I was thrilled to see PECOTA thinks the Mets will easily better Atlanta and Philly this season. Until I read they think the Dodgers will do better than the Mets. The Dodgers are a shadow of last years squad. They have question marks all over. 2B, SS, CF, bench, bullpen (who’s their closer?) and starting rotation: Urias, Gonsolin, Kershaw, May, and Syndergaard. And no one behind them. Nothing.
Following up on the ghost runner news from yesterday: I think our roster as currently projected has a flaw. Lack of speed. In a home game if the ghost runner is the tying or winning run, you’ve got to have a runner with speed on second. And so any of the 2-3 catchers, Vogey and Ruf, and even Alonso would require a PR. And who would that be? Guillorme is not a burner. Pham, I guess. I suppose what I’m saying is that you can’t afford to have Ruf on the roster, even if his bat is revived. His lack of speed and positional value is too much of a drain on the roster.
Agreed! We need less slow one dimensional players. Although I do suspect Buck will have a plan to have pitchers who aren’t available to pitch to be ready to pinch run. But to me, the guy is Vogelbach. I can’t understand how his On Base Percentage is so often touted as “elite” when it’s directly propped up by his walks, which for him are not a great thing. Context is crucial. Unless there is a runner on first, his walk is fairly useless. He may as well be a “ghost runner” in the classic sense. By backyard 3 kid game rules, ghost runners advance one base per base acquired by the batter behind them. Which is actually better than what Vogelbach, no sure thing to score from second on a double, can be counted on!
Alex Cora is right; the new bases do look like pizza boxes. #LFGM
I was thrilled to see PECOTA thinks the Mets will easily better Atlanta and Philly this season. Until I read they think the Dodgers will do better than the Mets. The Dodgers are a shadow of last years squad. They have question marks all over. 2B, SS, CF, bench, bullpen (who’s their closer?) and starting rotation: Urias, Gonsolin, Kershaw, May, and Syndergaard. And no one behind them. Nothing.
Following up on the ghost runner news from yesterday: I think our roster as currently projected has a flaw. Lack of speed. In a home game if the ghost runner is the tying or winning run, you’ve got to have a runner with speed on second. And so any of the 2-3 catchers, Vogey and Ruf, and even Alonso would require a PR. And who would that be? Guillorme is not a burner. Pham, I guess. I suppose what I’m saying is that you can’t afford to have Ruf on the roster, even if his bat is revived. His lack of speed and positional value is too much of a drain on the roster.
Agreed! We need less slow one dimensional players. Although I do suspect Buck will have a plan to have pitchers who aren’t available to pitch to be ready to pinch run. But to me, the guy is Vogelbach. I can’t understand how his On Base Percentage is so often touted as “elite” when it’s directly propped up by his walks, which for him are not a great thing. Context is crucial. Unless there is a runner on first, his walk is fairly useless. He may as well be a “ghost runner” in the classic sense. By backyard 3 kid game rules, ghost runners advance one base per base acquired by the batter behind them. Which is actually better than what Vogelbach, no sure thing to score from second on a double, can be counted on!