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And yet while Corbin Burnes was establishing himself as one of the best strike throwers in history, the team was only 2-7 in his starts prior to Adames. Obviously Adames isn’t the only reason, but the tendency among baseball fans is to rely heavily on noticeable stats and ignore the aspects of team play. We like big players who fill big roles, like ace starters and closers, but ignore that these players simply cannot make bad teams good on their own…
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I don’t know if anything has changed, but in the past Bogaerts has not been exactly wild about the prospects of changing position for whatever reason. If that’s the case, moving him off shortstop is basically asking him to exercise his opt out. So then the question becomes - would it make more sense to just deal him? In some ways, yes. There will be a lot of shortstop reshuffling this off-season that should create demand, and Bogaerts will still be the cheapest of the big names, at least financially. But if so, it has to work and work quickly. Bloom can’t deal Betts then Benentendi and then Bogaerts without producing a winning team immediately…
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I know. But that label seems to get attached to numerous other pitchers who fell off a cliff even later, like Barnes…
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But then the Brewers were under .500 and 4 games out until they traded for a major defensive upgrade at SS that could also hit. Corbin Burnes is having a monster season, but he was even more unhittable early on when he was off setting records for not walking people and racking up 10Ks a game in the process. But the Brewers have been a different team since they dealt for Willy Adames...
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Yep, another one who suddenly lost it when they banned Spider Tack...
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And Arroyo has COVID. Rough year for the guy just missing time for every conceivable reason. At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if he winds up being out next month because he’s pregnant…
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We’re I you’re English teacher, than your grade on that interpretation would have been passing…
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The word “agreeing” is the subject in gerund form…
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Gabe Kapler deserves a nod this season, too…
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Yes. The amount of baseball acumen that goes into deciding to start JD Martinez over, say, Kevin Plawecki is not exactly the stuff of the elite…
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None of those players have priced themselves out of Baltimore yet. Mancini might be the closest, but he’s also something of a Cult Hero in Baltimore and an inspirational cancer survivor, so they’ll hold him as long as possible…
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Don’t get the IBB to Ramirez
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So.. the Kevin Cash Method...
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And the bulk of them only get hits between 20% and 30% of their at bats. Failure is a bit part of hitting...
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No but he certainly will be a candidate. Don’t forget one of the requirements for the Hall is a player’s career has to be a certain length (10 years, I believe). So my point is Street’s career was as long as many in the Hall, and he racked up enough appearances and innings to be comparable to those (who will likely be) in the Hall that filled the same role he filled. He had a long career that was not cut short by being rushed to MLB. Citing Kimbrel’s fWAR and Sutter’s IP (in a different role) and Hoss Radbourn’s equine tackling ability doesn’t change this. Cordero? His career was shortened by injuries, possibly due to being rushed. But Street? Nope. Nothing to suggest it…
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It’s sort of like what Sir Edmund Hilary said when he reached the summit of Mount Everest. “It’s all downhill from here.”
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How are you calculating save percentage? Saves/(saves + blown saves)?
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You’re going to get a hernia if you keep moving those goal posts…
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And speaking of Houston, they just signed Marwin Gonzalez…
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Ok but Street has more career IP than Kimbrel, who I’m told is a future Hall of Famer. Even if Kimbrel does pass him sometime in the next 2 years, Street clearly did not have his career cut short due to skipping the minors…
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Well pardon Huston Street for growing up in the era of the motor car and after the invention of the safety on guns. But since both of those Hoss Radbourn stories happened after Hoss retired from baseball, not sure how they equate to Street’s skipping the minors dramatically cutting his career short, considering he pitched in relief more times than Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter…
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And look where that got ol’ Hoss. He’s dead now. Meanwhile Huston Street is still alive…
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Houck in the pen with Whitlock, along with Barnes, Taylor, Hernandez, Davis, Sawamura, etc. Get two starters. Jarren Duran might be adequate trade bait to land a good one. Miami seems like a good fit given their over abundance of controllable quality starters and annual need to find a decent CF…
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Yeah it was tough on Street, seeing his career truncated after a mere 12 years and 668 games…
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Houck is 25 years old and so far has thrown 52 IP in 11 starts. While I wouldn’t call him a bust as a starter (which would be tough to do given his success), maybe it’s time to acknowledge that 160 innings per season just isn’t in his future. Again, he’s not some 22yo who played in Division 1 last year and needs to get acclimated to a 6 month MLB marathon. He’s already 25. Make him a reliever. Good relievers are needed anyway; not just closers…
