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I couldn’t watch, and maybe it was uglier then the box score indicates, but Lance had a quality start with 12Ks and a WHIP of 1.0. I know it’s...
If you want to talk about offense only then yes, they aren’t that far away, but that’s only part of baseball. They both played for 15 years....
Was this a joke? Bagwell has 54% higher career WAR, his 7 year peak was 24% higher, and his per game was 33% higher. It’s not just counting...
2 Runs on 9 Hits :(. It only feels like the Astros have the worst slugging percentage in the league, but there are actually 7 teams behind them....
WWL - I have no idea what LMJ will look like and they could be down early. I hope I will be wrong and positively surprised.
His average exit velocity is 95.5mph and max is 111.5 so far. Abreu’s numbers were 87.8 and 109.7. In one game he hit three balls harder than...
He had 0.3 bWAR and -.1 fWAR in 400 plate appearances last year. He seems like a nice guy and it’s a shame he never reached his potential, but...
Do against LHP now… It’s a steep contract but the comparison to Singleton who is at best a platoon option isn’t a good one.
I said I believe the deal is worse and the value to Bregman is based on how he thinks his market will look.
I’m reading the offer as 4/120. It’s a significant, but not huge AV difference (maybe 15%) for 2 fewer years and a lot less total guaranteed. The...
Bregman was getting 28.5 million because he was a top-5 MVP candidate in 2018 and 2019 with a juiced ball. He’s been very good the last 3 years...
The seems like the only meaningful take away. That and Crane may not be willing to go over the tax for anyone else available, so it might be the...
Seems like the Astros are covering 5.5M of Pressly’s salary.
Baseball is first and foremost entertainment, and this would be entertaining for sure.
His OPS+ has averaged 124 over the past three years and has never been below 118. That’s literally means he’s been 24% better than average. I’m...
Any analytically minded GM isn’t going to look at “clutch” stats from one season in determine a contract. They’ll look at large samples size and...
Paul Goldschmidt just signed a 1 year deal for 12.5M at age 37 after putting up just over 1 WAR last season. It’s certainly possible to think a...
At the time the Astros made the reported offer to Bregman, he should have had as much value for them as any other team. They needed a 3B bat and...
Fried has put up 9 more WAR and has a better era and FIP over a similar amount of time and innings pitched. Framber will get a nice contract, but...
My view on Bregman was more than sentimental. Bregman would have filled a need and something like 6/180 would have been fair in my book. With...
