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  1. iortiz
    You don't like ERA, fine! As I just said, a 3.5 fWAR RP from 2014 to 2020 is not a very good RP in my book. No way. Hader posted in a single year a 2.6 fWAR. Chapaman? a 3.2 fWAR in a single year. Papelbon a 2.8 fWAR in a single year. Koji a 3.1 fWAR in a single year. That's the definition of very good. Barnes? his best year was a 1.3 fWAR in 2109 —before 2021. OTOH if Barnes continues this way, He will end up with a 3+ fWAR figure this year which is the definition of very good. The list of very good RPs is long. Barnes simply doesn't belongs there —yet.
  2. iortiz
    He is a 3.5 fWAR (which considers FIP) RP from 2014 to 2020. Where do you put that fWAR figure through that time for a reliever pitcher in your book? To put it in in context, Josh Hader who is actually a very good relief pitcher in my book has a 8.0 fWAR figure through 5 five years —1 plus year less than Barnes' period.
  3. iortiz
    LOL I think I've more than positive this year, but I really think this team can win it all this year if the stars align. Every team has flaws, yeah, but ours are very fixable IMHO.
  4. iortiz
    A 700 OPS against is not a very good number in my book. It is average. Again, you won't find a very good career pitcher with a 4.0 ERA career number. Simply there's noway, even if you want to minimize ERA.
  5. iortiz
    SIERA, FIP, xFIP, etc. are pitcher's run prevention stats moon. They isolate pitcher's abilities. ZIPs, Streamer, FGDC and others always protect these estimators year after year, specially FIP. OPS against is a batted ball stat. It is not a run prevention stat by any means. If a RP allows three hits in every IP he pitches his OPS against goes up as hell, but he can still hold the inning without a run. This is why run prevention stats like FIP, xFIP, SIERA are more important than batted ball stats in RPs.
  6. iortiz
    If he can stay healthy and performs something close to 2020 he will be a huge boost for this team this season.
  7. iortiz
    Unfortunately it is correct Ted. I wanted to see Duran play badly.
  8. iortiz
    You said he was very good that year moon. He wasn’t.
  9. iortiz
    Let’s f go!
  10. iortiz
    Seems Duran was going to play.
  11. iortiz
    Hopefully both teams are oks. I guess the whole series will be postponed.
  12. iortiz
    Seems he will take a platoon role.
  13. iortiz
    His career numbers are not a short sample. He is a 4.0 ERA career pitcher. That’s not very good as I said. While ERA doesn’t tell you all true, his 2020 SIERA, xFIP, FIP are in the same highway of his 2020 ERA, hence his 2020 ERA is actually telling you what kind of pítcher Matt Barnes was — not very good.
  14. iortiz
    Moon said his 2017-2020 tenure was very good. 2020 wasn’t very good. I think we both agree on that. Said that, IMO Barnes’ career numbers hasn’t been very good. He is a 4.0 ERA career pitcher. It’s that simple. No matter how you slice it. You can argue that ERA is a primitive stat but a 4.0 ERA career RP (specially a RP) can’t be very good in my book, sorry. Aside stats, his command always was an issue. It’s not a secret. Lately his command has been shaky but all in all he’s been terrific this year.
  15. iortiz
    I think I have agreed most of the times with moon. He is a good poster, no doubt, but I do not agree with him regarding clutch and Duran lol I think this forum always have had great posters through time. Some have gone and some have come. Some are still here. It’s not a secret that my fav posters are still A700 (mi compadre), jung, Bell, jacko, SSDewey, and few others who doesn’t post here anymore. I’m not at their level, not even close. I had some issues with MVP specially when username? was around but I do respect him a lot and always appreciate his explanations. I think he is one of the posters who knows better our farm.
  16. iortiz
    OPS against is not a run prevention estimator. It is batted ball stat. Run prevention estimators are FIP, xFIP, SIERA, etc. those stats isolate pitcher’s skills. When those stats are on the same highway of ERA’s, ERA defines pretty well pitcher’s skills. Barnes’ run prevention estimators weren’t very good in 2020 as you suggested.
  17. iortiz
    Compare their career mvp. One is elite. The other is average.
  18. iortiz
    are you going to compare Barnes with JD? really? lol Also I never said DFA Barnes. I'm just saying he wasn't a very good RP. That's all. JD has been an elite bat all-in-all.
  19. iortiz
    You are throwing s*** to the wall hoping some stick moon. Again, his run prevention estimators in 2020 were not very good. His standard stats were not very good. His advanced stats were not very good. His peripherals were not very good, oh wait, but you found out that that his "OPS Against" is around league average which by definition is not very good.
  20. iortiz
    When ERA and run prevention estimators are in the same highway, ERA is a realistic stat to evaluate any pitcher. In Barnes' case his ERA and run prevention estimators are in the same highway specially in 2020, which are not very good.
  21. iortiz
    Moon will tell you that clutch is not a pitching skill and that ERA is not a good a stat to evaluate a RP though lol
  22. iortiz
    lol well, I give him that.
  23. iortiz
    Another I wanted to see in the team. Love how this team is looking. Maybe we won't need to trade anybody, and Sale is still pending.
  24. iortiz
    Arroyo and Renfroe were huge question marks who turned out into pleasant surprises. OTOH Santana, Chavis and Marwin brought vey little to the table. You can't evaluate them if you don't let them play a fair chunk of time. I don't discard that possibility at all, in fact I think that was the main reason Duran wasn't called up earlier, plus the team was winning.
  25. iortiz
    yup, it can go the other way too.
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