Bellhorn04
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Not exactly. A number of hitters have come out and said they were fine with pitchers using sticky stuff because they'd prefer that to getting hit in the head. It didn't become a performance-related issue until recently, for some reason. Maybe it was the combination of Spider Tack and the new baseballs with higher seams.
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Dalbec?
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And yet if he has one good game, and his OPS jumps, the tune will change. -
Because when you see wOBA, you think "Stat Nerd Special!"
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He's not the only one though. Glasnow blamed his injury on it. And he's a relative kid.
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Yes and no. OPS is the only stat that makes these kinds of leaps this late in the season.
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Does it correlate better than wOBA? (Honest question and not a snarky one.)
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I disagree. Everyone inside the game has known about this a long time and it's been sanctioned. The only reason anything was done was that the science of the substances improved to the point that it was noticeable.
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Yeah, we've come to expect them to do that. We'll see if they can do it this time.
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Losing Glasnow was a kick in the head for the Rays.
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Personally, I think this year is a testament to good management by Bloom and Cora. As long as we've got these two, I think we'll be in great shape. I do get your points, too. World Series? Well, we'd have to be pretty damn lucky. But that's usually the case anyway.
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Can't disagree with any of that.
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We're in first place this year, Hugh. Why is next year going to be so different?
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You might say the jury is still out on the Stanton acquisition. 22 mill seemed like an excellent price. But he wasn't expected to be a DH only, or to have so much trouble staying healthy. But he can still mash when he plays.
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He's also in his first full season.
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Join the club.
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Maybe because Bobby raised his OPS 50 points last night. That's OPS for you. I'll say it again, they are doing a great job handling Dalbec and the struggles he's had.
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Total nonsense, Nick. Look at the number of days he gets between appearances. His usage is completely different from regular relievers who often throw on back to back days or 3 days in a row.
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Here's a simple one: Take Slugging Percentage, and expand it to include walks and HBP. Call it Bases Generated Percentage. Something like this: BB 1 base HBP 1 base 1B 1.25 bases (or something like that) 2B 2 bases 3B 3 bases HR 4 bases Then work out the pct. like SLG.
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Dalbec has lifted his OPS to .673.
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Game Score is a Bill James one. I don't look at it much, but it's not bad. It's simple. It's like Passer Rating in football.
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We could see Duran this year, after the Olympics, wouldn't surprise me at all.
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The simple answer is that it's up to the official scorer to call it an error or not.
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Pitchers will have to adapt to this, it's as simple as that.
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Yep, a lot of arbitrary stuff for sure.
