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Everything posted by notin
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The notion of spending some huge amount on pitching just isn’t realistic. Hitters are flat out safer investments…
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I bet you can find some sabermetrician who disagrees. After, if you’ve found a good hitter’s weakness, aren’t you going to exploit it regardless of who’s up next? -
Devers got more years, but he was also 6 years younger (I think).
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Pitching around hitters is situational. Calling for lineup protection is not. Unless you mean some hitters need it and some don’t. I can agree to that. It’s not a universal requirement however, and it’s easy to find hitters posting MVP numbers without it. I’ll start that bidding with Jose Ramirez, who does so every year. (And Josh Naylor and his Connor Wong-esque .781 OPS are absolutely not “lineup protection” in the vein of Manny-Ortiz.)
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https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/5/19/8614817/lineup-protection-myth-reality-exists I so meant to attach that but failed. Oops. It’s not about whether or not a walk is as good as a hit. That’s something Little League coaches tell kids as they try to convince them a hit really does differ from a fielder’s choice. The article talks about how protection leads to more walks. But that’s what not protecting also leads to…
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Devers’ AAV is the same as Price got way back in December, 2015..,
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Not true. Unless you’re only talking about money. My belief (re: the truth of the matter) is ownership would greatly prefer dealing prospects/players to spending money. Fans often feel the other way, but then it’s not their money. The Sox have a couple potential crunches in the infield and outfielder next season. I could see the Sox dealing from this depth, but if you want really good pitching, Duran or Anthony are more likely than Abreu. And Mayer will be more desired than Grissom or Story…
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Here is an article that definitively says lineup protection exists, complete with numerous quotes from many recently retired players. (It’s a few years old.) Of course, it concludes that lineup protection leads to an uptick in walks, which is exactly what not protecting your best hitter also leads to (if he’s patient). So their claim that it exists proves it doesn’t. And in this age of analytics, where many players have their weaknesses mapped out and where OBP is valued more than it used to be, the notion of walking hitters rather than attacking their weaknesses seems far less likely…
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He’s no Pat Tabler…
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Obviously you’ve never seen Joe Boyle pitch…
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You can block your colon and still be grammatically correct.
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You could make a decent rotation out of players whose names are full sentences. Max Fried. Corbin Burnes. Dylan, Cease!
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ERA is affected by inherited runners the bullpen allows, right? If Sale leaves with 2 men on base, the bullpen can let them score but Sale gets charged with the earned runs, which raises his ERA…
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Despite the stars that need to align, I’m actually surprised this has never happened before…
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And a better bullpen stranding any/most inherited runners he passes along? Atlanta’s deeper pitching depth also gives him the occasional extra day, but his workload has long since past anything he did in the last few years in Boston..
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Sale has 4.4 bWAR this so far this year. In 4 seasons since 2019, Sale accrued 2.6 bWAR for the Sox. Even when he did pitch for Boston, he simply was nowhere near this good. Last year, in 20 starts, he was worth 1.7 bWAR. This year, his 4.4 bWAR is in only 3 more starts…
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Diamondbacks are 27-9 since July 9th…
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So the Mariners (332-282 since 2020 with one postseason appearance) have fired Scott Servais. Meanwhile the Angels (277-337 with no postseason appearances in that same time frame) have extended GM Perry Minasian despite his building a team with fewer wins and a higher payroll (not all his fault) and creating a universally acclaimed MLB-worst farm system that ranks at the bottom not only in terms of quality and quantity of prospects, but also in treatment of them. Got it…
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The use of “distraction” with “diversion” also constitutes assonance…
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They have MAYONNAISE on them!!! I’m in Chicago, where they put tomatoes, cucumbers and hot peppers on hot dogs, along with this neon green glow-in-the-dark relish that’s completely devoid of flavor. But at least they don’t put mayonnaise on hot dogs. Heck they get revolted at the thought of ketchup…
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Unfortunately. https://www.thespruceeats.com/seattle-hot-dogs-4773446 But hey, it’s gotta be better than those godawful Sonora dogs in Arizona…
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That’s because they put cream cheese on hot dogs out there…
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As long as we don’t have Adrian Beltre steam rolling him, he’ll be fine…
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I think the worst think about “full throttle” was Werner’s lame ass explanation. “It’s my motto I live by. It’s how I do everything.” Except run the Red Sox, right Tom?
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This is what I was talking about the other day. Some media outlet - based on roster and suspected team needs- goes and publishes that the Sox are a good candidate to land Corbin Burnes. I forget why I was posting about it, but anyway. The Sox aren’t a serious candidate here. I think we’ve all learned that. There’s a better chance of Bigfoot playing for the Sox next year than Burnes…
