Jose Abreu

It's because he wasn't on the active roster, the same would've been done for any player

I highly doubt that that story from the Fangraphs podcast was true

That error before the homer is a great example of why the error statistic kinda sucks

Thanks for posting this, as I never have the time/patience to listen to podcasts. That's all interesting stuff.

Abreu

Personally I prefer C- Collins 1B- Jimenez 2B- Moncada SS- Anderson 3B- Machado LF- Madrigal CF- Robert RF- Adolfo DH- Abreu/Davidson That way you keep the established, proven defenders where they are but still get Madrigal’s bat in there

Maybe he's getting tested to see if he can play the field?

Palka

Turning off the game because of this umpire. Completely ridiculous

Engel finally with some of that 2017 defense

Showed another replay, it was literally in the batter's box

5.4 inches to be exact lol

Didn't even know it was him. But makes sense. He and Angel Hernandez can go anytime

0%.

Oh come on ump

Trayce Thompson getting a hit??

Might as well give Rondon a game anyway. I feel like he never plays.

Going from a complete garbage framer to a below average framer is honestly pretty nice

Santiago is so frustrating to watch as a starter. I'd rather have Giolito out there, at least he gets through innings without throwing 25+ pitches

Nevermind ^

Conventional wisdom would say that. But after Hahn said Eloy would be promoted "in the coming weeks", like, 4 weeks ago, I've become irrationally pessimistic about promotions

I love the amount of extrapolation in this thread... Multiplying college baseball numbers to a 700 PA sample for an MLB season isn't even close to being predictive, of anything. Madrigal is going to strike out more than 25 times per season and he'll also hit more than 10 home runs per season.

Moncada is taking Odorizzi deep on the first pitch of the game

They absolutely should be, all of them. If we don't see a mass wave of promotions by the end of the month I'm gonna be pretty upset. That would be around the point where you're actively hurting the development of those guys, plus Eloy, by not letting them face competition that's more at their level

For what it's worth, I asked Keith Law and he said neither UZR nor DRS are reliable for first basemen.