Think of it like a tiered system:
1. No control over the pitch, can't consistently throw it for strikes
2. Control over the pitch, can throw it for strikes
3. Command over the pitch, can pinpoint the pitch location
The use of the word "pining" was intentional by you. It infers that we are sitting here holding out hope that our rescuer JBJ will come back in 2022. Nobody thinks that. It was just an option to help the defense that you've been complaining about.
His 2014 in CLE was pretty bad.
Nobody is pining for JBJ. It was just an idea to add DEFENSE in RF. If someone can point out a similar player that is available in FA, let me know. Instead of listing similar players yesterday, you just provided a list that included a bunch of bat first no glove guys that don't fix our OF problem.
You mean from 2010 - 2013?
Ok. Who had the most fWAR in that time period: Justin Masterson or any Red Sox pitcher?
However, I don't think anyone wanted Masterson after he fell off a cliff in 2014.
Nobody was asking for Justin Masterson. He had a 5.88 ERA the year before he came back. People thought he could maybe be a 5th starter. Nobody was asking for him to come back in 2015.
Love getting into some 1969 division alignment talk.
The reason the Reds were in the West was because the Cardinals and Cubs (both further west than the Reds) lobbied to be in the same division with the Mets and Phillies. This is why the Braves and Reds were pushed to the West. There were concerns about inequity if the Cards, Cubs and Giants were all in the same division.