Bellhorn04
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Honestly, the 2021 Yankees are having one of the most hellish seasons I've ever seen a team have.
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Hopefully it doesn't.
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Just like that Mookie is en fuego. Lifted his OPS from .799 to .846 in 3 games.
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You're right about Schiraldi, he was very good that year. Just unfortunate. I think the real point is that seasons often get decided by whether the closer can nail it down or not. Admittedly I am one of those who 'over-romanticize' the postseason.
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July 15: Boston (ERod) @ New York (TBD)
Bellhorn04 replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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If the Yankees win tonight, the headline will say something like "Yankees not quite dead yet".
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Yep, Houck and Duran were both drafted by DD.
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Unfortunately that guy was let go. His name is Bob Hamelin. There was a nice story on him in the Globe. They should hire him back or give him a fat bonus or something.
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No one knows a gosh darn thing about how they're going to work this.
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Poor Calvin blew the save two separate times in that game. You don't see that too often.
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Yes, but not good enough.
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I understand the thinking behind that, but I don't think it's quite that simple. In modern baseball you need it all - position players, starting pitchers and relievers. As far as individual players go, sure, a reliever can never be as valuable, because they only log 60-70 innings. If you think market prices have any meaning, the most a reliever can make is about half of a starter (Chapman vs. Cole, for example). But there's a value in having an elite closer which is not necessarily measurable. The Red Sox might have won the World Series in 1975, 1986 and 2003 if they had a great closer those years. And Foulke, Papelbon and Koji were huge factors in 2004, 2007 and 2013.
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Until who returns?
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Are we talking about a bet here???!!!
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Oh yeah, I got all that. And then troublemaker Hugh said he'd rather have Gaetti than Rivera.
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Yes, I understand that premise.
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OK, well, to get right down to it, I think Rivera was an extremely valuable player. And notwithstanding a couple of rightfully famous blown saves, Rivera's postseason resume is incredible.
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I think we should forget about Berrios. Bloom doesn't make moves like that.
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I think Rivera was on more WS winners than Gaetti.
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Not a fan of closers?
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I don't think that's what he had in mind. Nice rant, though.
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Regardless of those projections, I think Barnes is perceived as a guy who may have finally reached his potential, and that's why people think it was a good price. Time will tell. To be perfectly honest I'm a little concerned about the sticky stuff issue.
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With a reliever's WAR you pretty much have to multiply by 3. So 2 = 6.
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I'm not sure what to think of fWAR for pitchers. fWAR absolutely loves Rick Porcello. His career fWAR is nearly 50% better than his bWAR. In 2020 Porcello registered a 1.7 fWAR in 59 innings with a 5.64 ERA. In 2019 he had a 1.8 fWAR in 174 innings with a 5.52 ERA. If memory serves correctly, you are not a big fan of his.
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Yes, I think you may have mentioned Treinen's contract earlier.
