Malike

Yeah, Fangraphs has his fWAR at -4.8 and dWAR at 7.1. BBREF looks at him as 1.0 bWAR and 0.2 dWAR for 0.8 total. I'd compare him to Mateo who had -4.3 fWAR last year but his dWAR was 14.2 and 2.8 total in 2022.

I read they tested a flamethrower out there to help warm the fans up but the results were less than satisfactory.

Eh, a true talent would have hit the ball further and tied the game up. He's okay, for sure, though. I guess I'd keep him on the team.

I was going to say maybe he could give us an Elly De La Cruz type boost, then realized despite being promoted as the best player in the league by MLB radio and TV showing some highlight or another each day he's OPS'ing .706 with a wRC+ of 82 and his fWAR is 1.5 which is completely driven by his defense, he's at -4.8 fWAR with his offense. I'm being honest, I just looked at his numbers, and I figured he was destroying the league as much as his name keeps coming up.

He helped the Cubs get to the point of winning their first WS in over 100 years. I'd say that he knows what pressure is and how to navigate through it.

It should tell him he's not a first baseman.

You might want to fix the part where it says Kjerstad = Outfielder. He's played 1B this year as well.

Broken bat it sounded like.

This I agree with. To suggest they've been using simulators in this series to emulate Rays pitching during this series is just one of the more absurd takes I've read in a long time.

They are absolutely not looking past this game and training for the Rays. 0 chance in hell.

I can assure you that isn't the case.

He's definitely gotten some more pep in his step in the last week or so.

The Dude, indeed. Don't piss on my rug.

Wait, you're not Fred McGriff? I thought only your user name was fake. Talk about being catfished. Guess we can't be friends now, I was bragging to people I know Freddy.

I've seen that movie dozens of times. I wasn't shocked when I sort of knew the ending.

I respect it, even if I don't understand it. I never tell people to not watch the team, or ask them why they watch sports, I just laugh to myself because I can't imagine it being that fun to watch a game when it's living hell for people, but like I said, whatever floats your boats.

DId you play ball for 20 years bro? Didn't think so!

I enjoy sports, but I don't enjoy anxiety. If you want to live your life anxious about every pitch that's fine, don't expect me to do that with you, you're on your own.

Oh, right. They just mailed it in. Got it.

St. Louis can hit. They took 2/3 from the Braves and 2/3 from the Reds coming into this.

Because there is a LHP on the mound.

You would have been really upset if you did that.

The Orioles are not treating him like he's a scrub. It's the fans on this board who are.

Well, we should be world-beaters against the Rays then, their pitchers aren't struggling at all.

Nah, the best way to avoid it is to realize that every team, good and bad are going to win some games they shouldn't and lose some games they should win.