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Arcia has shown plenty of flashes. His 2017 numbers ended up pretty good, and he was well over acceptable for September + the playoffs ..... HA! I was in the middle of a post defending Arcia and BOOM flashes right there. -
I would have been happy if Arcia did anything other than wave at the low and away slider in the dirt. If Roark would have dotted the fastball on the corner and Arcia watched it for strike 3 I think I woulda been okay with that, considering everybody knew the low and away slider was coming. Except for him.
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Of course. This isn't a franchise that just pumps out MVPs and 96 win seasons on the regular though. He isn't there yet, but it seems like he is being groomed to get there.
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Based on recent trades (e.g. Goldschmidt) it seems unlikely that the Brewers could net large enough of a return to not only offset Yelich's value but also offset the negative PR that would come from trading the new face of the franchise. But as you say, who knows where the team will be in a couple years. I'm hoping for an Astros-like run of sustained success. On strictly superficial financial terms, Yelich should probably be traded before his contract is up. However, it seems like he is being groomed to become the face of the franchise (if he isn't already) and a future legend. There is value there beyond simple year-to-year WAR calculations.
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Yes, it was very impressive how he put one finger down nine times. Did you see which finger he used?
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Same way that moving from 154 to 162 games did. Everybody gets less ABs and IPs. Personally, I wouldn't care since the aforementioned change and the steroid era has put a serious dent into the validity of comparing different eras for season/career counting stats anyway. But it's still something that would keep them from making the change.
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Fine by me. Can't work though because of all the historical statistics it would screw up.
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Bryce Harper to Phillies; 13 years, $330M
Oxy replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
10/300=30per 13/330=~25.4per. That's 4.6mil a year less. I gave 4.5mil a modest 6.5% return if invested over 10 years. What is 45mil base at the 10year mark becomes $64,872,836. On that modest return he'd only need 10mil? over the next 3years signed to earn 330mil. But you know, he didn't go to College so maybe he has zero sense when it comes to investing. Pay a guy to do it for him. How much should he pay a guy "to do it for him?" Tricky business, financialz. -
I'm only poo-pooing on how definitive and precise the stat is-- not it's importance. If the stat actually measures what it says it measures, it is clearly very important. Whether it DOES that is a difficult question to answer. I surmise that by the time it is definitive, there won't really even be umpires on the field making real-time calls. It will be kind of like tennis or golf. Balls and Strikes will be called immediately by a computer, and all other calls on the field are mostly obvious--i.e. players just play until there is a close call/dead ball and one team disputes it so they challenge and go to the eye in the sky. Right now, field umpires at the MLB level are more likely to just get in the way and waste money than they are to actually contribute to calling a game.
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Is that verified by StatCast™?
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In this case it makes all the difference. He wasn't "joking," but he was hyperbolizing his opinion in private, which is a big nothingburger. If in a press conference, somebody asked him his opinion of "opener's" perhaps he would just say "I don't like the idea." Which is probably the same opinion as 90+% of every other 29+ year old MLB pitcher who has been a "starter" his entire career. Part of what has made Bumgarner an ace is a certain type of bullheadedness. Sometimes, that's bad (throwing at Braun last year...in a meaningless game for the Giants mind you). Sometimes that's good--being a dominant ace on 2 World Series Champions and a significant contributor on a third. There is a possibility that if you take away that emotional stubbornness that can sometimes result in minor negatives you run the risk of also taking away the edge that makes him a potential HOFer. That type of attitude is certainly not worth the risk on a marginal talent, but Bumgarner isn't a marginal talent. Still, it's just part of his entire package that one would take into account when ascribing what his value would be in a trade, but it's not something that you would write him off as a complete bonehead for, or as a reason why you would have no interest in having on your team no matter what.
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This is a great point. All of those opportunities were working with Dodger pitchers and half of them at Dodger stadium. We'll see what happens this year.
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Interesting. So you don't think routinely and regularly turning walks into strikeouts or changing a would-be 2-1 count into 1-2 can make even a 10 run difference over the course of a season? Saved baserunners, advantageous pitcher's counts, escaping a bases loaded jam on a borderline 3-2 pitch, etc. A look at how many extra strikes the good ones get called in their favor would probably be an eye opener for you. There are many factors that could go into a pitch being called a strike other than just a catcher's influence--most notably the umpire and the pitcher at the time, but also the batter and the game situation at the time. Ideally, all of these things could be controlled for and taken into account by the statisticians who measure the validity of pitch framing, but it's still an awfully young idea, let alone statistic, so it is prudent to take it with a grain of salt.
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With Stan Musial and Duke Snider as your veterans coming in off the bench.
