Kimmi
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Power is not measured by HRs alone. Despite being a 20-25 ish HR guy, Napoli's career ISO is .234, which puts him in the great to excellent range. With his OBP and OPS, you can tolerate a high strike out rate from him.
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On last check, Bill James agrees with me. So do the rest of my stat geek buddies. Again, the point is not to compare hitters with significantly different slash lines. The point is, with slash lines being fairly comparable, a batter who strikes out 30% of the time is not hurting his team any more than a batter who strikes out 10% of the time.
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I agree with you Spitball. Dunn was the better overall hitter. As far as the HOF voting goes, defense should be given more credit, so I can't give Dunn any love there. However, the criteria used by most voters is archaic. Those guys need to get with the times.
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I get all that. It would be too much work for me to type something in Spanish. I don't want to work that hard when I'm on a baseball forum. LOL Carry on.
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I'm so confused....
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And don't forget about the "no whining" promise! ;-)
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And while that may result in a K more than you'd like, how often does it result in an extra base hit? I happen to agree with you that there are times when a batter should shorten his swing. I just think that far too much is made of high strike out guys who also have a high OBP and high OPS. Their strike outs really just don't matter.
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I think we'll have a pretty good idea in the first couple of months what our needs will be going into the 2nd half. I fully expect the FO to address those needs by the deadline. At this point, I think the FO has done a solid job for this year. I very much doubt we will see anything like 2012 or 2014.
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I'm not talking about the specific incident from the other thread. I'm talking about in general. New argument. New thread.
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I get that. Believe me, I don't like seeing that anymore than you do. I just don't like people complaining about someone like Napoli striking out too much.
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Dang. I just thought they didn't want us participating. I didn't know they were talking about us too.
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There is no distinction as far as the run value of a particular player over the course of the season. But you knew that. Like I said, you like to argue just for the sake of arguing. But that's cool. I enjoy a good debate.
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cp, you can get involved in any debate/discussion that you would like. I enjoy reading your posts. I apologize if my post led you to believe otherwise. I was just trying to clarify.
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Fair enough. Situational hitting is key. But, even the best hitters aren't going to be successful in advancing the runner 100% of the time in that situation. It could backfire and result in a line drive DP. Which is way more costly than the K in that situation.
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The debate is not about putting the ball in play versus not putting it in play, but rather putting it into play for an out, even a productive out, versus striking out. There's essentially no difference. There are times when the batter is better off striking out.
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Well, this is where your anecdotal evidence is going to get you into trouble. You are going to tend to remember the plays that support your point of view, and not think as much about the times when a batter hit into a rally-killing double play. Sure, there are going to be specific instances when a sac fly, or lack thereof, is the difference between winning or losing a game. But in the long run, the numbers say that a strike out is really not any worse than any other type of out.
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I don't think anyone is taking the criticism of the FO personally. I think what they might be taking personally is when they are referred to as buttwashers, or whatever it is you call them. There's a difference.
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Is there a reason why we can't have this discussion/debate in English? Are there Spanish speaking only posters on this board? Just wondering.
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MLB introduces rules to speed up the pace of games.
Kimmi replied to Northern Star's topic in Other Baseball
No, I don't have a link. I can't remember exactly how he said it, but it was something to the effect of how one day he'll have both feet in the box and he'll be 6 feet under. -
Is it not okay to defend the FO?
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+100 to MVP, first for your opinion of LL, second for making me laugh.
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+1 to SoxnCycles, Bellhorn, and User.
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It's frustrating to watch a guy strike out in those situations, no doubt. However, all other things being equal, even counting for the times when a sac fly scores a run, a batter who makes an out by striking out is not hurting his team significantly more than a batter who makes an out putting the ball in play.
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I didn't watch him bat much when he was with the Cards, but I'm guessing that being traded to the Sox did nothing to help his already shattered confidence, which in turn, didn't help his performance for the short time he was with us.
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As I've posted a couple of times, I would never bet against Pedroia. As far as Craig is concerned, he might have said that his foot injury had nothing to do with it, but he is saying something different this spring. There is probably a degree of decline going on with Craig, but I'm hopeful that the bulk of his struggles last season were due to injury. He was also the victim of an unusually low BABIP for him, and that should normalize this year. There is reason to be hopeful.
