A Hit for those of you guys who have been hyping wendzel.

Yep, offensive inconsistency is driving this .500 record. Bats have got to come around, or else the return of Scherzer then DeGrom (if it happens this season) won't matter.

Know we are only 26 games into a long season, but the current trend is not playoff friendly. It's especially tough dropping series to division rivals.

Your last place Houston Asstros have one series win on the season...

This offense will get going. There are too many quality hitters on this team to stay as stagnant they are. Have to remember that Seager missed all but a fraction of spring training. Jung was on fire before his injury. Get Seager going and get Jung back and everyone else starts getting better looks too.

AggieRob93 said:

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Yep, offensive inconsistency is driving this .500 record. Bats have got to come around, or else the return of Scherzer then DeGrom (if it happens this season) won't matter.

Know we are only 26 games into a long season, but the current trend is not playoff friendly. It's especially tough dropping series to division rivals.

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Everyone should be patient.

The team seems to be turning its health around. Coming into this season, we all anticipated a 24/7 dog fight with the Astros and we have gotten the complete opposite of that.

We haven't played anyone bad yet except for the Astros who always seem to have our number and the Oakland A's a bad team we have problems with even when we score 10 runs a game.

The mariners, angels, and A's aren't nearly as scary as the Astros. Let's just keep pace and start beating up on bad teams when they come in after this weekend is over.

It's gonna be tough sledding after this wkd too. Washington isn't nearly as bad as last year. Some good young hitters, some crappy ones (gallo) and good young starters.

Missing ST is causing it. It is one thing to be out of sorts in a completely meaningless ST game and able to work through it then. It is a whole other thing to do that in the regular season. He'll get it straightened out but it will take a bit to do.

Seager has absolutely crushed some balls the past week, I'm not worried about his production.

Lowe has been solid since his return. If Smith keeps hitting, does Jung just DH when he comes back?

I wonder what % of the runs we have given up came from a HR. Seems like every time I check the score after a few frames the other team has already put a ball in the seats.

As I pooped on Mitch Bratt earlier today, he went 6 IP and 8Ks last night.

Comments without stats are meaningless.

Righty:
Robertson: 12G, 1.26 ERA, 14.1 IP, 15 SO, 0.907 WHIP; 2.5 BB9, 9.4 SO9
KirbyYates: 9G, 0.00 ERA, 10.0 IP, 11 SO, 0.400 WHIP, 1.8 BB9, 9.9 SO9
Cole Winn: 3G, 0.00 ERA, 4.0 IP, 3 SO, 0.250 WHIP, 2.3 BB9, 6.8 SO9
JoshSborz: 3G, 0.00 ERA, 2.2 IP, 3 SO, 0.910 WHIP, 0.0 BB9, 10.1 SO9
Hernandez: 1G, 0.00 ERA, 1.1 IP, 1 SO, 0.750 WHIP, 6.8 BB9, 6.8 SO9
JosLeclerc: 9G, 7.20 ERA, 10.0 IP, 10 SO, 1.800 WHIP, 9.0 BB9, 9.0 SO9

Lefty:
Latz: 11G, 3.97 ERA, 11.1 IP, 11 SO, 1.324 WHIP; 3.2 BB9, 8.7 SO9

Long:
JoseUrena: 8G, 3.18 ERA, 17.0 IP, 13 SO, 1.118 WHIP, 3.7 BB9, 6.9 SO9

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gigem1223 said:

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Jack Leiter tonight

6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 8 Ks

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I am telling you, if he does this sort of line for another full month or two, he will either be on this team by the All-Star break or he will be the headline for a huge trade.

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that pitching line is awesome to see. Move some of Gray/Dunning/Heaney to the pen (or trade one of them) and put Leiter in the rotation. Having a solid guy in the rotation that is still under team control... that would be worth a ton in a trade. But I'd rather keep him here for the financial flexibility. Lets say he and Bradford can become viable members of the rotation, that would be two still under team control.

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Sandro Fabian is hitting close to .400 now in 73 ABs, driving in the only run for round rock tonight (game winner).

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I spent all of 3 minutes on this, but I am not sure this is sustainable (hope I am wrong on that). But scanning through, he was previously in the Giants organization. He hasn't hit over .300 in a full MiLB season since 2016.

