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Just using last year's stats I'd say more of Westburg is an upgrade over Frazier More of Cowser is a downgrade over Hays. Maybe the infield is solid better.. Outfield a little worse. I think the infield boost may ultimately make the pitching better -
I'm surprised at the pitching, with Means and Bradish down I expected the starting pitching to falter, and they stepped it up. I'm not surprised at the total offensive output, though where is coming from it a bit unexpected. I thought some of the 2nd and 3rd year guys would improve as they mature, and the 4 main ones are looking great. I am a bit surprised we are still getting good production from Mateo and O'Hearn, but that's a bit offset by how poor Hays and Santander are/were playing. The offensive is about where I expected, but not exactly from who I expected from the 'vets'. The bullpen is worse, by a fair bit imo. They're isn't many in there that I completely trust. All seem to either put out a fire, or throw gas on the fire in any given night. Overall through the 1/5 point of the season I give a slight nod to the 2024 team, due to the improvements by Adley/Gunnar/Westburg/Cowser, the starting pitching and O'Hearn and Mateo playing better than I thought. This offsets the bullpen regression, and a rough/terrible start by Hays, Santander and Mullins to an extent. It also helps that this team doesn't have an Odor/Frazier type on the team that gets too much playing time. That by itself almost puts 2024 over 2023! 😉 -
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Rotation better. Bench/speed better. Defense better. L/R abilities better or the same. It is all about Bautista not being our closer. Better in every other aspect. -
This is important to me in discussing. Assuming health, which is a big assumption, this team in August should be better offensively and in the bullpen. -
Webb and Akin haven’t pitched the first two and Coulombe should be available. A lot depends on the score. If the O’s are losing I don’t expect to see Coulombe but in a tie or close lead, I expect to see some combination of Akin/Webb/Coulombe from the 7th inning on. -
A second ago everyone was saying that Ellis didn’t upgrade the rotation enough and now some are saying there is no place for Grayson when he returns. So which is it? -
Thought about it, but it’s really hard to judge defense based on 33 games. Overall I think it’s close to a wash. What do you think?
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