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Closer By Short Straw?
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He’s in New York City. When the Yankees are bad, folks there get more violent…
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Task Force Closers! Sounds like the title of an action moving. Starring John Cena…
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As long as you have actual good pitchers, there’s no real issue with the whole “committee” approach to closing. Tampa has been using one all season…
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Over the long haul, as indicated in the premise, a closer will have enough one run save chances to add some validity to the stat. The biggest problems I have with save percentage is that it ignores tie games completely…
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The definition of that says it’s not repeatable and holds no predictive value. So anyone who believes in “clutch” should probably ignore that stat. Also it’s calculated using the Leverage Index, which does increase as innings go on, depending on score. Basically a 1 run lead in the 7th inning is higher leverage than a 1 run lead in the 2nd. Now with Richards as a starting pitcher, he has to pitch deeper into games t get to some of those truly high leverage situations. And when he does get there, he has a full workload already behind him. If he closed, this wouldn’t be the case. So this stat is not really applicable here IMO…
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Can you tell me where you got this stat?
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His career splits on B-R tell a different story, especially when one considers he achieved them as a starter…
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Based on what?
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Austin Davis is quietly been effective recently. Last 4 games: 3.1 IP 0.00 ERA, 4:1 K:BB .397 OPSA, 2 of 2 runners stranded…
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So is 4.1IP from Barnes, but here we are…
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What’s the profile?
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Still on board…
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But the year he was a closer for the Angels, his ERA was 2.48. So if you really believe closing is a special skill set that requires a different mentality, he has done well in that role…
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Exactly. But it’s a huge factor now
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That would have been better. He was the #12 overall pick who fell 11 slots due to dug ability questions. And while still in A ball, numerous players drafted before and after him are already in MLB, including other pitchers taken from high school that year…
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But then not all of his struggles have been in save situations. This really has nothing to do with the role of closer…
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Soreness isn’t an injury? Forearm soreness on a pitcher?
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Unless he gets injured again..
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So Barnes’ contract is sunk cost based on 4 bad innings?
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JBJ was like that, too. But we didn’t see it so much because he did not excel at getting on base…
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But then Barnes has shot well past just “regressing to the norm” all the way to “bullpen liability” recently. I don’t think he’s as bad as his last few outings, but he needs to right the ship fast, even if it’s getting back to the pitcher he was for the rest of his career…
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I’ve run up the white flag in Groome. I know he’s had a slew of injuries and lost a season due to COVID, but he’s been in A ball for 5 years now. I have my doubts he’ll ever stay healthy enough to climb through the system…
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Downs is struggling in AAA, but he is also only 22, which makes him about 4.5 years younger than league average, and he also skipped AA and didn’t have a season in 2020. He’s got excuses…
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The bridge year one was laughable mass hysteria. Theo uses that phrase to talk about what I understood to refer to the minor leagues and his drafting philosophy, and fans started freaking out that because wasn’t trying to win. Bear in mind this happened right after the Sox signed John Lackey to the biggest contract ever given to a Sox starting pitcher at the time…
