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  1. Kimmi
    I can't see the Sox getting Gennette for that package, but would be happy if they did.
  2. Kimmi
    Haha. Well played.
  3. Kimmi
    Isn't it important to know how we got there though? OK, if you're a fan just enjoying a game, then there is absolutely no need for advanced metrics. If you're a GM or part of a team's FO, it's imperative that you understand how/why a player is performing like he's performing. If you're on a message board debating/discussing/assessing different players, or in this case deciding whether we should trade a player or not, I think it's necessary to look at the how and the why, not just the bottom line.
  4. Kimmi
    How do you explain that Price can pitch well out of the BP in the postseason if he is a choker? I do believe that a player's performance is affected by his mental state. I think, as Bellhorn stated, Price has some 'baggage' when it comes to the media and fan scrutiny that he has a hard time overcoming.
  5. Kimmi
    I really have no argument with this post.
  6. Kimmi
    I agree with you. I posted in one of the threads that I think he has let the media and fan scrutiny get in his head, and we know how intense that scrutiny is during a Yankees series. I most definitely think that Sunday's poor start was due more to his 'baggage' than to anything else.
  7. Kimmi
    I am interested to see how Price bounces back from his start against the Yankees. It sounds as though Wright will be back fairly soon. As of now, I am not concerned about our rotation.
  8. Kimmi
    I did not mean anything by the way I phrased my question. I apologize if the wording of that post and my previous post offended you. None was intended. I'm simply trying to point out that getting Mookie more RBIs by batting him third would be offset by other factors. You cannot look at that move from the standpoint of that single factor.
  9. Kimmi
    1. Mookie Betts ® CF 2. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF 3. J.D. Martinez ® RF 4. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B 5. Xander Bogaerts ® SS 6. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 7. Eduardo Nunez ® 2B 8. Sandy Leon (S) C 9. Brian Johnson (L) P JD is back in. JBJ sits tonight. Nunez back in over Holt, which I don't get.
  10. Kimmi
    Are you denying that moving Mookie to another spot in the line up also affects the rest of the line up?
  11. Kimmi
    To my knowledge, no one has ever denied the existence 'choke' or 'clutch' performances or plays. I believe that there are absolutely players who cannot handle the pressure (chokers). I also believe that those players either do not make it to the big leagues or do not last very long if they do. I do not believe that Price is a choker. What I am denying is the concept of 'clutch' being a sustainable and repeatable skill, in terms of the ability to raise one's game to the next level in high pressure situations. Players who appear to be clutch are simply great players to begin with. If you want to define clutch as the ability not to choke, which many people seem on board with, then I can live with that. But in that case, I would say all major leaguers are clutch.
  12. Kimmi
    Harmony, here's a good article from Jeff Sullivan at Fangraphs on this very topic, if you haven't already read it: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-mariners-are-trying-to-be-the-clutchiest-team-on-record/
  13. Kimmi
    Ha. Thanks for this post. Pom will now come back and pitch like an ace.
  14. Kimmi
    Mookie has a .430 OBP. The next closest on the team is JD, with a .391 OBP. Take Mookie out of the lead off spot, and you are really weakening that spot in the lineup. It's also great to put pressure on the opposing pitcher right from the get go.
  15. Kimmi
    I like the bunt against the shift as well, even for big hitters like Ortiz. Not all the time, obviously. But a hitter just needs to be successful at it once in a rare moment (don't remember the exact numbers) for it to be effective. FTR, I dislike the shifts themselves.
  16. Kimmi
    Amen brother Slasher.
  17. Kimmi
    The problem with your line of thinking is that every move in baseball is affected by a counter move. You can't look at the effect on Mookie alone, but rather the effect that moving Mookie has on the entire lineup. Sure, if Mookie were batting 3rd, he'd likely have more RBIs. OTOH, he would definitely get less at bats, the lead off spot, which comes up most often, would be weakened (which is no small thing), and Mookie would likely score less runs. The net effect would be a negative one, if anything.
  18. Kimmi
    The fact that Porcello and Scherzer are such good friends makes the hit even better. Porcello won the bragging rights.
  19. Kimmi
    I'm sure that if I were a Mariners fan, I'd be thrilled with what they are doing this year. It doesn't matter how you get there, as long as you get there. And like you said, anything can happen in the playoffs. I hope that the Mariners and the Red Sox do play again this year. That will mean that your Mariners beat the Yankees in the wildcard game.
  20. Kimmi
    Good one.
  21. Kimmi
    Holt has been doing great, but he still serves the team best as a bench or platoon player, not an everyday player.
  22. Kimmi
    Moments like Porcello's hit is what makes baseball such a great game. The reactions from both pitchers and the Red Sox dugout were priceless. Awesome, just awesome. And oh, Porcello pitched a pretty good game too.
  23. Kimmi
    Somebody brought up the point about how Cora went out to the mound to talk to and calm Kimbrel, something Cora does not do to often. That was mostly an unnoticed move, which IMO, deserves some credit.
  24. Kimmi
    The lineup didn't do much, but I think you have to credit Scherzer rather than blame the hitters. The BP was indeed shaky. I thought it was a great game.
  25. Kimmi
    To be fair, Boone is a doofus.
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