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Ricky might be the most underrated recent player of all time by casual baseball fans, to most of whom he is just a goofy speed demon. Among...
FFS, this isn’t that complicated. Diaz should have started and still should be starting the majority of the games at catcher. Based on WAR alone...
We are just not going to agree on this. In a year where every game counts, the manager has thrown away at least 5-10 expected wins. That is not...
As with many things about which you are confident, you are incorrect. Waiver priority is set after Wednesday's results, so the Rangers are ahead...
The story of the year has been injuries - you cannot lose three of the starting rotation and your two best hitters for long stretches and win 100....
Also, I’m going to go out on a limb and predict they won’t win 100 this year. Other years the margins didn’t matter during the regular season....
That was the case in the past, but that loophole is closed. There is now no benefit to pulling someone back ... these players are on waivers...
He just cannot bring himself to write the correct lineup. “Well, I guess I have to play Diaz to be consistent with every other time France...
You left out one of the most important parts of the core, and I suspect you are very aware and did it on purpose. I agree re: Julks - playing him...
Altuve is by far the most interesting, for good and bad. We love the good (and it should be everyone's focus) ... tiny, always the underdog,...
I will defer to you or Snake on that. If Arrighetti is ready, him. If not, Bielak or anyone who can eat some innings with a 5 ERA when needed....
At this point are we better off shutting down Javier until the week before the playoffs? He’s not helping anyone like this, and I think it is...
This idea - that Diaz is playing now, so it is all good - is the argument that angers me the most. Diaz's value is not that he is a great hitter...
Playing favorites and sticking to old ideas about lineups (“fast guy go first”) … sounds about right.
The big difference is in efficiency, and the biggest difference there is making layups. The 3P% is close enough - both need to improve. But...
This is exactly right. Dusty deserves credit for the players liking him and being a “players coach”. But that comes with huge downside when he...
Unless the player is Abreu.
I am not dismissing Baker’s overall knowledge of the game - but the smartest people can have blind spots. He was raised and learned the game in a...
Agreed on all, but number 2 is very tactically important and can already be managed. I really hope that the FO is planning ahead with Dusty to...
Crazy that one team had TWO “best post-integration player at their position” players, in their primes. Then threw another HOF-caliber player in...
