squally1313
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oh baby
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That is just not the approach for that at bat.
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Better now than after the first inning. At least out here, storm came in a lot earlier than expected.
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Starting to look pretty questionable 20 miles west of Chicago so is might be generally doubtful.
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I don't really know why that's become this like, hard and fast baseline in terms of what it's going to take to acquire any good starting pitcher. The trade didn't happen. It was a negotiation. There's some middle ground between 'there was a rumor from writers that one team was demanding 2 top 75 prospects in a trade that didn't happen' and 'the best prospect traded for not-Mason Miller was a single A pitcher who some thought, maybe, would sneak onto top 100 lists at the end of the year'. Also what Plaid said above, which makes that very much an apples and oranges comparison.
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I mean, whatever. The point was clearly not to debate which of our blocked offensive prospects we would or would not trade for some hypothetical version of Skubal in a few months. It was that we should absolutely take a swing on a guy capable of being an elite playoff starter because our fourth starter has a 5.95 FIP at the moment and two of our top three starters were borderline unpitchable by September last year.
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Point taken. But a rehabbing Skubal with 2 months left on his contract probably costs you like...Kane Kepley. I take that shot every time.
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Is the alternative Jameson Taillon?
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Vibes really couldn’t be higher
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Nico back palencia back
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147
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137 wRC for Ian
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Dansby has underperformed his xwOBA by pretty significant margins his first three years here, so it’s nice to see him getting results, albeit a little weirdly. The 16% walk rate won’t last, but neither will the 227 BABIP. But it’s looking like he’s going to need to stay league average or better offensively because the defensive metrics have leveled off.
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Overpay for a starter. Make the market up yourself. We've got seven offensive spots locked up for the next 4 years, and the offense is elite. The offensive prospects keep popping up, and whatever internal pitching reinforcements we might have keep getting shelved. A healthy Cabrera/Shota/Boyd as your playoff top 3 is a travesty. We did the responsible thing last year and stayed away from overpaying and then our four starters (all of them currently in our rotation) gave up 32 baserunners in 18 innings against the Brewers and we lost by one game.
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Hopefully they left this selfish horsefeathers in California
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Yeah after spending most of the second half last year predicting a positive regression that never really came, it's fitting that we're now 17 wOBA points above where we're expected to be. Not that it's really a cause for concern, 3rd in wOBA and 8th in xwOBA with where our baserunning and defense should end up is still plenty elite. Haven't gotten much in terms of accrued value from baserunning, I would assume mostly because PCA forgot how to steal bases, but the defense is fourth in baseball and should really only go up from there.
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Eh. He has a .591 BABIP in 8 innings. I'd imagine their opinion of him (and their implied valuation of him) hasn't materially changed. I'd take him at the deal he signed right now.
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On the topic of teams that have sucked, Crochet and Suarez are locked up for a long time but Sonny Gray is in the last year of his deal
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Yeah PCA's 140 wRC is actually dragging down the overall team wRC over the last 14 days (144)
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https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&month=0&ind=1&startdate=&enddate=&season1=2000&season=2026&pos=cf&sortcol=21&sortdir=default&pagenum=1&pageitems=50 is this what you were looking for? On pace, pretty comfortably, to have the best season. Already like 40% of the way to where he was last year.
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Oneil Cruz with an .861 OPS, 9 home runs, 10 stolen bases. PCA has been worth more in fWAR.
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Pseudo knuckleballer who has gotten beat up is fun.
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Nico forever
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Come on Shaw
