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Art Deco · 03-13-2025, 09:07 AM

Sadly Tony Fisher was beaten out on the final weekend for the AL home run title. Cut off here for the third wild card were Kansas City in the AL and St. Louis, who won the tiebreaker over Philly, in the NL.

Numbers which befit a 107-win team. The only nit you can pick is that we strike out a lot, to which we'd say "so what?"

Not every day you have three 6+ WAR players on a team, and Begley turned out to be worth every penny of the high price we paid for him last winter. And if D-Rod isn't Rookie of the Year there should be an investigation. At the other end of the spectrum we had down years from our middle-of-the-order guys with Charlton off some and a really poor year from Berumen, who as the DH was barely above replacement value after looking like he'd be a generational hitter (he's still rated 75 contact and 70 power). He's due a big bump in arbitration next year and we have a lot of DH-types, so he could very well be moved.

Morales finally emerged as the true ace of the staff, taking over for Marlette. Speaking of the lefty, if you didn't know any better you'd think Marlette one of his typical seasons but his numbers are buoyed by his first half before he lost his stuff and became a soft-tosser who gave up a lot of hits and is either our fourth or fifth-best starter right now. Also special mention to Alicea - any time you can put up 3+ WAR out of the bullpen you've had a special season.

This system is short on elite prospects, although it has a fair amount of depth. Also we have MLB-ready bats at Durham, some who show up above (Duron and Arevalo, both of whom had brief stints up this year), and some who don't (Danny Perez, rated as high as #23 and still is age 24 with rookie status but mysteriously disappeared from this list, Willie Maldonado, and Danny Bellamy, all of whom who have at least 55 contact and 55 power with each faring better in one or the other).

03-13-2025, 09:07 AM	#1500
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,433	Final 2038 Regular Season Standings and Rays Stats Sadly Tony Fisher was beaten out on the final weekend for the AL home run title. Cut off here for the third wild card were Kansas City in the AL and St. Louis, who won the tiebreaker over Philly, in the NL. Numbers which befit a 107-win team. The only nit you can pick is that we strike out a lot, to which we'd say "so what?" Not every day you have three 6+ WAR players on a team, and Begley turned out to be worth every penny of the high price we paid for him last winter. And if D-Rod isn't Rookie of the Year there should be an investigation. At the other end of the spectrum we had down years from our middle-of-the-order guys with Charlton off some and a really poor year from Berumen, who as the DH was barely above replacement value after looking like he'd be a generational hitter (he's still rated 75 contact and 70 power). He's due a big bump in arbitration next year and we have a lot of DH-types, so he could very well be moved. Morales finally emerged as the true ace of the staff, taking over for Marlette. Speaking of the lefty, if you didn't know any better you'd think Marlette one of his typical seasons but his numbers are buoyed by his first half before he lost his stuff and became a soft-tosser who gave up a lot of hits and is either our fourth or fifth-best starter right now. Also special mention to Alicea - any time you can put up 3+ WAR out of the bullpen you've had a special season. This system is short on elite prospects, although it has a fair amount of depth. Also we have MLB-ready bats at Durham, some who show up above (Duron and Arevalo, both of whom had brief stints up this year), and some who don't (Danny Perez, rated as high as #23 and still is age 24 with rookie status but mysteriously disappeared from this list, Willie Maldonado, and Danny Bellamy, all of whom who have at least 55 contact and 55 power with each faring better in one or the other).