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  1. muntjack
    Dude, it was completely tongue-in-cheek, and in the sixteen years I've been on here, I've very rarely come out and made any kind of statement like that. I luckily posted it right before he went on a tear that lasted the rest of the season, and tried to make an affable post out of it. I certainly didn't think I'd get attacked for it, but do what you need to do.
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    I'm probably going to quote myself here every time Kyle does even the slightest thing of note.... From Jun. 27th, when everyone was piling on him. *coughs loudly and pats self on back*
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    Wil Meyers 2016: .341 wOBA 2017: .335 wOBA 2018: .328 wOBA 2019: .316 wOBA 2019 was also his best year against LHP (.368 wOBA) and he had a K rate of almost 40% against them. FWIW Castellanos' worst wOBA in those 4 years was .341 in '17 and against LHP in 2019 he put up a .370 wOBA To me, these #s indicate that Meyers is really in no way an approximation (even a B- approximation) of Castellanos offensively.
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    Without a big splash, I'd just prefer Darvish Hendricks Q Lester Chatwood Pivetta just seems like a younger Chatwood with double the HR rate. I wouldn't mind him as insurance in AAA, I suppose.
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    Ugh. Schwarber went from a neutral defender in 17 to a very good defender in 18 to a terrible defender in 19. But not really.
  8. muntjack
    Please god score 20.
  9. muntjack
    I agree. I just think about Bryant on the 2002 Cubs, or the 2010 Cubs or the 2013 Cubs and laugh about how differently he would be perceived. We've become pretty spoiled.
  10. muntjack
    Call me crazy but I don't think Soler needs the juiced ball to hit home runs. He's 27 and plenty of players at that age are still improving. Everyone is hitting a juiced ball and yet he's leading the AL. I anticipate he'll improve his walk rate next season and hit near 40 again. The guy is a pretty good hitter.
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    While I'm certain there are multiple, fixable issues that would help this team win more baseball games, variance is a horsefeathers. Five 1-run-losses in a row go the other way and the narrative becomes "a resilient team that was always more talented than the rest of the division, who is peaking at the right time!" Again, fire Maddon and all that but baseball is stupid.
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    Yes
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    He just seems like the kind of guy that is going to heavily (Dusty level) favor some players over others, and not necessarily based on talent. I base this solely on the ~100 or so words I've heard him speak.
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    No thanks.
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    Schwarber has a .775 OPS against LHP this season. He has only 353 career PAs against them. Sporadic PAs. He’s improved each year. The book is not written.
  16. muntjack
    Wrote this on June 27th. 136 wRC+ since then.
  17. muntjack
    I just sorted AL players by OPS (minimum 250 PA) 1. Yordan Alvarez 5. Alex Bregman 10. George Springer 11. Michael Brantley 16. Jose Altuve 17. Carlos Correa 21. Yuli Gurriel I mean.......come on. Chirinos is not on that list and he's been worth 3.4 BWAR.
  18. muntjack
    Home Cobs vs. Guy with 1.60 WHIP. Please don't lose.
  19. muntjack
    God help us all if Lucroy goes 3/4 tomorrow.
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    There's the optimal lineup
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    What did I miss? Edit: perhaps you were substituting “Len” for “god”
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    If Garcia isn't in there tomorrow, I might leave something in the dugout for Madden.
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    Gotta give Garcia and Schwarber time to cool off. Why not sit KB, too? Get Descalso going.
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    I had no idea how far Paul DeJong had fallen. His #s were right there with Javy through mid-May. Since May 19th (~200 PA) he’s actually put up a worse line than *gasp* Daniel Descalso. 232 wOBA and 40 wRC+.
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    Not attacking your point, but it's funny to me how many have written off (or are in the process of writing off) Schwarber, a pedigreed 26 year old with a career .340 wOBA/111 wRC+, and now he's being discussed as not enough to bring back a guy who at 26 hadn't reached the majors and was putting up a .308 wOBA and 81 RC+ in the Texas league. You can say “I reject your reality and substitute my own” all you want, but that’s how things are. Not rejecting your reality at all. I accept that that may very well be Schwarber's perceived value. I just disagree with that valuation.
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