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  1. SRB
    Aren't we in the middle of a historically-noteworthy era of good pitching? There aren't enough major-league hitters, more likely.
  2. SRB
    NL EAST Washington D.C. New York (N) Philadelphia Cincinnati [Pittsburgh would make more sense geographically, but you'd be breaking up the historic Chicago-St. Louis-Pittsburgh rivalries] NL CENTRAL Chicago (N) St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee NL SOUTH Miami Atlanta Arizona Mexico City NL WEST Los Angeles (N) Colorado San Francisco San Diego -- AL EAST Baltimore Boston New York (A) Tampa Bay AL CENTRAL Kansas City Minnesota Texas Houston AL NORTH Chicago (A) Toronto Detroit Cleveland AL WEST Oakland Seattle Los Angeles (A) Portland
  3. SRB
    Interesting story about the new fastest throw on record (since MLB has been recording throw speeds): 105.5 mph by Aaron Hicks. The previous high was 103.1 mph by Carlos Gomez. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/173513490/yankees-aaron-hicks-throws-ball-1055-mph I have to admit, I had no idea position players could throw the ball faster than pitchers. Obviously a throw from centerfield is quite a bit different than a strike over home plate, but 105.5 mph! Does this mean Aroldis Chapman could throw the ball even faster if he was just lobbing it from the outfield?
  4. SRB
    Tyrone Taylor, whose peak OBP above rookie ball is .338?? I think any value Taylor has as a potential major leaguer is going to have to come heavily from the fact that he can play good defense in CF. There's no way he becomes an elite, OBP-machine corner OF like Brantley.
  5. SRB
    I think Peralta might work better as a RP given his big fastball and his struggles as a SP.
  6. SRB
    Custom table I just pulled together: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=sta&lg=all&qual=y&type=c,75,76,6,13,24,29,30,31,36,38,42,62&season=2016&month=0&season1=2010&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=4,d Joe Kelly is very similar. Jarred Cosart doesn't throw quite as hard but his K/9 is even lower (though he has over-performed his peripherals). If I had to guess just quickly looking at these numbers, I would posit that one of the issues with Peralta, Kelly, etc. is that they throw hard but their secondary stuff isn't as good. It seems that the guys who throw >65% FB tend not to do that well (except Gerrit Cole, who presumably just has a good enough fastball to get away with that), probably because major league hitters are going to figure you out sooner or later.
  7. SRB
    That would be a pretty big gamble in the hope of getting some decent prospects back. I would rather just spend $X millions on international signings or something.
  8. SRB
    I had lost track of him during the flurry of roster moves, but thanks for reminding me that Josmil Pinto ended up staying in the system. He's not really a "fringe" prospect (made some top-100 lists pre-2014), but I'm excited to have him and think he could be a good offense-first catcher if/once Lucroy gets traded.
  9. SRB
    Segura has yet to draw a walk (28 PA). I'm not buying the resurgence.
  10. SRB
    Lucroy for Gallo, make it happen.
  11. SRB
    Not sure what the discrepancy is here. Schwarber was projected to have a .350-.360 wOBA (which I personally think is way too high, because hitters who strikeout so badly get exploited sooner or later, but in any event..), whereas peak Prince Fielder was a .400+ wOBA hitter.
  12. SRB
    Neither could Fielder. Fielder didn't strike out 33% of the time.
  13. SRB
    I could see everything on that list happening again. The difficult ones would be the IP totals, given how the game has changed, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is a swing back away from overprotectionist pitcher workloads sometime in the relatively near future. Maybe teams are stealing bases less, but Billy Hamilton would already have 75+ if he could actually maintain a >.300 OBP. He had 57 last season with more than 300 less PA and an OBP 80 points lower than Jose Reyes' in '07
  14. SRB
    I'm not huge on character issues, but he's not the kind of guy I would want in a rebuild/development atmosphere. It's easier to look past that when you might be getting an ace pitcher, but I see no signs of that from him.
  15. SRB
    Even if he doesn't develop plus power, if we're talking upside of 20-25 HR with a .400 OBP then you're you're looking at Shin-Shoo Choo or Jayson Werth wither better defense, or Andrew McCutchen if Clark actually sticks in CF.
  16. SRB
    Clark is arguably the best prospect in the system, to be honest. The rankings game is getting out of hand. Expectations for Arcia are way too high in my opinion, to use one example. (The fact that prospect pundits view defense-first shortstops as safe doesn't mean we have Carlos Correa here).
  17. SRB
    Boyer's performance in 2015 carries a lot more weight than a handful of innings in Arizona. Capuano's ERA of nearly 8 last year makes him the underdog vs. Morales too. His 4.6 K/9 in 2015?
  18. SRB
    Boyer has made the team, according to TH. Meh...
  19. SRB
    Harsh, one of our better trade assets. At least it wasn't Lucroy. TRADE LUCROY ASAP!!!
  20. SRB
    Lucroy looks 100% healthy; is swinging the bat very well. You'd think someone would pull the trigger and offer what Stearns wants All it takes is one harmless looking foul tip and he's done. He needs to be moved sooner rather later. Or an errant suitcase.
  21. SRB
    Weird move, Ruben Tejada is not that bad (certainly better than, say, Jean Segura). Might as well stick with Villar given that we are in rebuilding mode though.
  22. SRB
    <7 IP...
  23. SRB
    Cecchini will presumably be playing 3B at AAA next season, and I would prefer to over Olt if only because he's younger and Olt has been bad for longer at this point.
  24. SRB
    Greinke had a 3.93 ERA his first season with the Brewers (2.98 FIP). Greinke had a 1.66 ERA last year (2.76 FIP) and has outperformed his FIP the last three seasons. He's actually a textbook example of why FIP is a good stat, because it filters for "lucky" and "unlucky" seasons and over time a pitcher's ERA will approach his FIP. Thus across 2100 IP Greinke has a career 3.35 ERA vs. 3.31 FIP.
  25. SRB
    Yes, of course. I mean, I don't know all the intricacies of the league/team setup, but the MLBPA is the exclusive union for all the players so they bargain the contract for everyone. You can't "opt out" of having MLBPA as your union. Bonds opted out of some separate thing involving licensing fees (not the CBA with the teams/league).
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