Red Sox ‘22 offense: offensively offensive

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I'm actually not opposed to Arroyo working out at first and learning the position. While learning first isn't as easy as some might think it is, he is a natural infielder who has learned what it takes to play the other base positions at the major league level.
Didn't they try him there for a game with disastrous (for him) results? I seem to recall him doing the splits and hurting himself again.
 

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Didn't they try him there for a game with disastrous (for him) results? I seem to recall him doing the splits and hurting himself again.
Yes, but is that a reason to give up on the idea entirely?

I don't think it's necessary to try it now with Arroyo barely hitting any better than Dalbec, but Arroyo learning the position would be a benefit to his own career if nothing else.
 

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IMO JBJ is a problem, Shaw was a problem and addressing the bench absolutely is a necessity. Shaw had nothing to give, which gave Boston no option to sit Dalbec. The team also settled on JDM being the 4th outfielder. Between their reluctance to play him in the OF and the time he's missed , sitting JBJ hasn't been much of an option.The players that you identified are also great contributors, but they all contribute to the offensive woes here.
I should clarify a bit here. Even if JBJ and Arroyo were opsing 700 and Shaw was taking playing time away from Dalbec, this team would still suck. Even if there bench was solid, there is no way they are going to get anywhere when their entire lineup is bad. Unless Verdugo, Kike, Devers, and Story start hitting and JDM can stay healthy this team is screwed. Complaining about the bench is like complaining about a cake topper on top of a pus filled wedding cake. Is the topper a problem? Sure. Is it the biggest problem? Absolutely not.
 

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This fact highlights the ineptitude of the offense despite solid pitching.

Yesterday, the Red Sox became the first team to get walked-off on by every other team in their division in a single month since the Cubs in May 2012.
 

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1 run in 6 innings against a terrible Baltimore team today. On the verge of 9-14 on the season.

It’s time to call up Casas and see if he can help. The current guys aren’t getting it done.
 

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The expected core of this team- Story, Xander, Devers, JDM, Verdugo look horribly lost at the plate (or absent). If ANY team’s core 5 were playing as god awful, they likely too would be 9-14. The complaints about Dalbec, JBJ and Arroyo seem way off target. Legit in that, yes… they’re all garbage…. But their collective resemblance to pooh isn’t the reason the Sox are terrible right now
 

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1 run in 6 innings against a terrible Baltimore team today. On the verge of 9-14 on the season.

It’s time to call up Casas and see if he can help. The current guys aren’t getting it done.
Casas is currently slumping and putting him a position of savior will probably be detrimental to his development. They need to keep running this lineup out and hope they hit and can go on a run. Since it is unlikely that will happen in time for them to get back in contention, Bloom should also be figuring out which players he is going to make available at the trade deadline. After the deadline Casas should be at first and Durran should be in right or center depending of if they trade Kike or not.
 

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Casas is currently slumping and putting him a position of savior will probably be detrimental to his development. They need to keep running this lineup out and hope they hit and can go on a run. Since it is unlikely that will happen in time for them to get back in contention, Bloom should also be figuring out which players he is going to make available at the trade deadline. After the deadline Casas should be at first and Durran should be in right or center depending of if they trade Kike or not.
You don’t just throw up your hands and say nothing can be done. It’s been a month, this lineup isn’t going on a run. If Bloom can’t get players in here that can produce he should be fired for a guy who will.

This season has been an absolute catastrophe. That’s on Bloom. It’s his job to fix it. If he refuses to make changes then someone needs to be brought in who will.
 

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You don’t just throw up your hands and say nothing can be done. It’s been a month, this lineup isn’t going on a run. If Bloom can’t get players in here that can produce he should be fired for a guy who will.

This season has been an absolute catastrophe. That’s on Bloom. It’s his job to fix it. If he refuses to make changes then someone needs to be brought in who will.
The problem is not much can be done. For reasons that outlined above I don't think calling Casas up is a good idea. I also don't think Bloom should be fired for this.I have no issue how he approach last off season. Other then possibly Gausman, I would not want Bloom to match or exceed the contracts that a lot of the free agents received. If this was a case of RF being a problem, then Bloom can probably do something. He could promote Durran, sign somebody off waivers or make a trade. When it is five of your core players that can't hit or stay healthy then there really is not much to do.
 

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Lets tease this out a bit. Casas gets called up, Dalbec gets sent down. Casas does what most prospects don't do and he immediately starts hitting at the major league level. The Sox suddenly go from having 8 spots in their lineup that are not living up to their offensive capabilities or are living up to their capabilities and those capabilities sucks, to 7 spots in the lineup that are not living up to their offensive capabilities or are living up to their capabilities and those capabilities suck. I fail to see how that makes much of a difference.

