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  1. Bellhorn04
    But the big picture on Rivera is: 96 postseason games/141 IP with that 0.70 ERA 7 League Championships 5 World Series Championships
  2. Bellhorn04
    I certainly can't speak for what Atlanta's thinking was. It looks like the main objective on this deal was to cut payroll. They did offload a fair amount of payroll between Upton and Kimbrel.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Theo Epstein has generally been willing to pay top dollar or close to it for his closer. That says a lot to me.
  4. Bellhorn04
    You are touching on something that IMO accounts for a lot of the suspicion many fans have with a stat like UZR. It's a phantom. We can't see it.
  5. Bellhorn04
    On the flip side of that, signing Keith Foulke worked out pretty good. There are never any guarantees no matter what you do.
  6. Bellhorn04
    notin's analysis was a tad incomplete because he didn't include all the dollar figures. The Atlanta-San Diego Kimbrel trade was a whole different animal. In trading Kimbrel Atlanta unloaded the final 3 years of Melvin Upton's colossal bust contract. It appears this saved them about $50 million.
  7. Bellhorn04
    11.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Thunder Magic rolls on. He's even winning the ugly ones.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Fair analysis but why not finish it off with the remaining dollars on Upton vs. Quentin/Maybin for the total picture?
  10. Bellhorn04
    He sure did. And a certain clinching opportunity in 2004 as well. Overall his postseason numbers were absolutely insane though. A 0.70 ERA and a .76 WHIP in 141 innings.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Sure, just follow Ben's approach with Bailey/Hanrahan/Melancon/Koji. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!' It's more fun that way.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Wouldn't a 200+ point differential in OPS qualify as significant?
  13. Bellhorn04
    A few points on this: a) They only insurance a small number of contracts. The actual recovery on Ellsbury is about $16 million, per Forbes. c) How much are the insurance premiums? That's a rhetorical question, I'm sure the info isn't available, but they're probably pretty hefty.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Seconded.
  15. Bellhorn04
    "A dizzying array of injuries"
  16. Bellhorn04
    That statement is a little too general for me. If stealing bases was that simple we would see a lot more of them. You could also say that if you have a pitcher who's good at holding runners and a catcher with a strong arm, it's pretty hard to steal any bases off them. Or think about the most famous stolen base in Red Sox history. Great base stealer, and he got the job done, but he didn't beat the throw by much!
  17. Bellhorn04
    An interesting piece from FanGraphs suggesting that there may indeed be some extra value in a closer like Kimbrel not measured by WAR: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-extra-value-of-having-an-elite-reliever/
  18. Bellhorn04
    I love it that others are aboard the train with me.
  19. Bellhorn04
    There were runners at first and second, so the intentional walk was a questionable move. But if there was only a runner at second and everything else was the same, the intentional walk would have been a no-brainer, right?
  20. Bellhorn04
    It wasn't an overpay compared to other contracts for top closers, though, which is what is normally used as comps for analysis purposes. Sure you can find some examples of similar production for less money, but you have to cherry-pick.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Correct. Eovaldi did, however, rave about Leon's pitch-calling abilities at some length.
  22. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, you can't get around some things. He's a bust. You're an idiot.
  23. Bellhorn04
    The original Massacre in '78 was the worst, I'm afraid.
  24. Bellhorn04
    I think it was still going up.
  25. Bellhorn04
    I remember that one, saw it live. A ball can't be hit much harder than that. It was a drag that it hit the tower.
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