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  1. sneakypower
    i want you to tell me what any of this elucidates in an analysis of Matt Mervis's future potential Bertz made a clearly understood point and saying "uh this one guy didn't master MLB pitching right away and also sucked defensively (dooming Mervis's near-term outlook by proxy) is mostly pointless commentary imo
  2. sneakypower
    uh ok, Jose Ramirez and Paul Konerko were studs by age 23 so we'll just split the difference then and look forward to his breakout next year, in this highly scientific, meaningful, analysis here
  3. sneakypower
    what does defensive value, or even age-specific production have to do with anything? the point was comparing offensive peripherals at AAA and what it might portend for his career outlook
  4. sneakypower
    balk was a convenience for Steele, Berti was 99% to steal there especially with Amaya throwing
  5. sneakypower
    by all accounts, he's a superlative teammate, so all else aside having a league-average hitter in mostly PH role who likely provides significant intangible clubhouse benefits, is much more natural/acceptable role than giving full time PT to a replacement level player at a premium offensive position
  6. sneakypower
    what!!? Edwin Encarnacion had a 10-year peak averaging 40 HR & 114 RBI per-162GP
  7. sneakypower
    (appeal to authority) "there's a reason 24 teams passed on Mike Trout in the draft" "there's a reason Pujols lasted until the thirteenth round" means little as a rhetorical crutch Jeremy Pena was looking like ROY for 1-2 months last year and Baseball America did an updated rankings where they begrudgingly slated him 100th lol, they're all flawed evaluators
  8. sneakypower
    i'm glad that we only wasted a month figuring out that a guy who has been replacement level for the last 5 seasons is still a terrible player
  9. sneakypower
    *bronx cheer*
  10. sneakypower
    i like that the Lions somehow ended up with 5 guys more or less with 2nd round grades, i'm here for it
  11. sneakypower
    hell yea
  12. sneakypower
    dominating might not be a totally fair descriptor, he's at 60 pitches thru 3 so he's effectively nibbling and escaping hitters counts exact same kind of start Steele had last night, funny enough
  13. sneakypower
    P-Wizzy is slugging higher than Manny Machado and Juan Soto combined
  14. sneakypower
    broadcast said Guzman in '93 the last PG thru 7
  15. sneakypower
    Drew Smyly at Wrigley Field:
  16. sneakypower
    gambler's fallacy!!!
  17. sneakypower
    a true story that probably not many have heard is that Madison Bumgarner once dated a girl named Madison Bumgarner
  18. sneakypower
    nice to see, just have to hope there's also a plan to keep everybody's elbows intact
  19. sneakypower
    Steele 1.90 ERA in last 18 starts (dating back to 6/1/2022), good for 5th in MLB during that time
  20. sneakypower
    if preseason our true talent was 78w/162g then the needle on that has surely moved a bit with new information fed into the projections from our 17-games of +39 RD performance indicating 'true talent' improvements a small example of this is zips ROS for Wisdom is now 116 wRC+, up from preseason zips of 109 wRC+
  21. sneakypower
    imagine arguing that Nick Madrigal outmuscled you in some way
  22. sneakypower
    yeah nobody can touch this guy, but have to think it's just 4 innings or so in the cards for him anyway
  23. sneakypower
    it's likely Mason Miller, who has eye-popping whiff rates through his short milb career and may very well be this year's Spencer Strider appointment viewing, if so
  24. sneakypower
    oh yeah i honestly thought they'd be pretty dog horsefeathers and i'm coming around on that some some significant positive developments in my mind the bullpen has been the best in the league by many descriptive, & (more importantly) predictive metrics like k-bb%, siera etc; in stark contrast to my personal expectations for largely a heap of journeymen & castoffs lol Cardinals - i didn't expect their SP to be such a trainwreck, and their need to play pretty awkward defensive alignments (and gulp, likely major defensive downgrade at C) might mean this is more trend than blip; probably worth mentioning they were an elite shifting team and that effect has been somewhat diminished.. Liberatore might eventually help a little tbf Bellinger outperforming any reasonable expectations offensively, at levels basically not seen for any stretch since '20 the C position being mediocre instead of the black hole it looked to be is nice but i still don't have full faith it'll continue but starting pitching depth is still pretty worryingly thin until 1-2 Iowa guys gets on track, thankfully there are many potentially qualified candidates there but nobody save Thompson has done much in the early going to give much hope
  25. sneakypower
    PCA got tossed one pitch into extras for heckling the ump from the dugout
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