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Everything posted by moonslav59

  1. moonslav59
    That was the pitch to hit Pearce!
  2. moonslav59
    I just got done praising Barnes up and down, and he stiffs me.
  3. moonslav59
    Most catchers know how many outs there are.
  4. moonslav59
    I'm switching back and forth to the Astros-A's game 3-3. Rodney just came in.
  5. moonslav59
    Nice job by Swi
  6. moonslav59
    for a month
  7. moonslav59
    He deserves the blown save.
  8. moonslav59
    Nice call! Glad you have always been a JBJ believer!
  9. moonslav59
    With 3 catchers we can also PH for our weakest hitting position... catcher... twice in a game, if needed.
  10. moonslav59
    Then why are people even involved? The person ultimately makes the call, and there has to be some bias in the choice. Look, I trust the defensive metrics more than 90% of the posters here, but there is personal bias....even if unintended.
  11. moonslav59
    I disagree. Winning builds confidence and hence more winning.
  12. moonslav59
    Probably not, unless there is an injury. Are you saying that's who you want added?
  13. moonslav59
    I do, too, but I assumed you meant a sudden uptick right before going on the DL. Hid 4 starts before his first DL stint this year does show his highest speed, or at least 4 of his highest 5 or 6), but it looks like just by 1-2 mph average. It does look he hit the highest speeds ever in 3 of his 7 starts..maybe by 2-4 mph over previous year highs. (I wasn't trying to doubt put down your point. It makes more sense now after going back and looking again.)
  14. moonslav59
    I don't see that in his velocity charts: https://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=10603&position=P&pitchgraphs=true&statArr=&legend=1&split=base&time=daily&start=2016&end=2018&rtype=mult&gt1=15&dStatArray=FA&ymin=&ymax= Am I missing something?
  15. moonslav59
    I agree, but my point was that even hard stats can be argued and often are. No stat or metric should ever end the debate, unless both sides accept it as proof
  16. moonslav59
    You could be right, but it could also be the team is just being extra cautious. One good sign was how well he pitched in the one game after coming back after the first DL stint. I hear you, though. It is a concern, for sure.
  17. moonslav59
    I think we have 5 days off between game 162 and the first playoff game. I'm not sure we need to rest anyone down the stretch, except maybe Sale- just don't wear anybody down.
  18. moonslav59
    Well, and argument could be made that the player went 6 for 6 seven days ago with 3 HRs and has gone 1 for 18 his last 6 games, and is indeed in a slump.
  19. moonslav59
    If someone argued, "I've seen every play made by JBJ and every play made by Lorenzo Cain, and Cain is better, I'd listen. That would be a great counter argument. How many of us can say that about any other CF'er not named JBJ? How many can say they even see 10% of every other CF'er plays on defense? (BTW, JBJ now leads MLB in UZR/150 in 2018) https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=cf&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=y&type=1&season=2018&month=0&season1=2018&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=24,d
  20. moonslav59
    Your own eyes haven't even seen maybe 27/30ths of all the CF plays made this year. Those guys, trained and calibrated, have seen 100% of all the plays.
  21. moonslav59
    I'm not sure anybody means to come off that way, except maybe harmony, who uses WAR and projected WAR more than anybody I know, but I can see how it sounds like that. I'll ask this, sometimes someone will say so-and-so is slumping, and I'll reply, but so-and-so has a .875 OPS over the last 7 days, .900 over 14 days and .850 over 28 days. That may sound like a debate ender, and to me, it does end the debate, because it proves the guy is not in a slump, unless you count a 2-6 day sample size as worthy of calling a slump. Would someone argue why does OPS ends the debate?
  22. moonslav59
    I believe in momentum, but I think it is too early, in a way, to get hot. I'd like to see us win about 57-60% of our games until the final week or so, then go to 80% through October. I'm thinking it's too much to hope for 80% over our final 30 games plus the playoffs.
  23. moonslav59
    I don't even know the names of every team's CF'er, let alone how well they field. I know the Sox players well and that's about it. I see 162 games of opposing CF'ers- some 3 games, some 18, some 6 and some none. Don't trust me with comparative value solely by my observations.
  24. moonslav59
    Porcello is still as good or better than most playoff teams' 4th starter.
  25. moonslav59
    He's been out a while now. I thought it was just minor.
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