fedde (21.7) LHRP Jared Shuster (1.2) SS Paul DeJong (1.0) Total: 24.9 RHH 2b Andy Ibanez (3.3) Total 3.3 Chicago gets: OF Wilyer Abreu (24.7) RHP Ryan Zeferjahn (0.4) Total: 25.1 Detroit gets 2b Nick Yorke (3.0)
  18. notin
    Don’t like Fedde? Or passing on Vaughn? I could see the latter…
  19. notin
    It does what they wanted to do - shorten games. Plus it created a fun situation in today’s DBacks-Cubs game after Arizona didn’t score in the top of the tenth. Ghost runner Mike Tauchman assumed 2b. Arizona LHRP Joe Mantiply gave an IBB to Dansby Swanson Miguel Amaya beat out a sac bunt on the first pitch.. Cubs loaded the bases on ONE PITCH!
  20. notin
    Boston gets: RHSP Erik Fedde (21.7) SS Paul DeJong (1.0) 1b Andrew Vaughn (0.3) RHRP John Brebbia (0.0) Total: 23.0 Chicago gets RF Wilyer Abreu (24.7) 2b Nick Yorke (3.0) RHP Ryan Zeferjahn (0.4) Total: 28.1 Slight overpay for Boston. Also, Boston would need to DFA 3 players. Dominic Smith? Brad Keller? Bobby Dalbec? Alex Speas?
  21. notin
    Maybe. BTV certainly gives him a good surplus value. Of course they also give one to Criswell, so maybe they’re not perfect…
  22. notin
    MLB is a bit hypocritical about this. Merely putting runners on base gives hitters chances to break RBI records with greater ease. But adding more games for a home run record created this whole decades-long controversy…
  23. notin
    I don’t like it either. But it does do exactly what they wanted. MLB knows fans aren’t wild about it, which is why they don’t use it in the postseason…
  24. notin
    Doesn’t the first wild card host a 3 game series? Just like the worst division winner?
  25. notin
    The Cubs were 51-55 at the deadline, 11.5 games back. No idea how far from a wild card, but presumably closer. However, Bryant, Rizzo, Baez and Kimbrel were all in their final years of their deals. Ditto Darvish, who was dealt in the previous December. It appears to have been a pretty successful fire sale, with several of their acquisitions either making MLB or making the Cubs top ten prospects list by every evaluator. Some names include Pete Crow-Armstrong, Caleb Killian, Nick Madrigal, Alexander Canario, Kevin Alcantara, and Owen Caissie (for Darvish, in the previous December. They did quite well in that firesale, and many fans are starting to realize it…
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