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D-train wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 21, 2025 11:44 pm

In 1992 Jeff Schaefer hit .122 with a .325 OPS and -0.7 WAR

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... je01.shtml

Thats better than I could

Yep, my kind of player. I think they are necessary for a healthy lineup. Stick one in front of a couple of big boppers. JP should be one of those two but for some reason he thinks he is a HR hitter. I mean, his OBP isn't that much lower than Donovan's. But his OPS is about 70 pts lower. From everyt...

Gone are the days when there was nary an opposing general manager that didn’t relish ripping off Jerry. Chalk it up to the fact that after a series of lousy draft picks over the years, Jerry’s player development/evaluation team finally got it right. Now they’re able to secure solid position players...

$115M for 3 years of Framber Valdez.... $45M for Jorge Polanco... Ok, forget it. Dipoto's strategy definitely beats buying into that market. There were still low cost floaters available like Moncada or Arraez, but at least there aren't any obvious black holes besides Refsnyder and Young. And maybe ...

Donn Beach wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 05, 2026 3:20 pm

It's not really am overpay but it's classic dipoto. The guy loves to work at the margins. He wasn't going to pay polanco $40 MIL, so he basically lands half of a polanco for $6 MIL

F---'n A he does!

$115M for 3 years of Framber Valdez.... $45M for Jorge Polanco... Ok, forget it. Dipoto's strategy definitely beats buying into that market. There were still low cost floaters available like Moncada or Arraez, but at least there aren't any obvious black holes besides Refsnyder and Young. And maybe ...

I don't think that link will open so I copied it. I think it explains pretty well really how today's hitters have to sell out looking for certain pitches and swing hard at them. Refsnyder basically evolved into a hard swinger getting some success at the latter part of his career. He's less of a com...

$115M for 3 years of Framber Valdez.... $45M for Jorge Polanco... Ok, forget it. Dipoto's strategy definitely beats buying into that market. There were still low cost floaters available like Moncada or Arraez, but at least there aren't any obvious black holes besides Refsnyder and Young. And maybe ...

I did but not at the price of not getting any of the guys we got: * I think the plan is to let Young/Colt/Bliss, Rivas, etc battle for 2B * Brandon essentially be penciled into 3B * I think you see 2 platoons essentially Rob R & Canzone at DH, Robles, and Raley at RF VS RHP 1. Donavan* 3B 2. Julio ...

Clever quote from the FanGraphs analysis of the Brendan Donovan trade: It’s a classic case where a dime and four nickels are less useful to the Mariners than a quarter. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/another-fine-addition-to-their-collection-mariners-acquire-brendan-donovan-in-three-team-swap/ Thank y...