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[Brandon]

No matter which stats you use to evaluate the players its nice to see so many hitters are improving / gelling together at the right time.

1B Killeroff just came off the DL and got a hit tonight

also 1B Solano has been Mr. Consistent and reached over 100 hits in a season for the first time in his career,

2B  Polanco has been on a month long tear

also 2B Julien has slowed down a little but has lots of talent so hopefully he gets back on track.  

3B  Lewis is on a tear.  .900 +OPS

SS Correa is hitting better lately and his hitting is not as bad as you think,  He hits .30 points higher to a .262 average and his OPS is near .780.  that is just 15 singles that the Plantar Fasciitis is robbing him of.  He has 47 XBH in 488 AB last year he had 47 in 522 so his power is not off as much as it seems.  

MI Farmer has been exactly who he was before we brought him here and that is after being hit in the face.

OF Kepler is hitting better in the 2nd half

CF Taylor and so it Taylor and his power numbers are the main reason for this 

LF Walner has taken the job from Gallo and is a younger more productive Gallo.  

OF Castro is this years Gordon with more stolen bases.  will be interesting to see who sticks next season but Castro has been pretty solid back up player.

C Vazquez is on the upswing as his OPS is up .130 points since the all star break and he has been hitting near his career mark.  still below .700 OPS but he is a solid defensive C

C Jeffers has been hitting great too.  

So basically everyone but Julien is either holding steady or on an upswing.  That is great to see from our offense and hopefully they continue this trend through a World Series victory this October.

 

[wabene]

On 9/8/2023 at 8:30 AM, HokieRif said:

Who says we're still not in a dogfight?  As good as the first two games of the Cleveland series felt, this isn't over.

Ya ok

[Melissa]

2 hours ago, wabene said:

Ya ok

But watch out - those little dogs can be quite fierce!