drewski6

undefeated, probs

I didnt even know there was a game on right now

I do not think its weird to suggest that increased strikeouts are contributing to runs being down. I do not think its weird to suggest that strikeouts are increasing because approaches have changed. I do not think its weird to think that recent trends in approach (in this case more power, less contact) may do more harm than good. I do not think its weird to suggest that every change/trend/shift is not always for the better. I would disagree that offense is down for [insert any reason]. I think nothing in life happens for a singular reason and everything that has ever happened, happened because of a multitude of reasons. I believe we live in a world of infinite variables. If you took my comment for suggesting that [insert any reason] is the singular reason why offense is down, then you dont know me. Im more likely to overthink the simple than oversimplify the complex. Im Jewish. I dont think I ever answered a question without first going "Hmmmm.....(beard stroke)..."

Its not weird to suggest that a large part of the reason why offense is down is because todays changeups are yesterdays fastballs and the sweeper moves so freaking much and teams are pulling their pitcher before the dreaded third time through the lineup. And you know this.

Even Josh Bell is a first baseman because he is a bad defender. At some point in his career, he was moved to first base because hes a bad defender (it may have been college but still). Roman Anthony is a better hitter and a better defender. To advocate for Josh Bell over Roman is like saying I want the worse hitter and worse fielder and worse player on my team. Why? Because he was forced to move to first base a while ago and now has a "1B" after his name. You arent going to ruin RA or MM or KC playing them at first base for a year. They arent going to be so bad at first base that they send your team into a tailspin. Theyll probably pick it up and be a better firstbaseman than any current "first baseman" because the reason they are not "first baseman" is because they were never the worst defender on their team. Dont trade LaRoche for Kotchman and justify it by saying LaRoche was too good to be a backup and we needed a backup.

Not against it, just against giving at-bats to a mediocre player over Roman or Mayer or Frosty-the-snowman-nixon or whoever is swinging a hot bat who we could call up jsut because such mediocre player is a worse defender and was therefore kicked to first base a while ago. Because "he's a first-baseman"

Well pitching improvements are a big reason why, so its not particularly fair to judge what worked in 1979 vs today. Part of the very reason why teams are selling out for power is because offense is down so if you are going to crack it, take the guaranteed runs cuz you cant count on those guys behind you to move you along, small ball you in or even get a hit, cuz pitchers are freaking nasty these days. So if you get a mistake , punish it. That being said, Im not necessarily endorsing everything current - but I do err on the side of new school generally

Disagree with the bold, agree with the rest. Why do people want Devers to play 1B? Because its an easy position to play, and Devers is not a D-first player. But it doesnt have to be him. It can be literally anybody except the guys who are out there because of their D (Cedanne, Narvaez). It doesnt need to be Raffy and if Raffy is slugging , I agree leave him be. Put anyone there. Roman? Fine. Campbell? Fine. Story? Fine. Mayer? Fine. Bregman? Fine. Trottsynixon Garcia? Fine. People want Devers because everyone else is too good defensively to waste at 1b and I think thats a mistake. We arent trying to have the most ideal defensive alignment possible.

Play any of em at 1b. I care not who.

No offense intended, but some of you are trying to present yourselves as new school, while simultaneously being a trend or two behind. Whatever is current/hot/trending changes rapidly. Bill James threw "moneyball" out the window 1.5 years after committing to it. Now you old school types might think that this shows that you shouldnt chase the trends because they are just going to change - so keep it old school - and you would be wrong too. You gotta change, and you gotta change fast. Or you'll get exploited. For example: People threw high fastball with success, people stopped throwing it, people started throwing it again. Had you threw the high heat all along, you would have gotten wrecked. There was a reason why it went out of style and there was a reason it came back in. Right now - its sell out literally everything for power. Your nine best sluggers are your team and defense is considered, but thats why you want versatility and redundancy on defense. So if someone goes down (Casas) you can replace him with your new ninth best slugger (whatever position that may be) and because you have so much versatility on D, you can figure it out. Ideal defensive alignment, OBP chasing, lineup scrutiny. All deemphasized right now. Have your nine best sluggers in, and defense matters to an extent - but be willing to move guys around so you always have your nine best sluggers in. Been this way for 2 years now.

OBP is very much out of style

We have too much talent to go shopping, my opinon.

And you think this is better than having any of RA, MM, Garcia brother in MLB? Or do you mean stop gap until Campbell or somebody else internally can get some reps?

What about Trottsy Nixon?

Me too :/

Fat Joe and Big Pun are different people but if you go to a Fat Joe concert you are going to hear him cover "its so hard"

I mean on one hand he was very much team Jonafran for a while and I do believe that he would have been at least very intrigued if someone 4-5 years ago was like you know he has a brother too who is also a sexy prospect On the other hand, they are actually 2 different people

I think Moon is implying that hes been a fan of either Garcia brother for 5 years - because he was president of team jonafran, he of course would have been high on PW had he known about his existence, so hes giving himself credit for being 5 years ahead on PW. And I havent decided yet if thats fair or not.

At this point, Im willing to try anyone at 1b except for "actual first baseman" because I dont think it really matters much at all if a dude has played first base before. It would be like an elite manager being nervous about being a third base coach because never done it before. My gut tells me you got this. Actual first baseman just remind me of Kasey Kotchman and who wants that?

arent you that guy from that cereal commercial, NutN'Honey or something from like the early nineties when some dude would mutter something under his breath at the bfast table and his wife was like "EXCUSE ME!?!?!?" And you went "nuttin honey" which was the name of the cereal you were eating, it became your moniker but was eventually shortened to notin

I like the brothers a lot, and I know Moon does too. But they are, in actuality, different people

Wait, we're talking about password at 1B because "why not?", right. I think Moon is pretending that hes been an advocate for PW for 5 years, which isnt fair. He was advocating for Jonafran for 5 years but PW only last 2.

My name is actually Andrew

Even if you put Fitts over Kutter Crochet Buehler Fitts Dobbins Bello (weird spacing unintended) But I dont think thats a lock it up 5, we got our 5. Even if you get Houck back. Its hard for me to not seeing the need for Kutter to start at least a few times once healthy.

Not against it