The more likely outcome if Casas is called up is that he will struggle, like most prospects do when first called up, either because he has to adjust to major league pitching or he puts a ton of pressure on himself because of how poorly the team is doing. Making a move for the sake of making a move is not what a smart GM does. Calling up Casas or even Durran at this point seem to be making a move just to make a move and appease the fan base.
 

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I don't think they send Dalbec down. If anything, they DFA/send down Franchy or Davis. Bobby is still the platoon 1B and backup 3B or 2B, I'd think, until he's dealt.
 

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I'm more in favor of calling up Duran sometime in May. He's 25, already spent all of 2021 either at AAA or in the MLB, and so far this year is putting up an OPS over 1.000 with a 0.600 SLG and a very good BB/K ratio to go with it. He's more at the point where I think it's reasonable to give him the rope to sink or swim at the MLB level, and if he sinks for a while it's just keeping us status quo for his spot in the lineup (albeit losing something on defense from JBJ).

Casas is still just 22, and his AAA numbers so far are good but not amazing. An 800-850 OPS range isn't blowing anyone away, and I'd agree we're more likely to see him struggle and adjust for a while when he does get the call. See Kelenic, JRod, Witt, etc. And those guys were much more in the "knocking down the door" range with their AAA numbers.
 

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JBJ sure seems like toast at this point. And Dalbec is what he is. It does seem like lots of prospects are struggling pretty mightily when they get called up- but the bar has been set pretty low…if Duran and Casas are destined to struggle when called up, what’s the harm in it happening now? They can be awful and still be as good as what they’d be replacing, with the hope that the experience would pay off in the short term future.
 

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I should clarify a bit here. Even if JBJ and Arroyo were opsing 700 and Shaw was taking playing time away from Dalbec, this team would still suck. Even if there bench was solid, there is no way they are going to get anywhere when their entire lineup is bad. Unless Verdugo, Kike, Devers, and Story start hitting and JDM can stay healthy this team is screwed. Complaining about the bench is like complaining about a cake topper on top of a pus filled wedding cake. Is the topper a problem? Sure. Is it the biggest problem? Absolutely not.
I never claimed it was the biggest problem, but it is far less the topper than it is a shitty ingredient that has made the entire cake far less palatable. My point being that if the bench "is solid" the "entire lineup" is not as bad. Bradley and Dalbec aren't forced into the lineup on a daily basis play with a more reliable bench. Sometimes the best thing for a guy who's struggling is to have a few days off. Look at what the 5-9 slots in the lineup have looked like lately. A better bench can help bolster those last 4 spots in the order and perhaps the top of the order starts coming to the plate with runners on base more frequently. Guys like Verdugo, Kike', Devers and Story absolutely need to start hitting, but that bottom of the order can play a role in that. Guy's get pitched differently when there are players on base in front of them. The entire cake (offense) is lousy, the bench makes up 1/3 of the ingredients.
 

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The expected core of this team- Story, Xander, Devers, JDM, Verdugo look horribly lost at the plate (or absent). If ANY team’s core 5 were playing as god awful, they likely too would be 9-14. The complaints about Dalbec, JBJ and Arroyo seem way off target. Legit in that, yes… they’re all garbage…. But their collective resemblance to pooh isn’t the reason the Sox are terrible right now
Xander is not part of the problem. Devers barely is.
 

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Yeah, Boagerts has been fine. Only on pace for 7 homers and 63 RBI’s, but the latter is hardly his fault. He’s slugging .500 which is about 50 points higher than his career norm.
 

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Casas should get called up when it's best for Casas, not when it's best for the 2022 Red Sox. If that's soon, so be it.

We're past the point where this would count as a year of service time, right?
 

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Casas is currently slumping and putting him a position of savior will probably be detrimental to his development. They need to keep running this lineup out and hope they hit and can go on a run. Since it is unlikely that will happen in time for them to get back in contention, Bloom should also be figuring out which players he is going to make available at the trade deadline. After the deadline Casas should be at first and Durran should be in right or center depending of if they trade Kike or not.
Did they move the trade deadline up to next week? You think it's unlikely that they can make up 4 games in 3 months?
 

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After JBJ's 0-for-4 today, he and Dalbec are combining for an wRC+ of 58.
 

