"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
On the back of swanson’s .776 ops lol
How do we get that number to 85-86
Swanson sucks
We probably make a bad, short sighted trade to try
Only 5 months before the Opening Day roster will be finalized.
JohnAdcox (11-06-2017)
87 win team next season
Natural Immunity Croc
At the start of 2017, I'd have bet a month's pay that we'd win 75 games. Glad I didn't bet. I'm done with win expectations until we actually aren't flirting with 100 losses late in September.
The caveat is right there:
As Szymborski points out, these early projections don’t take into account that the Marlins are likely to deal Giancarlo Stanton or any other potential acquisitions or moves. They are a simple snap shot of where teams stand as they enter the offseason. They don’t necessarily mean anything, but they are fun to talk about.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Reasonable but three reasons why I think this year is different:
1) Young positional talent (Acuna/Albies/Freeman/Inciarte/Camargo) is very enticing and could produce a cumulative WAR of 20-25.
2) Young starting pitching. Newcomb went under the radar last year and came on as he got more comfortable as the season progressed. We all saw Gohara - First legit #1 starter out of the system since Hanson (RIP). We all know how I feel about Fried. Teheran is still a solid MOR picher and Folty can either be an ACE or a bullpen arm. Either way - we have better pitching now than we did in quite some time.
3) Defense. Corner OF defense aside I think our defense will be stout next season.
Natural Immunity Croc
JohnAdcox (11-06-2017)
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
JohnAdcox (11-06-2017)
It's more than just Stanton. Several roster moves to occur over this time and then players have to be evaluated through ST, among other factors. Granted they have to write about *something* to draw traffic to their site, but this exercise would be much more meaningful around mid-March.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Someone in another thread had us winning 120 games or close to that. I am rolling with that to make this dumpster fire more tolerable.
Coppy