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  1. Jerry Dipoto offered a different take on the Josh Hamilton contract: https://www.halosheaven.com/2015/9/29/9419083/angels-jerry-dipoto-mike-scioscia-hamilton-moreno
  2. Jerry Dipoto's job is likely safe despite the Seattle fans' persistent calls for the ax. In seven-plus years under Dipoto, the Mariners have posted MLB's 11th-best regular-season record at 669-629 (.515), including the eight-best record at 321-269 (.544) since the start of the 2021 season. in the eight seasons before Dipoto's arrival, the Mariners posted MLB's 29th-best record at 583-713 (.450). Since 2021 the Seattle payroll has ranked in the bottom half of Major League Baseball. The M's currently have a highly regarded farm system. Still, the Mariners have been nearly unwatchable this season (the mirror image of the upstart Red Sox). FWIW the Los Angeles Angels are on pace for their ninth-straight losing season since Dipoto's departure from Anaheim.
  3. From Twins Daily, a fan site for the Minnesota Twins: How Twins and Red Sox Could Match Up on an Edouard Julien Trade - Twins - Twins Daily TWINSDAILY.COM Maybe these two AL Wild Card leaders can help one another by trading from strengths to address a key shortcoming.
  4. How does Vaughn Grissom post a negative 0.7 fWAR (and a negative 23 wRC+) in only 13 games? https://www.fangraphs.com/players/vaughn-grissom/26031/stats?position=2B/SS Grissom should be an asset in the long run but those stats are mind-boggling.
  5. This poster looks forward to seeing the A's host the reigning World Series champion Texas Rangers in a rare scheduled doubleheader May 8 at the much-maligned Oakland Coliseum.
  6. FWIW the Seattle Mariners have posted seven straight quality starts but remain under .500 at 9-10, trailing the Red Sox. It's early.
  7. Seattle batters now lead the league with 45 strikeouts even though the Mariners’ offseason plan was to cut down on strikeouts by jettisoning Eugenio Suarez, Teoscar Hernandez and Jarred Kelenic. The Mariners hope to avoid the slow starts that have plagued the last three seasons. Over the past three years only seven of the other 29 MLB teams have won more regular-season games than Seattle but the Mariners have managed to land only one of the 34 available postseason berths over that period … their only appearance since 2001. Hats off to the Red Sox for their their successful season-opening trip to Seattle.
  8. The Red Sox and their fans should be satisfied with the trip to Seattle. On the flip side …
  9. That depends on many factors including how that batter has performed historically against a pitcher with a particular pitch mix.
  10. With the wealth of available data the concept of a “hot hitter” is outdated.
  11. It has been a good week to have George Kirby, Brayan Bello and Nick Pivetta in a fantasy lineup. We'll see how Bryce Miller does Sunday.
  12. Baseball can be random. Luke Raley ignited the Seattle comeback with the broken-bat bloop single that barely stayed fair. Luis Urias followed with the hardest-hit ball of the night, lining out sharply to second baseman Enmanuel Valdez.
  13. Kutter Crawford still has not surrendered an earned run in 16 career innings at T-Mobile Park.
  14. And George Kirby did not make his MLB debut until May 8, 2022.
  15. Righthander Kutter Crawford, the Red Sox starter on Saturday, has pitched 10 shutout innings over his two career starts at T-Mobile Park (five hits, five walks, 12 strikeouts): https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA202206120.shtml https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA202308020.shtml Just by chance, this poster attended both afternoon games.
  16. This Mariner fan has Nick Pivetta and George Kirby (and J.P. Crawford) in his fantasy lineup tonight.
  17. Last season 26-year-old Isaiah Campbell was good enough to be on the bullpen shuttle between Seattle and Double A Arkansas. That's not without value. Promising 23-year-old Vaughn Grissom could well match the 2.1 and 2.3 fWAR that Luis Urias posted in his age 24 and 25 seasons.
  18. This Mariner fan liked the Luis Urias trade for both teams. An analytics guy in the Mariner front office compares the 26-year-old Urias with J.P. Crawford, another former top prospect who got off to a slow start in his MLB career.
  19. Tyler O'Neill will play in the MLB venue closest to his hometown against the team that selected O'Neill in the third round of the 2013 draft out of Garibaldi Secondary School in Maple Ridge, British Columbia: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/oneilty01.shtml Friday evening the Red Sox are expected to send another British Columbian, Nick Pivetta, to the mound against the Seattle Mariners: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pivetni01.shtml Who was the last player from British Columbia to be named to an All Star team as a Boston Red Sox? How many British Columbians played for the Red Sox last year?
  20. Shortly after the 2022 season opener the Red Sox announced a four-year extension for Garrett Whitlock: https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2022/04/10/garrett-whitlock-red-sox-agree-to-contract-extension-details-mlb-free-agency-news-rumors/?amp=1
  21. FanGraphs' Roster Resource offers only minor adjustments: https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/red-sox
  22. Ouch! :D:D This fan of another AL West team hopes to be there to watch the reigning World Series champion Texas Rangers.
  23. The A's have a rare traditional doubleheader May 8 at the Oakand Coliseum ... and this poster has tentative plans to be there. Oakland Athletics Schedule | Oakland Athletics WWW.MLB.COM The Official Site of Major League Baseball
  24. The Lucas Giolito injury may make the Red Sox more interested in Jordan Montgomery, but will Montgomery, who last played for the World Series champion, now be less interested in the faltering Red Sox?
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