Random Baseball Musings

[Tryptamine]

I'm looking at the 2014 Oriole rotation and noticing a glaring trend of ERAs way below they would expected to be based on peripherals. The question is, can all of this be attributed to a very good defense?

 

Chris Tillman:

3.34ERA 4.01FIP 4.20xFIP .267babip

 

Miguel Gonzales:

3.23ERA 4.89FIP 4.46xFIP .273babip

 

Wei-yin Chen:

3.54ERA 3.89FIP 3.75xFIP .296babip

 

Bud Norris:

3.65ERA 4.22FIP 3.98xFIP .279babip

[shnsajax]

http://www.sportspickle.com/2014/10/st-louis-cardinals-holding-7-game-intrasquad-world-series-right-way

 

I love that hating on the Cardinals is a national thing now so we don't have to sound like lonely bitter cubs fans bitching about these things.

 

The only good thing about the Cardinals win over the Rangers is that all of DFW now hates them too.

[Guest]

Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN

The expectation of sources is that Kevin Towers will soon be hired by the Reds, and work with his good friend Walt Jocketty.

[J.R.]

A Montreal entry in the AL East would make a ton of sense.

[Sammy Sofa]

Somehow give them the Pirates instead.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

so let's move to the one place where we'll sell even less tickets

[Sammy Sofa]

No, I mean, leave the Pirates in Pittsburgh and send them to the AL East.

[Guest]

No, I mean, leave the Pirates in Pittsburgh and send them to the AL East.

 

I could be wrong, but I thought he was commenting on Tampa -> Montreal.

[Sammy Sofa]

I KNOW. I'm just saying I'd rather get rid of the Pirates from the Central!

 

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[Pushfrog98]

Oscar Taveras killed in car accident. http://deadspin.com/reports-cardinals-prospect-oscar-taveras-killed-in-car-1651077218

 

Thread about this didn't show up on my phone. Sorry.

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[UMFan83]

so let's move to the one place where we'll sell even less tickets

 

I dunno, give them a new stadium downtown and an owner that isn't actively sabotaging them and they might do well.

 

Montreal is the largest US/Canadian metro area without an MLB team currently (unless you count Riverside/San Bernardino but to me thats LA), and its not even close (next largest US/Canadian metro w/o a team is Vancouver 3.8 mil vs. 2.3 mil, next largest US metro w/o a team is Portland at 2.2 mil).

[SouthSideRyan]

so let's move to the one place where we'll sell even less tickets

 

I dunno, give them a new stadium downtown and an owner that isn't actively sabotaging them and they might do well.

 

Sternberg is actively sabotaging them?

[Guest]

so let's move to the one place where we'll sell even less tickets

 

I dunno, give them a new stadium downtown and an owner that isn't actively sabotaging them and they might do well.

 

Sternberg is actively sabotaging them?

 

I could only conclude that he meant loria and the expos

[UMFan83]

so let's move to the one place where we'll sell even less tickets

 

I dunno, give them a new stadium downtown and an owner that isn't actively sabotaging them and they might do well.

 

Sternberg is actively sabotaging them?

 

I could only conclude that he meant loria and the expos

 

Yeah. Tangled implied that the the Rays would sell less tickets in Montreal than Tampa, which I'm assuming he is basing on the Expos tenure in Montreal. I don't think bringing the MLB back to Montreal is a slam dunk waiting to happen but I think they have a lot more upside than Tampa ever wll if they get a new stadium (obviously a prerequisite) and an owner that is better than Loria (sternberg by default is better than loria).

 

Maybe moving to Portland would be better...that city seems to support its teams, but it's hard to look past the extra 1.6 million people in Montreal's metro.

[SouthSideRyan]

I really should've figured that out.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Maybe moving to Portland would be better...that city seems to support its teams, but it's hard to look past the extra 1.6 million people in Montreal's metro.

Portland would be better, but then you have Portland in the AL East.

[Guest]

Mlb team in Vegas imo

[UMFan83]

Maybe moving to Portland would be better...that city seems to support its teams, but it's hard to look past the extra 1.6 million people in Montreal's metro.

Portland would be better, but then you have Portland in the AL East.

 

Easy. Move Detroit to the AL East, Houston to the AL Central, and Portland to the AL West. Detroit has ties to the AL East (pre-realignment) and Houston is the new AL member and has ties to playing in a central division

[Sammy Sofa]

Maybe moving to Portland would be better...that city seems to support its teams, but it's hard to look past the extra 1.6 million people in Montreal's metro.

Portland would be better, but then you have Portland in the AL East.

 

Easy. Move Detroit to the AL East, Houston to the AL Central, and Portland to the AL West. Detroit has ties to the AL East (pre-realignment) and Houston is the new AL member and has ties to playing in a central division

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

 

This offends me.

[treebird]

houston really likes their rivalry with the rangers, they won't want to move

[Guest]

houston really likes their rivalry with the rangers, they won't want to move

 

And Detroit's not going to want to either. They outspend every team in that division by $60M. They'll have no desire to compete against the Red Sox and Yankees every year.

[Banedon]

Next year may be the last for Tal's Hill in Houston.

 

http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2014/10/27/astros-to-explore-changing-tals-hill-down-the-road/#22102101=0

[Clem Fandango]

Was it Edmonds who made that amazing catch on the hill? I forget if he made it on the Cards or the Cubs... unless it was someone different all together and I'm just confused.

[Guest]

Next year may be the last for Tal's Hill in Houston.

 

http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2014/10/27/astros-to-explore-changing-tals-hill-down-the-road/#22102101=0

Seems like a solution that has no problem.

[Andy]

Was it Edmonds who made that amazing catch on the hill? I forget if he made it on the Cards or the Cubs... unless it was someone different all together and I'm just confused.

I remember Jacque Jones hitting a home run over the hill, and I feel like I remember him making a great catch up there too, but I might have someone else in mind.