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Post by Saint on Jun 21, 2023 8:13:44 GMT -6
40-34
5.5 Games Back
Team OPS+: 96
Team ERA+: 122
Megill vs. Javier
OF offensive ranking with Julks' recent uptick:
Tucker: 117 OPS+
Chas: 111 OPS+
Julks: 90 OPS+
Meyers: 88 OPS+
From a WAR standpoint, if you like WAR, Chas is now our most valuable OFer per games played. Even more than Tucker. And, while his AVG hasn't been good, thanks to his recent patient approach Julks has a .819 OPS over his last 6 games in which he has 5 walks.
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Post by kyledriver1980 on Jun 21, 2023 8:55:37 GMT -6
I'm anxious to see today's lineup to see who Dusty is giving the day off ahead of an off day.
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Post by Saint on Jun 21, 2023 9:10:07 GMT -6
I'm anxious to see today's lineup to see who Dusty is giving the day off ahead of an off day. Hopefully Maldonado. Altuve DH Pena SS Bregman 3B Tucker RF Diaz C Chas CF Abreu 1B Julks LF Dubon 2B |
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Post by Saint on Jun 21, 2023 9:16:43 GMT -6
Abreu with the day off and Dubon at 1B. I'm okay with that too.
Meyers on the bench today with Chas in CF. Julks back at LF and Diaz DHing.
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Post by kyledriver1980 on Jun 21, 2023 9:37:30 GMT -6
Abreu with the day off and Dubon at 1B. I'm okay with that too. Meyers on the bench today with Chas in CF. Julks back at LF and Diaz DHing. I'm good with Abreu having the day off. He needs it. Overall, I'm good with this lineup. Although, I would like to see Pena batting second and Dubon at the 9 spot. Glad Diaz has been playing on a regular basis. His bat is impressive and too valuable to be on the bench anymore. |
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Post by inaltuvewetrust on Jun 21, 2023 9:39:43 GMT -6
Outside of average, Bregman is now outperforming Tucker from a HR & RBI standpoint. Bregman caught up with Tucker, even though Tucker had quite the head start on Bregman. Considering Tucker wants a long-term deal, he really needs to step it up from the HR/RBI department in Yordan's absence.
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Post by Saint on Jun 21, 2023 9:49:24 GMT -6
Abreu with the day off and Dubon at 1B. I'm okay with that too. Meyers on the bench today with Chas in CF. Julks back at LF and Diaz DHing. I'm good with Abreu having the day off. He needs it. Overall, I'm good with this lineup. Although, I would like to see Pena batting second and Dubon at the 9 spot. Glad Diaz has been playing on a regular basis. His bat is impressive and too valuable to be on the bench anymore. Yeah, I don't hate it given what we currently have. I just don't understand the constant shuffling every day, and why, when proven to work, Pena isn't hitting 2nd. |
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Post by Saint on Jun 21, 2023 9:55:10 GMT -6
Outside of average, Bregman is now outperforming Tucker from a HR & RBI standpoint. Bregman caught up with Tucker, even though Tucker had quite the head start on Bregman. Considering Tucker wants a long-term deal, he really needs to step it up from the HR/RBI department in Yordan's absence. Bregman is actually having a solid all-around year. His defensive metrics (outside of a couple recent errors) have been excellent, and he's on pace to be about a 20 HR 90/90 RBI/Runs guy again with a lot of walks. The main thing that's holding him back from a good overall slash line is his lack of Doubles, believe it or not. He's only on pace for about 20 Doubles. In a full season he averages twice that. If you added another 8-10 Doubles to his totals this year, he'd be right around where he normally is (outside of 2019). I think we just need to recognize that 2019 was a career year, and that what we should hope for is more like what we saw in 2022. Which is still very good....just not MVP-caliber. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 21, 2023 10:39:31 GMT -6
Outside of average, Bregman is now outperforming Tucker from a HR & RBI standpoint. Bregman caught up with Tucker, even though Tucker had quite the head start on Bregman. Considering Tucker wants a long-term deal, he really needs to step it up from the HR/RBI department in Yordan's absence. Bregman is actually having a solid all-around year. His defensive metrics (outside of a couple recent errors) have been excellent, and he's on pace to be about a 20 HR 90/90 RBI/Runs guy again with a lot of walks. The main thing that's holding him back from a good overall slash line is his lack of Doubles, believe it or not. He's only on pace for about 20 Doubles. In a full season he averages twice that. If you added another 8-10 Doubles to his totals this year, he'd be right around where he normally is (outside of 2019). I think we just need to recognize that 2019 was a career year, and that what we should hope for is more like what we saw in 2022. Which is still very good....just not MVP-caliber. Bregman is lucky this team produces good corner infielders once every 20 years. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Jun 21, 2023 11:32:49 GMT -6
It’s Bergman replica ring day!!!