We will have to keep an eye on him and see if he has somehow figured things out.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=fabian000san

Here's the video of Max Scherzer discussing the electronic strike zone and how he'd fix the future of umpiring in baseball. Really interesting response. Kind of dig his approach. https://t.co/ro0iJm514O pic.twitter.com/LuJhdVJ9fo

— Tyler Feldman (@TylerFeldmanTV) April 25, 2024

Tksymm7 said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Jack Leiter tonight

6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 8 Ks

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I am telling you, if he does this sort of line for another full month or two, he will either be on this team by the All-Star break or he will be the headline for a huge trade.

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And he may or may not be IN that trade.

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Tksymm7 said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Jack Leiter tonight

6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 8 Ks

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I am telling you, if he does this sort of line for another full month or two, he will either be on this team by the All-Star break or he will be the headline for a huge trade.

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that pitching line is awesome to see. Move some of Gray/Dunning/Heaney to the pen (or trade one of them) and put Leiter in the rotation. Having a solid guy in the rotation that is still under team control... that would be worth a ton in a trade. But I'd rather keep him here for the financial flexibility. Lets say he and Bradford can become viable members of the rotation, that would be two still under team control.

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With Dunning, this week, it really seemed like the P was putting more emphasis on pounding the zone.

He only went 4.1, but he seemed to really be challenging hitters early.

Dunning: 4.1, 3BB, 89 PC-52 ST
JonGray: 4.2, 1BB, 92 PC-62 ST
Heaney : 6.0, 0BB, 79 PC-59 ST

It will be interesting against Cincy to see if the same perception. We really need to win the next 2 series.

I'll try to grab some quick stats on SP injuries, but the real value in those 3, right, IMO, are as SP trade options.

Josh smith is probably playing too good to sit. Even when Jung gets back. I think smith shouid take Leody's starting spot.

Agree. I think at this point when Jung gets back you split him and Smith at DH/ 3rd. Of course Smith could have a Duran type fall off by then but as of now I don't think you can sit Smith.

I was going to highlight all the SPs on the IL, but that is more daunting than I want to take on.

Let me take a different approach... Here are the Qualifed SPs by team in the AL

There are 42 SPs who are currently on pace to be Qualified, meaning 1IP/G the team has played. So, 162IP for the season.
AL East
Jays (3):: Berrrios: 6, 1.24; Kikuchi: 5, 2.28; Bassitt: 5, 3.90
O's (3):: Burns: 5, 2.76; Rodriguez: 5, 4.45; Kremer: 5, 4.61
Rays (4):: Littell: 5GS, 3.33; Eflin: 5GS, 3.68; Pepiot: 5GS, 3.77; Civale: 5GS, 3.90
Red Sox (3):: Crawford: 5GS, 0.66; Houck: 5GS, 1.65; Bello: 5GS, 3.04
Yankees (3):: Rodon: 5GS, 2.70; Stroman: 5GS, 2.93; Cortes: 6GS, 3.50

Summary: O's lost Bradish, Yankees lost Cole, and Boston has lost Giolito.

AL Central
Guardians (1):: Allen: 5GS, 5.06
Royals (5):: Lugo: 5GS, 2.03; Marsh: 5GS, 2.70; Singer: 5GS, 2.76; Wacha: 5GS, 3.81; Ragans: 6GS, 3.90
Tigers (2):: Skubal: 5GS, 1.82; Flaherty: 5GS, 4.91
Twins (2):: Ryan: 5GS, 3.45; Lopez: 5GS, 4.39
WhiteSox (3):: Fredde: 5GS, 2.73; Crochet: 6GS, 6.37; Soroka: 6GS, 6.83

Summary: Outside the Royals, the SP is in shambles.

AL West
Angels (2):: Anderson: 5GS, 1.78; Detmers: 5GS, 2.12
Astros (1):: Blanco: 4GS, 1.33
Athletics (4):: Blackburn: 5GS, 2.03; Sears: 5GS, 3.38; Stripling: 5GS, 5.34; Wood: 6GS, 6.59
Mariners (4):: Gilbert: 5GS, 1.87; Miller: 5GS, 2.22; Castillo: 6GS, 4.15; Kirby: 5GS, 5.33
Rangers (2):: Eovaldi: 5GS, 3.30; Dunning: 5GS, 4.61

Summary: I think the records reflect the SP and it will come down to who thinks they have enough talent to compete.