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    What to do with Yoshida?

    It's hard to imagine a worse fit for the Boston media and fanbase than Rendon, who has about as much enthusiasm for playing baseball as most people have for doing their taxes.
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    What to do with Yoshida?

    But that's the thing: Yoshida *is* unplayable in left. He finished 31st of 35 qualified leftfielders last season in Outs Above Average at -8; by overall Fielding Runs Value, he was in the bottom 1.3% of all players in the majors. You can be a butcher to that degree if you're putting up Kyle...
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    What to do with Yoshida?

    Bad defense can play if you hit like prime Manny Ramirez. Bad defense doesn't play if you hit like late-career Manny Ramirez. The problem with Yoshida is the same problem as the team ran into with J.D. Martinez at the end: when he's not hitting, he's borderline impossible to roster given his...
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    Bello to IL with lat tightness

    Well if folks want good news, the Cubs just lost Cody Bellinger to, amusingly enough, a fractured rib, and both the Giants and Twins are running out below-average offenses (SF is 17th in the league in wRC+, MIN is 25th). And Atlanta was probably going to grind them into paste healthy or not, but...
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    Bello to IL with lat tightness

    Well at least it's not his elbow. Assuming that lat tightness means either a) the lowest grade lat strain or b) something they caught before it turned into a lat strain, hopefully Bello is back in a month's time.
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    Casas has a left rib fracture. He will be out "a while." (4/23 update)

    The safe bet is that Dalbec is given the next 3-4 weeks to show any signs of life/competence and buy the FO some time to figure out potential replacements. Cooper would be literally free and is probably worth a tire kick, and I imagine they've at least reached out to Belt's representation to see...
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    2024 Portland Sea Dogs (AA)

    Lugo is Rule 5 eligible in December, so he pretty much has to show out this season in order to keep his career going with the org (or to get himself selected by a new one).
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    What to do with Yoshida?

    This is by no means a scientific or perfect comparison, but in thinking of who Yoshida reminds me of (at least in terms of the shape of his production), my mind immediately goes here: Eric Hosmer, 2018-23 (ages 28-33): .263/.323/.406, .314 wOBA, 99 wRC+, .143 ISO, 7.8% BB, 20.2% K, 56.6% GB...
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    Feats of Mookie - 2024 Angst & Awe

    One of the worst and dumbest trades in league history. I hope John Henry gets hemorrhoids.
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    2024 Lineup (What we actually have - no trade speculation.)

    There should've been no expectation for Story to stay healthy, and while O'Neill's is a fluke injury and not his usual soft tissue strain/pull, he's not an ironman either. It's bad luck that they're hurt, but it shouldn't be seen as either unexpected or abnormal. Same goes with starters no...
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    Carl Erskine, RIP

    Ah I missed them because I was only looking at the 1957 Dodgers roster, I do appreciate that Aspromonte was Brookyn's Moonlight Graham
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    Carl Erskine, RIP

    Erskine's death leaves three living Brooklyn Dodgers: Sandy Koufax, Fred Kipp and Jim Gentile
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    March/April: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Putting this here, two updated scouting reports from FanGraphs' Eric Longenhagen on Justin Slaten and Wilyer Abreu Slaten (who gets a 40+ FV grade): Abreu (who gets a 40 FV grade): Available here along with the Top 100 scouting reports on Mayer, Teel, Rafaela, Anthony and Bleis (FG's 2024...
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    March/April: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins

    Keep in mind too with the offense so far that they had to face Seattle's very good pitching staff and have played their first two series in two of the three worst parks in the majors for hitters.
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    3/29/24 to 4/4/24 - MILB Game Thread

    That's two games out of four with Gonzalez at first base, a position he hadn't played since 2019 in A ball. I wonder how long before he's in Boston and Bobby Dalbec is back in Worcester.
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