Week in Review: Coming Undone

[Riverbrian]

1 hour ago, chpettit19 said:

just because I want to annoy you further, they have 345 PAs of lefty on lefty. The Twins are at 176 PAs.

Isn't that something.

And with the Brewers doubling our output leaves them ranked 17TH!!! 

The real fun comparison is the Twins 176 and the Red Sox with 763 of those things. 

When you and I say that the Twins have taken this thing to an extreme level. They have indeed gone Morgan Spurlock on it. 

I don't think it's healthy. 

 

[Riverbrian]

2 hours ago, chpettit19 said:

Or, worse yet (in my opinion at least), poor play that you just can't take out of the lineup because YOU THINK the next guy is poorer.

Can someone explain to me what a 26 year Spencer Horwitz is? or What a 26 year old Tyler Fitzgerald is? 

 

[Riverbrian]

2 hours ago, chpettit19 said:

The Brewers are the second youngest position player group in baseball, barely older than Cleveland.

I am not afraid of youth. I'm afraid of Vets on expiring contracts that play poorly and remain. 😉

Here's another fun stat. Tell me what you think of this. 

With all of the platoon gymnastics that the Twins do. 

They are ranked 18th with the platoon advantage 52.9% of the time. 

League Average is 52.7%

The D-Backs lead the league in platoon advantage AB's. 71.3% of the time. 

How do they do that? They have a lot of left handed hitters and switch hitters. Lots of right handed pitchers to do battle with to bring that percentage up. 

Top OPS in all of Baseball... That would be Arizona with a .771

Most Runs Scored in all of Baseball... That is Arizona with 782 

Arizona is still 2nd in OPS vs Left handers with all those footprints in the left handed batters box. 

 

[chpettit19]

10 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

I am not afraid of youth. I'm afraid of Vets on expiring contracts that play poorly and remain. 😉

Here's another fun stat. Tell me what you think of this. 

With all of the platoon gymnastics that the Twins do. 

They are ranked 18th with the platoon advantage 52.9% of the time. 

League Average is 52.7%

The D-Backs lead the league in platoon advantage AB's. 71.3% of the time. 

How do they do that? They have a lot of left handed hitters and switch hitters. Lots of right handed pitchers to do battle with to bring that percentage up. 

Top OPS in all of Baseball... That would be Arizona with a .771

Most Runs Scored in all of Baseball... That is Arizona with 782 

Arizona is still 2nd in OPS vs Left handers with all those footprints in the left handed batters box. 

 

Trusting your talent vs trusting your numbers/predictions.

I'm pretty over this regime. Whoever's in charge of the minor league system can stay and keep running that, but I want new guys in charge of the MLB roster and strategies.

[Riverbrian]

9 hours ago, Riverbrian said:

I am not afraid of youth. I'm afraid of Vets on expiring contracts that play poorly and remain. 😉

Here's another fun stat. Tell me what you think of this. 

With all of the platoon gymnastics that the Twins do. 

They are ranked 18th with the platoon advantage 52.9% of the time. 

League Average is 52.7%

The D-Backs lead the league in platoon advantage AB's. 71.3% of the time. 

How do they do that? They have a lot of left handed hitters and switch hitters. Lots of right handed pitchers to do battle with to bring that percentage up. 

Top OPS in all of Baseball... That would be Arizona with a .771

Most Runs Scored in all of Baseball... That is Arizona with 782 

Arizona is still 2nd in OPS vs Left handers with all those footprints in the left handed batters box. 

 

Oops...  for some reason my Baseball Ref page defaulted to 2022. 

The Twins are third in 2024 with a 62.8% platoon advantage. 

Cleveland is on top with 70.9%.

Thought I had some info.