Note to self after Julien's strikeout just now:
Next time I'm attending an Umpires Panel at a SABR meeting or whatever, I'll have to figure out a good way to phrase my question: "when a young guy comes up and has an elite batting eye, you look to cure him of that ASAP, right?"
Darin Mastroianni had his, uh, "moments". A Ft Myers highlight for me years ago was hearing Tom Kelly admonish Darin after an adventure in center field, "let's keep the 360s to a minimum out there, okay?"
It used to be.
Now it's postposterousness.
As for the topic at hand, loading up on high injury-risks and marginal talents in the bullpen is a bit like the way banks were loading up on sub-prime mortgages leading up to the 2008 financial meltdown, thinking that somehow risk was mitigated by a portfolio of way-too similar instruments.
When I look at league-wide splits and they are as narrow as that, it makes me wonder if putting up with a guy that has a high platoon split is even worth the bother on average. And it especially makes me question the Twins' apparent strategy to load up on left-handed hitters - the upside doesn't look as high as I thought.
The Twins went 19-13 in the games Pablo Lopez started last season. The Dodgers went 29-12 in the games Sandy Koufax started in 1966. I think that's the stat you're looking for, and you might as well add them up through the career for the 300-game winners that you want.
Three runs, six hits? LOL no. Sounds like a fun game, which I had to miss due to other commitments, but let's tap the brakes a little on this offensive "outburst."