Marlins Vs. Royals

[Nick]

Woops.

We losing 1-0.

[rmc523]

Waste of a lead off double by Ozuna. They've had opportunities but haven't been able to push through.

[fish16]

man i really hope we get rid of Hech in the offseason. its been 4 years at this point can we admit a lost cause? His occasional spectacular play does not outweigh the fact that he is simply a terrible hitter. I'd rather go with fucking Rojas over Hech at this point.

[rmc523]

Ozuna taken out of the game?

[Nick]

injured, just what we needed.

[rmc523]

They're trying to take themselves out of the race, aren't they?

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Family emergency apparently.

[Nick]

family emergency, not injured.

[fish16]

Ozuna left because of a family emergency, thankfully not injured. Hope all is good with him. Kinda weird timing in the middle of a game though so id assume something is not good.

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and as i say that they show video of him clearly shaken up in the field. Hope everything is good with his family.

[rmc523]

I hate losing these 1-0 games.

[Namaste]

I hate losing these 1-0 games.

Top of the 9th

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Top of the 9th

Nevermind the bottom of the order is coming up

We did lose

[fish16]

jesus. enough of hech. Is it just me or should Rojas be starting?

[rmc523]

I knew what inning it was lol, I just knew we weren't going to score.

Bench him

[fish16]

Hech took a step forward last year, but this year has been absolutely horrendous. Consistently bad the entire year. OPS by month starting from April: .603, .626, .636, .682, .532.

[Todd]

I hope everything with Ozuna is OK.

[HUGG]

jesus. enough of hech. Is it just me or should Rojas be starting?

Finally replacing Hechavarria with someone who is, at absolute best, equal to him would be Peak Marlins. Rojas isn't any better and can play the other IF spots, so it makes sense to keep them in their current roles.

Rojas OPS is 13 points higher than Hechavarria. But Hech is 12.3 UZR/150 and 11 DRS at SS while Rojas is -2.3 UZR/150 and -3 DRS. Rojas is a better defender than those numbers, small sample size theater. But, he also has a career .598 OPS and .618 minor league OPS, so most likely the more you play him, the less he's going to hit.

I've given up on Hechavarria as a starting SS for this team. He has value in a better offense that can hide him. This team isn't it. But, Rojas isn't the answer either.

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Hech's one area of value is also offset by the fact our genius front office built an elite defensive IF...and a pitching staff that allows the 2nd highest % of flyballs in the NL.