Is Victor Martinez the solution at catcher

[Dipre]

Hell will freeze over

 

Well played sir.

[Chamomile]

example' date=' the Yankees looking inevitable period took a 2 yr nap from 07-08, resurfaced at the ASB last yr and hasnt stopped. This team hasnt looked this good in April since the early 2000s, maybe since 98[/quote']

 

I can't wait for the World Series shimmer to wear off. When you win a WS and your team gets off to a good start in April, you tend to think they're invincible. Then they hit the inevitable slump, and you're humbled. This team isn't as good as the 1998 team and there's no guarantee that they'll have a crazy good second half like they did last year. Every season is different.

[Gom]

Hell will freeze over

 

Get ready to dress warm, bitches!!!!! :harhar:

[Gom]

I can't wait for the World Series shimmer to wear off. When you win a WS and your team gets off to a good start in April' date=' you tend to think they're invincible. Then they hit the inevitable slump, and you're humbled. [b']This team isn't as good as the 1998 team and there's no guarantee that they'll have a crazy good second half like they did last year[/b]. Every season is different.

 

Where I agree this team is very unlikely to approach 1998 "status", let's look at the pitching rotation:

 

Wells [best year]

Cone [20 wins]

Pettitte [usual at the time]

El Duque [straight off the boat]

Irabu [Fat Toad]

 

vs.

 

CC

AJ

Pettitte

Vazquez

Hughes

 

I give the edge to the 1998 Yankees at the #2, #3, and #4 spots. The Yankees take #1 and #5.

 

I give the edge to the 2010 Yankees.

 

I realize that the edge with #1 and #5 are slight for 2010, and huge for 1998 with #2,#3, and #4. However...a few lucky bounces or rolls...

 

I'm telling you, this team wins 110 games.

[example1]

example' date=' the Yankees looking inevitable period took a 2 yr nap from 07-08, resurfaced at the ASB last yr and hasnt stopped. This team hasnt looked this good in April since the early 2000s, maybe since 98[/quote']

 

Nah. The Yankees always look inevitable. Whether they play that way or not doesn't matter, they're always a formidable team. Red Sox fans should know, it's built into our psyche. You're right that they WEREN'T that way, but appearances can be deceiving.

 

As for this team not looking this good in April since yada yada, I just don't really care. I hate the Yankees.

[Korn2]

Gom-

 

I have read your comments re:UZR and its obvious you haven't the faintest idea what you are talking about.

 

#1 UZR DOES NOT compare a player to a replacement player. It compares players to the average major leaguer at the players position.

 

#2 You can't dismiss a metric because it tells you something different than what your own sensibilities tell you. A good statistic should be a better measurement than watching the game on TV.

 

#3 UZR DOES NOT say that any of the above players you mentioned are below average defenive players. It only says that they made a below average number of outs given the distribution of balls that were hit in their area. This could happen for any number of reasons over a single season. For many positions there tend to be a limited amount of plays over the course of a season that aren't either routine or impossible, that can make the sample sizes difficult. Mark Texiera had a very poor batting average over a small sample of play. Does this mean he's a poor hitter? When a hitter hits poorly over a small sample size, no one ever questions the metric.

 

#4 Saying that UZR missed gold gloves and is therefor invalid is likely one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. You are aware that gold gloves are voted on by beat writers who do not see a player play defensively every day. More often than not a gold glove is won by a players reputation as opposed to how he actually plays defensively. Many just vote for the guy that won it last year. Rafael Palmiero won a gold glove in a year he barely played in the field, nuff said.

[Dipre]

Gom-

 

I have read your comments re:UZR and its obvious you haven't the faintest idea what you are talking about.

 

#1 UZR DOES NOT compare a player to a replacement player. It compares players to the average major leaguer at the players position.

 

#2 You can't dismiss a metric because it tells you something different than what your own sensibilities tell you. A good statistic should be a better measurement than watching the game on TV.

 

#3 UZR DOES NOT say that any of the above players you mentioned are below average defenive players. It only says that they made a below average number of outs given the distribution of balls that were hit in their area. This could happen for any number of reasons over a single season. For many positions there tend to be a limited amount of plays over the course of a season that aren't either routine or impossible, that can make the sample sizes difficult. Mark Texiera had a very poor batting average over a small sample of play. Does this mean he's a poor hitter? When a hitter hits poorly over a small sample size, no one ever questions the metric.

 

#4 Saying that UZR missed gold gloves and is therefor invalid is likely one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. You are aware that gold gloves are voted on by beat writers who do not see a player play defensively every day. More often than not a gold glove is won by a players reputation as opposed to how he actually plays defensively. Many just vote for the guy that won it last year. Rafael Palmiero won a gold glove in a year he barely played in the field, nuff said.

 

Excellent. Post.:thumbsup:

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Excellent. Post.:thumbsup:

 

Agreed, welcome to talksox!