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  1. USAFChief
    as a practical matter, I agree. I understood the question to be about eligibility, perhaps I read it wrong.
  2. USAFChief
    the Twins are allowing slightly less than 1/4 of a run per game more than Corveland, not 1/3. 4.42 runs per game, vs 4.19.
  3. USAFChief
    they could. There are no minimums to be eligible, only maximums. To be eligible for ROTY, a player can't have accumulated more than 130 ABs or 50 IP, or spent more than 45 days on a 25 man roster outside September, in any previous year(s). If a player meets that criteria, he is eligible for ROTY.
  4. USAFChief
    You're aware, aren't you, that Rogers spent the majority of his minor league career as a (fairly nondescript) starter? And was moved intentionally to a relief role?
  5. USAFChief
    "We are not amused."
  6. USAFChief
    Actually, in the case of fWAR, it corresponds to someone's opinion as to how many runs should or shouldn't have been kept off the board. fWAR is calculated using FIP (with infield flies!) rather than actual runs allowed. https://library.fangraphs.com/war/calculating-war-pitchers/ Whether that's useful in evaluating pitchers is open to debate.
  7. USAFChief
    Let's say he doesn't try to tag, and they go up 2-1, and go on to win the game. I have said more than once, it was the wrong decision no matter the result. I'm 99 percent positive Buxton would say the same thing. This play was unusual, for a reason. I don't remember the last time I saw it. And I doubt I will see it again any time soon...because it's simply not done. Both teams were surprised he would do that, and both teams instantly viewed it as a clear, unequivocal clearcut baserunning gaffe. I'm all in favor of aggressive baserunning, particularly from someone like Buxton. I love him turning a single into a double, for example, particularly when there are already 2 outs in an inning. I absolutely hate third base coaches not sending runners when there's any chance they score on a hit to the outfield, again particularly with 2 outs. But this wasn't aggressive, it was dumb. The cost/benefit analysis was done about 2 days after baseball was invented, and it hasn't changed. Nobody does this, and for good reason.
  8. USAFChief
    A 10 percent chance he's thrown out, and a 20 percent chance the ball gets away?? Let's just say we disagree. I have no idea the chance he gets thrown out, but it's a lot more than 10 percent--a lot more, he did get thrown out, remember--and I would estimate the chances the ball gets away far enough for him to score at less than 1 percent. These are major league players.
  9. USAFChief
    I like a guy who punches himself in the face after giving up a three run homer...saves all of us the trouble of imagining doing it ourselves. As for the insubordination, I am indeed anti-. But I'm pro beefing up the bullpen enough to leap to the assumption that bygones are bygones.
  10. USAFChief
    I'd concur on Yates, but there are relievers available today, if you're willing to meet what will be the eventual price. Giles, for example, could be had today. Waiting serves no purpose IMO, other than to invite other teams into the bidding as options dry up.
  11. USAFChief
    Agreed. And I would be willing to bet he never makes that same mistake again.
  12. USAFChief
    Enough with the "looking" and "checking in on." Get some pitching help already.
  13. USAFChief
    Sorry, but IMO it's not even debatable. It was a terribly bad decision, one that simply isn't done. For the record, it didn't take a perfect throw, the play wasn't even particularly close. But that's not important, it would have been the absolute wrong decision even IF he had made it. Consider this: when is the last time this situation came into play? I bet you haven't seen it in ... forever. That's because nobody makes that mistake. It's something that's completely intuitive, and if not, learned early in a player's baseball career. You simply can't get thrown out in any situation like that, so players don't try it....because it might cost a run, and there's little to be gained anyway. This was a Baseball-101 level mistake. And I'm absolutely positive Buxton would say the same thing.
  14. USAFChief
    Buxton should be safe 10 of 10 times on that play, because he shouldn't tag up 10 of 10 times. That was a really, really bad baseball mistake. Really bad, and a mental error which I find difficult to ignore. I'm pretty confident Buxton would agree. That it cost a game is beside the point, almost. Hopefully that won't ever happen again.
  15. USAFChief
    Eh, I dont think what he says on the radio makes any difference to opposing GMs. It will be LeVine calling, not the other way around, and those other GMs aren't going to change their asking price. A used car salesman dosent change the price he asks just because I told him I already have a used car or two I might settle for.
  16. USAFChief
    Careful here...
  17. USAFChief
    and I meant every one of them!
  18. USAFChief
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  19. USAFChief
    Off the bat I thought cruz got that one.
  20. USAFChief
    Thought that was a DP...we'll take it.
  21. USAFChief
    Kepler is due. Making a call. Edit: onky a single?? booooooooo
  22. USAFChief
    Thankfully May's command is bad enough he didn't groove that 3-0 pitch lol
  23. USAFChief
    Big pitch ... 2-0
  24. USAFChief
    May comes out for a 2nd inning, velo down 3 MPH.
  25. USAFChief
    ...unless he doesnt make the mental blunder that later cost a run... I think the larger point is, hitting is hard, fielding is hard. I dont think it's fair to criticize players too harshly for not getting a hit every time, or for making an occasional fielding error. But I think it's fair to criticize a player for a mental error, particularly one as bad as this one.
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