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I guess another thing that bugged me about MG was that he looked so promising after 1987-88. He was just 24, and had a 155 OPS+ in those two years combined.(41 HRs in 1000 ABs) He finished his Sox & MLB career at age 32 with a 111 OPS+ from ages 25-32. He never hit more than 15 HRs in a season after 1988. Dwight Evans he was not.
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The guy could hit. I won't take that away from him.
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That does cut into come from behind wins, for sure.
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Sarcasm translates poorly online.
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But he failed the "Moon likes him" test.
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My ex-brother in law called his defense, "I'll pick the ball up when it stops rolling." What annoyed the hell out of my about his crashing into the wall was that he never learned. He'd never run fast to the wall, stop and then jump vertical. He would slowly run back towards the wall, then at the last minute dive into the wall, so the ball would hit is glove at the exact moment his body crashed into the wall- ball dropped.
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This is certainly not fun to watch. It looks like a full meltdown. When is the last time we had a come from behind win? (It was our strength not long ago, but of course, it's not a "repeatable skill," so there's that.) I still think this team is much better than we have sown in the last 2-3 weeks. (9-15 over the last 24 games/ 15-21 in the last 36) We are just 33-30 since our Yankee sweep back in early June. Just getting back to that winning % may be too much to ask, at this point, easy schedule and all. I still have high hopes, though. Maybe one come from behind win is the spark we need.
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LOL. I will say that Leon was far from my favorite player, as was Wake, someone I defended way more than I wanted to or should have had to do. I actually like Vaz. One guy I never liked: Mike Greenwell.
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Agreed, and since all stats are flawed, even the value they assign are not fully representative of the very things they are trying to capture.
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How about Downs hitting 2 HRs while Munoz goes hitless after 35 games? Wong also HR'd.
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As a recovering bettor, I have to say, this is real (but can't be proven to be so.)
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But, but, but... what if Schilling says it's all about who was catching him in those playoff series? (LOL)
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LOL. I've barely touched on anecdotal evidence.
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Clutch vs. choke - do these numbers mean anything?
moonslav59 replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Other Baseball
If there is a skill for clutch, Schill had it. Honestly, I find it hard to think his mental make-up had absolutely nothing to do with his results, and it certainly might have been a small part of it, but it just can never be proven, and could also be just pure random luck. -
If you filter out all the same games vs same opponents, here are the differences in remaining schedules: BOS Vs NYY BOS/NYY 4 TBR/4 OAK 3 CLE/4 TOR 3 CWS/3 TOR 3 SEA/3 LAA 3 WSH/ 2 ATL + 1 NYM+1 MIN BOS/OAK 7 TBR/ 6 HOU 6 BAL/ 3 LAA + 3 DET 6 CLE/ 6 SEA 3 MIN/ 3 SFG 3 WSH/3 KCR + 2 CWS
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Thanks. I made a boo-boo. I corrected it.
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I'm not claiming he made a 1.50 difference, but you don't answer my questions. I'll cut it down to one. Does a catcher's value go beyond just what is captured by b or f WAR?
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Clutch vs. choke - do these numbers mean anything?
moonslav59 replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Other Baseball
His performance was amazingly impressive, and it was a step up from his regular season impressive numbers. Was it a skill? Honestly, I don't know. It can't be proved- one way or the other, and the fact that his numbers exist, doesn't, by itself, prove clutch as a skill exists, no matter what iortiz thinks or says. If you took Schillings regular season numbers and fed them into a computer program that randomly creates hundreds of 133 IP sample sizes, you'd find they all don't come out exactly like his regular season ERA. A few would look just like his actual playoff numbers, a few would look worse and most would be similar. It's hard to know, if this is just one of those sample sizes that came out nicely for him (and the Sox.) Certainly, nobody can prove it's not just a random occurrence. -
We've sold during other losing seasons, too. There's always some rumblings, but I'm talking about major issues from fans and the media. The massive fire sale of 2014 was a different story. We had just won a ring the previous year.
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Getting pitchers- young and old- to realize their maximum potential is something losing and winning teams covet. Why did Leon stay on the Sox for 5 seasons? Why did he play more than most back-ups, despite hitting worse than just about all back-up catchers? Do you really think catchers make very little difference in hos a pitcher performs, especially those pitchers who rarely shake of pitch calls?
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Most "casual fans" don't get all worked up over trades, anyway, unless we are in a pennant race and trade our ace away.. Were people upset we traded Workman and Hembree for Pivetta and Potts? Maybe a few, but I doubt a majority. I do recall some not liking the Moreland trade, but most knowledgeable fans at least understood why it was done.
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Clutch vs. choke - do these numbers mean anything?
moonslav59 replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Other Baseball
Another thing is he was likely facing better hitting in the playoffs. It's hard to imagine a pitcher of his skill, who rose to the occasion, under great pressure, to even make it to MLB. Then, his numbers show he does better with RISP and Late & Close during the season, so there's no indication he wilts under pressure, there. Then, suddenly, just because it's the playoffs, and his scattered numbers fall way short of his norm, we are supposed to think it HAS TO BE because it's the playoffs. Players slump and rise, all the time. Nobody knows why. If they did, they could probably make a ton of money. Yet, when a player slumps or does great in the playoffs, we are magically able to know FOR SURE, why it happened. I've never heard a logical response to this point. It's impossible to know for sure, unless it's some kind of injury. It's also impossible to prove it can't be a choke or clutch thing. Is it possible a player might get enormous butterflies under the intense pressure of the playoffs and not be able to overcome it? Of course. I can't prove it doesn't happen. -
I think they wanted to be respectable and appear to be trying to contend, but you are right. If Ottavino helps us be competitive at the deadline, it goes counter to the idea that Bloom was planning or or hoping we could be legitimate sellers at the deadline.
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We did okay trading Workman and Hembree. Even if all our FAs to be were doing worse- not likely- we probably could have gotten something useful for 2-3 of them. We might have also looked at JD, Bogey, Vaz and Kike- players with just 1 more year of control. Somebody was bound to be doing well.
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True, but would fans really have wanted us to trade prospects to get us to .500 by September? I think they'd understand why they traded vets for prospects, even if it meant ending up even worse by year's end. Most, anyway.
