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Everything posted by notin
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Actually 9 teams have signed a free agent for longer than 2 years, per the MLBTR free agent tracker. So his count is off as that leaves 21 teams that haven’t...
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It is for a guy who can’t hit outside of Denver and can’t field his position...
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Has it really? https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/04/rockies-extend-charlie-blackmon.html
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And a Met by February...
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K Was that so hard?
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Well we could talk about all the new faces in the clubhouse. I think the attendants staff is bringing on a new intern. I hope he works out. Also I hear they’re switching from Tide to Gain. I’m not so sure I like this. Tide was good enough last year; why mess with what’s working?
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Koji is a stretch at age 43. And Eckersley has already thrown a no hitter in MLB before Koji was even born...
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Koji didn’t even start pitching for the Sox until he was 38. Kimbrel’s desired contract this off-season that’s every team apparently thinks was too long would have only taken him through age 36...
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You’re right!! Career ERA is the best stat EVER!!! I can’t believe anyone even came up with other stats!!! Why it not only tells you how good a pitcher is, but it also does windows and makes a fine dessert topping!! And the best thing about it - it cannot be improved upon because it is solely based on pitcher ability!!! It’s so perfect, next to it perfection itself is a giant pile of poop!!!
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If the odds were something like Boston 45%, New York 30%, Tampa 20%, Others 5%, then you’re simply playing favorites by taking Boston over NY, but taking the field over Boston...
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February 1. Still unsigned. Think Philly got that offer in yet?
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But how much better are the Yankees and Rays? The Yankees finished EIGHT GAMES behind the Sox last year. Do your additions - which so far is just Paxton, Ottavino, LaMahieu and a half season of Britton - make up an eight game difference? Especially factoring in the losses of Robertson and at least a half season of Grigorius? Even if your adds make the Yankees four games better and the Sox (and only the Sox, because apparently Yankees never regress) are 3 games worse, that’s still not enough...
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And if we were to go to a Yankee board, all the enthusiasm would be grounded in reality, right?
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Preventing runs might be the pitcher’s goal, but he shares that goal with 8 other defensive players whose contributions exist but are very tough to distinguish. But if I’m judging a career, I’m ok with career ERA. It’s readily understood. But depending how long that career is, it might not be the most representative of what a player can do tomorrow...
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Pitching for an entire career in Coors or Petco, or eve just a large chunk of it, doesn’t get “ironed out” in career ERA...
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DRA is old and hard to find. I think FIP, xFIP and SIERA are all good measures...
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And even if Kimbrel does come in with men on base, those runs get charged on someone else’s ERA, allowing him to kee that pristine 0.00...
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Ok. I suppose 1b and 2b are two other reasonable candidates...
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But is catcher the Sox weakest position, which is not the same as a weakness?
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More glaring omission - Gil Hodges from the Baseball Hall of Fame or Jethro Tull from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
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To me, that’s situational. If I’m looking at a pitcher for Hall of Fame candidacy, I like career ERA. But if I’m trying to decide if the Sox should acquire a pitcher or if one they did acquire was a good choice, I only look at the last 3 years. Nothing a pitcher did back in 2012 is relevant to how he’ll pitch today...
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The Last season, using payroll numbers from Sportrac, the top ten payrolls produced 4 playoff teams (Boston, Chicago, Houston, New York). The bottom 10 payrolls produced 3 (Oakland, Atlanta, Milwaukee). And the middle ten produced 3 (Cleveland, Los Angeles, Colorado). Not the most exact method, but it certainly raises questions about how important spending is...
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Considering the largest payrolls are 150-200% larger than the smallest, but the best team only wins about 20-25% more often than the worst team, I’d say trying to win by outspending is not as easy as people think...
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Well, you said “most would be outraged if he signed with the Yankees.” But to my post you said, and I quote. “********. It’s only ‘perspective’ since he signed with the Sox.” You used my word “perspective” and called ******** in response to my post. But somehow you’re saying that just because you responded to me and quoted me, your response was directed at others? Now I’m calling ********...
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Batting average treats a home run and an infield single the same, but plenty of people use it. ERA also gives the same credit for the runners the pitcher allows to score and the inherited runners that score on the following reliever. ERA is also more influenced by ballpark than WHIP. ERA has the advantage of being more popular and more recognizable, but for relievers it gets easily blown up by one bad inning. If an RP throws 60 IP per year, every earned run is worth 0.15 on his ERA. So one 4 ER inning can make a substantial difference, and your season long 2.40 is now 3.00. Also what about all those unearned runs? Why do they get completely ignored? If the team behind a reliever plays great defense, the pitcher benefits. But if they play poor defense, no impact at all? It just gets ignored? Like it never happened? Even if the reliever pitches like complete s*** after the error?
