Keep or Kut – Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) Pull up pre-season projections and current rest-of-season projections to do a little compare and contrast and find who has moved the most. Plus a quick review of news and notes around the game.
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Timestamps
2:54 – Logan Allen and Tanner Bibee debut for the Guardians and we look at how they fit in with the rest of the rotation the rest of the way
18:09 – Joey Ortiz gets the call in Baltimore and we talk about him and the rest of the O’s infield
24:11 – Are we moving on from Logan O’Hoppe? Cutting Robbie Ray? Buying in on Michael Busch? Plus, Degrom might be out, Harper might be back, Verlander is back, and a couple of NL Central extensions
30:42 – Some notes on how we did this projection comparison
32:11 – The ten hitters who have gained the most wOBA in their projections
35:33 – Pete is interested in Brandon Marsh and Jarred Kelenic, while Chad is fascinated by Jorge Mateo, plus looking at a recent auction for Brent Rooker.
47:67 – Ten hitters with the biggest drop in wOBA projections
49:14 – It’s time to move on from a couple of exciting young MI who just aren’t getting it done
57:28 – We’re still waiting on one of Eloy Jimenez and Jose Abreu, but not both.
1:07:01 – Relievers with improved FIP projections, featuring Chad admitting he was very, very wrong on Aroldis Chapman
1:12:30 – SP with improved FIP projections, focused on Matt Strahm and Mackenzie Gore
1:20:00 – Pitchers who have seen their FIP projections turn ugly, including a couple A’s and a would-be ace we were both high on a month ago.
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