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  1. VivaBomboRivera!
    Nice to see more empirical support for the aggregate offensive improvement since 30 June. We'll need more of this to lock-up the division (although Cleveland is looking like less and less of a threat) and become a true playoff contender. Strikeout rate remains a bugbear, and the recent decline in pitching performance is worrisome. Hopefully, a day off will give the lineup a chance to shake off that ugly 5-game stretch and give the arms some rest. We'll see if management can buy them some help and look forward to taking frustrations out on the Cards before things get serious with los Serpientes.
  2. VivaBomboRivera!
    No, it's showing where the improved production has come from.
  3. VivaBomboRivera!
    Don't waste time looking back. Bring on the Red Birds!
  4. VivaBomboRivera!
    Bitter taste, to be sure, but something _every_ ball club experiences at least once _every_ season. There is a time to throw in the towel, but that time has yet to arrive.
  5. VivaBomboRivera!
    Hard to take after a four-game win streak, to be sure, but the club is still 14 - 10 (.583) since 30 June and playing pretty damn good ball (when they're not getting clubbed like baby seals, anyway ☹️). Gotta be able to take the lows with the highs.
  6. VivaBomboRivera!
    Didn't want to post during a losing streak, but the Royals were not in the vein today. After 24 games it is fair to conclude that offensive production is decidedly up since the player meeting on 29 June. Runs per game - Up from just under 4.2 to just under 5.3 🙂 🙂 🙂 Batting average - Impressive 30 basis point gain 🙂 🙂 🙂 OBP - Somewhat less-impressive, but notable gain 🙂 🙂 Even the increase in sacrifice flies is something to smile about 🙂 Strikeout rate is an area of disappointment. At times, it has seemed as if the lineup cured themselves of some bad habits, but then the counts would spike again, and as of today they're right back to a noxious league leading 27% of plate appearances. Suppose it's always good to have room for improvement. ☹️☹️ It's fair to say that over the past four games it's the pitching that has been the biggest letdown, as runs allowed are much greater than where they've been for most of the season, and there's only an 8-run gap between R and ER. With 56 games to go and a pretty rosy schedule, it's reasonable to bet on a Central Division championship (however tarnished). Bound to be a few thorns along the way, though.
  7. VivaBomboRivera!
    Thank goodness for the White Sox, I suppose.
  8. VivaBomboRivera!
    Last year is so last year.
  9. VivaBomboRivera!
    It does seem that some teams are learning that the way to beat a guy throwing over 100 is to make him throw the pill in the zone.
  10. VivaBomboRivera!
    Counter-propsal: Just win the damned Division and see how well you do in a 3-game series with home field advantage. Then take it from there. Some October is better than no October at all.
  11. VivaBomboRivera!
    Who's hitting .280, with an OPS over .800? I know a guy. Name starts with J...
  12. VivaBomboRivera!
    Most retrograde to our desires.
  13. VivaBomboRivera!
    Desperate for pitching, more like. At only two games back (currently leading the White Sox 5-3, bot 7), no reason for them not to think they can't still capture the flag.
  14. VivaBomboRivera!
    https://www.mlb.com/guardians/news/guardians-trade-amed-rosario-to-dodgers-for-noah-syndergaard View full rumor
  15. VivaBomboRivera!
    https://www.mlb.com/guardians/news/guardians-trade-amed-rosario-to-dodgers-for-noah-syndergaard
  16. VivaBomboRivera!
    Overall still a long way from the 2019 Kepler, but there is still time.
  17. VivaBomboRivera!
    27 basis point improvement in batting average for the period 30 Jun - 24 Jul over the first 82 games. Significant improvement in OBP. Almost no change in K rate. 😀😀☹️
  18. VivaBomboRivera!
    So it wasn't the Wight home wun, was it?
  19. VivaBomboRivera!
    Starting to love this ball club
  20. VivaBomboRivera!
    The body language and look in his eyes at times have suggested that he is "checked out" or mentally somewhere else. Hoping that is not true, or at least that he is coming around after three very long years,
  21. VivaBomboRivera!
    We probably didn't have a right to expect the Twins to go 10 - 5 since the "season start," but it sure feels good. The offensive output (combined with the base-running) over the past six games in particular has been outstanding, not really missing a beat in the transition from cellar-dwelling opponents to break-even ball clubs. Now it's time to see if the Twins can extend this performance and turn it into an extended lead over the rest of the division. Right now, they'd be third in the West, and tied with the Yankees (!) for 5th in the East.
  22. VivaBomboRivera!
    This blowout win moves almost all the offensive numbers farther in the right direction since 30 June. Perhaps today we can forgive a strikeout rate of .261. 😎
  23. VivaBomboRivera!
    All post-meeting numbers moving in the right direction since 30 June, even strikeout rate in spite of today's 14 Ks. It is probably time Byron Buxton got a day (or two) off. I think many of us wish that Rocco had shown a quicker hook today.
  24. VivaBomboRivera!
    Lifeless - no; still irritatingly inconsistent - yes. It would not be true to say that the team is in exactly the same place they were before the "season started." They are scoring half a run more per game on average than before, team batting average is up 20 points and strikeout rate is down by a little more. While it is fair to say that recent wins have come from cupcake teams, it is also notable that they took all three games of those series, much harder to accomplish than two of three. The way the team scratched out runs inning after inning to maintain the lead in the second game with the Athletics was particularly satisfying and gives reason for hope. If the season ended now with a Central Division pennant, the grade would be C+. That would rise to B or B+ if they take the Seattle series.
  25. VivaBomboRivera!
    6W - 4L since the big players-only pow-wow. Ugly win, but bank it.
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