In Canadian tax law there's a term 'fair market value' which has almost that same definition except it adds the key word 'informed' to buyer and seller.
I'm not sure 'clarity' is a real thing here. The Sox and the Stros were the 2 best teams in baseball this year, but we have seen quite a bit of weird and ugly stuff so far.
But that's the nature of MLB. It's not necessarily pretty and the results don't necessarily make sense. All that really matters is who gets the W and who gets the L.
Using a starter in relief who is scheduled to start later in the series has not been done very often that I'm aware of.
Unless you've got some examples that show otherwise...
Probably thinking about making the infield defense a little better than it would be with Holt. Kinsler made the decision look bad on the offensive side, that's for sure.
FWIW when I was referring to sensible people I was talking about the people who don't post regularly on the game threads, so I was including you as one of the sensible ones.
Sorry for being so snappy today, the playoffs are doing this to me.
It's going to be hard for any team to sustain success with the changes we've seen.
For one thing cheap young talent isn't staying cheap as long. Mookie made 10.5 mill this year and is predicted to make 18.7 mill next year. In his final arb year he might make 27 mill or something like that? Deservedly so, of course. But not exactly cheap.
Springer's the hotter hitter, but the walk would have loaded the bases for Altuve, who ain't bad himself. I don't think many managers would have done it.
I doubt it was the temperature taking 5-6 MPH off his fastball, moon. The guy pitched in Chicago for years. And Verlander's velocity seemed to be at the usual level.
I think we have to face the fact he's hurt and trying to pitch through it.
I love Sale. But his durability is more of a question than ever. Now it's not just a question of him wearing down late in the season, but of the structural health of his arm.