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If Donaldson is truly available and other options never exist, then we have to consider putting Kip in RF.
 
Purely speculative, but wonder if his appendix ruptured or he had an emergency appendectomy

All the best to Martin
 
Real Deal said:
If Donaldson is truly available and other options never exist, then we have to consider putting Kip in RF.
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I think it's obvious that the Indians are considering it.

But the price has to be right, and that's after other, better options are exhausted.
 
So the other day it was asked about if stats are broken out for part of the order

Since a very common complaint is we can't win with the bottom of our order, let's take a look at some rankings of the 7th, 8th, and 9th hitters on the season based on OPS for the 4 teams with the most runs in the MLB

7th hitter on the season

Astros: .684 (18th in MLB)
Yankees: .670 (22nd in MLB)
Red Sox: .650 (25th in MLB)
Indians: .628 (27th in MLB)

8th hitter on the season

Yankees: .731 (6th in MLB)
Astros: .721 (7th in MLB)
Indians: .660 (15th in MLB)
Red Sox: .585 (26th in MLB)

9th hitter on the season (keep in mind this one will have rankings skewed up for AL teams that don't have their pitcher batting here)

Yankees: .754 (1st in MLB)
Red Sox: .705 (4th in MLB)
Astros: .660 (7th in MLB)
Indians: .640 (8th in MLB)

Interesting that by far the best offense in baseball has some pretty comparable holes in the bottom of the order as the Indians. Yankees have a pretty good 8/9 comparatively
 
The Wizard of Moz said:
So the other day it was asked about if stats are broken out for part of the order

Since a very common complaint is we can't win with the bottom of our order, let's take a look at some rankings of the 7th, 8th, and 9th hitters on the season based on OPS for the 4 teams with the most runs in the MLB

7th hitter on the season

Astros: .684 (18th in MLB)
Yankees: .670 (22nd in MLB)
Red Sox: .650 (25th in MLB)
Indians: .628 (27th in MLB)

8th hitter on the season

Yankees: .731 (6th in MLB)
Astros: .721 (7th in MLB)
Indians: .660 (15th in MLB)
Red Sox: .585 (26th in MLB)

9th hitter on the season (keep in mind this one will have rankings skewed up for AL teams that don't have their pitcher batting here)

Yankees: .754 (1st in MLB)
Red Sox: .705 (4th in MLB)
Astros: .660 (7th in MLB)
Indians: .640 (8th in MLB)

Interesting that by far the best offense in baseball has some pretty comparable holes in the bottom of the order as the Indians. Yankees have a pretty good 8/9 comparatively
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I wonder what the BoSox offense looks like when you adjust for the factor that they play half their games in Fenway.
 
Out of the Rafters at the Q said:
I wonder what the BoSox offense looks like when you adjust for the factor that they play half their games in Fenway.
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The Red Sox have the highest team OPS in the MLB at home at .840

They also have the 3rd highest team OPS on the road at .772 trailing only the A's (.804) and the Astros (.792)

The average difference amongst the 30 teams between home and road OPS is .015 so the Red Sox difference of 0.068 better OPS at home than on the road is well above the MLB average, but they're actually not close to the top spot held by, predictably, the Rockies who have an OPS of .123 better at home than on the road.

Other teams with a bigger gap of home to road OPS are:

Rangers, Yankees, Indians, Twins, Tigers, and Nationals

The A's, Mets, Astros, and Cardinals all have significantly better OPS on the road than home (more then 0.07 difference)
 
The Wizard of Moz said:
The Red Sox have the highest team OPS in the MLB at home at .840

They also have the 3rd highest team OPS on the road at .772 trailing only the A's (.804) and the Astros (.792)

The average difference amongst the 30 teams between home and road OPS is .015 so the Red Sox difference of 0.068 better OPS at home than on the road is well above the MLB average, but they're actually not close to the top spot held by, predictably, the Rockies who have an OPS of .123 better at home than on the road.

Other teams with a bigger gap of home to road OPS are:

Rangers, Yankees, Indians, Twins, Tigers, and Nationals

The A's, Mets, Astros, and Cardinals all have significantly better OPS on the road than home (more then 0.07 difference)
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Single season home/road splits aren't a good indicator of ballpark offense bonus. I think you'd want to look at multiple years, and probably even throw out the home team--just look at all road teams?
 
Life threatening bacterial infection for Martin, currently in stable condition recovering.

Holy shit
 
Glad to read he’s in stable condition. Believe the verbiage from Antonetti was that his recovery will “be measured in weeks, not days.” Scary stuff. Props to the Cleveland Clinic.
 
Can't expect him back, baseball should be last on his priorities to be honest.

Can't expect much from Lonnie even if he comes back.

We need some things to happen, fall in our lap, etc. You know the target, I hope it happens.
 
Christ. Forget baseball for a second - dude about died. I knew it was bad when Jose Abreu had his name on his hat.

Hope he makes a full recovery and can continue his career in 2019.
 
Folks, what are we going to do with Brantley? What is his market going to look like? Another tough call. I'd like to get him back on a 2+1 with a small raise from this year's option pay, but doubtful.
 
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