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  1. In game ERA: 0.00 Workman 0.00 Hembree 3.86 Pom 9.00 Kelly 9.00 Barnes 9.00 Kimbrel 18.00 Thornburg
  2. He did last all last year, but you have a point. Pitches thrown in 2017: 3428 Sale 3383 Porcello 3084 Pom 2462 ERod 1531 Fister 1253 Price
  3. I tried to tell you guys it was an awful signing. Nobody listened!
  4. Holder pitching for the Yanks. Walks a guy in the bottom of the 9th. 2 outs, now.
  5. If he does, it will mean he's done very well after tonight, or we have 11 pitchers get hurt.
  6. Get it out of your system. Just win, baby! My two cliches for the night.
  7. Ruh, Row, Elroy!
  8. Chavis 4 for 4. 1 SB 1 CS 1 Picked Off
  9. I'm still hopeful his off season workout regime helped with his endurance. maybe this is just a blip, and he'll get hot again.
  10. Had Mitch K'd, would Cora have been bashed for not having JD up 3rd?
  11. Damn! I wanted JD to HR! Damn you Mitch!
  12. Agreed... at least until JD drives in the winner tonight.
  13. Did Mookie just tie JD for MVP?
  14. Has JD just tied Mookie for the MVP award?
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. ...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
  18. 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.
  19. 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.)
  20. At the time of the signing, I said paying half would have been an overpay.
  21. Water is a very powerful force.
  22. ...fotos forthcoming.. .
  23. ...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.
  24. Yes, and she has data and evidence t support her claims and beliefs.
  25. 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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