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I think a lot of people are glossing over this. 2021 - 3rd in runs and 2nd in wRC+ 2022 - 4th in runs and 1st in wRC+ 2023 - 14th in runs and 7th in wRC+ I don't believe that the org developed a fatal philosophical flaw last offseason. I think three mostly unrelated things happened: 1) As you said, they priortized defense instead of offense. 1000 PA to Keiermaier and Merrifield. Another 600 to Varsho. 2) They got unlucky and underperformed their wRC+ when it came to converting hits into runs. This probably isn't sticky. 3) A few players underperformed expectations. I still think this is mostly just a Vlad thing. The 2023 offense simply isn't that good if Vlad isn't elite. If Vlad is elite, fans aren't really batting an eye at Springer declining at 34, or the fat catcher not producing, or Varsho getting less lucky on contact than he did in previous years.
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Steamer has him projected for a robust 2.4 fWAR.
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Braves exercise Morton's 20M option. I remember an article about him like 6 years ago with him saying he'd probably retire early. He's going to pitch at 40 next year.
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Manaea opted out of his 12.5M option. Seems to think his big second half will get him more than that. I wouldn't want him at like 15M.
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Feels like most of the time a team pays big money for a star manager it ends in spectacular failure: Maddon in LA, Showalter in NY, Girardi with PHI
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This seems completely outrageous. Not sure what he was expected to do with that team.
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I thought they'd pick it up. You'd think they could have found a trade for him at 2/32 if they couldn't afford it themselves. Lugo also declined his 7.5M player option, as did Nick Martinez. Their 2024 rotation rotation right now is just Darvish and Musgrove. They'll need to find 3 arms with very little payroll space to do it, though they might find one in a Soto trade.
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The expanded roster was so f***ing stupid. 5-man benches with the universal DH is dumb.
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Pretty busy day today: - Tigers acquire Canha - Neris, Stroman and Eduardo Rodriguez opt out - Votto and Tim Anderson have their options decline Stroman and E-Rod probably both get paid given the paper thin FA market
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Does the World Series have a credibility problem?
BTS replied to Marew's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I mostly stopped watching because MLB decided that including the playoffs with MLB.tv isn't a good idea, while at the same time complaining that viewership is down. I'll never not be bitter about being a consumer willing to dish out $300 a year for all baseball games and then just not having the option to do that. -
Even the RP market is thin, and the Braves have already pulled two of the best arms from it this week. Actual back end arms are like Hicks and Stephenson. Is Robertson still good?
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All of this is true. And then MLB deliberately made the problem worse by expanding rosters to 26. There's no reason why pitching staff need to be 13 deep. I don't think they should be limited to 15 total pitchers over the course the season, but more disincentives for using options would be nice. Make someone unavailable for months if they're optioned to AAA to help stop the revolving door of 96 mph fastball/slider 1-inning relievers.
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Yeah. Might take awhile for voters to adjust. Could be a period where very few modern day pitchers are inducted before standards start to shift. We're used to 55-60 WAR being a barometer for HoF eligibility, bu that's probably going to move to like 40-45 for pitchers going foward. I think a Zack Wheeler career might actually be a typical HoF career over the next 20-30 years, but nobody is even talking about him in those terms right now.
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Yeah. After Cole, you've got Darvish and Sale who stand an outside chance if they can somehow get healthy and have 3-4 more 4+ win seasons. Then Wheeler, Nola, and Gausman in a group in their earlier 30s who still probably need to put like 25 WAR on the board to get into the conversation. I don't think it happens for any of those 5. Strider is really the only young guy who seems to be on the trajectory if he keeps it up. But that's a long, long road to travel.
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Saw a discussion the other day about the lack of elite pitchers these days, and how there aren't really any under 30 years old that seem to be on a HoF track. We've got the big 4 who will get in: Greinke, Kershaw, Verlander, and Scherzer. Then probably Cole. But there's really nobody younger that seems to be on track. Hader might be the best bet? Compare that to hitters under 30 where we have Seager, Soto, Acuna, Ohtani, J-Rod, Carroll all seemingly on track, along with probably a dozen older guys.
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No. They've pretty much been universally praised.
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The last line was what got you. You're usually much better at toeing the line.
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Dorion fired
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Ottawa is being fined a 1st round pick because they tried to screw Dadonov out of the NTC they negotiated with him on precedural technicality, then told Vegas he had no NTC. Pierre Dorion might be the worst GM in the history of professional hockey.
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I mean this in the nicest way possible, but if I want advice on the finer points of fantasy baseball roster construction, you're probably not at the top of my list.
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I don't like walks
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Yeah. Texas has a roster befitting a world series champion. Garcia and Heim turning into legit all-stars and then Jung, Carter, and Taveras breaking in and playing like above-average regulars gives them maybe the deepest lineup in baseball. Didn't see it coming in the offseason but can't deny how good they are now. And doing it without DeGrom is pretty crazy.
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I still have two arms to clear out, from the following, with asking prices: Ryan Pressly - 1st Seth Lugo - 2nd James Paxton - 2nd Lance Lynn - 3rd Could also entertain moving Joe Boyle, but it would probably take 1st or clear top-100 prospect.
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Dodgers fan's won't like this at all. They've been telling themselves for two years that the clubhouse hated him and he had to go. And their team basically nuked their 2023 season to appease the fans. Imagine losing with Lance Lynn on the mound while paying Bauer 30M or whatever to pitch in Japan.
