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but they also burn an option year every season in the majors, right?
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Really Taylor and his 45.00 ERA and 9.00 WHIP would be lucky if he was just demoted to Worcester. I know it's only 2 games, but he is not someone I would mistake for a major league pitcher right now...
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How can Sale have options left? Not that it matters, since he is not exactly someone anyone should ever consider demoting when he is healthy...
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I'll bite. Who's on it?
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Teams have 8 and 9 man bullpens now. Your argument might have made sense in 1978...
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Houck has options. Perez does not. Neither does Richards, or most veterans with more than 4 years in MLB. So sending them down requires clearing waivers. The bigger question is - why not send Taylor down?
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Texas is paying the full freight. Basically they bought two Yankee prospects, much like how the Red Sox did with German...
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Antonio Cabello and Josh Stowers headed to Texas. Cabello used to be a good prospect. Not sure if he still is. No announcement on the cash, but MLBTR thinks Texas is paying a significant portion of it, presumably more than half...
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And the Yankees acquire Rougned Odor. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/04/yankees-trade-rougned-odor-rangers.html I was just thinking the other day that this team needs another middle infielder incapable of playing shortstop...
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So in a year they went to the WS, you rate them "pretty good". Tough judge...
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He wasn't, but I still was calling for him to be out there in game six...
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And to think, none of that might have happened if not for Shag Crawford pitching out of a bases loaded, no one out jam with only one tying run allowed in the Henderson game of the ALCS. And where was Crawford the next time the season was on the line? All I remember was me shouting for Shag at my insolent and unresponsive television. I blame it to this day...
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I was thinking Mike Stanley as the "Father of the Modern Passed Ball" because he had like 98 of them in about 5600 innings behind the plate. A lot of people had more, but most (all?) of them also had a lot more innings at catcher. Of course, being Charlie Hough's teammate was certainly a factor...
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Except that the Dobnak thing was explicitly written into the rules for a save. Hitting a home run in a 15-1 game is not the same, because there is no rule for game situation about what constitutes a home run. Saves, on the other hand, are completely determined by game situation. And for some reason, the people determining what constitutes a save decided pitching the last 3 innings regardless of score and performance equals a save. Even wins can take into account how a pitcher does. It rarely, if ever, happens any more, but the official scorer can take a win away from a relief pitcher who is in line for a victory if he does poorly, and the scorer can give it to the next pitcher who comes in. (Rule 10.17 in the MLB rule book, if you doubt me.) But the 3 inning save rule has no such contingencies I am aware of...
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And wins and ERA depend heavily on the team around you. Saves are overrated and no more important than Holds. And in some instances, like Randy Dobnak yesterday, saves are a flat out joke...
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Robot bases now!! Use modifed Roomba's that move out of the way when the ball or a Yankee baserunner are approaching...
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K's are the best thing a pitcher can do. Everything else, and he needs help...
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But again, ERA is dependent on defense. Walks are the worst. Let a guy hit the ball, even the best only reach 3-4 times out of 10. Walk him? 100% reach first...
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End of the day - strikes? Can they hit them? Isn't that all that matters?
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And it was the one thing he said that I agreed with...
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The Tobin Bridge Is 1,386 Miles From My House
notin replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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I know Gedman's was poorly times, but it seems like it was Mike Stanley who mastered the art of giving up the passed ball....
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The Tobin Bridge Is 1,386 Miles From My House
notin replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Keep using the phrase "1st place O's" as many times as possible now while it is still accurate...
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Yes it does not take "quality of contact" into consideration. Really it emphasizes strikeouts. But then, while weak contact is better, it can still go for hits and baserunners depending on defense. For example, Brad Keller was blooped and bled to death in his first start this year. FIP tells you strikeouts are king. And really, they are. No defense. No runners (barring the rare dropped third strike). Three strikes and go sit down. While there have been many successful groundball and weak contact pitchers, how many pitchers have failed who excelled using the criteria for FIP - high K, low BB, low HR?
