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  1. jimmer
    Good for them. Both deserving. I hope Morneau is next. Also deserving.
  2. jimmer
    Pelfrey had a better FIP, xFIP, K/9, BB/9 in the 2nd half last year than he did in the 1st half. The difference might have been the huge jump in BABIP.
  3. jimmer
    exactly.
  4. jimmer
    Not sure we should be counting of the same amount of wins getting us near a W Card. Probably should also remember that this team, while winning 83 games last year, wasn't really a team with the talent/performance to win 83 games. They outplayed their BaseRuns by over 10 games and their Pythag by 2. Advantageous sequencing which I loved but wouldn't expect to repeat. So far, they haven't improved the rotation or the bullpen and perhaps not even the lineup/defense.
  5. jimmer
    along with attempting to put together a 'just good enough' offense, 'just good enough' defense, and 'just good enough' rotation. Just got to ask ourselves, good enough for what, exactly?
  6. jimmer
    If those strikeouts become outs of another sort, it doesn't much matter. Considering he had a BABIP in the .330s and still couldn't score an OBP in the .300s, we could see a bigger dropoff in his OBP if/when his BABIP normalizes.
  7. jimmer
    I like Rosario, but I'm not sure how Rosario set his offensive bar high last year in the majors. When you have an OBP under .290, that's hardly a high bar.
  8. jimmer
    When I retire, I wil have Military retirement (already have). Federal employee retirement (Working towards) and if social security is still around, that too. I dabble with a 401k (it will do whatever it does) and I will have a quality nest egg in savings when I retire. I don't want to just count on one thing. I want multiple sources of income.
  9. jimmer
    I think one reason WAR doesn't put catchers high up there with position players is because catchers don't play as much as other position players and it's a cumulative stat.
  10. jimmer
    The HOF technically has the final say, but the Hall consults with the players and take into account, heavily, the players wishes. 'The cap decisions were announced after consultation with the Hall, which has the final say.' "I think I did most of my damage as a Mariner," Griffey said. "Want to be the first in a lot of things, and to be able to wear a Mariners hat and to go into the Hall of Fame as a Mariner, that's also one of the decisions I needed to make.' 'Piazza spoke Wednesday night about his choice with former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, whose recommendation led to the team drafting him. "Unfortunately we do have to choose one," Piazza said. "For me, I always sort of enjoyed reconnecting here in New York." I've never heard of the Hall picking against the players' wishes. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14524076/ken-griffey-jr-wear-seattle-mariners-cap-mike-piazza-gets-new-york-mets-hall-fame-induction
  11. jimmer
    The person who started this thread said Hunter has a better resume than Edmonds. He said it in the original post
  12. jimmer
    I am pretty sure I read an article about Piazza choosing to go in as a Met and another about Griffey choosing to go in as a Mariner. in fact, Piaza talked to Lasorda about it before picking the Mets cap. I believe they do have a choice.
  13. jimmer
    I am having a hard time seeing where Hunter has a Better resume for the HOF than Edmonds, who fell off the ballot 1st time due to the 10 player vote max. Edmonds has the better stat slash line, a better wRC+, and roughly 25 more WAR. And he was a top notch defender as was Hunter. where is the argument Hunter has a better HOF case than Edmonds?
  14. jimmer
    Probably would have been hurt if you 'ran into' Sano at the beach :-)
  15. jimmer
    Hahaha! It's weird that the people at B-R would use his 9th grade height and weight on his official B-R page
  16. jimmer
    That's a nice theory, but being a professional baseball player is pretty much a full time job. IMO, getting into/staying in shape should be a priority for professional athletes. For a guy who was almost 270 LBs at the end of last season,and is now supposedly moving to the OF, it's not out of line to wonder how his offseason is progressing.
  17. jimmer
    and veterans with plenty of actual MLB time.
  18. jimmer
    what choice does he have?
