Grayson Rodriguez to the IL with a shoulder issue.
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So maybe because we have been binging Line of Duty and I suspect everything, but gun to my head, I would bet there is nothing wrong with him and they are just giving him a few weeks. My evidence:Grayson Rodriguez to the IL with a shoulder issue.
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I hope you are right, and I would have absolutely no problem with that.So maybe because we have been binging Line of Duty and I suspect everything, but gun to my head, I would bet there is nothing wrong with him and they are just giving him a few weeks. My evidence:
1) He is 23 and threw 163 innings between AAA and MLB last year, so they probably don't want him over 180-185, including any postseason.
2) He threw 101 pitches on Tuesday, only the 2nd time in MLB he has hit 100 pitches (this can be read as evidence pro or con probably).
3) Bradish and Means are both due back this week so they have seven guys for five spots.
So maybe because we have been binging Line of Duty and I suspect everything, but gun to my head, I would bet there is nothing wrong with him and they are just giving him a few weeks. My evidence:
1) He is 23 and threw 163 innings between AAA and MLB last year, so they probably don't want him over 180-185, including any postseason.
2) He threw 101 pitches on Tuesday, only the 2nd time in MLB he has hit 100 pitches (this can be read as evidence pro or con probably).
3) Bradish and Means are both due back this week so they have seven guys for five spots.
They should have. That's one of my favorite baseball photos ever.Did they ever make a card for the guy with the spray can and rags pictured below? Or were his efforts too futile to make the Topps cut?
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There have only been three MLB seasons in which hitters batted for a lower average and two of those came before 1920, during the league’s “Dead Ball Era.” You’d have to go all the way back to 1968 to find the last time MLB hitters were stymied at the plate to this degree…
Home runs aren’t the only culprit when it comes to the lack of power at the plate.
Doubles are also reaching historic lows. At just 1.54 per game, two-base hits haven’t been this infrequent since 1991 and you’ll have to go back even further (1989) to find when they’ve dropped below that mark (1.50).
As a result, OPS and slugging percentages have dropped to their lowest marks in over 30 years.
At .699, OPS hasn’t been this dismal on a league-wide basis since the 1989 season. Meanwhile, slugging percentages (.385) also haven’t been this low since 1992.
Is Xander a backup middle infielder in the second year of an 11 year deal?
Arraez has played first, or he could DH. Or the Padres could be trading Kim and moving X back to SS (not that that makes sense)Is Xander a backup middle infielder in the second year of an 11 year deal?
Cronenworth is signed to a long deal and has an OPS over .800 this year at first. They're actually decent there this year. Maybe they do have a deal for Kim in the works.Arraez has played first, or he could DH. Or the Padres could be trading Kim and moving X back to SS (not that that makes sense)
I don't get this trade on any level.Why is Preller giving up Head for Arraez, lol.
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I don't know about the return but Arraez is a fading asset, a singles hitter and a mediocre defender who is paid a lot, only under control through next year, and basically a replacement player so far this season (0.1 bWAR).I don't get this trade on any level.
MLBTR says Machado at 3B and Arraez primarily at DH (their guess).It's a lot of potential chaos midseason, but wouldn't their best alignment be:
1B: Arraez
2B: Cronenworth
SS: Kim
3B: Boegarts
Maybe leave Arraez and Cronenworth where they've played most recently if it's mostly considered a wash defensively, but either way, it seems Preller still believes in the rotisserie approach to team building, where he acquires players first and tries to figure out how or if they can fit together later.
That's a pretty good rule.I think Civale will probably be fine, this season got off to such a weird, stupid start in many respects. I've created a rule for myself that I'm not believing anything I see in this season until Ronald Acuna has a higher ISO than Nolan Schanuel and Steven Kwan.
He is indeed a singles hitter and mediocre defender, but he has been a valuable player nonetheless and just turned 27. His bWAR from 2021 to 2023 was 3.4, 4.2, 4.9. He was an All-Star and Silver Slugger he past two seasons, getting substantial down-ballot MVP votes in each. His top ten comps on Baseball Reference through age 26 include a bunch of singles hitters and mediocre defenders like Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn, and three other Hall of Famers. I suspect his hitting only .299 in the first month of the season is just a mild slump rather than the beginning of a steep decline.I don't know about the return but Arraez is a fading asset, a singles hitter and a mediocre defender who is paid a lot, only under control through next year, and basically a replacement player so far this season (0.1 bWAR).
The BR comps are solely about his offense, they don't reflect that he is a somewhat below average defender at 2B. SD plans to use him primarily at DH, but since he doesn't hit for power or walk much, his value is almost entirely in his contact ability, which has been worse so far this season (admittedly only 20 percent of a season).He is indeed a singles hitter and mediocre defender, but he has been a valuable player nonetheless and just turned 27. His bWAR from 2021 to 2023 was 3.4, 4.2, 4.9. He was an All-Star and Silver Slugger he past two seasons, getting substantial down-ballot MVP votes in each. His top ten comps on Baseball Reference through age 26 include a bunch of singles hitters and mediocre defenders like Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn, and three other Hall of Famers. I suspect his hitting only .299 in the first month of the season is just a mild slump rather than the beginning of a steep decline.
On the other hand, it's hard to get excited about any decision involving the Padres or Marlins, so I will take a deep breath.
Happy to be out of the Miami morass presumably, good for him.JA's right about his being a declining asset ... but he did get off to a good start in his first game, 4-for-4 so far (three singles and a double)
Video game numbers for Skenes in AAA. 27.1 IP, 3 ER (0.99 ERA), 45 K / 8 BB.