a700hitter
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The analysis is usually done in an emotional manner, but it is there 8-10% of the time. It is just hard to differentiate it from the purely emotional reactions. LOL!! For example, "Farrell, you idiot! Why are you letting Young bat against the righty reliever when you have Holt and Shaw on the bench!" That is really game analysis even though it is stated very emotionally. It is also something that I probably posted.
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Evaluating drafting is different from evaluating a trade. Both need some kind of hindsight, but scouting and drafting procedures should be done on more of a macro level. It would be ridiculous to complain about one draft pick or one bad draft. The evaluation of potential is very imprecise. Trades, on the other hand, are looked at and evaluated by fans and press on a more transactional basis.
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Game threads are 90% emotion and 10% game analysis.
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We told the Boston.com people that we didn't care about their squabbles on their forum. Now, they seem to have turned their attention to dredging up squabbles here. Let's just discuss baseball. There is plenty of content there.
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I was just joking at your reference to being normal. That would have to be a very broad spectrum on this forum, but that is okay. Normal is often boring.
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And those guys can't get out righties or lefties. Young is supposed to hit the Lefties that our left handed hitters can't hit.
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And the only way to know if your evaluation and scouting process works well is by using hindsight. Let's not kid ourselves. At the time of the trade, both sides think they made a good deal and surely they can make a good rational argument in favor of their side of the deal. Otherwise, deals couldn't get done. The proof is in the playing.
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We are fans. We complain about a player's weaknesses and mistakes, but in the context of Hugh's post it needed to be clarified that no one here was criticizing the FO about XB or claiming that he was a mistake.
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Doesn't everyone love when the final 3 innings last an hour and a half?
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1 against Zach Dukes and who were the other doubles against? He has stunk so far.
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So, where did you stand on him?
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Those things didn't happen? Of course they were noticed, and of course he had to improve those aspects of his game. The organization also noticed those weaknesses and helped him improve in those aspects. There was no groundswell to ship ship him out of town at that time. If his game didn't improve in the following year, there might have been a sentiment to get rid of him or change his position, but that didn't happen.
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To me that stat is useless for comparative purposes, because you can't make an apples to apples comparison among players.
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Let's hope that that ship has not sailed.
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They all have some use, but I just don't understand a LH split that includes stats against RH relievers. How could that help anyone in analyzing a player?
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I don't know if that is true, but if his splits against LH starters include numbers against RH relievers then that is a stupid pointless stat.
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Agreed, but anyone can hit the trash bags, even the left handed hitters. We don't remove guys from the lineup against LH starters in favor of him for him to be useless.
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And maybe three less last place finishes. And to those who say that last place doesn't matter, speaking for myself, I just like to watch good baseball. There are 30 teams so World Championships are always going to be very rare. In between those rare Championships, I just like to watch competitive baseball at least until Labor Day. In three of the last 4 years, I have had to pursue hobbies because Baseball at Fenway was noncompetitive and painful to watch by Memorial Day. Who cares what fans say about FO moves? They don't run the team, but everyone will have an opinion about what the FO does , and those opinions are all over the map. The only thing more boring to me than rehashing old FO moves is rehashing the archive of fan opinions about the moves. You are free to rant about that, but what is the point? Joe fan has no control over anything, so their opinions are pretty irrelevant.
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He stinks. His BA against LH Starters is under .200 with an OBP under. 300 and an OPS of .671. And he is paid to hit the tough lefty starters, not the the lefty garbage time guys.
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Chris Young stinks. He is at.671 against LH starters. Those are the guys he is paid to hit, not the garbage bag journeymen relievers like Zach Duke in blow out games.
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5/4 Clay Brigade v Pale Hose
a700hitter replied to Slasher9's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
No, because Pedroia has a record of success against RHP. Young does not. Young was signed as a specialist of sorts-- an OFer who is supposed to rake against LHP. He doesn't have the luxury of settling in for 100 ABs imo. It is like signing a left pitching specialist who can't get lefties out. He's washout. You don't wait for the guy to get 50 innings under his belt before you pull the plug on him. Specialists don't have much margin for error. That is the nature of the role. And he is being paid very well to play part time. -
5/4 Clay Brigade v Pale Hose
a700hitter replied to Slasher9's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Overall, Pedroia is in the midst of a strong season. His poor performance against LHP is a blip. Young's main purpose is to hit LHP. He hasn't hit LHP, and he can't hit RHP. If he doesn't hit LHP, he serves no purpose on this roster. -
5/4 Clay Brigade v Pale Hose
a700hitter replied to Slasher9's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
He has not been helpless for too many games. Young on the other hand has not been useful at all. -
5/4 Clay Brigade v Pale Hose
a700hitter replied to Slasher9's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
If Papi didn't wreck one of Rondon's pitches for a do ahead Home Run, the post mortem on this game would have been about how another ace lefty dominated us. Young needs to step up and damage some of these top lefties. He has looked helpless against top lefties. Yesterday, he managed to get a hit against a lefty -- unfortunately it was against a journeyman bag of trash -- Zach Duke. Young needs to step it up.
