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Rebels57 said:
Isnt OPS kind of misleading for a player like Stott, since it factors in Slugging %? He's still getting a ton of hits and is the best 2 strike hitter in Baseball.
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OBP is king but if you’re just a singles hitter, it’s less valuable (it’s really hard to single teams to death in this era of baseball).

While Stott has one of the best averages in baseball, he’s only 9% more productive than the average Major League hitter because he doesn’t walk much and when he does get hits, they are usually just singles.
 
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DancingPanther said:
There's something called "hope chess" when you play chess. Essentially, it's not playing the best move and hoping the opponent doesn't refute your trick, because if he doesn't you'll be in a winning position. Hoping to get hot in October is hope chess. Instead of addressing weaknesses, they're just hoping. Meanwhile, the Astros traded for Verlander.

Calling out this house of cards is not rooting for them to lose. Do you really think I sat slumbed back in my chair at Citizens Bank put my head in my hands when Castellanos hit his homer a few weeks ago against the Brewers? I was the first one up! Do you really think I hope Aaron Nola gives up 5 homers the inning after the Phillies score twice to tie the game? (after he gave up a 2 run homer to surrender the lead in the first place)

The only team I've rooted to lose is the Flyers.
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I cant say I disagree that Dombrowskis "the guys here gotta get it done" approach is concerning...bc they have holes. He never replaced Rhys' bat...and with Turner being a negative right now, it is like theyre two bats down from where they need to be.

Pitching wise the same...Nola is a major concern. Im not sure Lorenzen is a big enough addition but we will see.

Part of my optimism last week was I was expecting more at the deadline. Not adding an impact bat concerns me.
 
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Danko said:
He's a home game away from a melt down and and an I hate this place rant.
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Worked for Bohm, let's see it.

fr, I can't help but wonder if what Turner needs is for Thomson to say "you're sitting for a week. Get your mind right and we'll get you back in after that." He's playing worse than he ever has in his MLB career, right after he absolutely raked in the WBC, so I'm guessing it's not physical. I think he's just deeper in his own head right now than Inception, and he needs to stop pressing and get back to fundamentals.
 
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Adam Warlock said:
I cant say I disagree that Dombrowskis "the guys here gotta get it done" approach is concerning...bc they have holes. He never replaced Rhys' bat...and with Turner being a negative right now, it is like theyre two bats down from where they need to be.

Pitching wise the same...Nola is a major concern. Im not sure Lorenzen is a big enough addition but we will see.

Part of my optimism last week was I was expecting more at the deadline. Not adding an impact bat concerns me.
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So we agree hoping they get hot is loser mentality. Terrific
 
Hollywood Cannon said:
Turner has been dreadful but the rest of the jabronis being terrible just magnifies Turner’s dreadfulness.
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I dont disagree, but other than Schwarber the others are actually fielding ok. This has to be a mental issue. The play last night was not an easy play but at the very least can't let it get past you. He should be batting 8th or 9th. ARod once batted 8th, so can Trea.
 
Trea is batting 8th today and has been down for the last week or so.

I don’t care if someone is hitting .900. You cannot let that ball get past you. That could’ve leaked into left and it wouldn’t have mattered with Stallings running, but he just f***ing butchered it.
 
of course its in his head...the guy has the physical capabilities to make that routine ground out late in the game yesterday and didnt reach out far enough. He's mentally f***ed right now.
 
Rebels57 said:
Isnt OPS kind of misleading for a player like Stott, since it factors in Slugging %? He's still getting a ton of hits and is the best 2 strike hitter in Baseball.
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Why would anyone be going after Stott anyway? I don't think anyone realistically after the Phillies added Trea Turner were like "Yea, Bryson Stott gotta perform this year and be one of the 5 best hitters on the team."

Turner, Harper, Realmuto, Schwarber, Castellanos (toss in expecting Hoskins before he got hurt) and Stott/Bohm/Marsh were pretty much just 'icing' on the cake for whatever you get out of them types.

He's also having a slightly better offensive season than 2017 Cesar Hernandez (Stott 112 OPS+, Hernandez 110 OPS+) meaning Stott is 12% better than the average MLB hitter, Hernandez was 10% better.

But Stott gives you good defense. His bWAR (which is offense+defense) is 3.5 and there's still 2 months left. Hernandez was a 3.1 for all of 2017.

Stott's basically in the range of like 5th to 8th best 2B in baseball.
 
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