southsider2k5 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 36 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: The backup SS in Miami is having a solid year and game. Has raised his OPS to 760. TA's days are numbered. Burger is down to a 517 OPS. His days also numbered. I just looked it up. His OPS is barely higher than Nicky Lopez or Andrew Benintendi's. (.018 and 0.11 respectively) Lil Nicky actually has a better bWAR (-0.3 to -0.7) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 6 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: I just looked it up. His OPS is barely higher than Nicky Lopez or Andrew Benintendi's. (.018 and 0.11 respectively) Lil Nicky actually has a better bWAR (-0.3 to -0.7) Obliques are the very worst possible injury for a hitter. We excused Benintendi's wrist for going on how many seasons now? Not to mention Burger doesn't have nearly the number of plate appearances because he missed so much time already...numbers can change quite quickly, still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Pretty challenging to come up with many starting rotations better than this current Sox-related one: 1) Cease 2) Sale 3) Lopez 4) Rodon 5) Your choice of Lynn, Dunning, or Montas Chris Bassitt would traditionally have been up there but definitely not THIS season, at least so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 20 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Obliques are the very worst possible injury for a hitter. We excused Benintendi's wrist for going on how many seasons now? Not to mention Burger doesn't have nearly the number of plate appearances because he missed so much time already...numbers can change quite quickly, still. It is really impressive to put up a WORSE counting number than Nicky Lopez in 40 LESS PAs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: It is really impressive to put up a WORSE counting number than Nicky Lopez in 40 LESS PAs. And yet they can't even come up with a legitimate1B, even if you give the Sox multiple first and second round attempts at it...well, I guess Vaughn has improved his flexibility almost enough to do the splits, so that has to be worth something or other. In the end, the Marlins are going to be sold off for a new set of position players while they wait for their pitching staff to return to health. Chisholm will get them something legit back. Alcantara, Cabrera and Eury Perez are the keys to anything that franchise is going to do in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 3 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: And yet they can't even come up with a legitimate1B, even if you give the Sox multiple first and second round attempts at it...well, I guess Vaughn has improved his flexibility almost enough to do the splits, so that has to be worth something or other. In the end, the Marlins are going to be sold off for a new set of position players while they wait for their pitching staff to return to health. Chisholm will get them something legit back. Alcantara, Cabrera and Eury Perez are the keys to anything that franchise is going to do in the future. Not sure what the other six guys have to do with Jake Burgers OPS, but sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 (edited) 31 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Not sure what the other six guys have to do with Jake Burgers OPS, but sure. The Marlins are still better positioned for the future than the White Sox...and that's despite having one of the five worst farm systems in baseball and only the 16th pick in the first round of this June's draft. Edited May 14 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 9 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: The Marlins are still better positioned for the future than the White Sox...and that's despite having one of the five worst farm systems in baseball and only the 16th pick in the first round of this June's draft. Duh. There is no team in baseball in a worse position than the White Sox. Still don't know what that has to do with the OPS of Jake Burger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 18 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Duh. There is no team in baseball in a worse position than the White Sox. Still don't know what that has to do with the OPS of Jake Burger. You can have Vaughn OR Sheets. I'll take Burger. Final season OPS. Highest number wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: You can have Vaughn OR Sheets. I'll take Burger. Final season OPS. Highest number wins. Wins? Lmao! Why are you so offended about someone saying that Burgers OPS is absurdly low? Is this your new KC Royals San Diego? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 6 hours ago, Quin said: It's only 21 AB but Kevin Pillar's numbers with the Angels are absolutely fucking stupid. They were also absolutely fucking stupid with the Sox, but in a different way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold's Leg Lift Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Reynaldo with another terrific start. No idea why those dumbasses never moved him back to the rotation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Kevin Pillar is now hitting .323 on the season with a .421 wOBA. WTF is going on in Anaheim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrockway Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 On 5/13/2024 at 8:21 PM, southsider2k5 said: Wins? Lmao! Why are you so offended about someone saying that Burgers OPS is absurdly low? Is this your new KC Royals San Diego? Well, do you think it's gonna stay like that? Judge was under .700 OPS less than a month ago, now he's close to 1.000. It does change fast, like caulfield said. Burger has a 2 home run game and where does that put his OPS? Clearly Burger is a better player than .500 OPS. Watching him play prior to the injury, I think he's actually improved his game. Of course, I was happy with trading him and this is one of the reasons why. He's a very good hitter but I imagine you don't hit too good when you're constantly in pain. My back is starting to hurt on a semi regular basis and I don't hit too good either, in this way me and Burger are brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almagest Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Cease getting crushed against the Braves. 5 runs so far in 2 2/3rds innings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 491 OPS for Burger. TA still hurt and his backup is still OPSing around 750. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Bummer lost a game to the Cubs in extras. Still just a 3.18 ERA on the season, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted Wednesday at 08:07 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:07 PM In the "I didn't realize that he was still in baseball, but I'm glad he is" department, Carson Fulmer has thrown 21 2/3 innings for the Angels with 2.91 ERA. Decent 1.29 WHIP, and it would be lower, but for the familiar 5.4 BB//9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted Wednesday at 10:17 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:17 PM 2 hours ago, GreenSox said: In the "I didn't realize that he was still in baseball, but I'm glad he is" department, Carson Fulmer has thrown 21 2/3 innings for the Angels with 2.91 ERA. Decent 1.29 WHIP, and it would be lower, but for the familiar 5.4 BB//9 Wow, that's shocking. I would have figured he was either retired or playing abroad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted yesterday at 11:01 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:01 AM https://www.yahoo.com/sports/orioles-acquire-reliever-thyago-vieira-194618556.html Old friend Thyago Vieira traded to the Orioles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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