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  1. JoeBrady
    The Phillies are suffering in every possible way. But Castellanos and Walker are both gone, so maybe better times are a'coming.
  2. JoeBrady
    Tong + Baty for Duran.
  3. JoeBrady
    I love Wood's swing, but he has huge swing-and-miss issues. He spent the last three months of 2025 hitting almost nothing. I wouldn't buy high based on a 17-game hot streak.
  4. JoeBrady
    I was just thinking about that. Most teams don't have a L/L platoon, bit given the numbers, I think I can make a case for Duran taking every AB v righties and Yoshida taking every AB against lefties. Part of the issue is that e currently have no righties but Ceddanne that have hit lefties. The numbers are too small to bother with, but 4 of our top 5 OPS against lefties, are lefty hitters. That makes any platoon problematic.
  5. JoeBrady
    I like Monasterio, but he is a #26 UIF, not a top of the lineup hitter.
  6. JoeBrady
    Devers is -2 DRS in 125 IPs.
  7. JoeBrady
    On the bright side, we aren't being subject to long-term torture. These are pretty quick affairs. And we aren't suffering the pain of a 5-4 loss in the 9th inning.
  8. JoeBrady
    I agree. If we had a lefty-killer, then I'd platoon (occasionally). But I'd rather see Mayer v a lefty than IKF.
  9. JoeBrady
    Durbin is +0.1 and Paredes is +0.1. The improvement of 0.0 is not as important as it looks.
  10. JoeBrady
    Some objected to adding more lefty bats.
  11. JoeBrady
    I'd bet on Duran outperforming Paredes over the remainder of the season.
  12. JoeBrady
    And who is this second bat that would have made a difference, and at what price?
  13. JoeBrady
    It's not really about specifically Bichette and/or Bregman. Most of the very extravagant wish lists wouldn't have worked out. Almost none of the regular outside targets would've made a material difference. We are where we because our internal guys have greatly under-performed.
  14. JoeBrady
    A lot of these suggestions are lottery tickets. Career minor leaguers rarely figure things out. Guys like Arias have a path already designed. They don't get promoted unless there is a long-term injury, and usually not even then.
  15. JoeBrady
    All these things ignore the problem with the team. The problem is that the guys that we came into the off-season with, are greatly under-performing. There is almost no combinations of off-season moves that would've made a material difference. Imagine on of the most popular ideas: sign Bregman and trade for Marte. Imagine we added Bregman *.668) and Marte (.664). The cost for that would likely have been Mayer + Early, plus the ~$48M, $26M of which we spent on Suarez. As of today, that would be a disaster, without considering the long-term payroll liabilities. Or acquiring Alonso instead of Contreras. Or adding Paredes or Eugenio Suarez.
  16. JoeBrady
    I agree. Maybe moving him back to 3-4-5, and telling him to swing for the fences might change his approach, Yoshida, imo, should bat 2nd every game, until someone around him starts hitting. Seattle is #29 in OPS in the 2-hole with a .582 OPS, We aren't even remotely close to them with our .443.Lock in Yoshida at the #2 and then try to resolve the lead-off slot.
  17. JoeBrady
    Best 2B/SS available was Bichette (.536). Best 3B available was Bregman (.668)
  18. JoeBrady
    I keep reiterating that point. The problem is not our acquisitions. The problem is: Narvaez .549 Story .531 Duran .490 Anthony .686 Crochet 7.88 Bello 6.75 We'd need two more Babe Ruth's and another Pedro to make up for that loss of production.
  19. JoeBrady
    I defended his unusual outlook until that interview. But that was so strange.
  20. JoeBrady
    I think that is pure conjecture on your part.
  21. JoeBrady
    It's all part of the same formula. Run differential rules. I don't think anyone challenges that any more. Whether one gets to that difference between scoring, pitching or defense, makes almost no difference.
  22. JoeBrady
    And 9 of the top 10 top run differential teams made the playoffs.
  23. JoeBrady
    Not just that, but over the past 12 games, the Red Sox have the best record in the ALE,
  24. JoeBrady
    Bregman figured to be a pretty big bat. And I'd make a decent sized wager that Ranger+Durbin out-performs Bregman.
  25. JoeBrady
    It's early imo. You seldom have any sure things, but Duran has a 121/132/116 OPS+ over the past three years. That's pretty consistent.
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