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Series #2- Kansas City @ Cleveland. Tribe home opening series.
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The following team rankings are totally worthless, but they do address the general abysmal impression of our offense over four games.
Our OPS is .753, which ranks 5th in the league.
SLG is .454, which ranks 3rd.
We are first in fewest Ks, with 22.
Eighth in walks, with 17.
Seventh in both HR and doubles.
But we are only 10th in scoring.
Four teams have played one more game, which has to be taken into account.
But over all, we seem to be putting the ball in play, taking our walks, and hitting with some pop.
To put this into some small amount of context, last seasons numbers and rankings....
OPS...689....13th.
SLG...372.....13th
Ks.....517......10th
BB.....239......3rd
HR.......59......15th
D..........96.......8th
R.........238.....13th
Our OPS is .753, which ranks 5th in the league.
SLG is .454, which ranks 3rd.
We are first in fewest Ks, with 22.
Eighth in walks, with 17.
Seventh in both HR and doubles.
But we are only 10th in scoring.
Four teams have played one more game, which has to be taken into account.
But over all, we seem to be putting the ball in play, taking our walks, and hitting with some pop.
To put this into some small amount of context, last seasons numbers and rankings....
OPS...689....13th.
SLG...372.....13th
Ks.....517......10th
BB.....239......3rd
HR.......59......15th
D..........96.......8th
R.........238.....13th
Now, let's adjust the numbers by quality of team.
Last year, vs Det and KC, our BA was (.246 & .247) and SLG was (.771/.699) which would have been around average for the league instead of bottom 5 (other than OBP) ... if you look at each other team (other than 3 games at STL), the next highest number was (.230/.718) vs CHS who added Lynn. As, Det and KC (1/3 of season) skewed our results enough to end up hitting (.228 /.689 both 4th worst in league) -- so non-KC/Det teams, we hit about (.218/ .663) instead of (.246/.735) if we just played Det/KC.
So maybe if we can keep on playing Det/KC all season, our luck may change -- just have the other teams play each other (less Det/KC) to keep our stats respectable.
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Like I've said a few times, the easy AL Central ride is over. KC and Detroit are vastly improved teams even if they aren't contenders, and I'm not convinced KC isn't just yet. We'll have to see how their pitching performs and holds up.
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This is what often gets overlooked or whatevered.... The Central was a cakewalk division for several years. Not so anymore.
First it was the Twins, now its them plus the ChiSox and the dregs, who had no other recourse then to get better.. Have we? Not necessarily. Have we gotten worse? Not necessarily.
What has happened is the one thing ownership, management etc. has no control over. The other teams in our division are better teams now.
Francisco Lindor Stats....
2018:
OPS v. AL Central .944
OPS v. Non Al Central .805
2019
OPS v. AL Central .925
OPS v. Non AL Central .790
That might explain his poor 2020, AL Central got better
Detroit still looks like a terrible team to me. Starting pitching overall is terrible. They have a lineup full of over the hill guys, retreads & Rule 5 pickups
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Mostly agree on the pitching, but other than Miggy, who is over the hill and a retread? That rule 5 pickup from the Twins looks like a helluva catch. He's only hitting .429 with an OPS of 1.714. Extremely small sample, but nonetheless impressive.
Maybe you missed my point, and that was not to state that Detroit is a contender. Only that they are much improved from last year and we will not be going 18-1 against them any longer.
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I'm with @CDAV45 on this argument. Tigers aren't a contender, but they aren't the 90+ loss team on paper anymore. Both the Royals and Tigers got better, the Indians stayed about the same (maybe a slight step back), Twins stayed about the same (maybe also a slight step back) then the White Soxs got a little better (not sure how much the Jimenez for Vaughn on paper swap effects them tho overall yet).
We aren't in a weak division, if anything we may be in one of the strongest divisions in baseball even though the national media doesn't believe that.
You can choose to believe that this is a good team, or you can choose to believe the opposite.
It sure appears that the lines have been set after four games...just as the same lines have been set after a handful of games every year since eternity.
But remember this. As is usual, the focus has almost exclusively been on the offense, while baseball has always been about pitching first.
And like Mr Colt's hand gun, pitching is the great equalizer...and we have it in spades.
It sure appears that the lines have been set after four games...just as the same lines have been set after a handful of games every year since eternity.
But remember this. As is usual, the focus has almost exclusively been on the offense, while baseball has always been about pitching first.
And like Mr Colt's hand gun, pitching is the great equalizer...and we have it in spades.
Well see you guys may be right but they have given up 9 & 15 runs the last 2 games, I think their rotation may be very slim
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They don't have the best team in the world, but on paper there is a lot worse teams around...
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I'm hoping for a few young guys to get a shot by mid-April. I know most of it won't happen, but I'll explain my thinking.
vs RHP
1B-L-Jones
2B-S-Hernandez
3B-S-Ramirez
LF-L-Rosario
DH-R-Reyes
RF-L-Naylor
C-R-Perez
CF-L-Johnson
SS-L-Gimenez
Ben Gamel isn't a long-term solution and he's not really a short-term one either, especially in CF. Let's bring Johnson up and give him a shot. I'm also calling up Nolan Jones and leading him off, similar to Santana leading off in the past - a hitter with a great eye/patient approach.
vs LHP
CF-L-Luplow
2B-S-Hernandez
3B-S-Ramirez
LF-L-Rosario
DH-R-Reyes
SS-R-Rosario
RF-L-Naylor
1B-R-Chang
C-R-Perez
I'm actually fine with Luplow against LHP. I'm also giving Rosario and Chang reps against LHP to get them in the lineup. This is pretty similar to what they've been doing so far.
vs RHP
1B-L-Jones
2B-S-Hernandez
3B-S-Ramirez
LF-L-Rosario
DH-R-Reyes
RF-L-Naylor
C-R-Perez
CF-L-Johnson
SS-L-Gimenez
Ben Gamel isn't a long-term solution and he's not really a short-term one either, especially in CF. Let's bring Johnson up and give him a shot. I'm also calling up Nolan Jones and leading him off, similar to Santana leading off in the past - a hitter with a great eye/patient approach.
vs LHP
CF-L-Luplow
2B-S-Hernandez
3B-S-Ramirez
LF-L-Rosario
DH-R-Reyes
SS-R-Rosario
RF-L-Naylor
1B-R-Chang
C-R-Perez
I'm actually fine with Luplow against LHP. I'm also giving Rosario and Chang reps against LHP to get them in the lineup. This is pretty similar to what they've been doing so far.
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Wow, a guy that had an OPS between .790 and .805 for two consecutive years against non-AL Central opponents just got $341 million? Lindor is the luckiest guy alive. He feasted on weak AL Central pitching for years and parlayed it into the third biggest contract in baseball. He's smiling all the way to the bank.
He won't be facing the A.L. Central now, though. And playing in New York at that salary the pressure will be enormous. I wish him the best, though.