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  1. Kimmi
    I think he will.
  2. Kimmi
    It's awesome seeing pictures from spring training. We're getting close!
  3. Kimmi
    From what I've read, it sounds like Hanley wants to DH a lot. It doesn't sound like he's the least bit upset about losing some playing time at 1B. It also sounds like he is taking on more of a leadership role in the absence of Papi. Our boy has grown up.
  4. Kimmi
    Contract wise, yes, it would be a disaster. Baseball wise, perhaps getting a day off regularly would help keep him healthy and 'fresh'. Good to see you posting.
  5. Kimmi
    100% agree that baseball ops people, especially those of the stathead variety, would not think that signing Pablo was a good idea. IMO, this definitely screams of Lucchino's influence. That said, while I was against Pablo's contract, I can understand the baseball rationale in signing him. We needed a 3B, and Pablo should have been better than the production we received the previous year. It still wasn't a good signing, but it shouldn't have been this bad.
  6. Kimmi
    That pretty much defines your 'clutch' hitters. They hit well in clutch situations because they are good hitters, period.
  7. Kimmi
    Agreed. Oftentimes the real 'save' situation occurs in the 7th or the 8th inning. It seems kind of illogical to save your closer for a save situation in the 9th that may never come. Use him when the game is really on the line.
  8. Kimmi
    That is the reason why it's done, but I'm not sure it makes the most sense either statistically or logically.
  9. Kimmi
    I agree with this.
  10. Kimmi
    No, I don't think that's the case at all. We bring in our lights out closer in the 9th inning because if the opposition scores in the 9th, the win probability of the game changes drastically. I understand that relief pitchers like to have defined roles, and there is also a concern about getting a closer up in earlier innings then not using him, but IMO, the lights out closer should be used earlier in the game if the situation calls for it. A good 7th inning reliever could get the job done in the 9th most of the time.
  11. Kimmi
    Does clutch exist in other sports? If you define clutch as the ability not to choke under pressure, than I can agree that clutch exists, even in baseball. In that case, however, I would consider pretty much all MLBers as being clutch, as I've said before. If you define clutch as the ability to raise one's performance/ability to a level where it normally isn't, then I do not think it exists. Yes, one can have a clutch moment, but it is not a repeatable skill. In terms of the young kid making the free throws, he absolutely gets credit for not choking under pressure. But did he raise his ability to a whole new level in that moment? I don't think so. I honestly don't know what kind of research has been done on clutch in other sports, but it would be interesting to know what their findings are, if the research does indeed exist.
  12. Kimmi
    I don't think Vaz will win the job of starting catcher out of spring training, but my money is on him eventually being the #1 guy behind the plate. Like you, I think that his development took a step backward due to his injury. Now that he's healthy, I think he will be very good, mostly because of his excellent defense.
  13. Kimmi
    His problems may be between his ears, but he was still the victim of a decent amount of bad luck. In terms of deserved run average, he ranks right up there with the 'aces'.
  14. Kimmi
    The crooked cap drives me crazy.
  15. Kimmi
    There is something that goes on during big moments. I have experienced it myself. I just hesitate to call it clutch, or more accurately, I hesitate to say that some players have a clutch quality. It is not a repeatable skill and it has no predictive value. It's similar to momentum.
  16. Kimmi
    I was reading an article today about how well pitchers adjusted to Leon, decreasing their use of fastballs thrown to him from 85% to 66%. Leon grounded out on a lot of those off speed pitches, which was the difference in his success from earlier in the season to later in the season. Even with that, his line drive rate stayed essentially the same, which is a good sign. We'll see how well Leon can adjust to the off speed pitches. Supposedly, he has already made an adjustment to help keep him from pulling those pitches. I am hopeful that we'll see decent numbers from him. If not, it's reassuring that we have both Vazquez and Swihart available.
  17. Kimmi
    It's not only plausible, but it is true that some hitters are better than average in the clutch. But is that because they are clutch or is it because they are lucky?
  18. Kimmi
    The stat geeks have admitted that one of the problems with 'proving' whether clutch exists or not is that clutch has not been clearly defined. What might be considered clutch to one person might not be clutch to another. Also, there are varying degrees of clutch moments.
  19. Kimmi
    My guess is that Sale was fed up with the White Sox front office and the uniform cutting tantrum was the boiling point. Regardless of what the situation was, Sale was out of line. That said, I'm not sensing in any way that Sale is going to be a problem in the clubhouse. He said he learned from his mistake. As you said, Farrell and the players will not allow that to happen and Sale really wants to win. I'm guessing he's much happier now and that his focus will be on getting his team to the playoffs.
  20. Kimmi
    Pineda could be a difference maker for you guys. He was one of the unluckiest pitchers last year. Maybe if he wore his cap straight, he'd have better results...
  21. Kimmi
    On the idea that some players get into such a place mentally that they can 'will' themselves to hit a homerun or accomplish some other great feat in a big moment. If that is the case, why don't they 'will' themselves to do so every time they're up in a big moment? Perhaps they are 'willing' themselves to hit a homerun every time they're in a clutch moment, but most times they fail. When they succeed, it's a great feeling. Everyone wants to think these players did something otherworldly. Perhaps they're not doing anything differently than they usually do. People tend to remember the big moments. We tend not to remember all the times that our clutch heroes failed to come through in the clutch.
  22. Kimmi
    I have never disagreed that some people will fold under pressure. My contention is that those people will not make it to the major leagues, or will not last very long if they do make it. Because of the competitiveness and the pressure the players face just to get to that level, I would say that virtually all major leaguers are 'clutch', meaning they are not chokers.
  23. Kimmi
    Third base is a big question mark for sure. Pablo seems to be in great shape (for him), but that still does not guarantee that he will be successful. If I had to guess, I think he'll be a 2-3 WAR player. Leon is going to regress, but he should be able to provide league average offense for a catcher. I am not concerned about the catching position.
  24. Kimmi
    I think what the FO has done is a weakness in terms of the long term outlook of the team. However, in terms of the way this year's team looks, the FO did a great job. As I posted before, I don't think this year's team really has a weakness.
  25. Kimmi
    The FO definitely cannot be considered a weakness of this year's team. The team they have put together is very strong.
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