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  1. sane
    It ain't always a bell-curve!
  2. sane
    Actually, "average" doesn't mean "common". If one million people have a 120 IQ, and another one million people have an 80 IQ, the average is a 100 IQ which NONE OF THEM have.
  3. sane
    Murphy was the Yankees 4th highest rated prospect in 2014 according to Baseball America: 4. J.R. Murphy, c J.R. MurphyBorn: May 13, 1991. B-T: R-R. Ht.: 5-11. Wt.: 195. Drafted: HS—Bradenton, Fla., 2009 (2nd round). Signed by: Jeff Deardorff/Brian Barber. Background: Signed for $1.25 million as a second-round pick in 2009, Murphy played both catcher and third base early in his career but has become a durable option behind the plate. He caught a minor league-leading 105 games in 2013 while having his best offensive season, and he made his major league debut in September. Murphy was behind the plate at Yankee Stadium for Mariano Rivera’s final major league pitch. Scouting Report: Murphy doesn’t have a plus tool, but he has sharpened his skills in the minors. After years of hard work, he improved his footwork and his release in 2013, which contributed to gunning down 48 percent of basestealers at Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He’s become a much better, quieter receiver, though he can get a little bit stabby behind the plate at time. His line-drive bat produces consistent solid contact to the gaps with fringe-average power, and the Yankees project him as a potential future .280 hitter with 10-12 homer power. He’s become a below-average runner.
  4. sane
    I needed him as a manual laborer, and those guys don't usually hang out at the "local" hardware store.
  5. sane
    So that theory can never be tested because "webpages with intelligent baseball analysis and that have thoughtful, compelling discussion" are imaginary.
  6. sane
    Hocking and AJ were a great comedy team. Punto is more like a Shetland Pony than a "dark horse".
  7. sane
    "Something" no longer includes the Ulnar Collateral Ligament.
  8. sane
    David Ortiz?
  9. sane
    It is like the NFL where disciplinarians and "players coaches" are alternated whenever one or the other has a few losing seasons.
  10. sane
    I think Gardy should be hired, but not by me. I'm tired of his signature comments and moronic nicknames. No more Hicksie, Zookie, Dozie, Ploofy, Andy, Rosey and Hughesy battling their tails off.
  11. sane
    "Would You Hire Ron Gardenhire?" Are we talking about home improvement? From Lowe's? Home Depot? Menard's?
  12. sane
    Garver 1.148 OPS tops on team. Walker .900 OPS 6th on team, 20th in AFL Burdi 0.50 WHIP tops on team Reed 0.94 WHIP 6th on team Rogers 1.00 WHIP 7th on team
  13. sane
    Incorrectly predicting the future is not a "mistake". We are talking about a totally inexact science. (wild-ass guess?) IMO a mistake is when you do something which someone already knows will fail. In signing prospects, nobody KNOWS anything.
  14. sane
    That would be emphasizing organizational needs/strengths ahead of the individual player's skills and projected skills. IMO ranking prospects should be just that...RANKING PROSPECTS!
  15. sane
    Often, the missing "tool" in scouting scales is "projection". I coached a high school kid this spring who has a lack of tools, but he is 17-yrs-old, 6'5", 155# with two tall parents. He was drafted in the fifth round, but he signed for second round money. Nothing in his skill set warranted that big a bonus, but the PROJECTION of who he will be in five years (6'6", 225#?) overrules ALL of his scouting-scale numbers.
  16. sane
    Especially attending college as a 14, 15 and 16 yr-old. That kid is far too intelligent to waste his time playing baseball! Go cure cancer or achieve world peace!
  17. sane
    Last five must be Buxton, Berrios, Kepler, Jay and Gordon in whatever order Seth sees fit...my order is as I listed.
  18. sane
    In the words of Carl Spackler from "Caddyshack, (who could be referring to Matt Duffy): "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!"
  19. sane
    Not to minimize these prospect lists, from is an mlb.com write-up on one of my ex-HS-players who was a top candidate for NL ROY: "Here's a look at the current candidates for NL Rookie of the Year Award, in the order I'd vote them at the moment: 1. Matt Duffy, 3B, Giants .307 AVG, .345 OBP, .465 SLG, 129 OPS+, 9 HR, 20 2B, 5 3B, 51 RBI, 5 SB, 3.8 WAR (per Baseball Reference) In an age of prospect prominence, at a time when guys are household names or even plastered on billboards before they set foot in the big leagues, it's refreshing when we're legitimately caught off guard"
  20. sane
    Baseball America Low-A Best Tools 2015 Best defensive catcher - Brian Navarreto Cedar Rapids (Twins) Seth is not by himself on this.
  21. sane
    IMO, chasing an ace usually produces the same result as when a dog keeps chasing his ace.(spelling?)
  22. sane
    You have the rule correct, but Walker as played FOUR seasons. He signed in June, 2012 and played the short-season Elizabethton 2012 season, which counts! Add 2013, 2014 and 2015 ad you get FOUR seasons.
  23. sane
    •172 service days = 1 service year •Players max out at 172 service days/year; seasons usually have 183 service days •Players needs six full years of service to reach free agency •Players need about 2.130 years of service to reach arbitration So players are often kept in the minors long enough, so that they do not use up a full service year. (172 days)
  24. sane
    "The AFL season has an off-day every week, look for them then..." Sample size be damned! The Twins are loaded with young catchers! Garver is hitting .667 and Turner is hitting .500 in the AFL. They have a combined five AB, but who cares?
  25. sane
    He'd still have to worry....about rebounds off the rightfield wall hitting him in the head!
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