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#234,814
zjcvols said:
It was 2023, but I remember Bow basically tweeting he had one more week before the Braves moved on and he literally started raking.
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Damn - was it really 2023? I looked at BR and noticed he finished with the good numbers he did that year, and figured that the year he almost got cut was 2022. He must have hit .400+ the second half of that season.
 
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#234,815
vols 30 said:
Marcel will be 35 after this season. I think we might give him a 2 or 3 year deal.


Then again there's AA ..
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I think Acuna's knees are going to play a significant factor to keep the DH spot open as well. With Murphy/Baldwin and Acuna's knees, losing Ozuna is going to suck but I think they would rather have the roster flexibility.

The thing is, if they let Ozuna go, they cannot have a black hole at SS and LF like it has been the last few years.
 
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#234,816
05_never_again said:
Damn - was it really 2023? I looked at BR and noticed he finished with the good numbers he did that year, and figured that the year he almost got cut was 2022. He must have hit .400+ the second half of that season.
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Ozuna was rocking a 10 wRC+ in April 2023. He didn't play for five straight days, Bow made the tweet that Ozuna's days were numbered. They gave him five days off to basically a way to clear his head and then he started raking.
 
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#234,817
zjcvols said:
I think Acuna's knees are going to play a significant factor to keep the DH spot open as well. With Murphy/Baldwin and Acuna's knees, losing Ozuna is going to suck but I think they would rather have the roster flexibility.

The thing is, if they let Ozuna go, they cannot have a black hole at SS and LF like it has been the last few years.
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They need to figure out the Baldwin thing… Not sure that gives them that much more flexibility, especially if they waste a spot on a 3rd catcher. We shall see
 
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AV_12 said:
They need to figure out the Baldwin thing… Not sure that gives them that much more flexibility, especially if they waste a spot on a 3rd catcher. We shall see
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My guess would be they do what they did in 2022. Use the catcher platoon for the DH spot and then let Acuna DH twice a week so that way Murphy/Baldwin still get a day off every week for 2026 and forward. The problem is going to get Ronnie on board lol
 
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#234,820
zjcvols said:
Ozuna was rocking a 10 wRC+ in April 2023. He didn't play for five straight days, Bow made the tweet that Ozuna's days were numbered. They gave him five days off to basically a way to clear his head and then he started raking.
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I feel like there was also an injury that weekend that opened a roster spot that in turn saved Ozuna from getting cut.
 
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#234,821
zjcvols said:
My guess would be they do what they did in 2022. Use the catcher platoon for the DH spot and then let Acuna DH twice a week so that way Murphy/Baldwin still get a day off every week for 2026 and forward. The problem is going to get Ronnie on board lol
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Someone needs to get moved man.
Catchers only have so many bullets, so I’d hate to waste any with Drake. They better have a plan to replace Ozunas production either way
 
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zjcvols said:
My guess would be they do what they did in 2022. Use the catcher platoon for the DH spot and then let Acuna DH twice a week so that way Murphy/Baldwin still get a day off every week for 2026 and forward. The problem is going to get Ronnie on board lol
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RAJ Twitter about to heat up
 
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#234,824
This is mostly shouting into the void (i.e., not folks in here) but it sort of warms my heart that "no doubt league ace #1 over anybody" Paul Skenes is, turns out, touchable.

The gap some were trying to suggest between him and Skubal or others was getting a bit silly.
 
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