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  1. max silver
    You obviously didn't think about this very much. Varsho has a whopping total of 179 PA up to this point of the season, and his power numbers are very real. Among hitters with a minimum of 170 PA he's 2nd in MLB in ISO at .346. He has a slugging percentage of .574 right now. If you prorate his numbers to something approximating how many PA he would have accumulated at this point of the season with typical playing time he'd be sitting at 38 HR and 108 RBI if he continued at the same pace.
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    It looks his command is improving nicely as well as he's only surrendered a total of 6 walks over his last 4 starts/23 innings pitched.
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    I was wondering if Yeuni Munoz would make it onto this list as he mashed in A ball to a 170 wRC+ so far, although he has had a bit of trouble staying on the field this season. Hopefully this a sign of an impending breakout although the 68% contact rate needs some work.
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    That's easy, you just have Nance pitch all of the leverage innings from the 6th-9th inning.
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    I'm not panicking in the slightest. Varland is going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment and I'm not going to pretend like it doesn't count solely because of an obscure statistic like xFIP which can't account for quality of contact. Further to that it wouldn't be the end of the world if Varland is slotted a little lower in the pen hierarchy until he proves to be able to reliably retire hitters again.
  6. max silver
    That also happens when you throw bad pitches as well you know.
  7. max silver
    He's also allowed a 96.1 MPH average exit velocity and a corresponding .388 xwOBA. Call it bad luck but the fact of the matter is that he's surrendering a ton of hard contact against at the moment no matter what xFIP suggests.
  8. max silver
    Lauer has been announced as Wednesday's starter so if he pitches today I doubt it would be to provide very much length.
  9. max silver
    Me watching Bieber carve up Marlins hitters:
  10. max silver
    I watched a quick interview clip with John Schneider and it sounds like Vlad is doing much better and could be available in tonight's game. At worst he made it sound as if Vlad should be able to return over the weekend.
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    It's ultimately a good thing that Nance pitched so well he made it necessary to option a completely undeserving reliever down to the minors for the next week and a bit.
  13. max silver
    I breathed a massive sigh of relief that this dude wasn't traded at the deadline. He's probably my second favorite pitching prospect in the organization right now.
  14. max silver
    His stuff has decreased precipitously upon his return. Hopefully the velo eventually returns as he's a shadow of his former self.
  15. max silver
    Bieber is just coming back from major surgery and Scherzer has been carefully managing a nerve related thumb issue all season long. I don't see why the club should completely throw caution to the wind and push either of these guys to an unnecessary degree.
  16. max silver
    And if nobody ends up getting hurt there could still be suspensions handed out.
  17. max silver
    I don't know if I would quite characterize this move as spineless/gutless etc. I'd prefer Lauer to stay in the rotation as I believe he's fully deserving of a full time starter slot but I do believe that this isn't a permanent demotion. With both of Bassitt and Berrios struggling at times having a high quality long man such as Lauer to act as a safety vale can give the team a chance to keep games close vs burning through a ton of leverage arms. The team is still far stronger with Bieber in the rotation to replace Lauer and Lauer as long man than it was prior to the Bieber acquisition, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if the team has their struggling rotation members essentially take turns missing the occasional start and acting as long man in the pen.
  18. max silver
    So the difference between Santander being good (120 wRC+) or useless (114 wRC+) is 6 points?
  19. max silver
    I think there is a pretty decent chance that the team will retain Bo in free agency. The uncomfortable conversation about a position change will need to happen sooner or later but the bat is such a key piece to deepen the lineup.
  20. max silver
    He should be fine with time. I don't expect him to continue to rock a 33% FB/HR ratio moving forward as a Blue Jay after sporting a 9.7% FB/HR ratio as a Twin over the first 4 months of the season.
  21. max silver
    I don't think Nance is going anywhere once Bieber is activated. It's just a waste of assets to lose Nance for nothing and I expect that Fluharty will likely be the odd man out. If/when Garcia is ready to come back that creates another difficult decision, but with Sandlin I believe he has options remaining and can also be sent to Buffalo.
  22. max silver
    Hoffman has retired 8 of his last 9 outs via strikeout. He’s starting to resemble the ultra dominant April version just in time for the stretch run as he’s commanding his entire arsenal so much more effectively. I think the deadline bullpen additions will help avoid more of the 4 games in 5 day stretches for Hoffman as those largely oreceeded the periods where struggled the most.
  23. max silver
    Bo has plenty of arm strength to play second base and I don’t think his arm is too weak for short stop by any means, his issues stem more from issues getting to balls in the first place due to diminishing range.
  24. max silver
    I think the team is just going through a bit of a team wide offensive slump. They weren't going to continue scoring 5-6 runs/game on average over the entire season, particularly given the number of AAA reinforcements being featured on the roster. I do think that once Springer is back and locked in he will provide a massive boost to the offense, and that will finally put the roster closer to full strength for the stretch run.
  25. max silver
    Yeah that seems possible that both of Bo and Kirk are wearing down a bit. Bo tends to go through defensive slumps at times where he's bobbling more plays in the field so I'm confident he'll clean this up in time. In past seasons he tended to have a few games/weeks where he made a bunch of miscues in the field and then played slightly above average defense to allow the metrics to tick back up towards neutral. This season the diminished range in the field hasn't allowed the metrics to recover once he's emerged from the slump. I'm hoping that a healthy offseason to work on improving his explosiveness/athleticism at short stop can help to recover some of the lost range instead of needing to rehabilitate from leg injuries but that might be wishful thinking on my part.
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