  19. jimmer
    You're right. The 'facts' say that the relief corp being 12th in the AL out of 15 team in RE24 from '94-'01 and 9th out of 15 AL teams in RE24 from '12-'15 was 'pretty good' as opposed to a pretty bad- slightly below average. Those time frames account for 12 of his 18 years as GM. (or the mostly bad years/non-playoff years with him as GM). The time frame that shows his bullpens were excellent was 2002-2007 (or the mostly playoff years). It's easy to understand why one wouldn't want to take into account any time frame but '02-'07 when talking up Ryan's bullpen construction. And I am the one stuck on a narrative unwilling to concede points.
  20. jimmer
    No, not 4th in '94. Last in the AL in RE24 in '94. Dead last. Stop indeed. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=rel&lg=al&qual=0&type=3&season=1994&month=0&season1=1994&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=5,d From '94-'01 they were 12th out of 15 in RE24. Then 9th out of 15 AL teams since he's returned. How does that look? Pretty bad-Slightly below average for sure. If that's pretty good, okay. But to the whole sticking to the narrative comment, I'm pretty sure I pointed out how good of info you gave when pointing out RE24, did I not? AND then I used more info to back up your point of view when talking about the years you want to count as I stated the inherited runs allowed percentage, did I not? Doesn't sound like something someone would do if he was stuck in his point of view and was continuing to push his narrative does it? But whatever.. Then, I pointed out how bad it's been since he's been back, which you also want to discount as you wanted to discount the years prior to the competitive years (your idea not mine). I care about the truth and I care about listening to other people' points of view. That's why I pointed out how good your info was in regards to the years you want to take into account AND added more info that strengthened your point (the Inherited runs allowed percentage). Pointing that out didn't help my narrative did it?
  21. jimmer
    'I'm not very excited about the idea of Sano playing in the OF. However, it's fair to note that Harmon Killebrew played some LF early in his career. Also, Willie Stargell player A LOT of LF for the Pirates in the 60's and 70's. ...' It's also fair to note the plethora of big people who couldn't play OF. Names most don't know cause they couldn't cut it. Pointing out a handful of big people who did play OF in the history of the game, some way back, only emphasizes how rare it is, not how common. Kind of like when people point to Randy Johnson when talking about Meyer. And how big was Killebrew when he played OF? His profile at BR says 6 foot, 195 pounds. I'm guessing he stopped playing OF as he got bigger since he stopped playing OF after his age 30 year. Stargell listed at 6 foot 2, 188. Sano is much bigger than those two already.
  22. jimmer
    So when discussing his ability to create a bullpen, you only want to take into account years we were competitive? Not from the start of his GM time to 2001 (per earlier post), not the years since he returned (per this post). Only 2002-2010 (which includes three years he wasn't GM)? Got it. Including those small time frames ('94-00 and '11-'15) would be absurd. Some thought last year was the start of a contending effort since we were still in the hunt going into the final week. Considering the Twins were 21st (9th in the AL) in RE24 (actually sporting a negative RE24), and 9th out of 15 AL teams in percentage of inherited runs allowed, would a better bullpen have made the difference between making the playoffs and not? Something for some of us to consider.
  23. jimmer
    That is excellent information (though 3 of those years weren't under Ryan). Ever since he's returned, their relief corp is 11th in MLB from 2012-2015 (though 9th out of 15 in AL). Also of note, the relief corp was above league average in % of inherited runners scored in most of the years between 2002-2007 as well (usually just barely, but still above league average), and below average every year since he returned.
  24. jimmer
    does xFIP take into account inherited runs scored?
  25. jimmer
    One also has to wonder how good the stat ERA is when talking about relief pitchers (or any pitchers, really). In the case of relievers, all the inherited runs allowed don't count on their ERA stat line. If one insists it's the stat to use then our relief staff in the last 4 years ranked 17th in 2012, 14th in 2013 and then 21st in 2014 and 2015. Getting worse not better as we supposedly passed the threshold into the competititve years. Ours ranked 21st last year and what has really been done to improve it?
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