I really haven’t thought it through in detail but the 30 second thought would be 2B. Possible some 1st against LH pitching; DH burger. Zeke moves to LF full time and Wyatt to center. Nimmo stay in RF. Evan is part of a deal to get some BP help. I’d move Josh S too because he isn’t gonna like the demotion. Bench is some combo of foscue, Osuna, freeman when healthy. Haggerty can be sent back down. I’m sure there are plenty of holes in this thought but that’s the quick version
Excited to get a lot more insight into the “why” behind our strategy.
Will for sure miss the gamers, but 1,000% understand not wanting to watch this flaming bag of turds and then reflect on it for several hundred words every night.💩
The consistent inconsistency is perpetuating on the surface low batting averages and unseen nagging injuries may be some of it. The manager’s strategy has been consistent and hasn’t been afraid to change the lineup. So your analysis is always greatly appreciated.
Consistent inconsistency is a good way to put it. How do you outscore the opposition on the road trip and still wind up with a losing record? Two blowout wins skew the numbers for sure!
A couple of us old timers who pretty much watch every game and baseball for decades, are still perplexed with what is failing on this 2026 team. Do we call out a cheap owner, poor executive management at the top, a manager making poor decisions, inept coaching, no team leader, or just not very good players. I’m more than happy to lose some gamers, Jamey, if you give us insight into the riddles. As we all know, last season we had 81 wins, a .500 winning percentage. I ran the Pythagorean Expectation calculation and it predicts, as of today, a winning percentage of .507 and number of wins 82.4. So roughly an 82-80 season. And watching games, it feels like nothing has improved from last season. Pythagoras might have been pretty smart.
I completely understand not doing the gamers. I am hoping some of these players improve to the point of increasing their trade value so we may improve this lineup not for this year but for the future. And please no more trading any minor leaguers. We are building for the future
I have the MLB Ticket, and have been watching the White Sox for the past few days. It reminded me that two years ago I thought that Will Venable was crazy to take the White Sox managing job when he just had to wait a few years to inherit a very good Ranger team. How wrong I was. My guess is that Venable (fellow Princeton grad) is feeling pretty good about his decision right now. Which job looks better to you, Mr. Newberg (and the studio audience can play as well)?
Jamey, I love that you said you were going to also be talking about the mentality behind some of the decisions. I don't understand a lot of the thinking and I am very curious. Things like, how can a guy who's played baseball his whole life, good enough to make it to the Show, and not understand situational hitting? Perhaps I'm uninformed, and athletes are just taught to try to hit the ball without any finesse until they reach the big leagues. And gosh, I sure hope when the team gets taken apart if it does, that Nimmo gets to stick around. CY definitely won that trade.
I like the reference, except it sort of doesn’t work, because there is no draft lottery in baseball, right? Isn’t it just a good old fashioned inverse order or W-L record?
Trey, that's so funny, even though Jamey has used that term often, I was thinking the same thing this morning! It's a great term, and I was picturing myself saying it to a friend and they would look at me cluelessly.
I’ll miss the regular gamers for sure, but I’ll look forward to the ones you do write. In the meantime I’ll look forward to your other posts. Thanks, Jamey!
Please tell me Luis Arraez is on your roster trade list?!
Where are you playing him?
I really haven’t thought it through in detail but the 30 second thought would be 2B. Possible some 1st against LH pitching; DH burger. Zeke moves to LF full time and Wyatt to center. Nimmo stay in RF. Evan is part of a deal to get some BP help. I’d move Josh S too because he isn’t gonna like the demotion. Bench is some combo of foscue, Osuna, freeman when healthy. Haggerty can be sent back down. I’m sure there are plenty of holes in this thought but that’s the quick version
It’s also worth noting I don’t do this unless I can get Arraez to sign at least a 3 year deal upon being traded.
Vocabulary props for solipsistic! As my High School math teacher would say, that’s a ten cent word. *adjusted for inflation*
Excited to get a lot more insight into the “why” behind our strategy.
Will for sure miss the gamers, but 1,000% understand not wanting to watch this flaming bag of turds and then reflect on it for several hundred words every night.💩
That sounds like pure torture.
The consistent inconsistency is perpetuating on the surface low batting averages and unseen nagging injuries may be some of it. The manager’s strategy has been consistent and hasn’t been afraid to change the lineup. So your analysis is always greatly appreciated.
Consistent inconsistency is a good way to put it. How do you outscore the opposition on the road trip and still wind up with a losing record? Two blowout wins skew the numbers for sure!
This is why you should not bet on baseball games
A couple of us old timers who pretty much watch every game and baseball for decades, are still perplexed with what is failing on this 2026 team. Do we call out a cheap owner, poor executive management at the top, a manager making poor decisions, inept coaching, no team leader, or just not very good players. I’m more than happy to lose some gamers, Jamey, if you give us insight into the riddles. As we all know, last season we had 81 wins, a .500 winning percentage. I ran the Pythagorean Expectation calculation and it predicts, as of today, a winning percentage of .507 and number of wins 82.4. So roughly an 82-80 season. And watching games, it feels like nothing has improved from last season. Pythagoras might have been pretty smart.
I am also in favor of less gamers and more analysis.
I completely understand not doing the gamers. I am hoping some of these players improve to the point of increasing their trade value so we may improve this lineup not for this year but for the future. And please no more trading any minor leaguers. We are building for the future
I have the MLB Ticket, and have been watching the White Sox for the past few days. It reminded me that two years ago I thought that Will Venable was crazy to take the White Sox managing job when he just had to wait a few years to inherit a very good Ranger team. How wrong I was. My guess is that Venable (fellow Princeton grad) is feeling pretty good about his decision right now. Which job looks better to you, Mr. Newberg (and the studio audience can play as well)?
Jamey, I love that you said you were going to also be talking about the mentality behind some of the decisions. I don't understand a lot of the thinking and I am very curious. Things like, how can a guy who's played baseball his whole life, good enough to make it to the Show, and not understand situational hitting? Perhaps I'm uninformed, and athletes are just taught to try to hit the ball without any finesse until they reach the big leagues. And gosh, I sure hope when the team gets taken apart if it does, that Nimmo gets to stick around. CY definitely won that trade.
Maybe you should drop a trademark symbol after “CooperFlagging” 😃
I like the reference, except it sort of doesn’t work, because there is no draft lottery in baseball, right? Isn’t it just a good old fashioned inverse order or W-L record?
Baseball has a lottery. We got Wyatt by jumping to 4 from 7.
Ok thanks. Somehow I missed that for the last several years.
Trey, that's so funny, even though Jamey has used that term often, I was thinking the same thing this morning! It's a great term, and I was picturing myself saying it to a friend and they would look at me cluelessly.
I’ll miss the regular gamers for sure, but I’ll look forward to the ones you do write. In the meantime I’ll look forward to your other posts. Thanks, Jamey!