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I'm more in favor of calling up Duran sometime in May. He's 25, already spent all of 2021 either at AAA or in the MLB, and so far this year is putting up an OPS over 1.000 with a 0.600 SLG and a very good BB/K ratio to go with it. He's more at the point where I think it's reasonable to give him the rope to sink or swim at the MLB level, and if he sinks for a while it's just keeping us status quo for his spot in the lineup (albeit losing something on defense from JBJ).

Casas is still just 22, and his AAA numbers so far are good but not amazing. An 800-850 OPS range isn't blowing anyone away, and I'd agree we're more likely to see him struggle and adjust for a while when he does get the call. See Kelenic, JRod, Witt, etc. And those guys were much more in the "knocking down the door" range with their AAA numbers.
I absolutely agree Duran should be next, ahead of Casas. In addition to what you said, Nobody thinks JBJ is going to be great going forward, but there is still hope for Dalbec. Plus, we would catch Duran in the middle of a hot streak and push JBJ back to fourth outfielder, where he can be a strength. Meanwhile, promoting Casas essentially pushes Dalbec off the team, while there is still hope he might become a valuable player.
 

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Yeah, Boagerts has been fine. Only on pace for 7 homers and 63 RBI’s, but the latter is hardly his fault. He’s slugging .500 which is about 50 points higher than his career norm.
He's hitting .369 so a .500 slugging % is actually kinda terrible. It's currently his lowest ISO since 2017.
 

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I Ok if they wait another week or 2 but you cant keep running JBJ, Arroyo and Dalbec out there. Looks like Dalbec has already lost the big half of platoon to Cordero who cant play 1B either.

Unless things change wuick I think you make both moves.

Call up Duran and play him almost everyday in LF or platoon w Davis who I like esp as he hits righty. JBJ goes.

Call up Casas and play in strict platoon w Dalbec. Commit to that for 3 mos min. Its not a competition. Franchy goes back to AAA where you make him truly force issue. Bat Casas 7 or 8th and tell him he is going nowhere. If he slashes 230/320/380and can field its an upgrade. He seems very likely a better player than Dalbec now which is good enough reason for me to make move. Not buying this hurts his development and it would be act of mercy for fans.
 

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Nobody thinks JBJ is going to be great going forward, but there is still hope for Dalbec. Meanwhile, promoting Casas essentially pushes Dalbec off the team, while there is still hope he might become a valuable player.
Based on what, exactly? Six good weeks last year?

Dalbec had a hot month and a half. Betting that he’s going to do that for a full season is what got this team into this mess.
 

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I didn't realize Dalbec is already 27. Yeesh. Maybe the bat can still play vs LHP, but with no defensive value, that doesn't seem like a guy who should have a role on a team with the Sox' resources. It was a worthy attempt but I'm ready to pull the plug once they deem Casas ready. Same with JBJ and Duran. Vazquez, on the other hand...I don't know what the plan is at C, long or short term.
 

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Based on what, exactly? Six good weeks last year?

Dalbec had a hot month and a half. Betting that he’s going to do that for a full season is what got this team into this mess.
He still has good to very good batted ball results. He may become a good cheap hitter if he can continue to hit the ball hard and improve his contact numbers. Even if Dalbec's good month and a half from last season is representative of his hottest of hot streaks, and not what he's going to do regularly, it is worth finding out if he can harness that talent.

Killing that chance to call up Casas prematurely seems foolish. They need a little more time to finally determine what Dalbec can be. They certainly do not need additional time to find out what JBJ can be.
 

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He still has good to very good batted ball results. He may become a good cheap hitter if he can continue to hit the ball hard and improve his contact numbers. Even if Dalbec's good month and a half from last season is representative of his hottest of hot streaks, and not what he's going to do regularly, it is worth finding out if he can harness that talent.

Killing that chance to call up Casas prematurely seems foolish. They need a little more time to finally determine what Dalbec can be. They certainly do not need additional time to find out what JBJ can be.
Bobby Dalbec is 27-years-old and has 620 major league plate appearances. I think that we are very, very close to determining what he can be. I mean, how many more plate appearances do you want to waste on him?

And I don't think that we should bring up Cassas, I think that's a very bad idea. What I think is that going into 2022, crossing your fingers and hoping that Bobby turns the corner (based on six solid weeks of production) without a Plan B was a very dumb move on Chaim Bloom's part. I mean, we're kind of stuck with Dalbec for the rest of the year. Or Franchy. Who's never played first base in the majors. And was a pretty shitty hitter last year.
 

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Bobby Dalbec is 27-years-old and has 620 major league plate appearances. I think that we are very, very close to determining what he can be. I mean, how many more plate appearances do you want to waste on him?

