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If it helps, Mayer + Durbin have a combined higher OPS than Bregman + Bichette, at a savings of $80,000,000 per year.
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For the record, most players don't change that much from year to year.
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It's Boston. He got a hit in the opening game of the series, and they assumed he was a 1.000 OPS hitter. He's the same Hammy he has always been. A very good bench piece but a marginal fulltime piece. Folks in here must Olympic figure skaters from the number of 180s I've seen.
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I don't who said what to whom, but just to put this to rest, over the last 3 seasons, Duran has an .811 OPS out of the lead-off position. He should automatically lead off every game until at least the ASB.
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Everyone does. You can't learn to hit lefties in the minors because there are very few good lefties in the minors.
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That whole thing, like most other small sample analytics, make no sense. Hamilton played much, much, much better for us than he has for Mil.
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Romy was every bit as bad in 2024, and became passable in 2025. Boggs led the league in errors in 1983 and 1984, and went on to win a GG.
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We need a good performance from Suarez today. We need to get the rotational consistency. Good games from Early, Tolle, and Crochet. If Suarez can start turning in consistent QS+, then we can get by with Bello's badness until Gray returns.
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I think everyone is over-analyzing it. He got brought up to play 2B because we needed a 2B. He figured to be below-average at 2B, but not awful.
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He unsuitable, but the issue was more about finding the correct #2. Contreras is the current choice, but one could argue he is more of a #3 hitter.
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I think that's spot on correct. I'm a Cora agnostic. I think he has some smarts, but some faults. But the numbers say that the RS are < .500 since the start of 2022. It doesn't require a lot to make the case that changes needed to be made.
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The RS fans are renowned for writing off prospects after incredibly small sample sizes.
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So your point here is that we have a 22 year old with a career 3.6 bWAR in a little over a half-season of ABs, and that you think that's a negative?
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I'm not sure why everyone doesn't understand this. Everyone is a suspect. The odds of a FA aging out before his contract ends is just as high as a good prospect flaming out. I just shake my head when fans want to sign a 32 year old FA to a 6-year contract.
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Mayer also had an .818 OPS in AAA with 9 HRs in 170 ABs. He was fine.
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I think the Mayer development is about perfect. He had his 1400+ PAs in the minors, with good production.
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It was a difficult situation. Our 2B situation was pretty bad. They probably knew he needed more development work, but he also projected to be better than the current alternatives.
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I've seen upper management make changes. I've sometimes questioned their logic, but most times I've said 'what do you expect? The situation sucks'. He seems to want a personal discussion with Breslow. If I were Breslow, I'd tell him 'give me a call when your OPS is .700'. We've had this situation before when players complained about not getting help at the deadline. If I were the GM I'd tell them 'It's because you FRACKING SUCK!'. Do your freaking job, and THEN come back to me. /end of rant/
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Story was a 3.8 bWAR player last year. I wonder if there are Met fans out there suggesting that Bichette get demoted?
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I agree. I don't mind platooning him against the really tough lefties, but a prospect this highly rated has to learn to hit lefties, and there is only one way to do that. That said, the lefty platooning could've come from the FO. And having said that, if we are taking the training wheels off, it might be time flip Story and Mayer.
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Question of the week: are you optimistic?
JoeBrady replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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I think Story will be fine. He's gone through these streaks far too often. But I hope he realizes that NO ONE is going to be sympathetic to him or the other players. They were the ones that got him fired. I think Crochet summed it up well saying he took some responsibility for Cora getting fired.
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I doubt they'd have done that deal. Bello, with that salary, is hardly an asset.
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You are better off just admittibg you were wrong about both guys. Henderson was 8th in MVP voting in 2023, and 4th in MVP voting in 2024. Tatis has finished 4th, 3rd, 14th and 8th in MVP voting and is a 3x AS. It is hard to believe that you want to continue to insist the world is flat.
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You are, of course, correct. He did exactly what he was supposed to do. Too many people think a play, or anything in life, is smart only if it is successful.
