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Art Deco · 11-25-2024, 10:08 AM

Record: 40-39 (11-14 for the month)
2nd place AL East, 3 behind Baltimore; 1/2 game out of third wild card

I scoffed at the BNN preseason prediction of 77-85 for this team but after a second straight losing month and a dip to ~.500 it's beginning to look quite prescient. We are a whopping 7 games below our Pythagorean record so this team is presumably better than its record, but between difficulties scoring of late and some games blown by the bullpen we're in a swamp of mediocrity at the moment. The details of another ugly month:

The league standings:

We'd been lucky that the team we were fighting with, Boston, was mired in a slump just as bad but that allowed Baltimore to seize the division by getting hot so it's no longer an option to coast along at .500 and be in contention.

This team can't get on base, so while we're quite good in the power and speed departments, we're hitting solo homers and not stealing first base. Somehow we're still 3rd in runs scored but that number has come down. And while the pitching overall remains pretty good, the starters have been inconsistent and the bullpen has had a knack for blowing games of late, so much so that Norge Vera lost his closer's job and we're going with a committee now to close.

And you can see our offensive woes in a nutshell here. Outside of the dynamic duo of Tatis and Subaru, the rest of the lineup is mediocrity personified. Most of these guys are better than their numbers to date and for now I'm going to have to bank on positive regression but if July is more of the same I'm going to have some hard choices to make at the trade deadline.

And it's pretty much the same thing on the mound - Duran has been everything we hoped for after acquiring him but the rest of the staff is mired in mediocrity so it's no surprise we're 40-39. Crochet has bitched to me about not being the closer while Mason Auer has complained of not playing every day but neither of them is doing anything in time they're getting to change my mind on that. Crochet has been a bit better this past month and will get more save opportunities but that's mainly because Vera has crapped the bed of late.

The one guy on this list who could have provided immediate help, Moss, unfortunately broke his collarbone and will be out a couple of more weeks.

11-25-2024, 10:08 AM	#215
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,108	June 2032 Record: 40-39 (11-14 for the month) 2nd place AL East, 3 behind Baltimore; 1/2 game out of third wild card I scoffed at the BNN preseason prediction of 77-85 for this team but after a second straight losing month and a dip to ~.500 it's beginning to look quite prescient. We are a whopping 7 games below our Pythagorean record so this team is presumably better than its record, but between difficulties scoring of late and some games blown by the bullpen we're in a swamp of mediocrity at the moment. The details of another ugly month: The league standings: We'd been lucky that the team we were fighting with, Boston, was mired in a slump just as bad but that allowed Baltimore to seize the division by getting hot so it's no longer an option to coast along at .500 and be in contention. This team can't get on base, so while we're quite good in the power and speed departments, we're hitting solo homers and not stealing first base. Somehow we're still 3rd in runs scored but that number has come down. And while the pitching overall remains pretty good, the starters have been inconsistent and the bullpen has had a knack for blowing games of late, so much so that Norge Vera lost his closer's job and we're going with a committee now to close. And you can see our offensive woes in a nutshell here. Outside of the dynamic duo of Tatis and Subaru, the rest of the lineup is mediocrity personified. Most of these guys are better than their numbers to date and for now I'm going to have to bank on positive regression but if July is more of the same I'm going to have some hard choices to make at the trade deadline. And it's pretty much the same thing on the mound - Duran has been everything we hoped for after acquiring him but the rest of the staff is mired in mediocrity so it's no surprise we're 40-39. Crochet has bitched to me about not being the closer while Mason Auer has complained of not playing every day but neither of them is doing anything in time they're getting to change my mind on that. Crochet has been a bit better this past month and will get more save opportunities but that's mainly because Vera has crapped the bed of late. The one guy on this list who could have provided immediate help, Moss, unfortunately broke his collarbone and will be out a couple of more weeks.