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Post by keninten on May 8, 2024 21:01:42 GMT -5
Soler would have been a good fit, he`s on the DL.
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Post by keninten on May 8, 2024 21:03:45 GMT -5
Barraclough signs with Texas. He could have started tonight!
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Post by asm18 on May 8, 2024 22:20:35 GMT -5
Paddack looking like a beast against us last Friday despite like a 6 ERA might not have been a fluke
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Post by julyanmorley on May 9, 2024 9:55:25 GMT -5
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Post by julyanmorley on May 9, 2024 11:20:08 GMT -5
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Post by asm18 on May 9, 2024 12:19:19 GMT -5
When the Red Sox make the playoffs and everyone who casually follows baseball is confused, omitting Kutter and Houck from these types of lists for the next 5 months will be an example of why
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Post by ematz1423 on May 9, 2024 12:22:51 GMT -5
When the Red Sox make the playoffs and everyone who casually follows baseball is confused, omitting Kutter and Houck from these types of lists for the next 5 months will be an example of why Having Berrios on that list as of 5/9 when he got lit up the other day for 8 ER in 3.2 IP is a little absurd. Not to mention his underlying #s are pretty ugly. He's been far more lucky than lights out.
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Post by incandenza on May 9, 2024 12:55:54 GMT -5
The Dodgers get *two* guys on this list:
Glasnow: 9th by FIP, 21st by ERA Yamamoto: 24th by FIP, 24th by ERA
And then there's
Burnes: 39th by FIP (exactly at league median), 25th by ERA Jones: 31st by FIP, 20th by ERA Berrios: 67th by FIP (out of 79!), 27th by ERA
Compared to:
Houck: 1st by FIP, 11th by ERA Crawford: 15th by FIP, 7th by ERA
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Post by manfred on May 9, 2024 14:56:37 GMT -5
The Dodgers get *two* guys on this list: Glasnow: 9th by FIP, 21st by ERA Yamamoto: 24th by FIP, 24th by ERA And then there's Burnes: 39th by FIP (exactly at league median), 25th by ERA Jones: 31st by FIP, 20th by ERA Berrios: 67th by FIP (out of 79!), 27th by ERA Compared to: Houck: 1st by FIP, 11th by ERA Crawford: 15th by FIP, 7th by ERA Hey, man… it’s a tweet. Not necessarily where one goes for accuracy.
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Post by incandenza on May 9, 2024 17:04:49 GMT -5
The Dodgers get *two* guys on this list: Glasnow: 9th by FIP, 21st by ERA Yamamoto: 24th by FIP, 24th by ERA And then there's Burnes: 39th by FIP (exactly at league median), 25th by ERA Jones: 31st by FIP, 20th by ERA Berrios: 67th by FIP (out of 79!), 27th by ERA Compared to: Houck: 1st by FIP, 11th by ERA Crawford: 15th by FIP, 7th by ERA Hey, man… it’s a tweet. Not necessarily where one goes for accuracy. It is not a tweet, sir. It is a Pitcher Power Ranking; it is simply being advertised by tweet! And I will not tolerate this amateurish lack of rigor in my Pitcher Power Rankings!
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Post by sxfan on May 9, 2024 17:10:31 GMT -5
Watch the Orioles trade for Miller because their farm system is still one of the best in MLB. Time to pack up the AL East to them for the next 3 years if so.
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Post by bellhorndingers21 on May 9, 2024 17:32:01 GMT -5
Watch the Orioles trade for Miller because their farm system is still one of the best in MLB. Time to pack up the AL East to them for the next 3 years if so. The O's tapping into their farm system for a contract year pitcher and a reliever with prior elbow problems wouldn't be the worst outcome for Boston.
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Post by greenmonster on May 9, 2024 17:57:40 GMT -5
I would definitely trade Story
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Post by rhswanzey on May 11, 2024 15:18:18 GMT -5
This 24-year-old former top 100 pitching prospect would seem to make a lot of sense as someone to put into the lab, if we’re starting to look more like the .500ish team we all kind of expected before losing one third of the starting lineup for the bulk of the season.
Contreras is actually posting a slightly better xwOBA in relief this season (.322) than he did in his impressive 2022 (.325). He’s throwing 1.1 MPH slower than in 2022, but still up at a perfectly fine 94.7. He’s a four pitch pitcher who’s mostly FB/SL. His vertical movement scores well above average on FB and CB, and previously on his slider, which has declined considerably year by year and is now comfortably below average.
He throws his four seamer half the time (stop me if you see where this is going), even though it’s his only negative run value pitch this year. It was a whopping -15 last year (!)
Use the curveball more, tweak the slider to get some movement back, change the movement profile of the four seamer and/or throw it a lot less.
