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  1. notin
    They rushed him back after one inning of rehab. Don’t take their decision to make him the closer so literal. No one said he would jump into the role on Day One...
  2. notin
    Ok I’m missing your point.
  3. notin
    Yes, but it won’t be a significant contribution. In fWAR, the pitcher’s FIP is a factor. In that instance, he issued a walk and did not have a corresponding strikeout to offset it. But WAR is meant to be an encompassing stat and not applied to individual game situations like this. It’s an aggregate compilation of a player’s offensive, defensive, base running, and/or pitching contributions.
  4. notin
    So DD was right for passing on all available boats because they went on to sink? I hope he’s never stranded on a deserted island. Actually if he was, that might explain a few things...
  5. notin
    Small sample size?
  6. notin
    Of course there have been some writers who didn’t vote for a surefire inductee to intentionally prevent the 100% vote and have even admitted as much. But sometimes other voters don’t vote for a surefire inductee because they figure he’s going to get in anyway, and they decide to use their limited votes for less likely candidates who they feel are worthy but need the support...
  7. notin
    The Guardians (and really, every team) have had blowout games followed by offensive weakspots, too. Back in May they scored 14 runs against Baltimore in one game and 1 the next. (And then later in the year, lost back-to-back games to Baltimore by identical scores of 13-0)...
  8. notin
    The last thing MLB needs is to remain a league where only the teams with financial wherewithal can win anything.
  9. notin
    The big difference is Keuchel rejected a Qualifying Offer. If Porcello gets one, he might not reject it...
  10. notin
    Brnintendi will be fine. I’ve seen to this personally. I dropped him from my fantasy team. That ought to fix him
  11. notin
    I am aware. My comment was meant to be a sarcastic reflection of the “involvement” of Dombrowski this season...
  12. notin
    Sox won’t decide on buying/selling until August...
  13. notin
    New rules for save situation. Also, you don’t have to hold the lead...
  14. notin
    What else do you think he’ll get?
  15. notin
    If only they had our bullpen...
  16. notin
    I guess Chavis is still a bit gimpy...
  17. notin
    More height on the seams = more affect of air flow = more break
  18. notin
    It is a screwball. Carl Hubbell threw so many in his career that his left hand took a set with his palm facing outward at rest....
  19. notin
    I’m saying the height of the seams has a better affect on the air flow around the ball. The disruption of the air flow is what makes the ball break. If you drive down the highway at 70 mph and stick your hand out the window so that it’s flat, you can feel some force from the air as you pass through. Rotate your hand so the air is striking your palm and you feel more force from the air. This difference in force is significant with your hand, but on a much lighter baseball, it can have greater results. There is a reason you can make a baseball break when you throw it but you can’t do the same thing with a cue ball. And it doesn’t matter how much you spin it. Heck, knuckleballs break best with no spin. Now some (all?) pitchers might not be getting the same grip. But even if they were, the reduced seam height would still have an effect...
  20. notin
    DD traded Porcello to the Red Sox, not for them, as he was GM of the Tigers at the time. The contract extension wasn’t him either...
  21. notin
    I don’t think “less spin” is the issue. If the thread height is lower, the seams disrupt the air flow around the ball as it travels toward the plate to a lesser degree. The reduced disruption of the air flow means a reduced localized pressure drop that enables a breaking pitch or a. 2-seamer (RP’s best pitch) to break. I’m not saying his revolutions/second is not different, but I am saying that lesser thread height makes that matter less. Even if he was achieving his former spin rate, this ball would still break les than last year’s..,
  22. notin
    That’s actually a sad level of competitiveness from a high school coach...
  23. notin
    It was essentially what he was saying, but sabermetric often fail to inspire the necessary level of drama...
  24. notin
    And he was making a point about magnifying very small differences. In that speech, he specifically talked about lucky hits - “one blooper, one quark, one ‘grounder with eyes’ - get one of those per week” and it’s the difference between AAA ignominy and Yankee Stadium. A bit melodramatic, but he was mathematically correct....
  25. notin
    + 1, Yankee Lover
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