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Thats often enough. But you need the bats for that to be enough.

Schwarber?

Which is why I would have opened with Whitlock.

Im bringing Whit in earlier, not saving him for the ninth. Chapman can close again, he just had a few days off.

old school: you learned it 4-5 years ago new school: you learned it less than 3 years ago Anything youve known for more than 5 years is too old to be useful. I dont care that OBP , OBP , OBP was a buzzword 20+ years ago

Casas should be looking to punish. If im the manager and hes taking fastballs, im getting aggravated. Even if they result in a walk.

Yeah, when you are fast, draw a walk. Steal a bag. When you are the slowest dude in the mlb, i dont even really want you at first base. Casas approach to maximize walks is bunk. Dont leave HRs on the table becasue you are trying to draw walks. Hunt mistakes and crush them. 30 HRs isnt fantastic. When you consider his speed and D which are both terrible.

Also his speed.

Cuz he doesnt move his body well.

They werent necessarily wrong. Sh*t changes every 3-5 years. Which is why I laugh when people act like OPS and WAR and "sabermetrics" are new school. Beane was looking for defense and power 3 years after making "defense does not matter only OBP" famous. Becasue Beane was always about zigging when others zagged. I dont like Casas taking so many pitches. I dont think really anybody should be. I remember as a kid my dad teaching me the game and excitedly telling me "this guys great , he never swings at the first pitch" Then they realized you were most likley to get a "get me over" pitch on strike 1 or a fastball. So sh*t changed Sh*t changes so what you are looking for changes. I dont hate OPS and point to it often. But Casas needs to go up there and do everything he can do to hit the ball deep. Not work counts. Not draw walks. Not even gappers. Not staying back, trying to hit it oppo down the line. Because he cant run, and when he runs he gets hurt. So he needs to look for fastballs early in the count and meet them in front. HR or K. ANything else is an injury.

Dont waddle good*

I dont like the stop back profile. I like meeting the ball out in front, and a pull approach. Casas has raw power, but I dont want him walking. Hes a base clogger. Plus anytime he has to hustle he hurts himself. He should just swing for the fences every at bat. Fat people dont run good.

Not when you are casas. Although, its hard to get a hit when you are at risk to be thrown out at first on a gapper

My rule of thumb is that if you are less athletic than me, time to hang em up.

I think its about time we move on from OPS as the best benchmark. Walks are out of style.

My eyes its between Gary Sanchez and Casas.

Curious: when you say not fine with umps going on strike, are you saying that you would pull your support for robo k zone if it got that far or are you saying that you would disagree with the umps choosing to strike.

I have Peacock, Paramount, Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Prime, HBO and now I need ESPN universal too, which happens to cost more than the rest of them combined I get HBO through Dash Pass (great deal), I have Disney+/Hulu bundle at $13, peacock is like $7, Paramount is like $9, Prime is like what these days, $11 And wrestling wants me to keep Peacock for NXT, cable for Smackdown, Netflix for RAW, now I have to pay $40/month for the PLEs. COme on man.

I think one thing we can all agree on is all the streaming services and sports/entertainment providers divvying up among them, they are working together to bone us.

And NESN obvs and NBCsports (celtics)

AND WWE PLE's went to ESPN "Unlimited" which isnt ESPN + or ESPN Select, its yet another tier and its telling me that its $40/month* *For the first 12 months Quite a change from $6/month Peacock. But youll get ESPN live channels! Great, I have Fios and cable, and Im not cancelling it cuz I need it for smackdown.

Still do. From yesterday to today, the soxs chance of making the playoffs have decreased from 99.1% to 98.6%

Thats what Moon is saying, not what MVP is saying. Moon is saying people will care more about getting the call right than umps keeping their jobs, and if umps fight against robo - its a losing battle MVP: A good parallel is the NFL strike. I disagree with both (and you), I like when umps make mistakes. Adds a little RNG into the mix. Adds a little chance and randomness. This is why OG donkey kong was so popular back in the day. Because you could lose based on nothing but bad luck, so you needed both luck and skill to get a really really high score. But I also dont think the NFL ref saga is a super clean comparable. I would support the umps and I supported the refs, but for different reasons. I support the umps because I like the randomness and inconsistencies. I like a little chance sprinkled in. And Im turned off when people blame the umps/refs, jsut comes off as sour grapes to me and excuse making. I supported the refs because the NFL is too profit driven. I mean be over 50% profit driven, but not 100% profit driven. Pay the refs.

"I do not support your decision" = trying to get someone to rethink or simply clarify/make-known that you do not agree with their decision It does not mean , I dont care. In fact, I would argue that the person saying the quote cares. When a friend told me he was giving up on sobriety and going back to the bottle after struggling with alcoholism and I say I dont support your decision, it does not mean I do not care. Its not quite the opposite, but it almost is. I do care and thats why I am trying to tell him hes making a bad decision

correct. what he said,: There will never be a strike so unsupported by the public in the history of strikes. What you imply he said: The NFL lockout is related because you said nobody would care if MLB umps went on strike. Unsupported could mean disinterest but it more likely means alignment with the other side. When someone says I dont support your decision, it does not usually mean I dont care about your decision. It usually means I care and your decision is bad. MLB: Robo umps it is Umps: We striking MLB: good, easier to get you outta here Public: I care about getting it right / wrong more than I care about the umps losing their job to tech. Im not happy umps lost their jobs, but this happens in many industries. Change is needed and people who have made their livings off the old way rebel. I get it , Id fight for my job too but the umps are in the wrong here. The NFL strike, people (sports fans) cared. But it went more like this: NFL: Refs arent getting raises or we arent paying refs as much and refs need to renegotiate (I forget if it was a lockout or strike but whatever) Public: These scam refs stink. Just work out a deal, will you The difference is not whether or not the public cares. The difference is that in Moons hypothetical, he is saying the public will dismiss the umps grievances. With the NFL the public (at least a large portion) was not arguing against the refs grievances/arguments. In fact, a lot of voices took their side.