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  1. max silver
    Yeah a quick look at the rules seems to indicate that to be the case. This is Roden's 4th season in the minors with the club. He's a total non-brainer guy to protect as he's the most likely of the current crop to develop into a full time player. He's reported to have a strong arm and run solid routes so he could eventually become the heir apparent to replace Springer in right field, although the recent success of Barger at the plate shows he may also factor in.
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    The club suddenly has a wealth of young outfielders. Two spots for next season are seemingly locked down with Varsho in center field and Springer in right so it will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. I think Loperfido has a shot to become 4th outfielder and Barger a shot to be a super utility type. Maybe Barger and Vlad could largely split time at third base next season. Roden's breakout in AAA complicates things a bit, if he continues he is starting to look more and more like a potential every day player candidate as soon as next season, but having said that the team would really benefit by adding a big bat to the roster to man a corner outfield spot.
  3. max silver
    There's limited AB to go around in the outfield already between Varsho/Springer/Loperfido/Schneider so it might be better to keep Roden in AAA playing every day so he's not primarily sitting on the bench.
  4. max silver
    Sounds kind of like Danny Jansen who literally hangs his hands in the strike zone.
  5. max silver
    How so? This looks more like a situation where both sides have been somewhat vindicated. Bassitt made controversial comments that were entirely up to the individual to interpret the meaning of, he stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest that likely embarrassed his bosses, and clarified and/or walked the statements back a bit after being talked to by his bosses. So there's little reason to go patting yourself on the back like you've achieved some sort of victory here.
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    Kikuchi was one of MLB's most effective starters over nearly a full year stretch. In the calendar year from May 30, 2023 to May 30 of this season he produced 4.5 FWAR in 33 starts, which was 7th in all of MLB. That's quite a remarkable turnaround compared to the type of season he produced for the club in his initial season.
  7. max silver
    The team is full of players who have underlying statistics that support better than the production they've contributed this season. This applies to all of Bo, Springer and Kirk who have drastically underperformed compared to their expected stats. I don't know specifically when Kirk turned around his quality of contact as I haven't dug that directly into the numbers, but you can search his expected stats using Statcast search. Using the same dates I've referenced Kirk produced an xwOBA/wOBA split of .161/.235 for the first two weeks, compared to .361/.320 since then.
  8. max silver
    I'd like to read more about him as well as he seems to be an under the radar success story this season. He barely pitched from 2020-2022 only pitching about a total of 38 innings across those 3 seasons. He likely maxes out as a multiple inning reliever or something of that sort but he's had quite a bit of success this season out of the rotation for a minor league system that's had very little success developing starters.
  9. max silver
    I'm sure Mattingly must have helped some of the team's hitters but all of the available articles seem to directly mention Matt Hague as being the primary coach assisting with the offensive turnarounds this season.
  10. max silver
    Kirk had a tremendously bad first two weeks of the season that he's still working his way back from. Over his first 13 games/50 PA he was sitting at a -1 wRC+/-0.2 FWAR. Since then he's produced a 109 wRC+/2.0 FWAR in 227 PA. It doesn't feel like he's ever really fully hit his stride this season offensively but the quality of contact has been very solid and it feels like a hot streak has been just around the corner for a good chunk of the season.
  11. max silver
    The dude is 25 years old, it's not like he's a 35 year old journeyman.
  12. max silver
    Eflin was acquired by the Orioles so therefore he is to be showered with maximal amounts of praise because in the eyes of jb they can do no wrong. Bonus points are to be awarded based on snappy Atkins nuthugger/apologist type barbs.
  13. max silver
    Can't say what my emotional state was at the time of hearing that little tidbit.
  14. max silver
    There are rumors of the 45th dude s***ing his pants on a tv set.
  15. max silver
    The 2023 Blue Jays were 14th in runs scored in MLB vs the 2024 Mariners who are 27th.
  16. max silver
    I think his arm strength is fine. To my eyes his throwing troubles stem from not setting his feet and throwing off of his back foot too often. He tends to rush his throws a bit instead of taking a tad more time to put more on the throws and this leads to a lot of bounced throws.
  17. max silver
    Clement has been playing nearly every day for several months now. Going back to June 6 he's produced a 115 wrC+ and 1.3 FWAR in a third of a season. That's a helluva lot more than a bench player who is only producing because he's not playing very much.
  18. max silver
    I think it's generally only the states without a state income tax that really have an advantage
  19. max silver
    At least Yrod makes peanuts relative to most FA starter signings.
  20. max silver
    He's faced questions about his age as he a little old for the level, but I do like the potential he shows as he's only a second year pro at this point.
  21. max silver
    If Nimmala can get the strikeout issues under control the sky is the limit offensively. I had a look at what Orelvis accomplished at a similar age in A ball and they both produced very similar numbers, with Nimmala getting the edge power output wise with a .348 iso vs .293 for Orelvis. Orelvis had an edge in k rate at 26.1% vs 32.1% k rate for Nimmala in his second A ball visit.
  22. max silver
    Jose Bautista had some pretty insane hot streaks as well.
  23. max silver
    That's quite the turnaround compared to the 66 wRC+ he produced at AA in the Mariners system.
  24. max silver
    I legitimately can't remember anyone else in all of my time following the team experiencing a hot streak like this one. I started watching in the early 90's so that goes back a long time.
  25. max silver
    I wouldn't completely write Schneider off either. I think he could really benefit from some AAA time to get full time at bats in order to rediscover his stroke.
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