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Post by Saint on Jun 21, 2023 11:42:49 GMT -6
Bregman is actually having a solid all-around year. His defensive metrics (outside of a couple recent errors) have been excellent, and he's on pace to be about a 20 HR 90/90 RBI/Runs guy again with a lot of walks. The main thing that's holding him back from a good overall slash line is his lack of Doubles, believe it or not. He's only on pace for about 20 Doubles. In a full season he averages twice that. If you added another 8-10 Doubles to his totals this year, he'd be right around where he normally is (outside of 2019). I think we just need to recognize that 2019 was a career year, and that what we should hope for is more like what we saw in 2022. Which is still very good....just not MVP-caliber. Bregman is lucky this team produces good corner infielders once every 20 years. You're too hard on Bregman just because he hasn't had another 2019. He has had an underrated career so far, in my opinion. He has a career 134 OPS+ and he has been a very successful defender overall. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 21, 2023 11:45:44 GMT -6
Bregman is lucky this team produces good corner infielders once every 20 years. You're too hard on Bregman just because he hasn't had another 2019. He has had an underrated career so far, in my opinion. He has a career 134 OPS+ and he has been a very successful defender overall. Eh, Bregman is good but not putting up $28.5 million worth numbers. You would say that 20-homer potential is quite a drop from 40-homer potential, wouldn’t you? Also, with his skills, he shouldn’t be going hitless for a whole series like he did against the Nats and almost against the White Sox and Reds. I have no complaints about his defense really besides the errant throws. His error pace is higher than usual. |
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Post by Saint on Jun 21, 2023 11:51:21 GMT -6
You're too hard on Bregman just because he hasn't had another 2019. He has had an underrated career so far, in my opinion. He has a career 134 OPS+ and he has been a very successful defender overall. Eh, Bregman is good but not putting up $28.5 million worth numbers. You would say that 20-homer potential is quite a drop from 40-homer potential, wouldn’t you? Also, with his skills, he shouldn’t be going hitless for a whole series like he did against the Nats and almost against the White Sox and Reds. I have no complaints about his defense really besides the errant throws. His error pace is higher than usual. Sure but it's really just two years that he's being paid at that level. It's not like he's having an Abreu-level season. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 21, 2023 12:02:28 GMT -6
Eh, Bregman is good but not putting up $28.5 million worth numbers. You would say that 20-homer potential is quite a drop from 40-homer potential, wouldn’t you? Also, with his skills, he shouldn’t be going hitless for a whole series like he did against the Nats and almost against the White Sox and Reds. I have no complaints about his defense really besides the errant throws. His error pace is higher than usual. Sure but it's really just two years that he's being paid at that level. It's not like he's having an Abreu-level season. If the comparison is to Abreu then Bregman is Mike Schmidt. |
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Post by inaltuvewetrust on Jun 21, 2023 12:14:47 GMT -6
Javier so far can't find the strikezone.
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Post by inaltuvewetrust on Jun 21, 2023 12:18:45 GMT -6
Ugh, not really the start you want after finally getting back in the W column yesterday.
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Post by inaltuvewetrust on Jun 21, 2023 12:22:59 GMT -6
Very lucky break there!
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Post by Saint on Jun 21, 2023 12:29:22 GMT -6
Well that was a Houdini act...
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Post by inaltuvewetrust on Jun 21, 2023 12:33:50 GMT -6
Nothing worse than a crappy ump who doesn't know the strike zone.
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Post by inaltuvewetrust on Jun 21, 2023 12:36:32 GMT -6
Great start!
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 21, 2023 12:37:04 GMT -6
Good job manufacturing runs.
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 21, 2023 12:37:58 GMT -6
Yainer is a weird hitter. He can hit it 400’ easily but also hit into some easy double plays.
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 21, 2023 12:47:52 GMT -6
Javier has got to stop playing with fire.
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Post by inaltuvewetrust on Jun 21, 2023 12:49:02 GMT -6
I don't think Javier will be going deep in this one. Lets just hope he keeps the Houdini act up.
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 21, 2023 12:52:22 GMT -6
How did Julks not catch that?
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 21, 2023 12:52:40 GMT -6
50% catch probability smh
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Post by inaltuvewetrust on Jun 21, 2023 12:52:49 GMT -6
I don't know how Marte hit that...
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 21, 2023 12:54:37 GMT -6
Where are the high fastballs today? That’s Javier’s bread and butter.
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Post by inaltuvewetrust on Jun 21, 2023 12:55:17 GMT -6
Where are the high fastballs today? This is kind of what you get w/ Javier. You get like 4-6 straight QS, then a stinker. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Jun 21, 2023 12:55:48 GMT -6
I don't know how Marte hit that... He whiffed on the high cheese so they kept throwing him slow stuff until he got a hit. Maldy is a huge difference-maker. |
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