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  1. Bellhorn04
    Personally I think the correct statement is this: 'the batting averages of two players who have identical BABIP's will vary based on how frequently they strikeout relative to each other'. The strikeouts affect the batting averages, not the BABIP's.
  2. Bellhorn04
    I think you have to pinch hit for Byrd there. There are 2 runs in scoring position. It's the game on the line.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Why the hell didn't BV put him in there for Byrd? Strange under the circumstances.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Kind of questionable pinch running and bunting to put the key at-bat in the hands of a Mendoza Man like Byrd.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Beckett is dealing but we have got to put some runs on the board.
  6. Bellhorn04
    One of the two, Salty or L-Way, has to become trade bait, don't they?
  7. Bellhorn04
    Look Dojji, I completely understand the math. But I think you may be misinterpreting what BABIP is intended to measure. I read a fair amount about it in relation to Buchholz's 2010 season. He had a very low BABIP that year, an unsustainable BABIP, which indicated that he was very likely to regress the following season. It was all about the number of balls that got put in play against him and how relatively few of them ended up as hits. That is the percentage it measures.
  8. Bellhorn04
    I would turn that around and ask how the hell strikeouts can have any effect on BABIP when BABIP only measures batting average on balls put in play? The whole point of that formula is to remove strikeouts from the equation.
  9. Bellhorn04
    It does preclude certain trades, any that involve taking on a bigger salary. I agree that he hasn't done anything really notable yet.
  10. Bellhorn04
    I'm assuming he was extremely limited in what he was allowed to spend.
  11. Bellhorn04
    With Andrus, Feliz and Matt Harrison. Teixeira brought a nice package to Texas.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Ross, Shoppach, Podsednick, and Padilla have all had positive contributions.
  13. Bellhorn04
    But ORS, the formula is just a mechanism to convert from total AB's into the actual data you're measuring. You could get the data differently, by actually counting each at bat that the ball was put in play. If you did that you would obviously not count strikeouts. But since you already have the AB's and K's being measured the formula is just a shortcut. I have to agree with User Name, strikeouts have no effect on BABIP. They just reduce the sample size.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Personally I was fine with trying to make Bard a starter. Part of that is, I don't buy into the 'elite set up man' concept that much. I believe there are elite closers but it seems Bard just didn't want to be a closer. In the history of baseball there have not been very many 'career elite setup men'. The setup position is very transient. Padilla and Miller have been doing well, Bailey is coming back etc. We've got a herd of relievers but the #5 spot in the rotation is still an X factor.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Anybody that isn't worried about Gonzo at this point is kidding themselves. Something isn't right and more than likely his shoulder is affecting him a lot more than he's saying. I won't be surprised if we get some sort of breaking news on this soon. Maybe the Red Sox crack medical staff should be proactive and examine it? Nah, they'd never do that...
  16. Bellhorn04
    That sums up this ugly loss.
  17. Bellhorn04
    Mine is frozen too...as frozen as Gonzo's HR total.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Swell.
  19. Bellhorn04
    Thanks for that image.
  20. Bellhorn04
    DiceK is why God made Gameday.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Depends on the expectations. If he can replace what Bard was doing prior to Sunday, that's an adequate #5 starter. And there aren't a whole lot of other options.
  22. Bellhorn04
    :lol:
  23. Bellhorn04
    ??? Bard pitched 5.1 against Detroit. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is 'out of the 5th' and 'into the 6th'.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Isn't 'indirect effect' kind of muddying the waters here? Russell Martin is hitting .194 with an OBP of .342 this year. Are the high number of walks having any effect at all on his batting avg? Did the high number of walks have any effect on J D Drew's batting avg.?
  25. Bellhorn04
    Yes and no. Morales gave the Sox a chance to come back but the bats were in the deep freeze for the day. 4.1 scoreless is pretty good against the Jays.
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