Article: Gleeman & The Geek, Episode 201: Sexy Beasts

[John Bonnes]

Aaron and John talk about Byron Buxton's injury and the curse of the elite Twins prospect, Aaron Hicks' re-opened window, Alex Meyer's debut as a reliever, Ervin Santana joining the rotation soon, Danny Santana vs. Eduardo Escobar vs. Eduardo Nunez, Deolis Guerra finally getting to the majors, Ron Gardenhire possibly in Philadelphia, the best Twins leadoff men of all time, and the meaning of being a Sexy Beast. You can listen by downloading us from iTunes, Stitcher or find it at GleemanAndTheGeek.com. Or just click the Play button below.

 

 

 

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[jorgenswest]

It would be nice if 5 minutes of prep work were put into one of the main topics.

 

Milone to the bullpen.

 

Did you know that Milone has been more effective against right handed batters than left handed batters over his career?

 

His strike out rate against right handed batters is better. His walk rate against right handed batters is better. He has been better against lefties this year in as a sample of only 70 plate appearance. that is a small sample in comparison to career where he has reverse splits in the minors and majors.

 

Listening to your show, we would have to believe that he has consistently year in year out been better against lefties and it isn't true.

 

Did you know he is better in innings 4-6 than innings 1-3. A lot better this year. Does that sound like a reliever to you?

 

A few minutes of prep would be nice.

[Aaron Gleeman]

Tommy Milone, since 2013:

vs. LHB: .711 OPS

vs. RHB: .753 OPS

 

Tommy Milone, this season:

vs. LHB: .516 OPS

vs. RHB: .801 OPS

 

If your point is that Tommy Milone doesn't have an extreme platoon split, that's fine. I'm not sure why there needs to be so much vitriol attached, particularly since he's been better vs. lefties than righties for the past three seasons and his split is extreme in the most recent season.

[jorgenswest]

My apologies for the vitriol. I am still not convinced OPS is a better measure than strike out rates, walk rates and with a large enough sample home run rates.