And I don't think that we should bring up Cassas, I think that's a very bad idea. What I think is that going into 2022, crossing your fingers and hoping that Bobby turns the corner (based on six solid weeks of production) without a Plan B was a very dumb move on Chaim Bloom's part. I mean, we're kind of stuck with Dalbec for the rest of the year. Or Franchy. Who's never played first base in the majors. And was a pretty shitty hitter last year.
You don't have to look very far to find an example of a power hitter with raw tools who took longer than 620 PA to turn it into good results.

A certain hitter on the Red Sox played for Houston his first three years, amassing 975 plate appearances by his age 25 season, a season which resulted in a 79 ops+

The next year, he hit for a 154 ops+

Unfortunately for the Astros, he did it for Detroit, during his age 26 season.

JD Martinez isn't the only guy to turn the light on only after a lot of at bats. There are reasons why teams let guys with Dalbec's power have lots of rope.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martijd02.shtml
 
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AAA hitting coach Rich Gedman thinks Casas isn't ready yet, no one else reads The Athletic?

"The tough part is, he missed a year. So, that makes it very difficult. When you just look at his time, he hasn’t been playing that long in pro ball. So, therefore, I’m not trying to discredit that — he was working the whole time — but there’s no substitute for games played. That’s where your lessons are learned. You learn through your peer group. You earn through it as well. So, therefore, (you think), “I’m going to get there sometime.”

Probably the most difficult thing for him is that he plays for the Boston Red Sox. And there’s nothing wrong with saying that. But when you get there, you hopefully are ready, because if you’re not — for a lot of different reasons — if you’re not ready, you can get hammered and lose total confidence in your ability. Because this game is going to kick your ass. I don’t care who you are. That’s everybody. So, now, when you have that happen, how are you going to handle that? I don’t know how he’s going to handle it, but I’d sure like to see how he’s going to run the race. So, the more he plays here, the better (he’ll be). Let’s dominate this level. When he dominates this level, let’s bring him to the next one and see how he handles that. But would it be fair to (rush him)? If somebody gets hurt, if you have to take him because he’s the best guy, OK I understand. But to take him sooner than that for any other reason? No way. And he has to understand that too. You’re getting a glimpse here. You’re not the savior. If you’re part of a club, you’re a helluva player. And you may be that guysomeday, but it doesn’t happen usually — (snaps fingers) — like that. And if you are the guy, you’re truly special, and you’ll be special for a long time, hopefully. You can’t rush it. If you rush it, there’s no telling what can happen."

https://theathletic.com/3281353/2022/05/01/when-will-reinforcements-like-triston-casas-jeter-downs-be-ready-for-red-sox-a-qa-with-their-triple-a-coach/
 

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You don't have to look very far to find an example of a power hitter with raw tools who took longer than 620 PA to turn it into good results.

A certain hitter on the Red Sox played for Houston his first three years, amassing 975 plate appearances by his age 25 season, a season which resulted in a 79 ops+

The next year, he hit for a 154 ops+

Unfortunately for the Astros, he did it for Detroit, during his age 26 season.

JD Martinez isn't the only guy to turn the light on only after a lot of at bats. There are reasons why teams let guys with Dalbec's power have lots of rope.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martijd02.shtml
Martinez is the exception. And he was a year younger.

I hope that I’m wrong but Dalbec is not going to be anything more than he is now, an inconsistent hitter who shows flashes of promise. And that’s what makes him so infuriating because everyone gets fooled into thinking he’s “just a few at bats from turning his season around”.

MLB history is littered with dudes like this. And no matter how many times we see this movie, we think that the ending is going to be different. Bloom should have planned for the possibility that Dalbec might not be the guy you give 500 ABs to.
 

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12 home runs as a team this month! (Granted, almost an entire week shorter than typical, but still played 22 games.) Wonder the last month the home run production was so putrid. Only had time to confirm that in 2021 the worst month was 31 HRs.
 

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You don’t just throw up your hands and say nothing can be done. It’s been a month, this lineup isn’t going on a run. If Bloom can’t get players in here that can produce he should be fired for a guy who will.

This season has been an absolute catastrophe. That’s on Bloom. It’s his job to fix it. If he refuses to make changes then someone needs to be brought in who will.
Ok, it's clear you were angry when you wrote this, but a complete overhaul is an unrealistic expectation.

Literally *everyone* - baseball writers, fans, insiders - all expected the Sox to have a top offense this season. That hasn't happened so far, but while it's fair to an expect a GM to anticipate some underperformance, what the Sox have put up in April is beyond any reasonable range of expectations.

