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Love stories like this, David - please keep up the great work!

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Thank you so much! I'll do my best!

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Great work Lesky!

Staumont - yes, he has closer written all over him and I've been wondering why they haven't just done it since I first saw the kid. But then came Trevor, then the rebirth of Holly and now we're just loaded in the pen.

Salvy - One helluva week for sure. And you talk about it couldn't happen to a nicer guy - Salvy is just my kind of dude. Every quote after he made another big play and delivered was simple, "whatever the team needs/whatever it takes to win". If someone doesn't love Salvy they have issues.

Salvy's play this week, coupled with Taylor's play the first week and some other plays that have been made by our team have me wondering something stat-wise; with all the stats that are out there I'm surprised there isn't a "WNW" play stat. The premise is that without that play, their team "Would Not Win" or maybe a PWNW - "probably would not win play".

So Santana's home run to send us to extras, Taylor's gun downs, Salvy's O and D play almost all week... I'd love to see a stat like that. I get that it's highly subjective, but for my money, the man who delivers in the clutch is the man I want on my team. I'd take a stat like that over WAR anyday. I suppose WPA is similar, but it doesn't account for Defense.

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That would be really interesting if there was a way to take the subjectivity out of it. Well, most of it. Obviously you can't know what would have happened next if one thing didn't happen, but you're right. Those two assists at home plate on Opening Day changed the game and there are a ton of plays throughout the season that don't get talked about because they didn't decide the game late but made it possible for the game to be decided late.

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Interesting breakdown on Salvy's swing. I still think his low OBA makes him a bit of a difficult player to put at 1B/DH, but if he hits for this kind of power as a catcher who is still a great defender, and the Royals improve a lot...could be an interesting darkhorse in the MVP hunt. Still early though!

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I tend to agree he probably shouldn’t be a DH full time but if someone like Rivero or Melendez comes on, they could ease Salvy’s workload and not be at a huge DH deficiency at least when he isn’t catching but still in the lineup.

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