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Post by julyanmorley on May 11, 2024 16:45:56 GMT -5
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Post by cmax on May 11, 2024 18:00:03 GMT -5
Did you realize Bogaerts (already moved off SS in his second year in SD) is hitting .209 and has -.3 WAR? Eesh.
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Post by fenwaydouble on May 12, 2024 6:19:35 GMT -5
Did you realize Bogaerts (already moved off SS in his second year in SD) is hitting .209 and has -.3 WAR? Eesh. The bat has been atrocious, but in fairness to him his defense has been good his whole time in SD. He was only moved off short because they have a zillion other SS options. Yet another reason why that contract was so stupid.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 12, 2024 9:22:56 GMT -5
Did you realize Bogaerts (already moved off SS in his second year in SD) is hitting .209 and has -.3 WAR? Eesh. He'll never play anywhere near the level of that insane contract the Padres offered him, but he will hit. He always has. The season isn't 40 games long. When 162 games are all said and done, assuming health, he'll have contributed with the bat and glove. It just won't be anywhere near to the extent of that ridiculous contract.
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Post by incandenza on May 12, 2024 9:35:08 GMT -5
Did you realize Bogaerts (already moved off SS in his second year in SD) is hitting .209 and has -.3 WAR? Eesh. He'll never play anywhere near the level of that insane contract the Padres offered him, but he will hit. He always has. The season isn't 40 games long. When 162 games are all said and done, assuming health, he'll have contributed with the bat and glove. It just won't be anywhere near to the extent of that ridiculous contract. Every player who "has always hit" reaches a point where they don't anymore. His xwOBA has been trending down since 2021 - perfectly following a typical aging curve - and is at .292 this season.
His wOBA is 48 points worse than his xwOBA and I'm pretty sure that won't keep up, since he always outperforms his xwOBA. But he might be more like an average hitter now than a well above average one.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 12, 2024 9:50:49 GMT -5
He'll never play anywhere near the level of that insane contract the Padres offered him, but he will hit. He always has. The season isn't 40 games long. When 162 games are all said and done, assuming health, he'll have contributed with the bat and glove. It just won't be anywhere near to the extent of that ridiculous contract. Every player who "has always hit" reaches a point where they don't anymore. His xwOBA has been trending down since 2021 - perfectly following a typical aging curve - and is at .292 this season.
His wOBA is 48 points worse than his xwOBA and I'm pretty sure that won't keep up, since he always outperforms his xwOBA. But he might be more like an average hitter now than a well above average one.
We'll split the difference. He'll probably be a bit above average for this season and perhaps the next year or two. Not having Fenway to call his home park hurts his numbers. I'm sure his numbers would look better if he were still in Boston and he'd have been a big step up from what they've had since his absence but the Padres went into desperation mode, made Xander and offer he or no other sane person could refuse, and here we are, a player declining from really good to a little bit above average for a crazy amount of money and years. I figured somewhere near 35 he'd be in a tough area to justify the contract season but that was for the 6 year 160 million extension I thought Bloom would offer him in spring of 22. Instead the Padres will pay him more until he's 41. All for a futile attempt to win while the owner was still living. Xander was the recipient of a situation where truly money was no object.
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Post by rhswanzey on May 12, 2024 11:38:52 GMT -5
Bogaerts seems to have long term left wrist issues. I thought they dated back to a collision with Verdugo in May 2022, which he took two cortisone shots for (wrist and shoulder). But it looks like he was dealing with left wrist issues in 2021 as well. He missed two consecutive games in June 2021 to attempt to address it. There may be other news items; this is from a cursory search.
In spring training 2023, he had another shot on the wrist and was wearing a splint in Padres camp. Later last season, he’s on the record in June talking about how it is bothering him, but it’s too early for him to get another cortisone shot on it.
I felt pretty good about Bogaerts’ bat aging gracefully. He has always been such a solid two strike hitter. And despite all of this, he was still a 4.4 bWAR player last season. Wrist issues don’t necessarily go away, though. If this is the fourth consecutive season it’s been an issue for him, it will make gracefully aging through the bulk of the contract more challenging.
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Post by briam on May 13, 2024 10:44:43 GMT -5
Little bit of data on Boras’ disaster FA class.
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Post by asm18 on May 17, 2024 6:58:46 GMT -5
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Post by mobaz on May 17, 2024 14:36:55 GMT -5
Paul Skenes going nuts in his 2nd start. 9 strikeouts through 4, and throwing like this:
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Post by ematz1423 on May 17, 2024 14:42:09 GMT -5
The Pirates with Jones, Skenes and Keller as the top 3 of their rotation have the potential to be real scary.
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