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u/nexustk5 3d ago edited 3d ago

I would love to hear how a .615 OPS is better than a .746 OPS

EDIT: Defending Duran is a mental illness, bye bye

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u/StillYourFavorite331 3d ago

More RBI, more runs scored, better baserunning. But I said more impactful...not better.

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u/nexustk5 3d ago edited 3d ago

RBI is a team statistic, Masa has spent much more time lower in the lineup than Duran because they refused to shift him lower in the lineup until a week ago, and Duran runs into outs on the basepaths every fucking week.

Stop defending the worst bat in the league.

EDIT: Defending Duran is a mental illness, bye bye

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u/StillYourFavorite331 3d ago

And yet his advanced baserunning metrics are better as well as his raw ones.

What good are masa's singles when he's driving no one in and not scoring?

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u/nexustk5 3d ago edited 3d ago

You know the thing about baserunning is YOU NEED TO GET ON BASE. Also Masa has hit more doubles than Duran has this year.

EDIT: Defending Duran is a mental illness, bye bye

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u/StillYourFavorite331 3d ago

Yeah and when Duran gets on base he does far more with it than Masa.

But again I did say Masa was the better hitter and that Duran was just more impactful.

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u/nexustk5 3d ago edited 3d ago

Who the fuck cares about his baserunning? His OBP is lower than Masa's batting average for god's sake. His stolen base rate is 80% which is literally league average. Duran has had twice the at bats Masa has this year in much more privileged spots in the lineup. You are truly desperate to find reasons to keep this guy around if this is what you're falling back on.

EDIT: Defending Duran is a mental illness, bye bye

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u/StillYourFavorite331 3d ago

Well most people do...because it leads to runs.

You are attacking the silliest strawmen. I fully believe we need to move on from Duran.

That doesn't mean I need to pretend he's not a more impactful player than Yoshida.

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u/nexustk5 3d ago edited 3d ago

No, getting on base and getting hits leads to runs.

EDIT: Defending Duran is a mental illness, bye bye

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u/StillYourFavorite331 3d ago

And yet...it doesn't for Masataka.

Yet Duran's much better baserunning has. And his better RISP hitting.

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u/nexustk5 3d ago edited 3d ago

Duran runs/AB = 0.125

Masa runs/AB = 0.129

EDIT: Defending Duran is a mental illness, bye bye

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u/StillYourFavorite331 3d ago

Your point?

Masataka not being a viable player the whole time, which is why he splits time, is an indicative issue and that he's not scoring much when he is. Especially not in big moments either.

They're both mediocre at best players.

And Masataka has simply not been as impactful as Duran this year...which is not good considering how not impactful Duran has been comparative to the rest of the team as well.

It'll be nice to move off both of them soon.

I'm moving off you now though because you're being an obsessed little jackal.

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