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  1. drewski6
    What major weak spot is glaringly unattended?
  2. drewski6
    This is a good point, but the Romy injury buys us time because now we can bring Eaton AND Monasterio/Ward/Sogard (one of the latter into camp). Im not sure if Eaton cooled down but hes kind of earned it, even his what .287 batting average last year? Granted, a "quiet" .287. I think you have a good point, but I think that Eaton can be a righty outfielder if he stays hot. Now when Romy comes back, we may not have a bench spot for him, and we may be forced to ditch one of Eaton/Monasterio/Wong/IKF/MASA...Or someone else might be hurt. But if not, Masa may get jettisoned at that time, with Eaton taking his spot. But we'll see who is healthy, how we are playing, and make a decision then. And it will also matter if Masa will agree to be sent down (but I dont think he would, and we may force to trade him like Hicks, and Moon will be thrilled).
  3. drewski6
    If you can count 12 hitters better than Masa, Im okay with cutting him today.
  4. drewski6
    When it comes to positonal player depth, like our fourth outfielder or next man up in infield, you are like nice to have but I flip it if we have a need. But if it we had 6 good starters would that 6th one be thrown in as many trade offers as you do Duran? Its fine to be a pitching guy. Im jsut saying that positonal player and hitting depth is more than "nice" or a luxury. Its critical too. To win in MLB you need 8 good starters (expect to lose half, so youre guaranteed to have 4 good ones and thats prob enough). Also, to win in MLB you need 12 good hitters (expect to lose half, so youre guaranteed to have 6 good ones and thats prob enough). I dont see Masa as "in the way" for the same reason you dont see Sandoval as "in the way" , with above average injury look we prob wont need them and thats a good thing. But I dont want to find myself saying I wish we had Masa in the playoffs after weve traded him. And that scenario happened last year when he hit clean up for us in the playoffs and was probably our third most productive hitter in last years playoffs behind Story and Bregman.
  5. drewski6
    Thats not fair to KC or really Duran. Duran is a below average corner outfielder, above average center fielder who happens to be the second best centerfielder on the team. So if hes pushed to corner outfield, he may make most sense at DH, but its not fair to say hes a DH. 28 teams would love to have Duran as CF. Hes better than "okay on D- maybe" and I know you say "im the guy who says more value elsewhere than here because we have Cedanne" and I get that. But Duran is "okay on D- maybe" as a LF, but not overall because hes much better than that at CF. At CF , Duran is plus defensively (but not plus-plus like Cedanne)
  6. drewski6
    Correct, having versatility is good. But not every "slash" player (someone who can play multiple positions) is good at every position they play. That doesnt mean , however, that they should never play those positions. It does mean, however, that they probably shouldnt play that position full time, forever. I dont hate seeing KC get some 2b in Woo. Maybe it gets better his 2b d. Maybe thats where an opportunity opens. Mayer and Story arent particularly durable. But I dont think KC should get more games at 2b than in the OF, however. And I dont think you are hurting him by moving him. But I know you think that, and I dont think its like an unreasonable belief. I dont dismiss it entirely and I can see the logic. Let him focus on one position and hitting, why clog up his brain. But Im not on board that keeping KC versatile defensively is doing more harm than good. I think he continues to get better at 2b, OF, and hitting. And I like that he can be depth to so many positions nad be kept in minor leagues.
  7. drewski6
    Why do you think white rice is popular? Or spaghetti or Vodka.
  8. drewski6
    Sure, but after not being able to land the bigger fish in Marte/Bregman, they went out and got Durbin and stated that one of the reasons they were attracted to him was that he could play multiple positions. Because versatility is an asset. Why do you think SUVs are popular?
  9. drewski6
    I dont correlate all this. My point is depth and versatility are good, regardless if its on the pitcher side or on the positional player side.
  10. drewski6
    We have 2 players who should be a DH, Casas and Masa. Most firstbaseman and LF are probably better suited to be DHs. But Duran is probably a better LF than most (defensively) and Contreras is certainly a better 1b than most (defensively). Maybe in the past, this was the case. BUt we are looking strong and versatile defensively, a good thing.
  11. drewski6
    He looked good in a different game I watched :)
  12. drewski6
    A good defense that isnt versatile isnt a good defense.
  13. drewski6
    My point is simply this: versatility and depth are good. Having guys who can only play one position, and assigning every player to one position only = bad. We went out and got Durbin because he can play more than 1 position. It was like one of the first things Bres said that attracted him to the guy. Positions are suggestions. Versatility is great. We will use it.
  14. drewski6
    Good thing we have so much defensive versatility.
  15. drewski6
    But when its pitching, 8 starters isnt enough
  16. drewski6
    I think if its July, and KC has been playing LF in Woo all year and has a .950 OPS. Then Story gets hurt (significantly), I think the obvious move will be to call up KC and to play either KC or Cedanne at infield and live with the defensive drop off. But I agree lets cross the bridge first. Its not like I think hes going to hit .950 OPS at Woo. Just that if he is, you find a spot for the bat, and I dont care where he plays. Put him at Catcher, dont care.
