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  1. prouster
    This is a really great point. I haven’t thought about it this way. PDX Twin, expanding minds!
  2. prouster
    Relievers tend to be more volatile year to year than other players. Robles was very bad in 2020, of course with the usual caveats. There’s a debate to be had over how large of a red flag the season really was, but there can be no doubt that it was indeed a red flag. He could improve a lot next year, or he could be washed up. I think it would be foolish to trust him to pick up where he left off in 2019. He should have to earn high leverage innings.
  3. prouster
    Who are all these people guilty of this alleged double standard? Robles is an unexciting pick up. Hopefully he works out. And hopefully Garver gets back to top form.
  4. prouster
    You have in fact described the entire premise of consumer culture in your one example.
  5. prouster
    Have they settled on the expanded playoff format for 2021? I was under the impression that it’s still not totally certain.
  6. prouster
    Perhaps find another website where you can consume free content the writer does not get paid to produce if this one makes you angry.
  7. prouster
    If they make a trade, I’d rather they sign one of the free agents and use their prospects to get a pitcher. Otherwise, it might be interesting to see what it would take to get both Lindor and Bieber from Cleveland. I would guess maybe something like Lewis, Duran/Balazovic, Arraez/Polanco/Kepler and a couple of mid tier prospects.
  8. prouster
    I’ll add that there’s a lot of value in being a mediocre catcher. But from a roster management standpoint, it’s important to know if you have Mike Piazza or Ron Karkovice on your team.
  9. prouster
    I hope Garver rebounds. I’m skeptical that he will, though. His K rate this year was Sano-at-his-worst bad, seemingly because he had a hard time making contact with much of anything. If you can’t hit the fastball, you’re not gonna last long in the Majors. I’m also worried that 2019 is his 100th percentile outcome. He had a wildly uncharacteristic HR/FB ratio of 29%. That’s up there with Yellich and Bonds. It’s also 15% higher than his 2020 number and a whopping 21% higher than 2018. We need to see more, but it sure looks light an outlier right now. 2020 is obviously a small sample size—but so was 2019. Like I said, I hope his problems this year were a result of the weird offseason and nagging injuries and that he comes back in top form. My hunch is that Garver is probably a mediocre MLB catcher.
  10. prouster
    This is the British style. It’s, um, a stylistic choice. Yeah, that’s it...
  11. prouster
    Ugh, “it’s”.
  12. prouster
    Maybe I’m too much of a pessimist, but I don’t see how the league will avoid a labor stoppage when the CBA expires. If and when it happens, it will be the fault of greedy ownership groups that have worked tooth and nail since the last CBA to suppress player salaries and protect the “intellectual property” of Major League Baseball. They have fallen behind the times when it comes to promoting their star players and making the game easily accessible for young and casual fans. The blackout rules are absurd, and they make darn sure that people have to pay to stream. The underlying pattern is that owners believe the game—it’s revenues, it’s infrastructures, it’s history, and it’s image—belongs to them, and they have not held back trying to siphon up every last ounce. They are working knowingly or not to make the game completely irrelevant. As we’ve seen this year, everything is fragile and can end. For the “baseball is a business” crowd, here is the link to the Wikipedia page for Ichimonjiya Wasuke, a Japanese confectioner that has operated continuously for over 1,000 years: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichimonjiya_Wasuke. The business has sustained itself largely by prioritizing its long term existence ahead of its short term growth. MLB should take note, but I wouldn’t expect much foresight from venture capitalists and hedge fund managers.
  13. prouster
    Lots of energy wasted on what was obviously a tongue in cheek remark in the first place... I don’t care about owners’ business interests. I really, really don’t.
  14. prouster
    It’s a fallacy to equate owning most businesses with owning a MLB team. There are only 30 of them, they are not bound by anti-trust regulations, and every owner and ownership group are unfathomably rich. When people get into financial distress, it’s very common for them to sell things. If I was in a bind and owned a $1.5 billion asset, that’s the first thing that would go! Their greed and shenanigans are going to lead to a work stoppage.
  15. prouster
    The players don’t seem to be making moves to actively suppress the income of the owners.
  16. prouster
    If they don’t like risks they should sell their teams.
  17. prouster
    How comfortable are you including stats from the American Association or the earliest days of the National League? Isn’t this about finally recognizing—in an official capacity—the fact that the men in the Negro Leagues were playing baseball at the game’s highest level?
  18. prouster
    Major League Baseball announced today that they officially recognize the Negro Leagues as major leagues. A terrific decision that goes toward remedying the fraught history of the sport. I thought it would be appropriate to start a thread where everyone can discuss it.
  19. prouster
    You’re right. For some reason I was thinking Tommy John. I agree, a spring training invite would be worth it, but nothing more than that.
  20. prouster
    The common denominator between Hughes and Harvey is thoracic outlet syndrome. Very few if any pitchers have come back from that. If Archer’s problems are mechanical or related to pitch selection, then there’s some hope that he can be brought back to life. I agree he’s worth a spring training invite.
  21. prouster
    Here’s a really great retrospective from Jay Jaffe about Torii Hunter’s career: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jaws-and-the-2021-hall-of-fame-ballot-torii-hunter/. It includes footage of Torii’s first Major League hit, back in the days when Dick and Bert were employed by MSC. A nice walk down memory lane.
  22. prouster
    Gonsalves was waived over a year ago and has since had stints in the Mets’ and Red Sox’s systems. Or am I misunderstanding your post?
  23. prouster
    So you see he was pretty good this year, right? Definitely not under-performing his contract.
  24. prouster
    I don’t disagree with your take on Garver. I do think that he’d fetch basically nothing in any trade, even if he’s not the centerpiece. I know I wouldn’t trade for him right now.
  25. prouster
    I haven’t read the whole thread, so sorry if I’m repeating stuff that’s already been said. I’ve seen Garver’s name come up several times as a trade piece. Garver is not going to return anything of value in any trade, even as a secondary or tertiary piece. He has logged one good season when the league was using juiced balls, will be 30 years old in 2021, was below replacement level in 2020, and hit worse than most backup catchers this year. Albeit lots of players had a rough 2020, Garver slashed .167/ .247/ .264, which led to a wRC+ of 41. He also struck out in a hair over 45% of his at bats. He really, really damaged his trade value. I think that any trade for Snell is going to have to start with Duran or Balazovic.
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