Bellhorn04
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What's the correlation factor between BA and OPS? That might be a simple way to answer the question. Where's Kimmi when you need her?
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Then do so.
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Explain?
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It's 2 separate things.
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If you're hitting .397, the worst OPS you can have is .794, which is an OPS+ of 115-120. So yeah, you want that guy in your lineup, even if you don't know what his OBP or SLG are.
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Arraez has a slash line of 397/447/485 for an OPS of 931, and an OPS+ of 157. Most of the OPS comes from the BA. Is that a good thing, bad thing or neutral thing?
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Tiny sample or unrealistic scenario - take your pick.
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You missed the post I was responding to. My point was that batting average still matters to players and fans. But OK, let's look at OBP. What constitutes the greatest part of OBP? BA is a starting point for measuring performance. If you have a .000 BA, there's no way the other numbers can be good.
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No.
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Well I can't help you then. It's a simple point.
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Link please.
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Don't even go down that rabbit hole. -
See, BA is still a thing.
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Batting average has not gone away. If Arraez challenges .400 it will be a big story. It was a big story when Cabrera won the Triple Crown.
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A hitter's slash line is a thing.
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That would mean that baseball in general sucks.
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We've focused on the Kluber signing because he's the only starter Bloom signed. The premise is that we badly needed an upgrade to the rotation but didn't get one. That would qualify as a blunder.
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The only real hope is that the young starters keep it going like they did this weekend.
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There are hardly any stats that don't need context/more information.
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Triples?
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But batting average is meaningless!
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Has the third wild card created the third fork in the road?
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Just one of the inexplicable mysteries of the game, how you can go from scoring a lot and giving up a lot to the other extreme. Is it the teams you're playing against? Is it the weather? Who the hell knows?
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Bloom's grade for 2023 is still incomplete. Maybe this team can get on another good roll. 3 consecutive good starts by Whitlock, Houck and Bello is very encouraging, although they were against a feeble Yankee offense without Judge.
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"How big of a blunder can a $10M/1 year signing be?" That's a fair question about Kluber. I would think the answer is, "big enough to cost us a spot in the playoffs" - which is big. Not saying that's what's going to happen, but you were asking for a hypothetical.
