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Post by ematz1423 on May 18, 2023 9:41:24 GMT -5
Let me be the first to welcome you back after your month-long coma! Casas has a negative WAR and 92 wRC+. So yeah if he performs Like that he could get the squeeze for this year only We all know he struggled early but if you take out the first week of the season and start from 4/8 to now his wRC+ is 108 and if you go from the start of May it's 158. Casas isn't getting "the squeeze". So long as he's healthy they aren't taking him out of the lineup.
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Post by yuchangclan on May 18, 2023 10:32:21 GMT -5
Bloom loves depth… I think you are correct that Valdez will go back to Worcester. In addition, Pablo Reyes can play SS, whereas Valdez can not. I wish Cora would flip him and Kiké, who is a very good second baseman. Kiké is just a bad SS. Not just a “bad” SS, but THE WORST SS! You’d think Cora would have noticed this by now.
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Post by pappyman99 on May 18, 2023 11:10:33 GMT -5
Casas has a negative WAR and 92 wRC+. So yeah if he performs Like that he could get the squeeze for this year only We all know he struggled early but if you take out the first week of the season and start from 4/8 to now his wRC+ is 108 and if you go from the start of May it's 158. Casas isn't getting "the squeeze". So long as he's healthy they aren't taking him out of the lineup. Hence the if he doesn’t perform comment. We can pick and choose but the fact is his overall numbers so far are not good. So the onus is on him to perform or Turner will be playing a lot more 1B when everyone is healthy
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Post by yuchangclan on May 18, 2023 12:21:58 GMT -5
We know how the story ended, but I wanted to mention just how good of a RH hitter young Nomar was. He won 2 batting titles before he turned 27 with averages of .357 & .372(!!!!). Back then there were comparisons of Nomar with Joe DiMaggio. Had he kept it up longer, he surely would be in this conversation. .372BA in 2000?? Absurd.
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Post by pappyman99 on May 18, 2023 13:41:28 GMT -5
Hence the if he doesn’t perform comment. We can pick and choose but the fact is his overall numbers so far are not good. So the onus is on him to perform or Turner will be playing a lot more 1B when everyone is healthy I think some additional days off for a rookie, 37-year old, and oft-injured outfielder is good for everyone. I don't think of that as a squeeze so much as some much needed physical/mental breaks for three guys who could use it the most. It's not a bug, it's a security feature. Very true, but if I had to pick, I don’t want bats taken away from Duran. If it came down between duran vs Casas. We know (injuries aside) Turner and Duvall will not be going anywhere
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Post by seamus on May 18, 2023 14:21:28 GMT -5
Setting aside that it's absolutely not cherry picking to say that Casas has turned it around such that looking at his overall line is not as helpful as looking at his May numbers if all we're interested in is current performance level... it's not going to come down to Duran versus Casas for at-bats. Duvall had a great opening week, but he's not a veteran All-Star who'll get the nod if healthy, results be damned.
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Post by ematz1423 on May 18, 2023 14:28:56 GMT -5
Setting aside that it's absolutely not cherry picking to say that Casas has turned it around such that looking at his overall line is not as helpful as looking at his May numbers if all we're interested in is current performance level... it's not going to come down to Duran versus Casas for at-bats. Duvall had a great opening week, but he's not a veteran All-Star who'll get the nod if healthy, results be damned.Excellent point, Duvall is a useful player who I'll be glad to get back but as stated he had a great start to the season but he likely was playing over his head at least a little bit and he broke his wrist which has derailed many a season if not career for hitters so I'm taking a cautious approach as it comes to Duvall. Hopefully he comes back without skipping a beat but I'd really doubt that happens. More likely he's utilized as a 4th OF who plays vs lefties at least to start with when he comes back.
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