moonslav59
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Agreed... at least until JD drives in the winner tonight.
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Did Mookie just tie JD for MVP?
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Has JD just tied Mookie for the MVP award?
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Pom has not looked good all year, and he's barely improving at all. His record in 2016 and 2017 are formidable enough to not totally give up on him, but I'm not sure how much longer a leash you can give the guy. It would be great, if we could trade him, pay part of his contract and get back below the max luxury tax line.
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LOL! I've been linked to stat geeks and metric lovers, which isn't entirely unfounded, but I've played the game enough to know there's a heel of a lot of "human element" that goes into the great game of baseball.
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...and Koji didn't need a "clean inning" or "Just save situations" to do his thing. The guy put up legendary WHIP numbers with the Sox and even before coming to us. Thanks Ben. Talk about consistent excellence! WHIP/ Year 0.955 '10 BAL 0.723 '11 TEX 0.639 '12 TEX 0.565 '13 BOS Just mind-blowing amazing 0.917 '14 BOS 0.917 '15 BOS 0.957 '16 BOS
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Today, while watching the Astros game, I noticed Marwin Gonzalez dancing around with his lead off second base while down 1-0 in the 8th to the Giants. He clearly rattled Ray Black, the hard throwing RP'er. He stepped off the mound to regroup just before letting up a 2-run HR by Tyler White. Game time.
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The best thing about the Koji signing was that it didn't cost us a big contract AND 4 prospects. (Plus, he was better than Kimbrel.)
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At the time of the signing, I said paying half would have been an overpay.
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Water is a very powerful force.
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...fotos forthcoming.. .
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...and more than usual to come. I've been all for limiting Sale's pitches and IP since last year, even if it's a close race. I'm not sure a 6 man rotation is needed to do that for just Sale (or Price too), since there are other ways to make that happen. With all our days off in August and September, I don't think it's needed. Also, do we really want our starters getting used to 5 days off, and then when the playoffs start switch to 4 or even 3 days off? A lot of pitchers thrive on routine, pattern and repetition. I'd rather limit pitches and innings and throw Pom in the pen as long relief with Velazquez. When and if Wright return, we can throw another starter into the pen to offer early relief to a starter in need of limiting work.
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Yes, and she has data and evidence t support her claims and beliefs.
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Of course there is some subjectivity in WAR. I'm not sure anyone has argued otherwise. The UZR/150 ratings are based on trained observers who rate each play made in a zone. Yes, there will be variations from observer to observer, but they are all trained and calibrated to lessen those chances. It still beats one person's personal observations of most just one team and the few opponents that team plays. I heard the play JBJ made where he dove for that ball in left center field going away from home plate as a 40% play. Personally, it was one of the greatest catches I've ever seen. I'd say that was a 1% play at most. It's not a perfect system, and it's not supposed to be perfect. To me, I trust the observers are faairly consistent and over a long term, it all shakes out about right. That's one reason they stress not using UZR/150 or WAR for small sample sizes, and defensive plays per game are often 0-2 for OF'ers, so a good sample size is usually 2-3 years or more. WAR is flawed, but it does a pretty good job of assigning one number to a player that encompasses batting, fielding and running value in one.
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Sounds pretty much like a 6 man rotation, since days off are usually rare.
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9 game road trip (3 TOR, 4 BAL & 2 PHI). Just win, baby! After that, it's 24 Home and 16 Away.
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Literally, yes, but when a pen collapses 50% of the time, that is really bad... not half-really bad.
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OK, I was wondering where you got a list showing him 3rd.
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Is there a sea in the Central Time Zone? (Some big lakes, yes.)
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How about Vaz being given more time, too? He was hitting .826 over his previous 60 PAs before his injury-- a much larger sample size. Yes, Vaz's D has looked bad this year, but everyone recognizes him as a usual very good defender and pitcher-handler. As far as I know, nobody is saying Swihart is or ever was a plus defender.
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Devers cranked tonight one for Lowell.
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What list has JBJ 3rd?
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Based on like a 35 PA sample size with 65 innings caught?
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The White Sox just need to stay close until they get to that pen!
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How often have you heard pitchers raving about Swihart behind the plate? My conjecture is not pure speculation, and the data supports most pitchers do better with Leon.
