Bellhorn04
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Isn't that a little unrealistically rosy?
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I think a lot depends on what we hear about Sale, and how optimistic the pale fellow feels about 2020. It should be a more interesting offseason than last one.
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One thing I don't get is the big difference between JBJ's bWAR and his fWAR.
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Well, I guess there are degrees of casual. I think most Red Sox fans know that Ted Williams's career numbers were lower than they could have been because of his years of military service, for example.
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You're a risk-averse penny-pincher like Kimmi, then. Which is fine.
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But we also have to trade something of value for Inciarte.
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Casual fans can EASILY find all this stuff on Baseball-Reference. And even the casual fan understands that games played is a crucial number.
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Aug 24/19 Red Sox (Eovaldi) @ Padres (Lamet)
Bellhorn04 replied to TylerD's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
The Angels do have to give Trout over $400 million. His extension was for $430 million. -
Corbin got a 6 year deal.
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Sorry Tyler.
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Aug 24/19 Red Sox (Eovaldi) @ Padres (Lamet)
Bellhorn04 replied to TylerD's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Baltimore 5 Rays 0 after 3. -
WAR requires some digging into. It's just a starting point. If you use it with any regularity you know that it's a 'counting number' so games played is a big factor.
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This is exactly why WAR is a useful tool.
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Value is all approximate. JBJ's value based on WAR is clearly in the ballpark of 10 mill.
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Inciarte is under contract for 2 more years at about 6 mill per. Pillar is in final arb year and will probably get about 8 mill. Plus you have to give up something for them. All in all not a big saving.
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Billy Hamilton's bat would make the game threaders pine for JBJ.
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We can't forget that Chris Sale's status for 2020 is still up in the air. He's to be re-evaluated by Dr. Andrews in 5+ weeks.
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E-Rod is certainly making a case to be part of the team's future.
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Names?
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Not really. Us armchair GM's and managers just love to pick apart the real ones, that's all. When players play s***** or don't play because they're hurt, they take their lumps. There was a party when Nunez was booted, and there are more planned for the departures of Porcello, Moreland, Pearce et cetera.
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Corbin pitched a total of 389.2 innings in 2017-2018. Is he really that much more of an injury risk than most starting pitchers?
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Not really - I'd say most of the criticism of DD is for pillaging the farm.
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Nope. But the Yankees could easily have afforded the extra cost. That's what a lot of Yankee fans think, anyway.
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Plus signing Happ instead of Corbin, who is having an excellent season for the Nats.
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No, the baseballs are definitely a big factor. This was proven when they started using the MLB balls in Triple A ball and home runs instantly increased by about 50%.
