JoeBrady

Anthony is hammering the ball, but not getting any elevation. 91st in bat speed, 87th in EV, but only 1 HR, I have no problem with a balanced approach. Some guys with weaker bats are better off spreading the ball around, with a line-drive approach, especially if they are fast. Anthony should be looking for 30+ HRs.

Durbin, Anthony & Raffy to start with. All are well below average. FWIW, the RS are 24th in LA. LA isn't the end-all/be-all stat, But some guys, particularly Anthony, need to life the ball more often.

Too early for the bandaid. There are 29 guys on FG with negative fWARs. That includes Devers, Perez, Adames, Butler, Cronenworth, Semien, Naylor, Duran, Carpenter, Adell, and Frelick, There is a good likelihood that most will return to form, and several of them have. That's the nature of baseball.

Fair enough.

We have no practical solutions to replacing Story. We have no big bat/poor glove guys to force into a position. No one on the bench is projected to out-perform him. Arias has cooled off a little.

And why would they do that?

I'd be open to demoting Durbin, but your solution, with all due respect, downgrades our defense in LF, CF, and SS, all so we can start a player at DH with -0- HRs.

Fred has wheels on his goal posts.

Okay, you are complaining about things that haven't yet happened. I don't understand it, but different strokes I guess.

Clutch Stats That's all in the past and as we all know, past performances do not guarantee future results In the past? Those are 2026 numbers. Are you complaining about Abreu's future numbers?

Suarez has a history of not throwing many innings in his career. Breslow must have missed that. Why not just admit that you were wrong? I gave you the numbers. Just admit it.

Clutch Stats Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+ 2 outs, RISP 14 17 14 5 6 3 1 0 7 0 0 3 1 .429 .529 .786 1.315 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .462 207 270 Late & Close 11 14 14 2 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .786 1.214 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .455 180 241

I said you were complaining about him. I meant to say you were whining about him.

The RS record has -0- to do with how Abreu is performing.

.840 OPS.

Yup, a heck of a heist from SF.

He's averaged 5.66 IP/9 since becoming a fulltime SP. The league average last year was 5.19. And over the four years, Suarez is #33 in BB in total innings.

Easily our best pitcher and you're still complaining?

Suarez has a 5.83 IP/GS. The league average is 5.09.

You'll never get rich, but there are always accounting jobs out there.

I try to post the numbers occasionally, but I doubt anyone looks. If Crochet and Bello pitched to the same ERA as last year, the RS would be 4th in MLB in ERA. I recently did the same thing with the hitting. Had Story, Anthony and Duran had the same OPS as last year, we'd be maybe 8th in OPS.

Are you implying that 'veteran leadership' is overrated?

Alex, I'll take ex-RS GMs that the fans wanted out. In all fairness, BC has had the overall 1/7, 1/1, 1/4, 1/1 and 1/9 picks. And correspondingly high 2nd rounders. Sooner or later, you are bound to hit some guys.

Always interesting to see a batter challenge a called ball. Fortunately the umpire questioned Abreu's logic.

Hard to believe the ump called Anthony safe.