Tell me that WPA means nothing without telling me WPA means nothing: Top 3 WPA: Brooks Lee .279, Ty France .144, Griffin Jax .105
Lee had a horrible day going until he hit that double, in fact the Orioles were ahead 2-1 until the 6th because of Lee....(and, believe it or not I am a big fan of Lee's...these advance metric stats not so much).
Still tough to gain in the standings when the teams above you are playing better than you are:
(Last 10, 20, 30 games)
DET (7-3, 13-7, 21-9)
CLE (7-3, 13-7, 19-11)
KC (8-2, 14-6, 19-11)
MIN (6-4, 12-8, 15-15)
In regards to the KOC quote, the NFL doesn't have minor leagues like MLB does, "talented" players wash out of the NFL all the time.
Talented or not, good eye or not, he strikes out 32% of the time over his career, quite often looking. He needs to be aggressive earlier in the count; hitting at the major league level is tough enough, but hitting with 2 strikes is even tougher and is not something that all players can do.
Maybe MLB should enact a rule that when a team does this the last pitcher used has to stay in and DH, or maybe they lose their DH for the next game. Nobody wants to see a pitcher hit any more than they want to see a position player pitch.
@bean5302
Posted Saturday at 08:05 P
It's not about Stewart throwing 6 pitches, it's about needing a reliever for the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th innings. SWR showed signs of dead arm at 120 innings. If his limit is 86 pitches, he should be in the bullpen. We've seen Baldelli destroy his bullpen year after year with short starts and we've watched the late season collapses that come from it
Say hello to Mr. Ryan and Mr. Ober....
With a little luck the injuries will clear up and the necessary rehab assignments will be done and over in the next 10-14 days....Lewis, Castro and Wallner for Gasper, Clemens and Bride looks like a pretty good trade to me (at least on paper).
I think Julien stays until Keaschall returns simply because he is left-handed, unless Miranda absolutely tears up AAA. But injuries and slumps occur, so we will see...