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  1. moonslav59
    It all started with VTek, then the anti-Salty years. (Note: he was benched in the playoffs, too.) I was also into showing how Posada was not as great as many felt he was. That was fun. It's not just about catchers. I enjoyed roasting Jeter's D, too.
  2. moonslav59
    Last game of the WS, start him at catcher!
  3. moonslav59
    LOL. Must be subliminal.
  4. moonslav59
    I remember Tito ditching it in 2009 by switching from VTek to VMart in the playoffs with Beckett pitching. It did not work out. 6.2 IP 4 ER Season numbers: 3.17 with VTek (185 innings) 7.16 with VMart (16.1 Innings) 10.32 with Kotaras (11.1 innings) career: 3.68 VTek (905) 5.48 VMart (90.1)
  5. moonslav59
    No doubt. He'd have to hit like 2018 to be worth $20M a year as a DH.
  6. moonslav59
    I'd love to have Bogey as our SS for a while longer. I do think his low error rate lessens the range fault, but I wouldn't mind seeing him as our 2Bman or 3Bman, either.
  7. moonslav59
    Nah...He's a FA in a few weeks. Pull a Bill Walton on him.
  8. moonslav59
    1. .788 Kike CF 2. .971 Schwarber C 3. .879 Devers 3B 4. .889 Bogey SS 5. .868 JD DH 6. .823 Renfroe RF 7. .806 Dalbec 1B 8. 1.074 Iggy 2B 9. .787 Verdugo LF PH .908 T Shaw .767 Arroyo .704 Plawecki .670 Vaz
  9. moonslav59
    Schwarber catching makes for a great line-up, and his CERA numbers are mind-boggling!
  10. moonslav59
    Recently, yes, and some for nice hits!
  11. moonslav59
    XBH 71 Devers 69 JD 61 Renfroe 58 Bogey 56 Kike 49 Dalbec 46 Verdugo LD% 30 Bogey 28 JD 25 Kike 24 Verdugo 24 Devers 23.8 League average 23.5 dalbec 22.2 Vaz Hard hit% 51 Devers 49 JD 48 Dalbec 45 Renfroe 43 Verdugo 43 Kike 42 Bogey 39.2 league 31.3 Vaz
  12. moonslav59
    It really shouldn't have to do with expectations, though. I know why it does. Right now, JD is slightly below Devers and Bogey in OPS, but it's been in flux, all year. With OBP counting more than SLG, Bogey has been our best hitter, but not by a whole lot. TB/PA 292/624 Devers .468 281/600 JD (even with Devers per PA) .468 256/564 Bogey (close) .454 244/535 Renfroe (close and better than Bogey).456
  13. moonslav59
    They are just as random.
  14. moonslav59
    Even if about 15 out of 20 small sample sizes show the same thing for 5 straight years, and the bigger sample sizes show it even more?
  15. moonslav59
    Then never use any stats.
  16. moonslav59
    Thanks, Bloom... 1.074 Iggy (42 PAs) .704 both teams .971 Schwarber (137) .921 both teams .908 T Shaw (41) .665 both teams
  17. moonslav59
    Updated Sox OPS Leaderboard after some major gains due to last night: 1.074 Iggy (42 PAs) .704 both teams .971 Schwarber (137) .921 both teams .908 T Shaw (41) .665 both teams .889 Bogey .879 Devers .868 JD .823 Renfroe .806 Dalbec .788 Kike .787 Verdugo .767 Arroyo .704 Plawecki .670 Vaz
  18. moonslav59
    Being worse than Devers and Bogey is not necessarily a bad thing. He's better than Dalbec and Renfroe- two guys you praise often.
  19. moonslav59
    I really don't get why JD has been so maligned, this year. I get how he has not hit like the 2018 JD, but he's still a pro among pros. I can see him exploding in the playoffs, but don't confuse that with me saying he has clutch skills. LOL
  20. moonslav59
    It's not random. I get how comparing a pitcher from 2015 with the same pitcher in 2017 is fraught with problems, but I have done year by year- same pitchers- same years- 2-3 catchers. True, there are other variables at play, such as who was the opposing line-up and what field were the games played on with one catcher vs the other, but when you do a study based on 5-6 years and nearly every year shows vast disparities all in one direction, I think one can determine the trend has to do with something one catcher is doing better than the other. To say there is zero effect from one catcher and another really blows my mind. Sorry, it just does. I can see you and others thinking I value it way to much as "mind-blowing," too, but I will argue that just because I talk about it a lot does not mean I think it is the most important thing a catcher brings to his overall value. I do sometimes wonder, if a 1.50 ERA disparity is indeed linked totally to the catcher's CERA related skills, I might actually be understating it's value to certain pitchers - not all pitchers, of course.
  21. moonslav59
    Here are some interesting reads on CERA. There is not much talk about OPS against among different catchers on the same team. https://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/cera1.htm https://tht.fangraphs.com/classic-tht-annual/do-catchers-have-an-era/ This one argues it is not significant, but it attempts to compare catchers against other team catchers: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/1489/aim-for-the-head-simulating-catchers-era/
  22. moonslav59
    career sample sizes are over 100 IP'd by multiple catchers. That's not small. It's been "scrapped" because it is useless comparing players from different teams, which is what stats are mostly used for. Not many people are interested in what a back-up catcher on a team might be adding value on? We've been giving this way too much air time. It's just a factor- not a majority one. Not even a plurality one. I think it is significant. You think it's zero. It's probably somewhere in between- like minimally significaant.
  23. moonslav59
    All these days off suck for us fans.
  24. moonslav59
    Two out of three should be enough, but one game at a time.
  25. moonslav59
    He's better than Plawecki at pitch-framing, blocking bad pitches and despite the 2021 numbers, I think he's still better on offense, especially if rested enough. The CERA related issues do NOT outweigh everything else. It might be the only plus for Plawecki, and even then, not with all starters.
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