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[drewski6]

The league will keep moving more and more towards positional versatility > ideal defensive alignment because of all the k's decreasing the need for unflappable defense.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 minute ago, drewski6 said:

The league will keep moving more and more towards positional versatility > ideal defensive alignment because of all the k's decreasing the need for unflappable defense.

This is a smart post, which I hope and pray is soon rendered obsolete when MLB implements new parameters for the definition of an actual check-SWING and not a check-HEWENT... 

... and then uses computer calibrations that overrule dumb check-the-checks and put counts back in the favor of batters -- so we might restore a little offense to this once great game.

[drewski6]

3 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

This is a smart post, which I hope and pray is soon rendered obsolete when MLB implements new parameters for the definition of an actual check-SWING and not a check-HEWENT... 

... and then uses computer calibrations that overrule dumb check-the-checks and put counts back in the favor of batters -- so we might restore a little offense to this once great game.

Interesting.  I do agree check swing vs not is wildly inconsistent.  It matters a lot who you are, like fouls in basketball.

They wont give the sluggers the benefit of the doubt because they know that when they swing thats a lot of momentum, and its super hard to pull back.  So they cheat.  Like if they see Jordan shoot an airbll, they can probably pretty safely assume he was hit on the elbow.  IF they see a 6'8 try to check a swing, most likely, he didnt.  Violent swingers shouldnt really be checking anyways.  It will get you hurt and its so hard to do for them.

Its more for like the placers and table-setters.

[mvp 78]

14 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

The league will keep moving more and more towards positional versatility > ideal defensive alignment because of all the k's decreasing the need for unflappable defense.

This is the exact opposite of what is happening. All the current stories are about how athletic current OFers are and how with the better positioning it has deflated BA immensely. It's why they started messing around with outfield positioning in the AFL!

[drewski6]

6 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

This is the exact opposite of what is happening. All the current stories are about how athletic current OFers are and how with the better positioning it has deflated BA immensely. It's why they started messing around with outfield positioning in the AFL!

Note how you refer to them as "OFers". 10 years ago there were lf, cf, and rf'ers and it was quite rare that guys were viewed as "outfielders"

[mvp 78]

3 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Note how you refer to them as "OFers". 10 years ago there were lf, cf, and rf'ers and it was quite rare that guys were viewed as "outfielders"

What the hell are you talking about? 

 

[drewski6]

7 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

What the hell are you talking about? 

 

Thats a bad example.  You think of Willie Mays as a generic outfielder? Is he not like the greatest CF of all time?  Guys are moving around a lot more than they ever have.  Its not a controversial statement.

[drewski6]

AI Overview

Yes, baseball players are both playing multiple positions and changing positions much more than they used to. [1, 2]

Modern baseball—from youth leagues up to Major League Baseball (MLB)—has largely moved away from rigid, single-position specialization in favor of high versatility. [1, 2]

[drewski6]

Its like the least controversial thing I have said in years that positional versatility has increased and guys are playing more positions and shifting around the diamond more than ever before in MLB.  

I dont see how its possible to deny.  I exaggerate, sure.

[mvp 78]

10 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Thats a bad example.  You think of Willie Mays as a generic outfielder? Is he not like the greatest CF of all time?  Guys are moving around a lot more than they ever have.  Its not a controversial statement.

No they aren't. 

[mvp 78]

And I don't think of Mays as a generic OFer, I think of him as THE OFer. 

[drewski6]

Just now, mvp 78 said:

No they aren't. 

Okay 🙄

[drewski6]

Just now, mvp 78 said:

And I don't think of Mays as a generic OFer, I think of him as THE OFer. 

Your Troy Oleary tattoo suggests otherwise.

[mvp 78]

9 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

AI Overview

 

 

Yes, baseball players are both playing multiple positions and changing positions much more than they used to. [1, 2]

Modern baseball—from youth leagues up to Major League Baseball (MLB)—has largely moved away from rigid, single-position specialization in favor of high versatility. [1, 2]

You got a quantitative measurement for that? That's not what this shows. 

[mvp 78]

10 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Its like the least controversial thing I have said in years that positional versatility has increased and guys are playing more positions and shifting around the diamond more than ever before in MLB.  

I dont see how its possible to deny.  I exaggerate, sure.

Yaz played 1B/LF/3B in the 70's. Were players not versatile then? 

[drewski6]

Just now, mvp 78 said:

You got a quantitative measurement for that? That's not what this shows. 

I dont have the apetite to do all that digging at the moment.  But I am surprised this is the hill you chose to take a stand on.  But I assume its my fault for exaggerating by declaring positions dead.  Your unwillingness to meet me at : Drew exaggerates, but it is true that positional versatility is in - is honestly a little fascinating to me.  

But agin prob cuz i over exaggerated and now your heels are dug in.  

[mvp 78]

Just now, drewski6 said:

But agin prob cuz i over exaggerated and now your heels are dug in.  

I would never act in that manner.