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Marte has missed significant time though right? And Ozuna is not just a martini-sipper, and an alleged steroid user, but a wife beater - he can fuck off I wouldn't vote for him if he hit 100 home runs

I'm treating any DH 'as if' they are already a negative on defense. It shouldn't be impossible for them to win the award but the bar is going to be a lot higher.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=167260 time=1724351097 user_id=68] I also agree that Lindor is a great player. It could be difficult to properly appreciate him because so much of his value is in his defense. He's about as good a fielding shortstop as there is, but without necessarily being spectacular looking in the field. And shortstop is one of the two or three most important every-day playing positions in baseball, maybe even the most important.

Edgy MD wrote: I don't think there is any rule of baseball anywhere, written or unwritten, that says you can't swing 3-0 in a tie game in the ninth. There is no etiquette against 3-0 swings - if he broke etiquette, it was by admiring his shot for so long before starting his trip around the bases. They used to bean guys for that. I don't think too many players care anymore

I was halfway through an article about Bean's death before realizing that Billy Bean is not Billy Beane though their career stat lines are not that different!

Freeland is a batting practice pitcher, Mets need to jump all over this guy and not only win the game but knock him out early and get their bullpen tired for tomorrow!

Game Time: 2:22 A hurry up, get out of town day. Later Yeah I came home thinking I would catch the end of this one and the Mets were like "nope!" - that is how you get the heck out of town on a 1 game road trip stop

Edgy MD wrote: See, a "hit-by-pitch" that swipes off of your billowing shirt and is so inconsequential that it goes unimpeded into the catchers mitt ... should not count as a hit-by-pitch at all. It should be ball one if you don't at least immediately grimace in pain or rub the spot.

I like that Butto went 3 innings in relief and threw 40 pitches tonight. I have a bad feeling they will need him stretched out to make some starts before this season is over, but a good feeling about how he'll handle it

Edgy MD wrote: The problem is that the alleged virtues of Steinbrenner's leadership are pretty much exactly what took President Trump to the top. We can have a good old time laughing at it all, but I feel like the last laugh was on us. I don't think there has to be a disconnect between enjoying Steinbrenner antics as entertainment as owner of your (least) favorite team while not wanting the same shenanigans in your government.

Frayed Knot wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: It's really kind of surprising the Yankees are this bad. The thing is though that they built up so much equity early in the season (they were freakin' 45 - 19) that they STILL have the third best record in the AL (barely behind Baltimore & Cleveland) and fifth best in MLB [PHI, LAD] despite playing sub-.400 ball (15 - 25) since June 6th. I wonder what sort of sample size you need for predictive value in 'recent' games versus ones earlier in the year - Looking at two .500 teams on July 1st, is a team that went 10-20 in April, 15-15 in May, and 20-10 in June more likely to finish with a winning record than one that did exactly the opposite?

Fell asleep putting my kids to bed so I missed most of this one. What a nice score to come back to! Ottavino getting the W for one out in the 5th inning of a 10 run victory really puts the LOL in that stat. Official scorer should have credited the Win to Young (which one? he shouldn't say, that is the fun part!)

Striking out after a 3-0 count. yikes.

=Gwreck post_id=163651 time=1721785762 user_id=56] Alvarez has to hit for Taylor here, right? Unless Alvarez is hurt?

Yeah, and he has a good defensive reputation, so if he just makes the pitchers feel good that is fine too.