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  1. harmony
    Good point.
  2. harmony
    Many on this forum don't care but I wonder whether Dustin Pedroia will age better the Seattle second baseman Robinson Cano, who is 10 months older than Pedroia. In 1,502 MLB games Pedroia has posted 48.4 fWAR, including 1.9 fWAR this year and 5.3 fWAR last year. In 1,995 MLB games Cano has posted 52.3 fWAR, including 3.3 fWAR this year and 5.9 fWAR last year. Of course after this season Pedroia has only four years and $56 million remaining on his contract while Cano has six years and $144 million left on his contract.
  3. harmony
    Apparently important. Seattle designated hitter Edgar Martinez has not been inducted into the Hall of Fame despite posting 68.3 bWAR and 65.5 fWAR in 2,055 career games. David Ortiz posted 55.4 bWAR and 50.6 fWAR in 2,408 career games. I always remind myself that it's a Hall of Fame, not necessarily a Hall of Baseball's Best Players. David Ortiz is far more famous than Edgar Martinez because of his performances on the bigger stages in larger media markets.
  4. harmony
    The Astros have the better team but the better team does not always win in the postseason. The Red Sox have a good club talented enough to advance to the postseason where anything can happen.
  5. harmony
    https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-difference-between-predictions-and-projections/
  6. harmony
    From Wednesday's chat with FanGraphs columnist Dave Cameron: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/dave-cameron-fangraphs-chat-92717/
  7. harmony
    Throwing out his dreadful 2015 season with the Red Sox, Hanley Ramirez has posted 2.2 fWAR, valued at $17.3 million, over the past two seasons while receiving an annual salary of $22 million. Last year Ramirez posted 2.7 fWAR, valued at $21.5 million, in his only productive season with the Sox. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=8001&position=SS Ramirez has posted a net 0.5 fWAR, valued at $3.3 million, in three seasons while costing the Red Sox $66 million. He's a tough entry on the ledger sheet.
  8. harmony
    Makes you wonder whose medicals were concealed.😐
  9. harmony
    The Red Sox will probably have their second-best postseason of the past nine years by winning at least one game but falling short of a World Series title.
  10. harmony
    Kung Fu Panda hit another double before I left the park😀
  11. harmony
    FWIW I am at AT&T Park where I just witnessed a hustling double from Pablo Sandoval
  12. harmony
    Entering Friday's games, the Red Sox had been stellar with a runner on third base and fewer than two outs, posting a .349/.402/.520/.922 line in 331 plate appearances this season: https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/split.cgi?t=b&team=BOS&year=2017 In those situations the American League had posted a .324/.359/.505/.864 line in 4,300 plate appearances: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/split.cgi?t=b&lg=AL&year=2017
  13. harmony
    http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox/clubhouse_insider/2017/09/hanley_ramirez_out_of_the_lineup_again_for_red_sox_at_rays
  14. harmony
    This offseason Eduardo Nunez will be about seven months younger than Luis Valbuena was last offseason when the Los Angeles Angels signed Valbuena to a two-year, $15 million contract with a mutual option for a third year. Nunez is a 6-foot, 195-pound Dominican infielder with his fourth MLB organization. Valbuena was a 5-foot-10, 210-pound Venezuelan infielder with his fourth MLB organization when he reached free agency. Each has limited experience in the outfield. Nunez has posted 4.1 fWAR in 668 career games, including 5.8 fWAR over the past three seasons. When he signed his free agent contract, Valbuena had posted 8.1 fWAR in 798 games, including 6.3 fWAR over the three previous seasons.
  15. harmony
    I was responding to notin's post about the Chicago White Sox: ... but I recognize that some folks prefer to live in a small world.
  16. harmony
    The 2003 Seattle Mariners got 162 starts from their Opening Day rotation: https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/2003.shtml ... and missed the postseason despite 93 wins as the Red Sox claimed the Wild Card with 95 wins.
  17. harmony
    BABIP (Batting Average on Balls in Play) can sometimes help explain a player's failure to post a consistent stat line. Randomness plays a large part. Some players seem to be streakier than others. I've divided Seattle catcher Mike Zunino's season into four uneven streaks starting with Opening Day: 29 G, .148/.227/.239/.465 27 G, .330/.392/.725/1.117 31 G, .160/.233/.383/.616 22 G, .343/.432/.629/1.061 For the season Zunino has posted a .239/.316/.487/.803 line in 383 plate appearances but that line does not suggest his lack of consistency.
  18. harmony
    For what it's worth, the shortstops for the Red Sox and my Seattle Mariners -- Xander Bogaerts and Jean Segura -- have each experienced at least a .220 drop in OPS from pre-All Star break to post-All Star break this year: XBogaerts pre 351 PA, .303/.359/.447/.806 XBogaerts post 198 PA, .200/.273/.300/.573 JSegura pre 248 PA, .349/.390/.482/.872 JSegura post 240 PA, .237/.300/.352/.652
  19. harmony
    I wonder whether Carson Smith's injury was related to his frequent use of the slider.
  20. harmony
    In two MLB innings this year Carson Smith's fastball has average 92.0 mph, just below his career average of 92.9: http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=13172&position=P#pitchtype Smith's average fastball this year ranks 15th among the 27 Red Sox pitchers while his career average would tie Addison Reed for 11th on the team: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=0&type=4&season=2017&month=0&season1=2017&ind=0&team=3&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=3,d Smith no longer throws his most effective pitch, the slider, as frequently as the righthander did in his breakout 2015 season before Tommy John surgery.
  21. harmony
    How many years (and how much money) would you offer Drew Pomeranz, who turns 29 in November?
  22. harmony
    The difficulty is shedding the salaries of highly paid unproductive or underproductive players. Most teams could be more competitive in the free agent market if only they could shed highly paid unproductive players.
  23. harmony
    That reminds me of trade proposals that included Pablo Sandoval to offset salary.
  24. harmony
    Giancarlo Stanton has posted 6.0 fWAR this year. Joey Votto has posted 6.0 fWAR this year. Hanley Ramirez has posted a negative 0.1 fWAR this year. I assume three years of Mookie Betts or five years of Andrew Benintendi would need to be in the package to offset the production difference.
  25. harmony
    Under a five-year, $70 million contract signed in June, Seattle shortstop Jean Segura remains under team control through the 2022 season with a team option for 2023. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/al-west/seattle-mariners/
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