  17. drewski6
    If KC is hitting .950 in AAA in July and all 4 outfielders are healthy, chances are youll see KC at 2b (or Cedanne)
  18. drewski6
    But didnt you jsut say its his bat that will get him to the majors. If KC gets to the majors this year it will be because of two things, bat + opportunity. That opportunity might be in teh infield. He may be better overall second baseman than IKF and Romy but not as good an outfielder of the top 4 who may be healthy. Why not make the team better and have teh best available 2b play 2b? Could also move Cedanne to 2b if youd rather. But my point is simply that there is no reason to pigeon hole people and rule out potential defensive combinations on 3/4/26. We dont know the twists / turns of the season. I like being versatile and adaptable to whatever may be thrown at us. Especially with Breslow who I dont trust to make the move we need
  19. drewski6
    My hunch is 40 years ago is enough time for it to change and then change back. But I dont fully disagree with some of these counter points. Especially not about prime Tony Gwynn. I say Roman is prime TG without the wheels and I do think Roman will have a .330 season (maybe not this year). Im not sure about Koufax, but I know that pitchers like DLowe never went upstairs. ANd that worked better than then I would expect it to work now. But that doesnt mean I dont think prime Dlowe in 2026 wouldnt have a spot in the middle of some MLB rotation. Maybe jsut more of a #3 than a #2. But keep in mid: the universe is shaped exactly like the earth, if you go straight long enough , you'll wind up where you were. Just becasue bell bottoms came back at some point doesnt mean they never left.
  20. drewski6
    Because in a hitters era, both of those things are going to go up. Its a secondary correlation to having good hitters coming up behind you. You take more walks if your 3-4-5 are Ortiz, Manny, Lowell. Teams had monster lineups.
  21. drewski6
    Because launch angles, and high fastballs and pull approaches and all that other stuff, but yeah. The game of baseball is nonstop adjustments and counters. E.g. back in the day, pitches never pitched upstairs, but launch angle science improved and teams started smashing low balls especially because they could look exlusively low. So pitchers started going upstairs to make a batter's eye cover more zone and also because the uppercut swing didnt work on high heat. Another change is the pitcher's are better now, so you can rely on the guy behind you less. So you want extra base hits because then you dont need 2 more hits (or a hr) to drive you in. You can score from second on any hit. So you want to capitalize on opportunities. So the difference in expected to score between a double and single increases. Its all downstream effects from the constant evolution of the game.
  22. drewski6
    Agree. Its about buying time. There is no reason to trade Masa right now for 4m in salary relief. Lets first make sure we get everyone back healthy from WBC. Once the games start mattering, we can still survive some games with Masa as a non ideal bench player, again still buying more time (agreeing fully with you). As the season progresses, like for example jsut like you say happens, all outfielders are healthy, Casas is back or maybe someone else is forcing your hand. Maybe Eaton was up and Romy is coming back and Eaton you wanna keep over Masa and now Eaton needs to take Masas spot becuse he was before taking Romys spot but Romys healthy now....Or maybe its Ward or Monasterio.... But yeah, I agree, wait till someone forces you to move Masa out of their way. This is what Theo said to CLay B when I sent him down. Force my hand. Granted Clay had like a 1.6 ERA in AAA so it wasnt exactly fair or a great example...But with the suspects , I say "force us to clear you a path"
  23. drewski6
    Most likely , he is a better OF than he is a 2b, but theres a chance Mayer flops, Durbin gets hurt and KC is called up as a second baseman because thats where the opportunity is, and makes the team better because of his defensive versatility.
  24. drewski6
    Im less interested in singles and walks from players who dont steal than I use to be. Because the odds that you are going to get what you need to turn them into runs arent as high as they use to be. Im not anti walks from speedsters or from d first players trying to contribute anything they can on offense. Walks is inversely correlated to pull hitting, mr pull hitter. Because your swing decision, when pulling , has to be earlier. So you have to guess earlier and comit to what you see. Vs stay back hitters can wait , wait , wait and draw more walks. But they aint pulling or driving as much. Its hitter by hitter. BUt im not interested in staying back. Unless you got the wheels or arent a great hitter. If you want Casas to pull the ball, you want him to walk less. Ditto with KC.
  25. drewski6
    Old school stats are new school stats again, and former new school stats are old now. I wanna see R's and RBI's. OPS can be misleading if you are drawing walks and getting stranded on first base. Now if you are hitting gappers and runners are scoring from first, thats production. If you are hitting gappers and getting to 2nd and 3rd with less than 2 outs and getting home as a result , thats production. The OBP is king days are from teh days when you were almost always going to be knocked in because it was such a hitters era. Im less about "dont create an out" and IM more about "capitalize your opportunities" than I use to be because of changes in the game.
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