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I usually don't do board bets, but I think I would take this one in a heartbeat lol.

Take all those numbers, then split them by his home/away numbers and see just how alarming it is. I mean, he was really, really, extra bad away from home last year.

He gave up 30 last year while playing in a park that heavily suppresses them (although he gave up 15 at home and 15 on the road). He's about to be playing in a launching pad. I'm not sure I would bet on him giving up 40, but he is going to be giving up a whole bunch of dingers all year.

Yeah I'm still pretty low on Langeliers and I hate taking that particular player type with a top 10 pick, but his pro debut was fine. Not great, but fine.

Me too. I think that contract is going to be the most regrettable of the 2019 offseason.

Okay, I'll modify my statement. Managers should always put their players in optimal conditions unless they get sick, hurt, have family issues, or any other externality that any non-mentally challenged adult would take into context. Before this post I was totally going to be outraged if Snit...

Okay somebody is gonna have to explain this Senzel **** to me. I know the Reds are kinda dumb, but why in God's name would they trade a guy that they control for another 5 or 6 years, on a rookie scale contract, who has a top 5 prospect pedigree, is super versatile, and has the upside of an all...

Yep both of those things. I wish the casual fan understood just how valuable a great utility player can be when getting 200-400 plate appearances per year in optimal conditions. There are some guys whose value is solely derived from the fact that they are versatile and have a particular...

Here's something I'm kinda curious about: How many runs/wins could you buy yourself over the course of a 162 game season by having optimal tactics like never bunting, stealing less frequently, potentially using an opener, deploying ideal platoons, etc? I know that the value of an optimized...

Over the course of a full season its probably more like 1.5 wins if we're talking about a perfectly optimized lineup vs. your average dumb old school lineup. But even at just one win, that's significant enough not to ignore. Like Snowman said, literally everything you do in baseball is trying...

This is what I could envision in the future. Let's assume that Riley pans out as a good 3rd baseman, Dansby sticks around at SS for a while, and Ozzie remains Ozzie. If Shewmake can play decent defense at all three positions while giving us an ~.800 OPS against RHP, he could be an invaluable...

What do you mean by bunting or something? That is really the only way to "get a runner over" with a runner on first other than getting a base hit and bunting is ALWAYS a terrible idea in those situations. The problem with Ozzie hitting 2nd is that he is probably the 4th best hitter for that...

Waters is a switch hitter

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Exactly. We should be putting our best power bats in the 2, 4, and 5 hole, which likely means having Acuna, Freddie, and Ozuna fill them respectively. Then, our best OBP guy with less power than those three should hit leadoff. It should probably be Ozzie against LHP and someone like Ender or...

I still think the best idea right now is to explore a deal for a cheap left handed 3rd baseman to platoon with Camargo or Riley. I get the idea of waiting until midseason and making a judgement about going out and getting more of an impact player, but I don't like the idea of giving away half a...

Never been a fan of Pipeline, but they have five Braves in their preseason top 100. Pache at 13 Waters at 26 Anderson at 37 Wright at 52 Langeliers at 70

I think teams probably need to do a better job of explaining to players the rationale behind why certain things work and certain things don't, and why certain decisions are being made. Run through the numbers with them and give them a reason why they won't be hitting in their favorite spot in...

8.1 wins over the last 3 years... feels pretty similar to a healthy Ender to me. At least similar enough not to justify a trade for Marte.

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