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    • The first half of August last year was propped up by a 4 hit game and a 2 hit game where he had a double and homer. The rest of that stretch of games he was awful and even including those games, in a sampling of 48 PA from Aug 1-16, he had a 244 BA to go along with a sub 300 OBP. His slugging was 422 but again, that was really from those 2 games. His wRC+ was 91. From Sept 13 through the end of the season, his slash line was 160/250/280.  That was over 58 PA. Now, that is definitely manipulating numbers. That being said, despite that excellent 90 at bat stretch that he had plus the other 4 hit and 2 hit game in the first half of August, his OPS is still barely over 600 over a substantial 300+ PA stretch. Thats pretty brutal baseball. Now, I think he will be fine and he will end up around where we expect him to be but this isn’t just a this year thing. He has largely not been good for about 71% of the time over the last 3.5 months.  Like I said, he has basically been Jorge Mateo for half a season but his defense isn’t as good and he doesn’t have that speed. And he has high end talent knocking down the door right behind him so he better start getting hot soon or may really find himself on thin ice.
    • As I said before Oakland crowds for Saturday and Sunday will be good. Hyde promotion and a boatload of Little Leaguers. Many Upper Deck sections are sold out.
    • He'd be in the running for unanimous MVP.  Mike Trout in 2012 is the only rookie to ever have gotten to 10 rWAR, and he didn't win the MVP only becuase a bunch of writers got all weak-kneed about Cabrera's triple crown. 2nd in all time rookie WAR is Dick Allen's 8.8 in '64, followed by Judge's 8.0 in '17. Fred Lynn won the MVP and ROY in '75 with a 7.4-win season.
    • I don't understand what sorcery is happening with the Red Sox rotation this year, but I also don't think it can continue for much longer. But who knows. 
    • Thanks. I think my math is off somewhere. 
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