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Yesterday, 11:02 PMDamn, I thought leeching was abolished following the Renaissance. I guess it explains somethings about our medical staff...51 replies | 1139 view(s) -
05-20-2013, 02:46 AMThis really isn't a stat per se but I didn't know where else to put it. In the Reds vs. Phillies game on Sunday, down 1 run, Delmon Young drew a 1...111 replies | 3638 view(s)
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05-19-2013, 11:12 PMSeveral people have made comments similar to this about trading Parmelee. If you don't think he is good enough for a bottom feeder team like the...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-19-2013, 04:39 PMRBI's tell you nothing about how a player hits with RISP. For his career Joe Mauer has a .344 avg, .960 OPS with 492 RBI's. Justin Morneau has a...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-19-2013, 02:23 PMThat link has no correlation study as others have said. They compare team rankings, not actual team numbers. Logically, of course you're probably...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-19-2013, 12:49 AMThe real problem with RBI's is that it doesn't directly measure anything useful. You want to know if someone is a good hitter? OPS is a much better...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-18-2013, 09:40 PMAs others have mentioned to you several times, RBI's are a team statistic not an individual accomplishment. The fact that Morneau is OPSing .760 is...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-18-2013, 06:23 PMThere are also better things. I'm of the opinion that signing somebody because "he isn't the worst player out there," is a bad reason and a bad...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-18-2013, 05:54 PMNot only that but now you have the same problem but it's 2014, not 2013, and Morneau is now a year older. No, a decision needs to be made this...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-18-2013, 03:24 PMSo it is worth keeping a player who potentially will be below average (not a stretch since he was a below average 1st baseman in 2012) because the...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-18-2013, 03:06 PMSince the pitcher on the mound any given night isn't some freakizoid conglomeration of body parts encompassing every pitcher on your staff, yes it...38 replies | 935 view(s)
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05-18-2013, 02:58 PMYeah, my bad. I was looking at Pence's 2011 trade from the Astros to the Phillies. I agree with you that Morneau would not bring back as much since...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-18-2013, 02:30 PMJust to be clear, I don't know if the numbers would change just looking at individual pitchers rather than team numbers. My argument was more a...38 replies | 935 view(s)
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05-18-2013, 12:44 AMIf Justin Morneau is putting up anywhere near those numbers at the deadline he'll bring back a nice prospect in the 100-200 range. Those kinds of...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-17-2013, 10:32 PMMorneau is such an enigma right now with many variables currently. I agree that it makes him hard to know what to do with him. I will say that if...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-17-2013, 07:58 PMWorley has a 7 something ERA because he is getting crushed and people are worried about the number of pitches he is throwing? I think a better goal...257 replies | 997 view(s)
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05-17-2013, 07:09 PMOr the Twins pick up a significant portion of his contract in exchange for better prospects. I highly doubt that would ever happen but that would be...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-17-2013, 04:57 PMSo you're saying that Terry Ryan is just working within the predefined parameters set forth by the Pohlads? I would probably agree with that.69 replies | 1625 view(s)
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05-17-2013, 02:32 PMAccording to my wife, who is a research scientist, she is judged, and paid, based on whether her theory is sound and if it will return significant...69 replies | 1625 view(s)
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05-17-2013, 01:02 AMGot this "Fun Fact" from ESPN: Ryan Dempster has induced misses on 55 percent of the swings taken against his splitter this year, the best rate...111 replies | 3638 view(s)
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05-16-2013, 10:04 PMYup, that's the way the world works. It's not always fair or pretty. Even if someone doesn't like the outcome doesn't change the fact that logically...69 replies | 1625 view(s)
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05-16-2013, 04:48 PMEven in that example you say, "...worked out better than anyone had the right to expect...". So even here you are using the pre-signing expectations...69 replies | 1625 view(s)
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05-16-2013, 04:24 PMCan you give me an example? I can't come up with an instance where I have felt a signing was bad because of the results. I'm always disappointed...69 replies | 1625 view(s)
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05-16-2013, 03:37 PMBut doesn't all of that "art" come before the decision is made to sign a player? Isn't that the important part? If you sign a player who has all...69 replies | 1625 view(s)
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05-16-2013, 03:33 PMNo, the point of the article was to use 2013 stats to justify the 2012 signings. Which is a logical fallacy. There is nothing about what Ryan knew...69 replies | 1625 view(s)
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05-16-2013, 12:46 AMI don't think you and I are disagreeing at all here. Injuries are things a GM would know about before he signs a pitcher (unless obviously the...69 replies | 1625 view(s)
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05-16-2013, 12:35 AMI'm not sure what you're disagreeing with since you just made the same argument I did.... Foreseeable predicting the future what a GM does with...69 replies | 1625 view(s)
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05-15-2013, 08:31 PMYes. Given TR aversion to FA, the success rate of prospects and the fact that we still have holes in our farm system we need all the good prospects...121 replies | 4072 view(s)
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05-15-2013, 05:26 PMHow a FA pitches after he has signed is irrelevant to passing judgement on the signing. The signing and the subsequent season are two distinct and...69 replies | 1625 view(s)
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05-15-2013, 01:17 PMI think it is important to note that there is still a correlation between team strikeouts and team runs allowed. It might not be the only important...38 replies | 935 view(s)
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