Been doing some thinking lately and I really believe the offense is about to turn things around you guys.
Bo: bad luck so far
Vlad: bad luck so far
Taters: notorious slow starter and his rolling xwOBA is picking up.
Springer: he's back
Varsho: His big spring is carrying over into the regular season. Adding him also kicks Gimenez down which lengthens the lineup.
Kirk: bad luck so far
Barger: His statcast page is starting to get really interesting. His defense looks a lot better too.
Lukes: He's got a .380 xwOBA right now. He doesn't hit the ball hard but he has ideal launch angle for his skillset and doesn't whiff which helps his BA. He also takes a lot of walks so combine that with a good BA and he should be getting on base a lot for a bottom of the order guy.
Gimenez: Miscast as a cleanup hitter (lmao) but he's been unlucky and should be solid for bottom of the order
Against lefties we will be running turds like Clement, Straw and Clase out there but they do have good defense and baserunning at least. And in theory our bigger bats should make up the difference against lefties anyway.
Time will tell but I've really been crunching numbers over here and I think we are about to break out. Trust me on this one!