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  1. DJL44
    You may be the only person who sees Varland get destroyed by the Toledo Mud Hens and thinks "Promote this pitcher!". Edit - OMG, there's another!
  2. DJL44
    It's crazy that the A's are basically tanking the season and there are 3 teams with worse records than the A's.
  3. DJL44
    There are context-adjusted stats that do a much better job than WPA. Player Won-Lost Records is probably my favorite. https://baseball.tomthress.com/ That said, I'm not a believer in using context-adjusted stats to assess player value. It adds noise to the signal.
  4. DJL44
    Duran may be losing the closer job. I trust Jax a lot more in a close game at the moment.
  5. DJL44
    With the off day on Monday the bullpen should be very well rested.
  6. DJL44
    And it only applies that value to the batter and the pitcher while ignoring defense. I understand what WPA is. It is a total garbage stat. It should never be used outside of charting the context of run scoring during a game and any use of it to assign value to a particular player should be ignored. It is misleading at best and totally worthless for most purposes.
  7. DJL44
    Any stat that completely ignores defense while trying to answer that question is a total garbage stat. WPA is a total garbage stat.
  8. DJL44
    WPA is a total garbage stat.
  9. DJL44
    Love the Colorado jerseys, I'd put them #1. Also like the Diamondbacks, Angels, Nationals, Royals and Astros. The rest can go away.
  10. DJL44
    Will Holland is showing more promise than Aaron Sabato.
  11. DJL44
    Off day Monday so a decision by Tuesday's game.
  12. DJL44
    Mays should have been the MVP in 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 62, 64 and 65
  13. DJL44
    I love the Antiques Roadshow episode where they brought in his Millers jersey https://www.pbs.org/video/antiques-roadshow-appraisal-1951-willie-mays-minneapolis-millers-jersey/
  14. DJL44
    There is plenty of room in the rotation in St. Paul. Move up Zebby so they don't have to piggy back the starting pitchers in Wichita.
  15. DJL44
    There's a lot more depth in the outfield. The dropoff from Lee to Diego Castillo is pretty steep. If Wallner fails again they have more options (Kirilloff, Keirsey, Emma, Will Holland). I think Wallner would have come up for Kepler except the Athletics are throwing LH starters and Wallner still can't hit lefties. Kepler is going to sit until the Diamondbacks series. If he's still not right on the 25th Wallner will get the call.
  16. DJL44
    People are clamoring for Brooks Lee but it's going to be quite difficult for him to come up and outproduce Willi Castro at 2B. It's June 22 and Farmer has played in 8 games this month with a .952 OPS. Now that Lewis is back, Farmer is only playing part-time and he's producing in that role. The infield is not the problem right now, in fact the infield is this team's strength. The pitching is the problem.
  17. DJL44
    Trades like this have the best average ROI at the deadline. They cost almost nothing and often the player's underlying talent helps them bounce back for the rest of the season despite bad results to start the season.
  18. DJL44
    His fastball movement and location is not the same and he's working with the pitching coaches to get it back. He's not injured. I think it is fixable but the question is how long.
  19. DJL44
    Willi Castro has been quite good this year. Brooks Lee is unlikely to post an OPS+ > 125.
  20. DJL44
    A Ford Tempo was a compact car built in the 1980s.
  21. DJL44
    Brooks Lee is a long-term play, not a deadline addition to the lineup. He's most likely going to be inconsistent as weaknesses get exposed and he makes adjustments.
  22. DJL44
    I wouldn't mind keeping Castro in the mix as well.
  23. DJL44
    Good. Getting Julien time at 1B should also be part of that plan.
  24. DJL44
    I would love Kikuchi if they would take Paddack in return as part of the package.
  25. DJL44
    I don't think that is the plan or they would have Brooks Lee actually playing 2B in the minor leagues. I wouldn't want to bring up a rookie to start in the majors at a position they have never played in the minors at all. Lee would also have to be really good to be a better option than Willi Castro. Castro has been very good at 2B. There really aren't that many open spots on the roster. Farmer is barely getting any playing time.
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