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  1. Rob
    Take it and run with it. I haven't written an article here in like a decade.
  2. Rob
    If that metric doesn't already exist, it should be pretty easy to manufacture. Compare baseline performance to monthly splits or preferably some sort of rolling 10 game average. Calculate who has the largest standard deviations. Compare. I'm not a math guy or a programmer, so I'd love to be told how wrong I am.
  3. Rob
    Cubs hitters are currently leading the league in walk rate. PCA, Busch, Dansby, and Amaya are all sporting career best figures. I'd be curious as to the how/why so many guys are taking big steps forward.
  4. Rob
    I was just looking at this. He's still on pace for a 4fWAR year and tied with Busch for the second best position player on the Cubs. I guess defense is still important, eh? Edit: I see he's also running a career-high walk rate.
  5. Rob
    Fellas, I think Dansby may be coming out of his funk.
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  7. Rob
    Sweet baby jeebus. Can I ask what you mean with the clone player issue? (Not angry, just looking for clarification)
  8. Rob
    Drop: Alex Bregman ($50) Add: Jose Ramirez ($100)
  9. Rob
    Drop Aaron Judge ($200) Add Mike Trout ($75)
  10. Rob

    General NBA Thread

    Rob replied to imb's topic in Other Sports

    Yeah, he's the only way I took this across the finish line.
  11. Rob
    Last year, I had a three week blowout where my team hit 71 bombs. You probably don't have to get anywhere near that just to claw your way back up into contention.
  12. Rob
    Yeah, a good chunk of my cash is tied up in him. Ketel Marte and J-Rod aren't helping much either. I'm just lucky my bench players have picked up the slack.
  13. Rob
    Don't forget to tip your dealer.
  14. Rob
    Google having some issues...
  15. Rob
    Is Mike Trout CF eligible? I thought the wiki had him at DH and RF.
  16. Rob
    I can't see him keeping the BB% up that high when big leaguers realize he can't do any damage to them. For some reason, I see the big league version of him looking like James Loney with more walks and strikeouts.
  17. Rob
    Drop Francisco Lindor ($100) Add Corey Seager ($75)
  18. Rob
    I still hope he's traded to San Francisco.
  19. Rob
    He didn't hit the open market. We don't know what the market would have been. We only know what he actually settled for, whatever his reasons.
  20. Rob
    There have been more studies than I care to count about lineup construction. They've pretty much all found that conventional lineup construction wasn't optimal. Gone are the days of a speed guy first, a contact hitter next to move him over, and then power guys. The general consensus now is just that you want your best hitters to have the most plate appearances. There's still some tweaks to be made -- it can always make sense to break up lefties if they're vulnerable to lefty relievers. And we're thinking that speed now makes a bigger difference near the bottom of the lineup -- where getting yourself into scoring position matters more because those hitters are less likely to drive you in by hitting home runs. So I see where Counsell is going with this.
  21. Rob
    PMing bench players shortly.
  22. Rob
    As a 41 year old adult, I am still just sad at being left out of the fun.
  23. Rob
    Guessing you posted an unfinished draft instead of the completed article?
  24. Rob
    Of course, the five teams that are too high are outspending the proposed ceiling by more than the 12 teams that are below the proposed floor are underspending. So if all the teams on the bottom spent up to the floor, and all the teams up top spent down to the ceiling, we'd see a net decline in salaries league-wide. Not exactly appealing to the players union.
  25. Rob
    Presuming that this deal is as small as we all think it will be, I think this is a fine addition. There's a reason the Dodgers gave him nearly 500 PA last year. His .287 wOBA is a far cry from his xwOBA of .330. Might as well give him a month's worth of spring training plate appearances and see if there's anything left in the tank. I don't think he's a good player anymore, but he's a capable enough backup with at least a sliver of hope for something more.
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