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  1. old nurse
    It is a buy low scenario for both the Rangers and the Yankees. Many people love to spin trades this way
  2. old nurse
    It is easier to complain Negativity draws more of a reaction. Negativity fuels politics. People seem to respond more to the negativity. More views are more money. Edit. Forgot to add, but when it comes to trades rather than playing, we screwed the other guys is popular. Of course that involves a lot of negativity of the players dealt by analytical analysis of whatever stat backs the theory
  3. old nurse
    At this point you probably might want Donaldson. After a sluggish 3 weeks to start the season he has been slugging at an OPS of about .800
  4. old nurse
    The question is not are they real but can they become better. The division and wild card are obtainable. The question becomes are they able to do winning in the playoffs. That all depends on the growth of Winder, Ryan and Ober. Does Gray return to health or does it nag all year? How does Duran develop as the high leverage pitcher? Are Duffey and Thielbar high leverage pitchers? Is their a fourth high leverage reliever? There are a lot of games left to go with a lot of mediocrity to play. The answer to are they real will not be known
  5. old nurse
    43 batters faced, 5 hits allowed. That is not a whole lot to go one. One lucky guess on a slider changes the numbers dramatically. Encouraging start, incomplete on the picture.
  6. old nurse
    Wouldn’t the Orioles be considered a fluff team?
  7. old nurse
    Marlin Rays Royals Brewers and Tigers are the only teams so far that are going to. Be streamed.. I wouldn’t get hopes up to high for other teams. MLB was trying to figure out how they could do it.
  8. old nurse
    Brandon Lawson was persistent Hopefully he learned from the dozens of pitching coaches he has had and will be more successful in his next career
  9. old nurse
    There is a lot of trade bait in the minors for a pitcher.
  10. old nurse
    Ok, you were correct at this point about the bullpen. Someone who is always pessimistic will be tight about as often as someone who is always optimistic.
  11. old nurse
    As the average speed of pitches goes up so does the stress on the body to produce that level of speed. Tendons are not invincible.
  12. old nurse
    If you consider WHIP, throwing clean innings means at some point the piycher is going very bad. Very few atr less than 1
  13. old nurse
    What was his Zips prediction for last year after having a great year the year before?
  14. old nurse
    What you read was what you read. I read what I read. A team sets their budget, a GM should maximize how it is spent. The deal for Correa was more than probable when the trade was made.
  15. old nurse
    Not the K%
  16. old nurse
    Away from Coors last year Cron had a .730 OPS Just one small piece of homework…..
  17. old nurse
    The definition of breakout player aliased used to be the rise of a player that was unexpected. . Yes high picks fail. That is expected. It is NoOT unexpected that theta have success. If you do not understand that difference it is what it is.
  18. old nurse
    It is more than reasonable to think Donaldson was part of the problem. Some of what I read led me to believe he is not supportive of struggling players and not exactly kind about it. It is amazing how one caustic person can have an effect on a group. I would guess winning mutes it, losing exacerbates it. We were a staff that covered 2 units. They decided to split the staffs and have separate staffs for the 2 units. One staff was to cover the more desired unit, The other staff the dumping grounds. The caustic group ended up on one unit, The B team of your not good enough ended up on the other. The management asked me to lead the B team. It was the best experience working with a group of hard working people that were generally happy people working in hell.
  19. old nurse
    By history Donaldson can be quite the unpleasant fellow, so there is foundation
  20. old nurse
    OK,you are now labeled as delightfully thoughtful
  21. old nurse
    What gain is there for anyone to complain publicly? A strange pandemic tear and a losing year is not the time to complain about someone. Even now, Buxton did not call anyone out.. The quote from Buxton did not imply toxicity. I have more than a few years in working with a group of people. When a person who hasn’t exactly been a ray of sunshine with their alpha personality leaves,, the atmosphere changes. It is not that the person ever brought you down in mood, but it sure nicer when they are gone
  22. old nurse
    If every outing for Bundy is like this one or came close to it he would be Cy Young material . Pitchers who can toss 5-6 innings of close no no run baseball are in that discussion
  23. old nurse
    What are people scapegoating Donaldson about in your opinion? He wasn’t a pitcher. He held up his end of the bargain on the field. It may be Donaldson moving on that changed the clubhouse, it may be the other players who left. Thing is that nobody would be blaming Donaldson anything beyond the clubhouse. He was not known to be tactful or positive. If other players were also that way in a losing season that clubhouse would not be a pleasant place.
  24. old nurse
    Back in the day a breakout player was one that exceeded expectations. Perhaps it has become a world of no expectations. Having too much fun here gets somebody else butt hurt, just saying.
  25. old nurse
    Draft position should mean someone thinks you have more talent than the next player. There have been people who look at such statistics. The order in which a player is drafted must matter or be important otherwise there would be no tanking. Drafting position comes into play with prospect ranking. Kohl Stewart and Nick Gordon come to mind. If you have no expectations of a player once signed, that is what it is but it does not appear to be the way the world works, otherwise there would be no player ever labeled a bust
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