chitownsportsfan

I read that before it was linked here that morning it came out, FWIW, didn't really feel the need to comment on it because I thought it was self evident to anyone with a modicum of sabermetric experience and Madrigal's stats pulled up, like frankly most of Fangraphs' work these days. I don't think there is a single modern player that had an ISO under .100 that had more than 4 bWAR season. I dutifully wait some nerd with a BR sub to run the query and prove me wrong (or right I guess)! paging @gusguyman

you got a sauce for that? At best it's usually considered a 10 run difference or so (so 1 win) over the course of the year between the worst possible lineup and the best is my understanding.

I think he's pretty much locked in to 300/340/370 type lines for now. That's not bad and it's pretty useful as long as he's a solid defensive 2B long term. He has a 27% pull rate. That...is just not going to generate much power. Unless he sells out for more power this profile is pretty much who he is. I think he should start looking to pull the ball more starting next offseason. It's too late right now to try and change his approach in season imo.

wow the great minds are returning!

They have negative position player fWAR. Torkelson could be Mike Trout next year and they still win 72 games. They suck and their rebuild is going nowhere except to another 1:1 draft pick.

Let it go man. TLR might not be the sharpest tool in the shed anymore but so far these guys are producing for him. IMO the managers main job is man management: getting his guys ready to play 162 games from day one of camp to the start of the year to the dog days of August to the stretch run and for this club playoffs. TLR will be tested in the fall. Until then he gets a pass fail grade and so far it's a pass.

defense was pretty solid. moncada especially had some crazy stops to get outs on balls ticketed for LF.

like shit but he threw enough strikes and enough hard hit balls found mitts. He needs to find his stuff.

the 28th and 29th men are literally 2 WAR players in Mendick and Vaughn. You can't make this shit up. Like, this is an OOTP roster after you've been building for 3-4 years and making lopsided trade after lopsided trade with the AI.

Bummer taking no prisoners, nice to see.

Moncada is just a fucking machine at 3B.

He did but he caught it. Good work.

Vaughn!

Interesting approach there by yermin

makes up for yoans bad luck

Lol we will take it

What is he fucking doing up there

Jesus that was the pitch Jose.

Damn hang whiffem for yoan

Yoan is gonna win a gold glove.

Fucking walks with a 5 run lead.

I'm just trolling and coming up with lunkers. Go Sox.

Vaughn's got a good eye but his swing is just not right.

TLR the idiot letting the guy with a 390 OBP in front of Mercedes the guy with 20 RBI, what a dumbass old man.

That bum grandal not making outs, what a bum.