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If the computers can recognize a catcher's pitch framing ability (although I think the reputation and in-game consistency of the pitcher at the time has more to do with it than the catcher) it is only a matter of time before MVP caliber tags are recognized by the skynet.
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You know that he didn't actually walk out of the park once an opener was used for him. He didn't even TWEET that that is what he would do. It was a private txt from him to Bochy that Bochy made public. If you want to judge somebody as a pretentious entitled diva based on private txts not meant for the public...well... that's not a road I want to go down. I'd say that Bochy used poor judgment more than Bumgarner.
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“Disabled” List Name Change to “Injured List”
Oxy replied to RollieTime's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
And generally the only people who actually benefit from changing the language are those who have the power to change the language and want to distance themselves from the vulgar common folk-- under the guise of protecting those same folk that the language change is meant to "help". God help me. When is opening day? -
I don't think there should be mid-inning substitutions at all except for injury. If you want to use two or more pitchers in an inning that's fine! They just have to play a different position on the field while they aren't pitching . I'm not even joking here. It would add a ridiculous amount of strategy, and the only reason traditionalists wouldn't like it is because they aren't traditional enough.
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“Disabled” List Name Change to “Injured List”
Oxy replied to RollieTime's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
What WAS it called? I've never given this topic two neurons worth of thought until seeing this thread. Those two neurons are now dead. RIP -
“Disabled” List Name Change to “Injured List”
Oxy replied to RollieTime's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I'll admit it, I have no idea what the "R" word is. Rascals? [sarcasm]What, are you slow or something?[/sarcasm] -
Oddly, instead of changing the rules, one could just change the dimensions of the parks to emphasize certain skills. If all ballparks had the dimensions of the old Polo Grounds, there would be a lot of homers, doubles and triples--and having a speedy, toolsy, defensive outfield would be absolutely necessary.
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Pitching changes occur all too frequently as there is no regard whatsoever to how it affects the defense and batting lineup. Benches are full of specialized players who can do one or two things well and are never used except for that instance. This is true in the NL too, but players and managers are forced into more situations that make a complete, well-rounded baseball player more valuable even if he lacks an elite tool. Yes, when your lineup is full of slow sluggers who can always hit a 3 run homer. It makes playing for 1 run in an inning a stupid strategic play. Playing for a single run makes for a much better game that emphasizes all the tools that are necessary for a complete baseball player--both offensively and defensively.
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These are all fine with me, except the DH, which should be tied to the starting pitcher. I don't see how the "3 batter" rule could be abused when tied to a 10 day DL stint. That's a pretty significant penalty for trying to get around the rules. As others have brought up, it could create some odd strategic moves regarding IBBs or the "non-intentional intentional walk." That's fine with me, as I'd MUCH rather see a guy try to strike a guy out or risk walking him than watch the manager slowly walk to the mound...slowly raise his left hand after squinting at his pitcher on the mound who reluctantly hands him the ball and trots back to the dugout while the gates to the bullpen open and some guy trots in 300 feet before throwing a dozen practice pitches. Finally, once the action starts again, the batter rolls over the first pitch with a ground out to second. Then, we get to watch the the manager slowly walk to the mound...slowly raise his right hand after squinting at his pitcher on the mound who reluctantly hands him the ball and trots back to the dugout while the gates to the bullpen open and some guy trots in 300 feet before throwing a dozen practice pitches...
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Why stop with just one DH? Why not go all the way! Raise the rosters to 40 and have offense, defensive, and designated pinch runners. 9 DHs, 9 defenders, and designated pinch runners. That way NO good hitter ever gets hurt running the bases, you always have your best 9 hitters in the game and your best 8 defenders along with a pitcher. Players' union would love it because there would be more jobs. Pitchers hit maybe twice a game in the NL. In the modern game there are every-day players who whiff 30-35% of their ABs and hit under .200 regularly. The uniqueness and strategy of the NL game far out weighs any argument for a DH. Yep. The arguments FOR a DH are the ones that don't make sense. That said, since it's way too late to eliminate the DH, I'd 100% be in favor of the DH only for the starting pitcher idea mentioned several times in this thread. This would be a slight concession to the traditionalists who really like the idea of starting pitchers and hate the idea of "bullpenning" as it would add incentive to leaving your starting pitcher in as long as possible in order to keep the DH in the game (or at least keep the DH from having to play the field). It keeps almost all the strategy of the NL AND pretty much eliminates the possibility of pitchers having to hit. If you add a roster spot it would almost guarantee a pitcher never hits except in the case of extra inning games. If the AL is too addicted to their current permanent use of the DH, just have this rule in the NL for a few years to see how it works.
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I am starting to get the sense both sides really like cake and want to eat it as well. You act like its a free market. One can always negotiate in terms outside of "the free market"
