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I say use the other one. Away we go!
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Should we use this thread or the "Twins-Tigers" thread.
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Maybe I'm selfish and just want more baseball.
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April games do count, sure. But I don't really see the problem with a one game playoff to determine a playoff spot.
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How awful would it be to lose out on a playoff spot to a team with the same record because of a series in April? I'm with the one game playoff.
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Okay? If you'd like to read up on the statistic, here's a seven part report: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/glossary/#winvalues Maybe I was unclear. It's not supposed to tell you what he would make as a free agent as much as it is supposed to tell you his worth. So when you ask if he is worth it, why is that not a valid metric to use?
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If salary was 100% based on performance and there wasn't anything like arbitration, then no, he shouldn't be the highest paid player because he's not the best player. However I honestly don't think he's overpaid. He had one "bad" year (it was still above average), and has since been one of the best outfielders in baseball. How much should he be making? Fangraphs has a statistic that converts WAR (wins above replacement "to a dollar scale based on what a player would make in free agency". Drew's for the last three years: 2007: $5.5M 2008: $18.6M 2009: $20.5M That's $14.86M per year. So yes, he's been worth it.
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I wouldn't take that much stock into it. It's a random website that made a mistake.
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2007 is pretty irrelevant when it comes to 2009. I'm not saying they're not a good team, all of the playoff teams are (except the ALC winner). I picked the Phillies, but I wouldn't be shocked if the Rockies took it.
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In the top three worst trades of the decade IMO.
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First round is best of five.
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Phillies in 4.
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I think I'll take the Cards in 5 here.
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/2009NLDS.gif http://www.sonsofsamhorn.net/wiki/images/1/1e/St_louis_cardinals_logo.jpg v. http://www.sonsofsamhorn.net/wiki/images/thumb/8/89/Dodgers_logo.jpg/250px-Dodgers_logo.jpg St. Louis Cardinals (91-71) at Los Angeles Dodgers (95-67) Game Matchup Day Date Time ET TV Gm 1 STL @ LAD Wed Oct. 7 9:37 p.m. TBS Gm 2 STL @ LAD Thu Oct. 8 6:07 p.m. TBS Gm 3 LAD @ STL Sat Oct. 10 6:07 p.m. TBS Gm 4* LAD @ STL Sun Oct. 11 TBD TBS Gm 5* STL @ LAD Tue Oct. 13 TBD TBS Pitching Matchups: Chris Carpenter (17-4, 2.24 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 144 K) v. Randy Wolf (11-7, 3.23 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 160 K) Adam Wainwright (19-8, 2.63 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 212 K) v. Clayton Kershaw (8-8, 2.79 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 185 K) Joel Pineiro (15-12, 3.49 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 105 K) v. Vicente Padilla (12-6, 4.46 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 97 K) TBD v. Chad Billingsley (12-11, 4.03 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 179 K) Chris Carpenter v. Randy Wolf
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Last year we did one big thread for the NLDS, this year I decided to do a thread for each series. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/2009NLDS.gif http://sixfourthreeblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/rockies-logo.jpg v. http://cdn.bleacherreport.com/images_root/user_pictures/0006/2081/phillies-logo_profile_page.gif Colorado Rockies (92-70) at Philadelphia Phillies (93-69) Game Matchup Day Date Time ET TV Gm 1 COL @ PHI Wed Oct. 7 2:37 p.m. TBS Gm 2 COL @ PHI Thu Oct. 8 2:37 p.m. TBS Gm 3 PHI @ COL Sat Oct. 10 9:37 p.m. TBS Gm 4* PHI @ COL Sun Oct. 11 TBD TBS Gm 5* COL @ PHI Tue Oct. 13 TBD TBS Pitching Matchups: Ubaldo Jimenez (15-12, 3.47 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 198 K) v. Cliff Lee (14-13, 3.22 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 181 K) Aaron Cook (11-6, 4.16 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 78 K) v. Cole Hamels (10-11, 4.32 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 168 K) Jason Hammel (10-8, 4.33 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 133 K) v. TBD TBD v. TBD TBD v. TBD
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Name one General Manager in any sport, in the history of sports, who has not made a few mistakes. One.
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There's absolutely no way you can say this with any kind of confidence. Sure he's being defensive because it helps your argument. Of course, you have no idea if it's true.
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Are you serious? Baseball is what you want it to be. You can look at simple metrics like BA, HR, RBI, etc. You can go more in depth and use sabermetrics. You can choose to ignore statistics completely. Most people here fall into the second category, but there's room for the other two as well. I'm fine with people ignoring statistics and just watching the games and enjoying them for face value. What bothers me is when people try to disparage people who go more in depth into the sport.
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Yeah, I mentioned that. Nobody took that example seriously anyways.
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To take it back to the original topic, I posed this question to BP's Eric Seidman when we were discussing it, and he answered it in a chat today: http://baseballprospectus.com/chat/chat.php?chatId=655
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Rhet, you still haven't listened to the interview this thread is based on, have you? For the third time, I strongly suggest you do.
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I know you know that's ********, so I won't explain why it's ********. It may have something to do with the numbers 13 and 549.
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Tigers, but I can't imagine either team taking the LDS back to New York.