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  1. USAFChief
    You said "swept." I'll repeat my offer. 60-1 on any amount you want. How about my $6000 against your $`100?
  2. USAFChief
    I'll lay 60-1 they don't get swept. You name the amount.
  3. USAFChief
    Man, this DayTwah offense is just relentless. //eyeroll
  4. USAFChief
    You're welcome.
  5. USAFChief
    https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/split.cgi?t=b&team=MIN&year=2023 Baseball reference is your friend.
  6. USAFChief
    Link?
  7. USAFChief
    I don't like WAR at all, but IMO fWAR for pitchers is particularly bad. Fangraphs uses what they think should have happened for a pitcher, rather than any measure of what actually did happen. They do this by using FIP. They only consider HRs, BBs, Ks, and HBPs. Theoretically a pitcher could give up a base hit on every ball in play, but if there were no HRs, BBs, or HBPs fWAR would love him. If he managed to accumulate enough innings, he could lead the league in fWAR by giving up 6 hits and 3 runs per inning with 3 Ks mixed in. bWAR for pitchers uses RA/9 as its base measurement. For position players the primary difference between the two is what they use to measure defense. IMO there are huge issues with both WARs. Here's a decent explanation of both. https://www.samford.edu/sports-analytics/fans/2023/Sabermetrics-101-Understanding-the-Calculation-of-WAR#:~:text=Fangraphs allocates 570 WAR for,game compared to Baseball-Reference.
  8. USAFChief
    Someone = saviking?
  9. USAFChief
    Is that a dead animal on Anthony Lapanta's head?
  10. USAFChief
    Winder: quite unimpressive
  11. USAFChief
    Dismal. Can't just continually throw breaking ball after breaking ball.
  12. USAFChief
    Ruh roh
  13. USAFChief
    Run saving 2 out stabs now even.
  14. USAFChief
    I agree he's not a good 2nd baseman, but I think he would be even worse at 1st because he'd handle the ball so much more. You'd add another x number of ground balls not turned into outs. If he's actually this hitter then I'd live with his defense at 2nd. But that's just like, my opinion, man.
  15. USAFChief
    From where I sit on my Ekornes stressless recliner he has bad hands, which manifest themselves in catching baseballs no matter how they originate. Obviously catching a line drive, whether from a bat or an arm is way easier than catching balls bouncing, but not all throws to a first baseman are chest high on a line. Maybe I'm over reacting, but he just looks to me like a miss waiting to happen. Also maybe he can improve, but IMO that's unlikely. A guy with soft hands can learn to field grounders. A guy with a good but inaccurate arm can learn to throw. But bad hands...those are tough to fix.
  16. USAFChief
    Lynn: "He's not wrong." https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-lance-lynn-white-sox-chicago-culture-criticism
  17. USAFChief
    Wait, what? I'd go the opposite, I don't understand how Anderson only got 6 games.
  18. USAFChief
    If Kuechel is in a playoff game as a reliever stolen bases will 38th on the list of problems.
  19. USAFChief
    "If I were a team I would let him play to the ALL Star break, give him a month off to restart his work out regimen with Cruz and see if he can finish the season off strong." Wut??
  20. USAFChief
    Let's see if Sonny Gray can match Lopez. My guess is that's the better opportunity. Doubt we're knocking around another lefty. Happy to be wrong though.
  21. USAFChief
    They're tradeable if playing well, but then you're likely not trading them.
  22. USAFChief
    Catchers do need days off now and then.
  23. USAFChief
    If you exercise the option, you need to find someone willing to take on that salary in order to trade. "If it comes down to it" implies they're not playing well, in which case, good luck. $10m isn't easy for any team to absorb. Even big market teams.
  24. USAFChief
    I just don't see Julien at 1st. Stone hands there is worse than at 2nd. A 1st baseman doesn't have to be mobile, but needs to have a soft glove. That ain't Julien. None of the rest are threats to open 2024 penciled into the lineup. My guess is it's Kirilloff's position to lose.
  25. USAFChief
    Possible for sure.
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