The adjustments around the edges - seeing what Franchy has, bringing up Duran and/or Casas, adding Justin Upton, etc. - won't make *nearly* the same difference as all the guys who have long histories of hitting well, actually hitting well again.

But given what we heard about Schwarber helping hitters last season, and what we've seen so far this season....at this point I would be thoroughly in favor of looking at some turnover among the hitting coaches.
 

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Bloom can probably do something. He could promote Durran, sign somebody off waivers or make a trade. When it is five of your core players that can't hit or stay healthy then there really is not much to do.
I'm not sure signing someone off of waivers to solve deepening problems is the standard operating procedure of a championship caliber team. I think the frog has been sufficiently boiled here: aside from the one exception - Story - we've become so accustomed to bargain hunting as the modus operandi, we've forgotten there's any other way. (And even Story was a relative bargain).
 

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I'm not sure signing someone off of waivers to solve deepening problems is the standard operating procedure of a championship caliber team. I think the frog has been sufficiently boiled here: aside from the one exception - Story - we've become so accustomed to bargain hunting as the modus operandi, we've forgotten there's any other way. (And even Story was a relative bargain).
You're right that bargain shopping isn't going to solve the current issues with the team. So what now? Bemoan that Bloom didn't spend a billion dollars this off-season on the best players available? This is not a cheap team. Their payroll is over $200M. Can we stop acting like the problem with the team is they're not spending money?
 

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Over 176 major league games he's an above average hitter, so why exactly do you think that 20 games of him hitting barely better than a typical pitcher is "who Dalbec is"?
He has at 550 total PA’s a .780 OPS and 31HR’s. Shouldn’t we evaluate his potential based on these numbers with the likelihood that he’ll improve rather than regress?
 

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Bobby Dalbec is 27-years-old and has 620 major league plate appearances. I think that we are very, very close to determining what he can be. I mean, how many more plate appearances do you want to waste on him?

And I don't think that we should bring up Cassas, I think that's a very bad idea. What I think is that going into 2022, crossing your fingers and hoping that Bobby turns the corner (based on six solid weeks of production) without a Plan B was a very dumb move on Chaim Bloom's part. I mean, we're kind of stuck with Dalbec for the rest of the year. Or Franchy. Who's never played first base in the majors. And was a pretty shitty hitter last year.
Well, if we're going to say that 620 MLB plate appearances tells us that this is what he is, we have to look at the whole 620 plate appearances. So what do 620 MLB plate appearances tell us?

- He doesn't hit for high average (.232 career BA) or get on base tons (.297 OBP).
- He does hit for a lot of power (34 homers in 565 AB - or one HR every 16.6 AB).
- He's slightly above average in terms of OPS+ (103 for his career). - and remember, OPS+ factors in their home ballpark, the era in which they play, and the position they play
- He's streaky.
- First 92 PA: .959 ops+, one HR every 10.0 AB
- Next 292 PA: .651 ops+, one HR every 27.4 AB
- Next 161 PA: 1.059 ops+, one HR every 9.5 AB
- Next 75 PA: .449 ops+, one HR every 68.0 AB

So that's the Bobby Dalbec story over 620 PA. He's a slightly above average hitter by OPS+. Lots of power. Not much in the on-base department. Streaky. So he'll go terrible for a while, but then he'll get absolutely red hot for a while and carry the team.

Can a good team live with a player like that? Well...sure, if the other players are doing their jobs. But of course, that's not happening with the Sox right now. Look at the ops+ numbers for their starting nine (ten if we include Arroyo who is kind of a super sub):

163 - Bogaerts
157 - Martinez (but only 16 games played)
120 - Devers
86 - Verdugo
76 - Story
70 - Hernandez
55 - Vazquez
30 - Arroyo
29 - Dalbec
26 - Bradley

I mean...seven of the ten guys are at 86 or lower. Half of the top ten position players on the roster are at 70 or below. 30% of them are at 30 or below. These are unconscionably bad numbers. Only three guys are hitting, and one of them has missed 30% of their games so far (JD). And the offense looks a lot better thanks to the utterly meaningless grand slam yesterday in the 9th by JD. The only way that might NOT be meaningless is if it somehow sparks his bat and gets him rolling.

So yeah, Dalbec has been a problem so far this year, but if we're going to say that 620 PA gives us the true Bobby Dalbec story, we have to look at all 620 PA and not just say that the last 75 represent what he truly is, because that would be grossly unfair to him.