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Way way to many chances to even try to get replacement level. If not for the injuries to mada and even more so Anthony and Duran would have played at least half less ab , and more likely 2/3 less. He just has played very poorly. At least Durbin has gotten over his very slow start to become consistently playable.

Duran's problem is probably a lot of players problem. Trying way too hard to hit more Homer's. His strengths point to a 400 obp with 750 -800 ops and have a lot of sb, 2b, 3b, and only 10-12 Homer's. 100-120 runs. A top 2 hitter. Instead he has a few more Homer's, but is basically unplayable. Put it this way. If you merged masa contact ability with Duran's speed you'd have the perfect Duran.

Curran should feel very lucky. To get as many ab's as he has and played this poorly is flukey. There is really only one thing Curran has done well this year, and that is clutch hitting. He has certainly made the most of the few hits and on base chances he has had. Last night's GS is a perfect example. For a guy with a 267 obp to have as many hr, rbi and sb as he has is pretty impressive. When/if Anthony y, masa, and mead return ready to go durran shouldn't see the lineup.

Rut is 3 for 22 and still has a much higher obp than durran

We can dream about the roster if all the IL players were back...it probably won't happen, but mead, Anthony, and crochet and at least 1 other starter would be pretty amazing to have back...

Those are outstanding if their avg, so so if it's obp, or slg, and horrific if it's ops. I bet later.

I think lindor is a negative value player. Six should be able to trade similar negative value player(s) for him.

Hands are a little different. There are few muscles in the hand. Tendon for ring finger joins the muscle in the forearm, so ring finger tendon might be sore in wrist area.

It would have to be primarily for other bad contracts for me. Story and Yoshida for lindor? Durran in there?

What about an out of the box thought and play wiltin at c/ dh/ 1b, and find a 1b out on the market. Much easier to find a power rh bat on a non contender there...

Still weird they have so many historically successful players hit so poorly to start the year. Anthony, story, Durbin, durran...and then mayer as well. All of them will eventually return to their averages right?

I'm surprised total bases is not a more popular stat. It factors in hits, extra base hits. Maybe create a new stat that adds sb, walks, and hbp to total bases and call it ultimate bases. A very comprehensive offensive stat that factors in most of the significant factors like obo, slg, and a pretty big one...games played. The best ability is availability....

Those are al east champ numbers. Those HR totals were even over mine, and I thought I was being aggressive. Those are we don't need to go get anyone at the deadline numbers.

93 wins and 1st in al east. Pitching and defense wins championships, and Sox have them. They go get a big hitter before deadline. Obviously they have very few injuries to achieve this.

Who said no interleague play? The 4 divisions is simply record comparison for playoffs/no playoffs. There should easily be a NFL style inter league rotation to change things up.