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  1. DJL44
    I think that saves the jobs of both Gordon and Thorpe for Opening Day.
  2. DJL44
    Except the whole point is to deaden ball movement and reduce spin rate. I don't want games decided 1-0 by zombie runners in the 10th inning.
  3. DJL44
    I vote we just put a new head on the Calvin Griffith statue.
  4. DJL44
    There are many places in town he could be incognito even if he was wearing the #4 Correa jersey.
  5. DJL44
    The mechanics are the same for fielders. Softball fielders spend lots of practice time throwing overhand. I'm going to guess that softball players don't experience quite as many injuries because for the most part they're done playing at age 23. Imagine how many baseball injuries would be avoided if nobody played past age 23.
  6. DJL44
    Sergio Alcantara just got waived by the Cubs. I think I'd rather have him on the roster than Nick Gordon.
  7. DJL44
    The quote about the study being preliminary and limited isn't from me, it's from the link he provided. I'm proposing adding 10% to the weight of the ball. that isn't the weight of what is being accelerated (the arm plus the ball). The ball is at the end of the lever (which means more torque) but your hand weighs 3 times more than the ball does. I'm guessing that human hand weights vary by at least 1/2 ounce. You can add 1/4 ounce to the weight of an average MLB baseball and still meet the current specifications for a legal ball. You're assuming the ball would be thrown at the same velocity. I'm assuming velocity would decrease because of the additional weight. Net force would remain the same. F=ma. So, no additional force on the elbow. Try throwing a bowling ball overhand and see how fast you can accelerate your arm. MLB needs to reduce strikeouts and create more balls in play. Any other rule change isn't going to matter much. That's the root cause of all the issues. We could deaden the ball but all that would do is decrease offense. Pitchers would still be able to throw it hard and spin it fast. We could shrink the strike zone but that would just turn strikeouts in to HR and walks (not balls in play) assuming we make no other changes. Do you have a better idea how to reduce strikeouts and increase balls in play? Only the pitch clock would seem to make any difference at all.
  8. DJL44
    He's out of options but I can't think of a good reason to keep him on the 26 man roster. He wouldn't get off the bench.
  9. DJL44
    "The study, published in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine in March, is preliminary and limited." There are no weighted balls that are 1/2 ounce more than a normal baseball. That's because the difference wouldn't be enough to claim any benefit from the additional weight. It's 10% more than a normal baseball. I guess MLB should change to using a golf ball to prevent pitcher injuries. Plenty of pitchers are getting hurt now throwing the current ball.
  10. DJL44
    That's a knee-jerk reaction with no data to back it up. A softball weighs more than a baseball but you don't see softball players consistently getting Tommy John surgery.
  11. DJL44
    Urshela lets you play Miranda or Arraez at 3B. Either of them is better in the lineup than Nick Gordon.
  12. DJL44
    It doesn't always work either. Phil Hughes had surgery, he never improved.
  13. DJL44
    I think you may be wearing your Kasota Gold colored glasses on Bundy. I wouldn't count on him for anything. The rookies might be a bit optimistic as well.
  14. DJL44
    Last year's WAR totals 3.4 -0.3 1.1 0.4 0.9 If you project out Joe Ryan to 75 additional innings (he threw 66 more in AAA last season) that 0.4 changes to a 1.6 Chicago White Sox rotation Lynn 5.4 Giolito 4.3 Cease 2.9 Kopech 1.3 Keuchel 0.0 The White Sox win that comparison 14 to 7.5. The Guardians also have a better rotation than the Twins. I guess it matches up okay with the Tigers: Rodriguez 1.9 Mize 3.2 Skubal 1.7 Manning -0.4 Pineda 1.4
  15. DJL44
    I like this as a depth signing to supplement to a front of the rotation trade. It lets the team use Bailey Ober as trade bait to get that top of the rotation arm.
  16. DJL44
    I don't think +1/2 ounce is going to cause a bunch of injuries. That's the weight of 5 pennies. It will take just enough off the velocity to get us back to the baseball people played before they spent the offseason in the weight room. It's a small adjustment and I think we really only need small adjustments. I am in favor of a pitch clock. Too much time is spent watching people stand around and do nothing. Larger bases is a minor change that will have a minor impact on safe/out on close plays. It nudges things toward speed, so I generally like it. It isn't going to change the strikeout/dinger home run derby style of baseball. The shift is a don't-care for me. The defense is giving up an advantage to the offense if they just take it.
  17. DJL44
    I can agree with this sentiment, though I am not sure all the rule changes you suggest would help. I think a heavier ball (1/2 ounce) would make the game better in many ways - fewer HR, fewer strikeouts, more stolen bases, more benefit to speed and less for power. More run prevention for defensive players and less for pitchers.
  18. DJL44
    I believe they can still outright Dobnak off the roster if he isn't claimed on waivers (he wouldn't be claimed on waivers).
  19. DJL44
    Or, maybe next time use an idiom people are familiar with.
  20. DJL44
    Good analysis. You have to believe an awful lot in the framing metrics to think he's awful. RField has him below average, but not awful, most of his career though last season was by far his worst behind the plate. I personally don't think the framing metrics are comparing things on the correct scale. I'm not a believer in a single ball/strike decision getting a run value assigned to it.
  21. DJL44
    In December I was certain Miguel Sano should be moved to DH full time. After the roster moves I'm still certain of that.
  22. DJL44
    Johnny Cueto is available for just money. If they obtain a top of the rotation guy he could be useful to eat some innings as the 5th starter.
  23. DJL44
    Dinelson Lamet is buried in the San Diego bullpen. Luis Castillo might be available from Cincinnati.
  24. DJL44
    You can transfer players to the 60 day DL the first day of training camp.
  25. DJL44
    I keep wondering what it would cost to grab Dinelson Lamet out of the Padres bullpen.
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