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  1. Nine of twelve
    The emergence of Castro doesn't seem like a fluke. One upshot of this is that Nick Gordon's usefulness to the Twins has diminished. I look for the team to move Gordon at the deadline if not sooner, and I truly hope he has success elsewhere.
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    Good article. I agree that trading Hicks was the right thing to do. The wrong thing to do was accepting Murphy in return. I assume that the team no longer employs the scout(s) who misevaluated Murphy.
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    IMHO, in the case of both pitchers there is also some mind-over-matter coming into play. Pagan seems to be at his worst when there's little to no room for error. For Jax things seem to snowball when trouble starts. These problems, in theory, could be minimized with coaching or similar therapy.
  4. Nine of twelve
    You might say Belt buckled.
  5. Nine of twelve
    Dick: "Took a strike, inside." Probably unintentional, but an apt comment about the umpiring.
  6. Nine of twelve
    OK, but who plays CF then?
  7. Nine of twelve
    At this stage of the season that hasn't come into play yet. Intradivision opponents play each other in 2 home series and 2 away series. The other teams in the same league are scheduled for 1 home series and 1 away. I don't think any team has played an intradivision opponent more than once at home and once away. For example, we've played the Yankees in 2 series and will have done so vs the Astros by the middle of next week, and we've only played Cleveland in 1 series and have not yet played Detroit. If the Blue Jays have had a more difficult schedule than the Twins it's just by chance. It would have nothing to do with them being in the AL East.
  8. Nine of twelve
    Dick just said Gausman has reverse splits. Explains why the lineup is RH dominant.
  9. Nine of twelve
    Yikes, shows how things can turn around very quickly.
  10. Nine of twelve
    I'm sure his wife is glad it's not the Giants.
  11. Nine of twelve
    It must be softball uniform tribute night for the Blue Jays.
  12. Nine of twelve
    On our part, yes. Very un-slick base running by Dronno.
  13. Nine of twelve
    I imagine you'd have to wait a very long time for that.
  14. Nine of twelve
    One of my favorite things is the most beautiful equation. (For those who don't know what that is, Google is your friend.)
  15. Nine of twelve
    My favorite number is e. Guess I'd have to wait another move or two.
  16. Nine of twelve
    Bump. The discussion on the Fun With Numbers thread led me to think more about this. It was pointed out on that thread that the Athletics' lease in Oakland is up at the end of 2024. Now, apparently a new stadium in Las Vegas will not be in place until the 2027 season. Meanwhile, Las Vegas Ballpark, which seats 10,000 according to the internet, is the home of the AAA Las Vegas Aviators. And, probably not coincidentally, the Aviators happen to be the A's AAA affiliate. So it makes me wonder if MLB will allow the A's to move at the end of 2024, play in Las Vegas Ballpark in 2025 and 2026, and move to the new stadium in 2027. In fact, I wonder if this hasn't already been consummated under the table. I'm sure the Las Vegas community would welcome this with open arms and playing without a lease or with two one-year leases in a deteriorating stadium in Oakland would not be a happy situation. A new AAA franchise would need to be secured in either case, and this would simply move that up by two years. I would imagine that a AAA team in Oakland would not be well supported. There was a AAA team in Hawaii from 1961 through 1987, and I would think a team would be supported there if it weren't for the horribly inconvenient travel logistics. It will be interesting to see where that team will be located.
  17. Nine of twelve
    Maybe Rocco is listening to some of our posters and ignoring the spread sheets.
  18. Nine of twelve
    Exhibits A, B, and C regarding the potential pitfalls of free agency. You are paying based on the past performance of a player who is almost always past his prime. Of these three Bell at age 30 would seem to have been the best risk. Abreu is 36, and very few players have Nelson Cruz-like performance past that age. I'm sure there are people in the Astros' front office wondering, "What were we thinking??"
  19. Nine of twelve
    There is no time that is a good time for a disaster. No matter how one tries to spin this it is bad for all of MLB for things in Oakland to be this bad whether the team is moving or not, especially if it's going to be this bad for four seasons.
  20. Nine of twelve
    I just wanted to be a little more clear on this. I gave a C+ because I think the grade should be based only on actual win-loss performance. Before the season started I cast a poll vote for 90+ wins. I think that was a reasonable prediction based on the talent this team seems to have on the roster. The pitching, fielding, and base running have all pretty much met my expectations but batting has not. If I were grading based on the team meeting or not meeting expectations I would give a D.
  21. Nine of twelve
    This video is not related to this game. But apparently even British astrophysicists have some awareness of this team.
  22. Nine of twelve
    I feel bad posting this to a thread called Fun With Numbers because there is nothing fun or good about it from any perspective. Oakland's run differential through 51 games is -183. The second-worst in the Majors is Kansas City at -73. Oakland's pace now projects to a record of 32-130. This would be by far the worst win-loss record in the modern era. This goes beyond a statistical anomaly or an historical quirk. This is disastrous.
  23. Nine of twelve
    They are on an 84-win pace. That is the only criterion I am using. C+. If I happen to be in a kind-hearted mood and give them credit for another win they earned but did not get against the Dodgers they are on an 87-win pace. B-.
  24. Nine of twelve
    Exactly. We have been underperforming yet we lead the division by 2.5 games. If our players play up to their abilities 90 wins is still not an unreasonable expectation. The division is ours for the taking
  25. Nine of twelve
    In a perverse way part of me hopes that happens. It would be fun to see brains exploding among the baseball purists.
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