2024 Ongoing Lineup Thread

[Aristotelian]

Sigbot loves Slater lol

[Ripken]

6 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Sigbot loves Slater lol

Yeeeeaaaaah.  Not great.

[forphase1]

Slater is playing way too much.

[SteveA]

5 minutes ago, forphase1 said:

Slater is playing way too much.

So you would prefer Mullins vs a LH starter?   Do you know how bad he has been vs lefties?

[forphase1]

13 minutes ago, SteveA said:

So you would prefer Mullins vs a LH starter?   Do you know how bad he has been vs lefties?

No,  not really, as Mullins has been slightly worse,  like .500 OPS versus .430 OPS.  Neither one should really be starting with those kind of numbers.   

[SteveA]

Just now, forphase1 said:

No,  not really, as Mullins has been slightly worse,  like .500 OPS versus .430 OPS.  Neither one should really be starting with those kind of numbers.   

Exactly.   And looking at the larger sample size of their careers, Slater has a .799 OPS vs LHPs, and Cedric's is .632.

As our lineup is presently constituted, Slater should be the choice over Mullins vs lefties.   Even though every time it happens there will be cracks about Sigbot and other such things ridiculing the move.

 

[bpilktree67]

3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Exactly.   And looking at the larger sample size of their careers, Slater has a .799 OPS vs LHPs, and Cedric's is .632.

As our lineup is presently constituted, Slater should be the choice over Mullins vs lefties.   Even though every time it happens there will be cracks about Sigbot and other such things ridiculing the move.

 

Yeah since Slator was the right handed bat they acquired for LF and CF vs lefties he should play most games.  Now I will agree he shouldn’t have been the guy they are counting on down the stretch that a different argument.   Still hoping someone want to shed little money and put someone on waivers and we can claim.  Might be hard though picking last as other teams get first shot.  

[waroriole]

So is Adley now the back up C?

[SteveA]

3 minutes ago, bpilktree67 said:

Yeah since Slator was the right handed bat they acquired for LF and CF vs lefties he should play most games.  Now I will agree he shouldn’t have been the guy they are counting on down the stretch that a different argument.   Still hoping someone want to shed little money and put someone on waivers and we can claim.  Might be hard though picking last as other teams get first shot.  

I would just hope that Slater could return to being the player he was the past 3 years with San Francisco.   That guy would be a fantastic fit on this team as a backup OF who plays primarily vs lefties.   Now maybe age has cuaght up and after being a solid MLB player at 28/29/30, he has dropped off the table at age 31.   I don't know for sure why he's dropped off this year.   But he is coming off an injury from last season, got off to a poor start, got traded, and was traded again.   It seems like people on here want to just judge him completely on this year's stats only.

[SteveA]

6 minutes ago, waroriole said:

So is Adley now the back up C?

Best damn backup catcher in MLB!

[forphase1]

7 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Exactly.   And looking at the larger sample size of their careers, Slater has a .799 OPS vs LHPs, and Cedric's is .632.

As our lineup is presently constituted, Slater should be the choice over Mullins vs lefties.   Even though every time it happens there will be cracks about Sigbot and other such things ridiculing the move.

 

I usually put a lot of stock in career versus yearly numbers,  but there are some exceptions. This is one of them.   Just like past vets with good career numbers that we signed or traded for (Phillips, Odor,  etc) sometimes guys just are slipping and/or having a down year and can't be counted on to reach those career numbers.   Point is simply Slater is not that good,  and I hate how much he's starting.  It's a combination of injuries and some poor roster management that leaves us having to choose between two terrible hitters to fill that spot in the lineup. 

[oriolediehard]

The bottom 3 of 4 hitters of todays lineup are auto outs!!!  

Edited August 11 by oriolediehard

[bpilktree67]

4 minutes ago, forphase1 said:

I usually put a lot of stock in career versus yearly numbers,  but there are some exceptions. This is one of them.   Just like past vets with good career numbers that we signed or traded for (Phillips, Odor,  etc) sometimes guys just are slipping and/or having a down year and can't be counted on to reach those career numbers.   Point is simply Slater is not that good,  and I hate how much he's starting.  It's a combination of injuries and some poor roster management that leaves us having to choose between two terrible hitters to fill that spot in the lineup. 

He started 1 of first 8 games before the last two games.  

[forphase1]

And of course he's 2 for 3 so far today.  Man, I love baseball.    

[FlaO'sFan]