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  1. Hank Chinaski
    1 run on 9 hits and 2 BB. That’s not easy to do.
  2. Hank Chinaski
    1) yes, they’re “adding” him in the sense that he hasn’t played yet this year. 2) I said they’re “arguably” the two best. Thus they are arguably not the two best. But Soto is generally regarded as the best hitter in baseball and Tatis is second in position player WAR since he debuted in 2019…second to Soto. (From 2019-2021, since Tatis hasn’t played in 2022.)
  3. Hank Chinaski
    Reynolds would be the best you could do IMO. He’s got a few more years of control, he’s in his prime, etc. Because of that, he’s gonna cost you. But I think it’s mostly worth it. He’d be your CF for the next 3+ years.
  4. Hank Chinaski
    The Nationals were like that too until they had Soto. (And no, he wasn’t solely responsible for their WS win; teams are often said to be unable to get over the hump, until they do. That is typically more narrative than reality.) For any single team, of course the odds are that they won’t win the WS. And the Dodgers are probably still better (even if Tatis is playing). But SD will have Soto for 2 more years too. It’s a ballsy move, given what they had to give up, but cool to see them going all in.
  5. Hank Chinaski
    Soto and Tatis
  6. Hank Chinaski
    I mean, they’re 58-46 and are adding arguably the two best players in MLB to the team.
  7. Hank Chinaski
    Siri is 27 and has contact / strikeout issues that aren’t likely to go away. He’s got value as a defender and has speed, but he’s unlikely at this stage to become even an average MLB hitter.
  8. Hank Chinaski
    I like it. Mancini has a career 113 wRC+ and can play OF and 1B. Bell has a career wRC+ of 118 and can’t play in the OF, and would have cost considerably more (presumably). I like Bell more as a pure hitter but position flexibility has value and he was relatively cheap.
  9. Hank Chinaski
    Yes. And Bregman (125) currently has a higher wRC+ than Tucker (123).
  10. Hank Chinaski
    This is a reasonable expectation, but you have to keep in mind that Texas A&M’s institutional inferiority complex as it relates to the University of Texas often precludes rational action. This only became more pronounced in the Big 12 era. I know this sounds like hyperbole coming from a Texas grad, or like I’m talking about their fans/alums and not their administration…but I’m really not. They aren’t rational when it comes to UT. They are perpetually trying to get out of the UT shadow (not in athletics per se, just in general). They were going to sprint to any opportunity that ever came up to one-up UT - I can assure you of that. Again - this is a school that literally declined Texas’s offer to develop a network in partnership with them, then, when Texas did it themselves, identified the network as the “final straw” that forced their hand to leave. “Reasoning” with A&M, when you’re UT, really is easier said than done.
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    His career is somewhat comparable to Don Mattingly’s in that he was one of the best players in the game for a short period of time early in his career (‘87-‘91) but had trouble staying healthy, which led to missed games and less power as he got older. As for being a prick, yeah, I’ve read stories that certainly indicate there’s truth to that. Also a bit of a racist, allegedly.
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    Gotta hand it to Judge…I thought he was nuts for turning down that contract offer before the season started, given his age and injury history. Assuming he stays healthy the rest of the season, I was wrong; he’ll probably end up getting a better deal. His off-season could be fascinating. NYY will obviously have a ton of pressure to bring him back, and that’s what I’d expect to happen. But they’ll have to up the ante, and I wonder how much higher than the original offer they’re willing to go.
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    How is summing his OBP and SLG misleading? His XBH are represented in his SLG%.
  17. Hank Chinaski
    Is it me or is the suggestion that the University of Texas (or anyone) is paying teenagers $100k apiece not to go swimming at an apartment complex in College Station completely fucking batshit crazy? It is entirely possible that I am naive about this stuff, but this doesn’t seem like a way that any reasonable person would choose to spend money. It’s short-sighted, unsustainable, and the value for what you’re getting with that money doesn’t seem to be remotely worth the cost. I don’t care how much money someone has, they generally want value in return commensurate with what they are spending; value is relative, but I can’t see how this checks that box. Maybe I’m the dummy.
  18. Hank Chinaski
    The Astros entered today #4 in MLB in team wRC+ (113). The offense can’t reasonably be described as “league average.”
  19. Hank Chinaski
    I don’t understand this point. He can only add value through his hitting, his fielding and his base running. That’s all any player (non-pitcher) can do. He’s added a ton of value in his career - more than any other player in MLB since his career started. The statistics just describe the value.
  20. Hank Chinaski
    I feel like I need to stand up for Chas. He now has 559 PAs in MLB (entering tonight), approaching a full seasons’s worth. These are his numbers: .248/.322/.441; 24 HR; 21 2B; 113 wRC+; 3.4 fWAR He’s actually been an above-average offensive and overall player. I don’t love him in the leadoff spot, and I don’t necessarily think he needs to be in the lineup every day, but he has been a good player so far. He certainly hasn’t been a liability.
  21. Hank Chinaski
    I’ll have you know that I personally talked to Charlie Pallilo about acquiring Carlos Gomez that summer. I was pretty proud of myself when the trade went down for my foresight; the pride quickly turned to shame, then extreme anger, then shame again.
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    …and sometimes we do, and it turns out we shouldn’t have…
  23. Hank Chinaski
    So we’ve gone from “wait ‘til next year” to “wait ‘til the year after next year!” Also, making predictions on college football 2 seasons into the future in the age of the transfer portal, NIL, etc…well, good luck with that. (But yeah, I get that he’s selling hope to a bunch of rubes hungry for it.)
  24. Hank Chinaski
    The Astros do this every year - play shitty against shitty teams. In August 2017 they got swept by a shitty White Sox team and then lost the next 2 against the Rangers. Last year I think they lost the season series with Detroit and tied with Baltimore. They’ll lose more than they should against the A’s and Angels and D-Backs over the next two months. Baseball.
  25. Hank Chinaski
    …says the grad/fan of the school that last won a conference title 24 years ago, and a national title 83 years ago. (And if his implication is that this “fundamental difference” goes beyond the schools’ football programs…well he’d struggle mightily to support that argument too, though I’d enjoy seeing his attempt.)

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