Bellhorn04
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They're definitely doing some things very well.
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It's certainly something that bears analysis. The guy who hits a lot of hard grounders instead of K's will hit into more DP's, but will also presumably get more hits, productive outs and reached by error. Another interesting point is that guys who hit into a lot of DP's are also usually productive hitters. Jim Rice has the two highest season totals in history, 36 in 1984 and 35 in 1985.
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OK, then hopefully Eddie still has his A game...
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Hopefully it doesn't mean Chaim doesn't want others stealing the talent evaluation glory... I'm trying to stay Pollyanna on Bloom, but he's not making it easy.
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Mark Reynolds was a pretty successful swisher, wasn't he?
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I know. You have a fondness for dabbling in hypotheticals that I don't really share. I find making sense of reality hard enough, without bringing all the "what-ifs" into it LOL
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I agree with that in principle, but I think in reality there's an upper limit to how high your K rate can be before you're completely helpless.
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Kiki Hernandez 2021 postseason: 20 of 49 with 5 HRs, 9 RBI, 9 runs and a 1.260 OPS over 11 games.
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By "allowed to leave" what you really mean is "didn't outbid Philly's offer of $79 million for 4 years".
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Between 2017 and 2021 he played at least 142 games every year - 59 out of 60 in 2020.
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After this World Series, titles since John and Tom bought the team: Boston 4 San Fran 3 St Louis 2 Philly or Houston 2 All others 1 or 0
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The fact that Kyle played 155 games and Story played 94 had a pretty big impact on that, of course. I'm giving Story a pass for 2022 because of the injuries.
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Well, they kind of jettisoned him and incurred a monstrous $8 million buyout in the process...
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Kyle Schwarber sure can pound the crap out of a baseball. He's one of the most enjoyable guys to watch, because he has such a smart approach. More than willing to take a walk.
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You're saying the same thing as notin. I don't get it. Bradley had an fWAR of -0.3. That's not fine, wherever you put it in the batting order.
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True, but the more you have, the better your chances.
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There's no magic formula when the postseason has such a high crapshoot factor. But teams like the Yankees, Astros, Dodgers and Cardinals are making the playoffs just about every year, and teams like the Pirates and Marlins have little chance. Money helps a lot. But it takes money plus smarts to be consistently successful. The Rays are doing it mostly with smarts, admittedly.
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There is a correlation.
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I think they're more the exception than the rule. We've discussed how all 4 of the Red Sox title teams had big FA's.
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Catfish and Reggie pretty much launched the free agent era, didn't they?
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Tito may have been pretty burned out by managing the Red Sox for 8 years. I think leaving probably did his health some good...
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And that $250 mill would be more than double what Bogey got. And yet we think it might be light! Things have gotten so crazy that we're rounding off to the nearest $50 million in our guesses...
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Look what happened with the Rangers. They paid Seager and Semien $500 million, went 68-94 and fired their GM and manager.
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There's no such thing as fair market value in an irrational market like baseball. Seager got 325 mill. Correa got 105 mill. Irrational.
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Devers is much better than Rendon is NOW. But not better than Rendon was when he signed his contract. Rendon had multiple seasons of around 6 WAR. Now Rendon is just another cautionary tale.
