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  1. USAFChief
    I think there are many flaws in WAR, enough to render it not worth serious consideration in and of themselves. Many of those flaws have been detailed here very well by others. But I find the idea of "positional adjustments" so extremely wrong, at such a basic level, to render the entire premise faulty in and of itself. Ignoring the defensive issues, WAR purports to identify the worth of a given set of offensive outcomes, and translate those outcomes into wins. Fine. But then we're asked to make the leap of logic that the exact same outcomes are somehow worth more wins if performed by someone who lines up at SS, rather than 1b. If we've identified the worth of a given offensive performance, and translated that into a number...what possible difference does it make where that comes from? Do we put 1.05 runs on the board if a SS hits a HR, and .95 runs if from a 1b man? And yet a SS starts with a WAR advantage over a first baseman. Why? Every team has one of each in the lineup. Just because big offensive numbers are harder to come by from a SS doesn't mean they add up to more runs. Those big numbers are already included in the WAR total.
  2. USAFChief
    Concur.
  3. USAFChief
    Didnt Liriano turn down a qualifying offer? I doubt he turned down $15m for one year to take $16.2 for two years.
  4. USAFChief
    Hip surgery, no bat. Pass.
  5. USAFChief
    concur
  6. USAFChief
    I'm 99 percent sure Moncada is subject to the singing bonus cap. Tomas is not. There would be no rule to break.
  7. USAFChief
    Swap QB's and the outcome probably changes. I hope they are able to recruit someone to play that position well enough to keep the passing game consistently effective.
  8. USAFChief
    Oddly, I'm strangely optimistic about theTwins seriously making an attempt with Tomas. Just a hunch.
  9. USAFChief
    Great series, but McCarver calling it on TV for Fox kind of ruined it, IMO. In all seriousness...great find John! Cool stuff.
  10. USAFChief
    He looks more like a 5th OFer to me. But teams don't carry 5 OFers any more. So he looks like a guy to keep in Rochester to me.
  11. USAFChief
    When the Tigers bottom out, will they lose more than 380 games over a four year span? If not, exactly why should we view the Twins model as inherently superior? Losing cheaply is, I guess, better for ownership. It doesn't do much for me as a fan, though. It's still losing.
  12. USAFChief
    One last try...Rogers was not struck on the shoulder, he took a line drive off the left forearm, as witnessed and reported when it happened.
  13. USAFChief
    Perhaps not many MLB front offices put much stock in something as dubious as WAR.
  14. USAFChief
    Not to mention the owner said so.
  15. USAFChief
    Habla Espanol.
  16. USAFChief
    ...on the River Kwai.
  17. USAFChief
    OK. The wording of the proposal left me confused.
  18. USAFChief
    I put the gum in the spokes of my bike, attached with a clothespin, natch. It lasted longer than the baseball cards my friends used. Much stiffer.
  19. USAFChief
    If there's already "some congestion in the rotation," why does it make sense to bring in a pitchers from this list, but not one from the expensive list? Money aside, It would seem if there's room for Masterson, there's room for Lester.
  20. USAFChief
    Nice win today. Two trophies in the display case...it's been a long time since that last happened. One more big'n to bring home. Get. That. Ax!
  21. USAFChief
    Is he/she from outside the metro area?
  22. USAFChief
    And...the centaur painting!!1!
  23. USAFChief
    I have come to accept Molitor's hire, despite my feeling he is not any kind of "outsider." But I would be disappointed if the only dugout change is a new pitching coach. I still think they need a shot of new perspectives...as in more than one.
  24. USAFChief
    Cobb played in a segregated MLB, which surely diluted the talent to some degree. But I don't think he had much influence on segregation, unless you believe he was also responsible for it before he was born and 20 years after he quit playing. Besides...unless you are arguing all pre-integration HOFers should be removed from the HOF, why single out Cobb. Should Babe Ruth be out because he played during segregation? If there's a case to be made he fixed games...make it. Unfounded allegations don't work for me, YMMV. I do think its a stretch to say that is what caused his retirement, though...he was 41 when he quit playing. It also seems contradictory to me for you to claim he quit over cheating allegations, yet still had enough influence over MLB to help keep the game segregated for another two decades. Even if what you claim is all true, I would argue that's cause to remove Cobb, not a reason to induct a known PED user.
  25. USAFChief
    I'm not defending Cobb. Just stating that the curve of baseball history was bent very little, if at all, by one player. I doubt the integration timeline would have been any different if Cobb had never played a game.
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