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  1. bkzwhitestrican
    I think defensive metrics in general aren't too reliable. It has Judge as a negative defender this year despite outstanding play. Based on the eye test Benintendi seems like an arrive average OFer.
  2. bkzwhitestrican
    Depends where on Fangraphs you look. His dWAR is -2.5 but his UZR/150 is 11.5 (3rd among all outfielders). He also hasn't committed an error this season, and won a gold glove last season. I won't claim that he's a top 3 defensive OFer in baseball since I remember him having a pretty weak arm, but to claim he's a minus is just a bad opinion (in my opinion). He's clearly at least an above average fielder and hitter. Can't speak for his baserunning though, but it can't be worse than Gallo since he's never on base.
  3. bkzwhitestrican
    Yanks reportedly traded for Benintendi. No word yet on who they gave up.
  4. bkzwhitestrican
    With the way inflation is going, $30M 16 years from now will only be worth a few bags of Skittles. But yes I'd 100% take Soto's 16 years over Judge's 8. At age 23, you could expect somewhere in the range of 7-9 years of him playing through his prime. Whereas Judge at 30 years old, this year is probably his peak performance and he may only have another couple of high caliber seasons left.
  5. bkzwhitestrican
    True, but I'd much prefer to sign Soto to a long term deal over Judge
  6. bkzwhitestrican
    If trading him would help the Yanks get someone like Soto or Castillo then I'm 100% on board. Same with Volpe. The odds of any prospect developing into someone as good as Soto is about 0.001%
  7. bkzwhitestrican
    That was quite the blooper reel for just half a month. Reminded of the Yanks from last season.
  8. bkzwhitestrican
    He was definitely overhyped at signing but he is a legit top 50 prospect in baseball. He just got moved up to High A at only 19 years old, and has hit .272/.379/.450 with 21 steals between both leagues despite his age and relatively few pro innings under his belt.
  9. bkzwhitestrican
    And Loaisaga has been awful. Didn't see that coming after how dominant he's been.
  10. bkzwhitestrican
    I think Schmidt would already be up if the MLB didn't impose a limit on the amount of times a player can be recalled in a year. I don't remember the exact number, but once a player reaches it he gets exposed to waivers.
  11. bkzwhitestrican
    Guess they need a couple of relievers at the deadline now
  12. bkzwhitestrican
    Wouldn't have even been in the game if Chapman didn't suck ass
  13. bkzwhitestrican
    If only they were playing the Falcons.
  14. bkzwhitestrican
    I'm guessing the Sox will have a position player pitching at some point, so 30 is looking likely.
  15. bkzwhitestrican
    21 runs in 5 innings is nuts. I wonder what the record is for half a game.
  16. bkzwhitestrican
    The decision to start German, who is freshly off the IL, against this Astros team is what I would question more. They could've started Taillon or Nestor on regular rest, and then pitched German against the O's instead.
  17. bkzwhitestrican
    What really did them in was not scoring with bases loaded and 0 outs earlier in the game. Granted they had a line drive double play and a lineout so it was bad luck, but that was their only real chance to put up multiple runs in the game. IKF's game tying single had a .100 xBA so can't really complain about the Astros weak grounder to win it. This has been the theme overall against the Stros this season though (and in our previous playoff losses). The pitching does its job but then the offense is held down by whoever they have on the mound. Even the two wins this year were kind of fluky walk-offs where the offense was getting dominated most of the game.
  18. bkzwhitestrican
    I guess Red Sox fans are forced to live in the past now as well. 27 championships baby!!
  19. bkzwhitestrican
    The Yanks have had a dominant first half of the year record wise, but I think the stats/ metrics are even crazier. Offense OBP: .333 (2nd in MLB) SLG: .445 (1st) BB%: 10.4% (1st) K%: 21.9% (14th) HR: 157 (1st) Exit Velocity: 90.3 mph (1st) Barrel Rate: 11% (2nd) Runs per Game: 5.40 (1st) Pitching OBP: .277 (1st - this is an insane number) SLG: .349 (2nd) BB%: 6.9% (3rd) K%: 25.2 (4th) HR: 88 (6th) Exit Velocity: 87.9 mph (3rd) Barrel Rate: 6.4% (1st) Runs per Game: 3.24 (1st) Defense Defensive Runs Saved: +65 (1st) Outs Above Average: +11 (4th) Defensive Efficiency: .725 (1st) Framing Runs: +12.4 (1st) Called Strike Rate: 50.5% (1st) So essentially Yanks have arguably been the best in the MLB in each of Offense, Pitching, and Defense.
  20. bkzwhitestrican
    Yes
  21. bkzwhitestrican
    Yanks have lost 5 out of their last 6, and all 5 have been in tragic fashion. I guess the silver lining is that they could have won every one of those games. The s*** lining is they found maddening ways to lose each one.
  22. bkzwhitestrican
    That was a stupid game.
  23. bkzwhitestrican
    Still an improvement over Gallo
  24. bkzwhitestrican
    Three straight games with leads blown late, three losses in a row. These kinds of stretches happen but still doesn't make it feel any better. Not sure what was up with Holmes today, looked like Chapman. Also some bad luck in there with 2 grounders and a bloop going for hits. More importantly they f***ed my parlay, I included them as a throw-in with three underdogs that actually won (O's, Cardinals, Pirates).
  25. bkzwhitestrican
    The only good thing about Taillon hitting this funk is that it will make him more affordable once he becomes a FA this offseason. He isn't as bad as he's been this past month, and he isn't as good as he was the first 2 months. He's a #3/4 starter who can occasionally pitch like a #1, and occasionally pitch like the guy who tosses batting practice.
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