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  1. a700hitter
    There are stats regarding how a defender gets a jump on a ball, routes taken to balls etc. These like any data points plotted for anything else are subject to human error. I wasn't concerned about falsification which is why the Pedro story was such a surprise to me.
  2. a700hitter
    Is your underwear stuck in your ass crack of something tonight? Straighten it out and get off my back. I am not aiming this at anyone in particular on this board. Maybe you are having short term memory issues, but the murmuring in the press early in the season that Ortiz was over the hill was prevalent enough that he commented on it a few times when he started raking. So, yes it is aimed at all those people who think the big man is done every time he has had a slump over the last 6 years, but no, it is not aimed at anyone here, because like you, I don't know who that would be. Lol! So, in answering your question, yes, you are missing something. Edit: Ortiz has 16 million ,reasons to play next season.
  3. a700hitter
    Statistics is not math. A lot of advanced sabremetrics is based on graphs, spray charts etc. That is the kind of data that I was talking about. Batting Average, Slugging %, ERA etc. do not constitute advanced sabremetrics.
  4. a700hitter
    He's thru, done, kaput. It is time to send him to a nice old age home in the DR where they will spoon feed him mashed plantains.
  5. a700hitter
    Lol! I just don't have a lot of faith in data collection, the bedrock of advanced sabremetrics. I knew there was a variance in jugs gund, but I thought that was a function of brand and margin of error in the design, but I didn't think that GMs were falsifying radar readings. I did find that surprising. It also makes me more broadly question data collection. That is all.
  6. a700hitter
    I' d rather put my faith in good scouts that I know and hired than on stats based on corrupted data.
  7. a700hitter
    But I thought the sabremetricians thought that advanced statistics were a check on biases involved in scouting. The numbers are supposed to be pure and objective, but the truth is that they may not be based on very reliable data.
  8. a700hitter
    ER with 10 wins has a spot in the rotation next season unless he comes up lame. There would be nothing to be gained by sending him to AAA. As for Rich Hill, I would like to have him in AAA as a depth option, but at 35 years old and healthy for the first time in 8 year, I don't see him accepting a minor league assignment. He needs to seize the day.
  9. a700hitter
    If the Red Sox win this game, the Yankees will really be pressing tomorrow.
  10. a700hitter
    If the integrity of the data collected is compromised it is worthless in any statistical projections. I have similar concern abouts about a lot of data collection used in advanced sabremetrics and projections. If human error and bias enter into the data collection process the stats built upon that data are not very reliable.
  11. a700hitter
    he was taking BP a couple of weeks ago pain free sending balls into the stands regularly. Team reports were that his shoulder was not impairing his throwing. Team reported that despite pain free shoulder he would not play first base in a game until he had a comfort level with playing first base. No conjecture. All team reports. Then he gets shut down and sent home to rehab his shoulder without any report of further injury. Buch and others are rehabbing with the team. There is no need to read between the lines. None of this is conjecture.
  12. a700hitter
    that aint gonna happen.
  13. a700hitter
    Teams can't meddle with the guns and the official data today? Is that your opinion or a fact? Edit: Fangraphs lists pitcher velocity back to 2004. Is that data unofficial? My point is that if the data is corrupted, it is worthless.
  14. a700hitter
    I agree that this could be a likely scenario although I would opt to keep Miley and trade Buch. Your scenario is more realistic in that Miley is more tradeable than Buch. Plus, the FO seems determined to see Buch succeed.
  15. a700hitter
    Yes, but just to take the tour of Boston. LOL!
  16. a700hitter
    That is not the point. I am not talking about scouting. I am talking about "official data" that is publically available. Is it reliable on velocity? When a stat is presented regarding the pitcher's with the highest average fast ball velocity, is it accurate and reliable? I guess that you just don't want to address the question.
  17. a700hitter
    If I thought that this would be next season's rotation, I'd make the 2017 Red Sox Hot Stove Thread right now.
  18. a700hitter
    Go Sox!! Ruin the Yankee's season.
  19. a700hitter
    Who said it is a story? I did find it odd that Theo as the GM got involved in those decisions in real time, but I don't think it is a story. The question that this story made me ask is the following:
  20. a700hitter
    I think that the practice is pointless. But I do wonder about the accuracy and integrity of official stats on velocity.
  21. a700hitter
    So, with regard to the Red Sox, you think the story about the pumped gun is a fiction created by Pedro to enhance his legend, but at the same time you acknowledge that pumping the gun was/is a common practice in the sport. Why is it a fiction for the Red Sox, but acknowledged fact for other organizations. I don't think that makes sense.
  22. a700hitter
    So, we have arrived back at my original question. I would assume that these readings come from a permanently mounted radar gun. If teams can pump the numbers on the gun, is the official published data reliable?
  23. a700hitter
    How would disclosing that the gun was pumped up in 2004 enhance his image?
  24. a700hitter
    He says that Theo ordered the guns pumped for other pitchers on the 2004 staff as well.
  25. a700hitter
    Pedro is making it up?
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