Random Baseball Musings

[Sammy Sofa]

Steve Stone = bag of farts with a shirt on.

[Guest]

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[Guest]

I remember hearing about studies by someone (tangotiger?) saying it wasn't a bad idea.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I remember hearing about studies by someone (tangotiger?) saying it wasn't a bad idea.

 

Yeah. He said basically the loss you get from having more PAs from a worse hitter are roughly balanced out by having a better hitter interact with the top of the lineup. He had it at +2 runs a year, but basically it's so close as to be indeterminable.

[WrigleyField 22]

I remember hearing about studies by someone (tangotiger?) saying it wasn't a bad idea.

 

Yeah. He said basically the loss you get from having more PAs from a worse hitter are roughly balanced out by having a better hitter interact with the top of the lineup. He had it at +2 runs a year, but basically it's so close as to be indeterminable.

Was there any benefit determined from gaining extra PH opportunities in which a manager can play matchups? Kind of goes against the other part because if your 9 hitter is good enough to improve interaction with the top of your order, you'd think he also would be better than the available PH, pool but that's the only other factor I could see in play.

[imb]

Tulo's already eclipsed any 2013 Cubs player in fWAR

 

ahahhahahahahhaha

[pitchcs]

I was just doing some random baseball stat checking....why is Phil Niekro in the HOF?

[jersey cubs fan]

I was just doing some random baseball stat checking....why is Phil Niekro in the HOF?

 

Longevity.

And he pitched multiple 300 inning seasons while getting elected during an era when all the old timers realized nobody was going to do that anymore.

Plus his name sounds like negro and the old racist writers couldn't resist.

[OleMissCub]

Tulo's already eclipsed any 2013 Cubs player in fWAR

 

ahahhahahahahhaha

 

lol indeed. Wow.

[WrigleyField 22]

Yea but he still has time to rack up negative WAR over the remaining 120 games

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Yea but he still has time to rack up negative WAR over the remaining 120 games

Most likely he'll have time to rack up no WAR when he tears a hammy or rips his groin open or something.

[bukie]

Last night's game-ending play for the Pirates and Giants, that wouldn't have happened last year for two reasons: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/pirates-giants-starling-marte-instant-replay-buster-posey-050714

[Cubswin11]

Rockies offense the last 7 games: 58 runs 95 hits. Their team BABIP on the year is .337

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

i wonder what the split is between coors and the road. I could probably look it up it up but I'm slightly drunk and contently listening to Neko Case.

[Cubswin11]

i wonder what the split is between coors and the road. I could probably look it up it up but I'm slightly drunk and contently listening to Neko Case.

Home: .355/.401/.600 .373 BABIP

Away: .254/.403/.705 .296 BABIP

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

i wonder what the split is between coors and the road. I could probably look it up it up but I'm slightly drunk and contently listening to Neko Case.

Home: .355/.401/.600 .373 BABIP

Away: .254/.403/.705 .296 BABIP

[expletive] hell.

[NewUserName]

I was just doing some random baseball stat checking....why is Phil Niekro in the HOF?

I think 300 wins/3000 Ks probably is going to get you in no matter what. Not agreeing just saying. Without looking my guess is Don Sutton's career does not look very Hall of Famish except for 300 wins

[Guest]

Odor called up

[jersey cubs fan]

odor

[Tryptamine]

Odor called up

 

It's sad that I have to hope he does poorly otherwise various people are going to go on and on about how he would have been a Cub if Theo didn't wait too long and let Garza get hurt.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

It's sad that... Theo ...wait (ed) too long and let Garza get hurt.

[ConstableRabbit]

Odor called up

 

It's sad that I have to hope he does poorly otherwise various people are going to go on and on about how he would have been a Cub if Theo didn't wait too long and let Garza get hurt.

I hope he does poorly so I can say that he stinks.

[Andy]

Odor called up

 

It's sad that I have to hope he does poorly otherwise various people are going to go on and on about how he would have been a Cub if Theo didn't wait too long and let Garza get hurt.

Was he legitimately on the table? Seems hard to believe given he was only 18 at the time.

[SABR Gamer]

i wonder what the split is between coors and the road. I could probably look it up it up but I'm slightly drunk and contently listening to Neko Case.

Home: .355/.401/.600 .373 BABIP

Away: .254/.403/.705 .296 BABIP

[expletive] hell.

 

Yeah, that's wrong.

 

Eta: Unless he was listing the time period he was talking about and not the whole season.

 

For the year it's:

 

Home: .355/.401/.600

Away: .264/.309/.417

[Tryptamine]

Odor called up

 

It's sad that I have to hope he does poorly otherwise various people are going to go on and on about how he would have been a Cub if Theo didn't wait too long and let Garza get hurt.

Was he legitimately on the table? Seems hard to believe given he was only 18 at the time.

 

I'm pretty sure it was confirmed that he was on the table last year as the final piece until the Rangers saw issues with Garza's shoulder and it instead became Olt. I believe ABTY also said Odor and Perez were both parts of the 2012 package that was just about done before Garza got hurt.