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    The Os will be in the playoffs

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    I don’t see a path for Mayo to get the ABs needed to acclimate & become a force in the lineup this year.  Someone would need to be moved.  I don’t see them bringing him up to get sporadic ABs and if they do bring him up and give him sporadic ABs I don’t see him being a difference maker.  He’s a special talent but every single one of our top tier guys have needed time to adjust.  How does he get that opportunity? 

    Go get Kopech..and other potential BP additions

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    13 hours ago, Bemorewins said:

    That’s certainly one way to go about things and I can respect that rationale. However, if you believe in your drafting and player development then you don’t have to hoarde prospects to the degree that you are afraid to exchange any valued ones for proven Major League talent. I get wanted to keep your draft 1:1/special guys. But I don’t get being afraid to part with “non lottery pick”/top tier guys.

    I don’t think they are.  They traded Hernaiz for Irvin & Ortiz/Hall for Burnes. 

    Chayce McDermott 2024

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    I watched yesterday.  He gets a ton of strikes from swings at his curveball (a good portion of which are not really that close to being in the zone).  Yesterday he fell behind a ton of batters and gave up a ton of hard contact. His Strike % looks to be a function of batters swinging at pitches out of the zone (mostly the curve, looks like guys are laying off his FB out of the zone).  Will that work at the next level?  His stuff is pretty nasty and AAA hitters are definitely not picking it up, but I question if it will work at the MLB level.  Even with the high strike % you see a guy that really doesn't know where the ball is going.  

    Go get Kopech..and other potential BP additions

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    1 hour ago, Bemorewins said:

    I agree. I don’t understand the rationale of going after a fixer upper when you have a team with legit World Series aspirations. Why take the risk? That seems unnecessary IMO. We already have a very low payroll, great young MLB talent, and an overabundance of position prospects. Trying to problem solve on the cheap doesn’t make much sense to me at this point.

    Using and leveraging one asset ( your scouting, development, and analytical assets)  while minimizing the hit on your other assets (current minor league players and future MLB players).  

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    Is it time to upgrade over Urias and McCann?

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    I think anyone in Urias' position would struggle.  Trying to hit off the worlds best pitchers with ABs few and far between is a tall ask. They made a choice to upgrade him in the off-season and they used the internal upgrade to acquire a #1 SP.  We could have had an upgrade, but at the expense of pitching staff.  

    The Defense Thread, 2024

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    31 minutes ago, Philip said:

    If I read this correctly, Henderson‘s only ding is that he’s not quite as mobile as… Well as the average? I guess all these are on a scale measured against the league average at the time?
     

    Anyway, I’m very surprised that Westburg is only marginally better than Urias. I thought it would be a much larger gap.
     

    Overall, it seems that if we get to the ball, we make the play.

    haha Cano at +2 DRS. Maybe he can moonlight at shortstop.

    Cano’s nickname should be El Gato.

    This offensive style is not sustainable

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    13 minutes ago, now said:

    Agreed--longer, as in, it sounds an awful lot like what Ted Williams preached and practiced.

    For sure.  He had his BA % for quadrants in the strike zone as well as the count.  It's pretty remarkable how far ahead of his time he was.  I really wish I could have seen him play.  The Science of Hitting is easily the best book out there on hitting.  

     

    This offensive style is not sustainable

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    3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

    This is from a Fangraphs piece I just posted elsewhere.

    I think it's been going on for longer than a year but I guess maybe it's reached a tipping point?

    I think it's a result of the shift and better more athletic defenders. It's been going on for a long time, but ever since Kyle Boddy disrupted player dev. in 2012 it's been a focus and has been expanded on.   See-ing eye singles aren't really a thing anymore.  Heck, defensive positioning rarely allows bloop hits anymore.  If you aren't putting the ball in play at 95mph+ with a launch angle of 8-25 degrees, your chance of getting a hit is slim to none.  And how can you achieve those results?  Sell out on balls you can handle, often times even with 2 strikes if the situation/pitcher warrant that approach.  I know some teams use a chart that shows the strike zone with a diamond in the middle of it, essentially eliminating all 4 corners.  You are dinged if you go after a pitch in those 4 quadrants with less than 2 strikes.  You're also dinged if you don't go after a pitch in the hot zone (regardless of count).  I'm sure it gets much more sophisticated and personalized than that.  

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