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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    Is fantasy baseball relevant to quality of actual baseball? im not saying there isn’t room to improve. There is always room to improve. My argument is that Jeffers is better than Sanchez and Jeffers is underrated as a catcher by several posters in the thread. On baseball savant, Jeffers is 5th in catcher framing runs. Sanchez is 29 (league average too), Garver is 33 (also league average) on fangraphs wRC+ leaderboard filtered for catchers, standard 60 plate appearances, Jeffers is ranked 20. Sanchez is 23 (as a catcher). Garver is 14. While that’s not “bad”, it certainly could be better. Trading away Garver wasn’t a huge drop off so far. There’s lots of season left. Bullpen is a much higher priority for me and cheaper to get.
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Thanks for correcting my false assumption
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    That article was published before the season started and was based on projections
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Sanchez has caught 19 games - 12 stolen bases on 19 games is .63. Jeffers has caught 29 games- 14 stolen bases on 29 games is .48. Same with wild pitches 4 on 19 is .21 vs 5 on 29 is .17. 2/19 vs 2/29 Sanchez hasn’t been the butcher we think of, but Jeffers is vastly superior behind the plate
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    Right, and quarter of a season is small sample, three weeks is a hot streak… also, Catcher’s fielding matters more than any other position. Sanchez this season hasn’t been the butcher he has been, career to date, also very small sample. 18 games isn’t near enough to draw a conclusion different than history.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    More doubleheaders?! Wouldn’t that make this worse?
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    I’m relieved it wasn’t related to the repair done to his knee, but disappointed that he’s going to miss some time. He’s played so well and would be a huge asset for the team right now. get better soon Royce!
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Sanchez’s wRC+ is 105. It’s weighted by field and position and half of his at bats have been as DH, but it doesn’t appear that his hitting has been significantly better than the average catcher. Jeffers’ wRC+ is 88, so it’s safe to say he has been slightly to significantly below average with the bat. I think it’s fair to say that Sanchez hits significantly better than Jeffers
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    There were a total of 2,214 bases stolen in 2021 out of 2429 games played, or less than one stolen base per game. on the other hand there are on average 140 pitches thrown per game. a catcher with good arm who can throw base stealers out impacts approximately 1 to 3 outcomes per game, but a good pitch framer (or bad) impacts dozens of outcomes per game, potentially 3-4 outs per game, maybe more. Stolen bases per season are trending down, pitches per game are trending up. a good pitch framer is way more valuable than a good arm. as evidenced by the games caught, Jeffers is as the vastly superior framer has caught 28 games to Sanchez’s 19. Jeffers is a top 10 catcher by OAA vs Sanchez is in the 25-35 range (league average) Jeffers is #1 and should be
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    wRC+ puts hitters on a 100=average scale based on run contribution as an attempt at a wholistic hitting stat. For reference CJ Cron has a 154 wRC+, Lamont Wade 119 wRC+ Cruz 87 wRC+ it’s a new paradigm in the new dead ball era. Batting average/OPS have significantly shifted this year.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    On the Covid IL because Celestino should be back soon, outfield depth will be bolstered, I’d bring up Lewis for the offensive spark.
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Right, but there’s too many Duffeys and Pagans, Need more Durans and Smiths
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    Duffey has -1.09 WPA, .491 ERA and 33% HR/FB. He has had some improved outings lately, but has not shed his low leverage label from me, yet
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    The 14 pitcher rule was pushed back to the 19th
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Jorge!
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Celestino is on the Covid IL. He did not get demoted to AAA
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    I really like how you phrased this. Individual perception based on their lived experience is real, and how people make their decisions. We all do. Inflationary effects are also perceptive. Inflation gets thrown around as this 2% or 5% or 8% of GDP, but it does not effect all products equally, so individuals feel it differently. We all make our decisions based on our individual experiences.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Is an ace a number 1? Is that the bar?
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Rats!
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    Cmon Gio!
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Miami Marlins, been gone a couple years
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Oh man, ended the oh-fer-thirty streak…
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    time for the Rally Goat!
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  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    How do they not score?!
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