moonslav59
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Everything posted by moonslav59
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The game after his first DL stint was perhaps his best this year. I am confident he can be at 100% by game 1.
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Yes. It's Kimbrel's "philosophy" that matters most, and he's going to want large & long.
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Yes, really. Okay, maybe Nunez does not make a play Devers would have made, but it's not called an "error". Range factor 2.3 Devers 0.7 Nunez -0.1 Holt
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The length of time on the DL might have been highly influenced by our clinching on August 5th.
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I was happy to see Sale get 92 pitches, and I'm not worried about him all that much. I think Price is going to be fine, especially pitching at home vs the Yanks or anywhere vs the A's. Barnes is rusty. I'm hopeful he recovers fully from his injury. Kimbrel is, sadly, not the 2017 Kimbrel. He's still damn good- top 3 in my book.
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Yes, but Iggy was in there for his defense. There's only a slightly better chance Nunez doesn't make a crucial error over Devers' chances.
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There-in lies the rub. Although Nunez has looked surprisingly okay at 3B this year, he's not remarkably better on defense than Devers or Holt at 3B. Devers might make a few more plays than both of them, but he also makes unforced errors at a shocking rate, and those seem to be seared in everyone's minds- fair or unfairly. JD should DH, so it comes down to Devers vs Nunez or Holt at 3B. I suppose we could take Lin over Vazquez or Swihart, but Vaz has been the personal caddy to a couple starters all year, and Swihart gives us the ability to PH for our weak-hitting catcher 1-2 times each game. (We should be fooled by Lin's recent hitting, either.)
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WAR certainly isn't perfect but it may be better than having the writers and their subjectivity do it. At least we'd have criteria for the vote. That criteria may be 'fuzzy math' but at least it's something we could hang our hats on. Looks like you are beginning to see our point. The subjectivity of voters is well known, and examples of egregious mistakes are plentiful. It's the subjectivity of the common fan, who normally watches just one team almost exclusively, that metrics like WAR and UZR/150 try and address. There may very well be some "fuzzy math" or some sort of subjectivity built into their formulas and methodologies, but the intent is to be objective, and the results are probably better than any regular fan can come up with. (Granted: no fan on this site is "regular.")
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Here's one I found...
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Wow!
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Yankee pen beginning to look like ours.
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Anyone still want Devers benched or off the playoff roster?
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Yes, some but not all. We will pick and choose, despite the fact that Henry does not have to.
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You never wanted Sale in the first place.
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Have we finally found a way to get great pitching prospects? ...the Mets will lose their international scouting director Chris Becerra, who is expected to take a job with the Red Sox.
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Could it be neck spasms from watching all our hits?
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I'm not sure who will be a FA in 2020, but my guess is we can find a great defensive SS for pretty cheap.
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I've never been one to use RBI's high on my list, but this is a huge gap: 2018 RBIs 124 JD 77 Trout
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That's not my criteria. Bogey may cost near twice as much as JBJ to keep. I'm also very biased towards great fielding short stops. Kinda the same way I could care less, if Leon hits as a catcher as long as those he catches bring home the bacon. It's close. I want to keep Bogey.
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Crooked numbers galore!
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I'll go in reverse (most willing to let walk-nothing to do with "love"): 1. Porcello 2. Kimbrel 3. Bogey 4. Bradley 5. JD 6. Sale 7. Betts
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You didn't mention IP, just like I didn't mention quality of innings pitched. My point was neither bypassed anything, just because we didn't mention it.
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1) RP'er ERA is not a good way to judge, although Kimbrel does usually start innings with no outs. 2) I didn't bypass the point. We all know Kimbrel has better numbers than Porcello, but do you really think it outweighs the massive PA against differential? 3) I could say, "You totally bypassed IP'd," but I won't.
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I love Kimbrel. Free, free, set him free.
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I hope he waits until October, then busts out bigtime.
