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The duo of Neugebauer and Lou Palsmo were going to solve all of our woahs...

I have no recollection of anyone on that list and I look forward to not remembering Greg Jones when his name inevitably comes up in one of these trivia queries in 5 years.

This is a really good observation. It's interesting that SS has been producing more offense than 3B since 2024. It seems like the latest young crop of stars all play middle infield. There are not many high profile 3B debuts of late, certainly not of the level needed to replace aging stars like Arenado, José Ramírez, Bregman, and Manny Machado. Austin Riley isn't that old but his production fell off a cliff.

The offense is top 10 as well in runs scored/game. They have actually underperformed their pythagorean W-L by a game. They "should" be 15-12!

Given the current replacement options, if he can OPS at his 2025 rate of .593 he'll probably keep his job. If he continues at his 2026 rate of .445, he probably won't (and is already losing playing time as others have mentioned). It's frustrating since it's a very low bar that he's not reaching.

Yep, Frelick is a way bigger problem right now, playing at the #2 ranked offensive position in MLB, a position where league average OPS is 35 points higher than shortstop. And Frelick isn't making it up with his glove.

If we consider positional adjustments, the "winner" of worst bat of 2026 so far is actually Luis Rengifo at -0.4 oWAR. Sal Frelick and Joey are in a tie for second at -0.3 oWAR. The award for 'objectively the worst hitter on the team' surely goes to Joey.

The good news is that his defense has gotten him to be exactly replacement level (0.0 bWAR). So it doesn't make sense to replace him with a minor leaguer, especially when he should regress toward his usual level of "pretty bad but not horrendous". Relief pitching and RF have both performed worse to this point, LF and 3B are comparable.

He could have deployed them in a different order!

Schedule loss that ended up as a schedule loss. (Ignore all the details about what actually transpired in the game)

Missed opportunity to tack on insurance runs burned us.

The Tigers broadcast showed Skubal chucking things in the dugout. Certified Brewers woodpecker moment.

Turang is a bum compared with these bottom of the order guys.

Bottom of the order! Bottom of the order!!!

If Perkins can deliver, so can Joey. Right???