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And he still lead all MLB shortstops in UZR/150 in that time frame (min: 1,000 innings) while playing on one ankle. And even with his reduced playing time, he still finished in the top 5 in UZR and top 8 in DRS. That's ridiculous...
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You left out players who are not from the NW but went to college in that area. Also, I assume it applies to anyone whose dad played for the Mariners. (I'm talking to you, Michael Brantley.)
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Do people normally obey those things in your neighborhood? No one pays them any attention down near me...
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Who should the Sox have play CF on opening day?
notin replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Ah, the Edwin Jackson Tour... -
There is a chance JD never returns to form, but he is also immovable on that current deal. But is JD an 81 OPS+ hitter? Sanchez is a 99 OPS+ hitter over the past 3 seasons. So is a declining JDM better than Sanchez? He might be. The one thing Sanchez has going for him is that he is still only 27 years old...
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No. Just facing it as you watch your destination disappear over the horizon...
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And play him where? 1b? And bench Dalbec? DH? And move JDM to LF and Benintendi to CF?
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Who should the Sox have play CF on opening day?
notin replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I don’t think they deserve a fourth outfielder who can play CF. Not after they let Cesar Puello slip through their fingers... -
My question was harmony’s comment about Boston being an unlikely destination. Based on what? Boston needs SP. Walker is a SP. The only reason it’s an unlikely destination will be the number of teams looking for starters. But all of them will be equally unlikely. Except Seattle. That team will be the least likely, and by a lot. Too much air travel, and no one likes air travel...
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Chicago drivers are the safest. We just sit there in our Gridlock Sanctuary, free from harm...
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Based on what?
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Who should the Sox have play CF on opening day?
notin replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The Sox will bring in another CF long before Spring Training starts, whether it’s Bradley or Pillar, or Kiermaier/Inciarte/Cain/whoever... -
Well, less than whatever his arb asking prices figures to be...
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... who drives in reverse after going the wrong way
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Moneyball and the mechanization and computerization of MLB
notin replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Other Baseball
Honestly, as someone who has never met either of them, I wouldn't know that. Sure the public personas are probably very nice. But then we all used to think Bill Cosby was a nice guy, too... -
Exactly. Non-tender and someone signs him for less...
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Moneyball and the mechanization and computerization of MLB
notin replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Other Baseball
LOL But how many teams that drank together won it all? And we can’t go pretending the 2004 Red Sox, a team with 3 Cooperstown-caliber players, didn’t use their talent. By contrast, the 2011 Red Sox drank together and it became a notorious scapegoat... -
Moneyball and the mechanization and computerization of MLB
notin replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Other Baseball
Like I said, we leap to “choke” too quickly a lot, especially in the MLB postseason. Remember when Price had that label, but one crazy poster on this board kept posing the possibility that it might be related to fatigue. And then what happened in 2018? Price threw fewer IP and had a really good postseason... -
Moneyball and the mechanization and computerization of MLB
notin replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Other Baseball
Yeah but I bet they don't do it with the same regularity fans do. For example, they might label a singular instance of a player failing as "choking," but do they ever label a player who repeatedly failed in key instances as a choker? And they also throw around the concepts of "team chemistry" and "team identity" but never really tell anyone what they mean. They might not be as informative as we like to think they are... -
Because Apple watches > trash cans?
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I don't think that's what reverse is for. You might even be scary by Florida driving standards...
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Also because the White Sox don't need starting pitching...
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Moneyball and the mechanization and computerization of MLB
notin replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Other Baseball
Doubt happens. They are human. But I would be very surprised if it happened as often for them (in baseball situations at least) as we think and at a frequency we could relate to. Even taking extreme examples, like facing Randy Johnson in his prime. Or Nolan Ryan. Or Hoss Radbourne, depending on your age and era of preference. We think players get intimidated, and they might be more so than if they were facing any of 1,000 other pitchers. But they still dig in. And they still have enough faith in their abilities to swing the bat. and none of them are swinging to get it over with and go sit back down, not even the lowliest utility infielder; they're swinging because they think they can hit this guy... -
Moneyball and the mechanization and computerization of MLB
notin replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Other Baseball
Yes, I think much of their confidence is justified. I call it "overconfident" because it involves a level of confidence I cannot even begin to comprehend. It's also why I don't believe we can relate to the concept of "choking" and throw that label around way too quickly... -
That's why pencils have erasers and keyboards have backspace keys...
