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Originally Posted by Droford
They also replaced David Ortiz .315/.401/.620 with Mitch Moreland (moving Hanley to DH) .233/.298/.422
Trumbo to Seth Smith is somehow worse than that
Plus their starting 3b played 3 games last year and even in a full season prior he hit .245/.292/.366 with 10 hr
If you can't see their offense isnt going to be close to what it was in 2016 (#1 with 5.36 rpg, .282/.348/.461 ) then I don't know what to say. They scored 101 runs more than the next best AL team and you expect that to not change with Mitch Moreland and Pablo Sandoval in the lineup..
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You're a dope. Nobody said that Trumbo to Smith was worse. You're just now bringing that up. The argument here is you think team is somehow better despite making no moves to improve while the team you think they're better than improved.
Of course their offense is going to take a hit. Nobody argued that.
What you're ignoring is that they've added one of the best pitchers in the league to prevent giving up runs, so that they don't need to score as many runs as last year to obtain the same or more success.
In other words, instead of trying to replace the runs created by David Ortiz, they decided to improve the about they gave up instead to make up for it.
What people are saying is they're still good. Their outfield is absolutely stacked. Their middle infield is stacked. Moreland had a down year based on balls in play. He's actually a good bounce back candidate. Of course you would've actually had to have looked up numbers to know that.
The only blip on the radar is Sandoval and whether or not he'll bounce back. That's it.
The rotation is ridiculous.
Baltimore meanwhile has an aging first baseman, and mediocre at best second baseman, a mediocre shortstop who can't hit anymore, a centerfielder who can't get on base or field and is declining offensively, a platoon right fielder who can't field, and a left fielder who might be an everyday player but know one knows because his manager benched him half the year.
Then you get to the patch job rotation who's number one starter isn't as good as 3 of the other 4 division rivals' number one.
Followed by one more solid guy, then 2 scrubs who haven't been good in years and a walking dead shoulder who sucked as a starter and gave up 1.5 runs more as a starter than a reliever.
Lol. You just don't have ability to be objective. You try to find ways to upsell your team even when the writing is on the wall.