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Luis would've caught that

It's gonna be so funny when the Mets miss the playoffs.

👀 Murphy scoreless through 3. 1 hit, 1 bb. 👀 Hard hit double in the 4th, nearly gone, but Shane 2.0 gets the next three. One more 1-2-3 inning for our man. 54 pitches through 5. Done after 5. Too bad. But a really great second showing at AAA. ERA at 1.80. Have to think he makes the team out of Spring Training.

oof. Hate to say it, but maybe if he misses some time it helps Crochet's shot at Cy Young.

lol I was just thinking "when do we start thinking about a no hitter"?

Great play!!

Cole Ragans vs Shane Murphy at AAA. this might be the game to watch

Bibee looks pretty nasty though.

doesn't wanna be here tonight. this game is moving quick

I think he had the right to refuse assignment and probably did. Not like he can pitch for a playoff team. Weird he'd refuse it IMO.

are the Guardians wearing the early 80s White Sox hat?

ESPN is telling me the start times in ET apparently. gee, thanks.

I thought this game started at 7...huh

More of a rhetorical "but why??" when you could donate, I dunno, $5000 worth of merch to some sick kids or something actually helpful. Hard to imagine this is good publicity. Blowout Cards is already pretty famous, this probably just annoys the people who shop there. Getting paid to be a buffoon seems like about what 90% of the modern economy is based on though.

At what? Not throwing to second or pitch calling or blocking balls. The only metric he's better at is 'framing' which Fangraphs super overrates the importance of. It's also vague and hard to measure. Fangraphs gives our old friend Yasmani Groundball 20 extra WAR than bball-reference because of 'framing'. Literally double. Neither guy is good at the position but good enough that you want their bats in the lineup. Teel looks to be a better hitter so far. Quero has a much better idea of the strike zone. Split the time equally between these rookies should be the play. Neither one has proven much of anything. I think the idea is the opportunity cost. Quero is too good to be a backup and there are holes at 'every day' positions especially the outfield. Probably not a good enough hitter to be a DH. The idea isn't to give him away, there's no rush, but to find an outfielder who is just as good as he is. Would rather have someone who is perhaps a better hitter and will not rot away on the bench. Not sure who that player is. Kevin Alcantara maybe. Lee is not a valuable trade piece but he's fine to play, like, 40 games a year max.

oy vey. but why???

Since Lee was re-called on Aug 22, if I counted right, Quero has only caught 6 of 20 games. Lee once. So Teel is at 13. Not loving that split. Neither guy seems particularly good defensively or calling a game, but I don't see any reason why Teel is 'better'. Quero has a better arm but the team seems to just be conceding SBs. The even split seemed fair to me, see who can actually improve. Teel also plays other positions. Quero exclusively at DH isn't a good sign to me. I think Lee should be the full-time backup and one of the other guys either moves positions or perhaps Quero is traded. 3 useful catchers is too many. Lee is actually good at the position, seems like a perfect backup.

I lived for a year about a mile away from Coors Field. That whole area is popping off, it's a lot like Wrigleyville plus a bunch of homeless shelters, Salvation Army, drug rehab facilities. The YUPs and CO's junior senator (real estate developer) are trying to get rid of all that other stuff. The ballpark is really incredible. Great views. Lots of things to do before and after. Denver is also quite small and all of its 'touristy'/business things are concentrated around this area along with the 'neighborhood' kind of vibe. Very easy to access by commuter rail and highway...the yuppies can just walk over and it's a nice day out. If you're in Denver on business, it's probably walking distance to your hotel. It's a cheap day out for families. I think that ChatGPT post got it pretty much right. The transplants (ie me) are a big factor too. I think the high octane offense draws people. Nobody cares if the home team is any good.

I debated even making the post because it's a small sample and looks pretty different if you make it 'July 4', 'August 1', etc., but was trying to highlight hitters who will probably be here next season and not so much the Amayas, Capras, Matons of the world. Colson's 'eye' was one of his most impressive skill in the minors and it looks like it's starting to come on, likely as opponent pitching is adjusting to his wacky power and he's taking what he's being given. I wrote in one of the game threads, it's probably better in the long run that he's walking and hitting singles and not pacing 60 home runs per 162 games. I mean that would be wonderful, but he's probably not a 60 homer kinda guy. His BB rate in Sept is 13.333% up from 6% in August and 7.4% in July. 6 walks each month but September is not even halfway over. Chase is paralleling that, 5 walks in each of September, August and July. Faced some pretty bad-to-average pitching this month besides Skubal. So yeah, we'll see what the rest of the season holds especially with Vargas back. I'd argue that Sosa is even looking more patient.

Good stuff. Looking at that same list, since the break, Sox are 6th in WOBA/9th in xWOBA. 5th in LA, 13th in barrel, 18th in hard hit. The underlying metrics are cause for optimism since the call-ups!! A lot of this can be repeated next season...we might actually have a good offense especially if Luis is still with the team and can somewhat replicate what he did his first four seasons. Patience and power plus some batting average guys sprinkled in. It's just too bad the lineup isn't more balanced. A bit of glut in the infield and at the catcher position. The corners are still kinda scary although Braden ought to be a nice addition to eventually replace Tauch. If Luis is traded, who knows what CF will have in store. Dru Baker and Jacob Burke seem like the most "ready" CFs in the system and neither guy is good. A couple of guys who could be something by 2027. Would love to get Kevin Alcantara from the Cubs somehow.

8 pitch 4th inning. Pretty amazing the only run he's allowed was the homer. Got himself out of some tough situations. The stuff is there if he can actually command it.

a homer and 2 BBs is not what I was hoping to see when I turned this game on. 5 walks in 2 innings. is that good?

chill out, bud

Wise guy remark: is it landlocked if it borders water? 🧐 Also the rail is on the other side of the river. Actual remark: this area is pretty densely populated and part of her ward. I dunno who actually lives here though.