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  1. sneakypower
    you'll probably see Atkins and Stewart manning 3rd and 2nd or vice versa
  2. sneakypower
    Lou has a pitching version of Felix Pie he's determined to screw up
  3. sneakypower
    So... basically what the zone rating stats said. but you treated it like a certainty that Theriot is now and forever henceforth will be a bad fielder.
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    oh, i'm no saber-hater. a person can't say a negative word about anything saber-related without being filed under "saber-hater"? talk about myopia. and i'm sure that's true that most of the people here watch the games. but watch them and allow yourself some subjectivity. formulate opinions. So you honestly watch Theriot play ss and come away thinking he is a good fielder? I don't think he is terrible, but it's fairly obvious that he doesn't have much in the way of range or arm. And I am sorry, but I'm pretty tired of the whole "watch the game" argument. It's a pretty cheap shot and its usually incorrect. last year i saw him as very adequate in the field, making up for lack of arm strength with sound fundamentals and decent range to his left, but this year he's been disappointing- most notably the past week & a half or so. but he's also making boneheaded mistakes on the bases, while his hitting has been terrific. it's really been bizarro-Theriot thus far.
  5. sneakypower
    oh, i'm no saber-hater. a person can't say a negative word about anything saber-related without being filed under "saber-hater"? talk about myopia. and i'm sure that's true that most of the people here watch the games. but watch them and allow yourself some subjectivity. formulate opinions.
  6. sneakypower
    well none of them have shown to be reliable or altogether very consistent so it'd kind of be cool to try watching some games and having a civil argument about defense using opinions. but it seems you and so many others are much more concerned with proving to everyone else how stupid they are for disagreeing with numerical manipulations masquerading as empirical proof. i can see it now, watching a ballgame "wow, what an incredible catch!" "...i'm going to have to see what dewan et. al has to say about it before i make any judgments"
  7. sneakypower
    it'd be as informative as people who hate him cherry picking stats to support their clearly biased stance. i'd like for you to show me where i advocated we "evaluate a player's defense based upon what the people who like him say." as you stated whilst making your ridiculous straw man argument.
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    that causes one to wonder what would cause a player to go from a top-5 defender one season to one of the worst in the league the following season? i have an idea and it involves relying on a defensive metric that considers yuniesky betancourt, bobby crosby and erick aybar dismal fielders. Your argument is pretty terrible, considering Theriot's defense is also criticized quite a bit from an observational perspective. then we can agree that RZR is a waste of time? i just found it ironic to cite a metric that had Theriot top-5 in the game last year to prove his worthlessness this year. the whole post was utterly rife with flawed logic. and furthermore to your point, Lord knows people here view Ryan Theriot with the utmost objectivity...
  9. sneakypower
    that causes one to wonder what would cause a player to go from a top-5 defender one season to one of the worst in the league the following season? i have an idea and it involves relying on a defensive metric that considers yuniesky betancourt, bobby crosby and erick aybar dismal fielders.
  10. sneakypower
    Ronny over Theriot is not a marginal difference. theriot has a .436 obp in the 2 spot im content with that
  11. sneakypower
    color me surprised
  12. sneakypower
    he won't lou prefers a guy he trusts to be #2 hitter lets all belabor the point anyways and moan about a non issue that would have very marginal effect
  13. sneakypower
    whoa his fastball is at 87
  14. sneakypower
    i'd take the 2nd guy, though the first might be a more valuable player of the two if he's in the leadoff spot. i see more value in driving in and advancing all the extra runners. the difference would still probably be too marginal to cause much difference in the standings.
  15. sneakypower
    kip wells and looper had a good start last year too theyre awful
  16. sneakypower
    all star
  17. sneakypower
    may i suggest a calculator
  18. sneakypower
    who is arguing against that?
  19. sneakypower
    how exactly does Petco disable a player from hitting for average? if he's content hitting flyballs into fielders gloves every home game, he's an incredibly dumb baseball player. i'd like to ask why he hasn't changed his approach at home so that he's not a quintessential detriment to his team. We're not looking at his average. Look at his production. he doesn't have the power hit HRs in petco. we all realize this. it might be a good idea perhaps to try something different at home so you're not punishing your own ballclub. there's really no reasonable excuse for hitting .227 at your home park.
  20. sneakypower
    You aren't really going to use this year's numbers to tell if a player's good or not, are you? I thought you were better than that. you did? good point, i committed the unforgivable sin in speaking an ill word about the NSBB messiah all credibility LOST
  21. sneakypower
    how exactly does Petco disable a player from hitting for average? if he's content hitting flyballs into fielders gloves every home game, he's an incredibly dumb baseball player. i'd like to ask why he hasn't changed his approach at home so that he's not a quintessential detriment to his team.
  22. sneakypower
    You aren't really going to use this year's numbers to tell if a player's good or not, are you? I thought you were better than that. But I guess if you want to play that game, I have a question for you. There's another SS putting up these numbers: .152/.226/.238 Do you think it would be dumb to trade for him? Well if so, you just turned down a trade for Troy Tulowitzki, wtg dude. Tulowitzki as a rookie put up superior production to anything Greene's ever done. And he's not hitting FA next year asking for 8 figures per year. Tulowitzki plays in Coors 81 times, he hit .256/.327/.393/.719 away from home. home games don't count anymore? i guess i havent been keeping up with all these rule changes. damn that bud selig. Garrett Atkins also had a .254/.327/.446 road line too, which seems to indicate this guy blows as well. until you look at his road OPS in 2006 and notice it's virtually the same as his home OPS. but Tulowitzki only has one season of data which to look at and we can all think he's an inferior player to Khalil Greene because of a split which is really often fluky. everything I've seen when watching both players suggests differently.
  23. sneakypower
    or had a fluke good season inconsistent with his true talent
  24. sneakypower
    You aren't really going to use this year's numbers to tell if a player's good or not, are you? I thought you were better than that. But I guess if you want to play that game, I have a question for you. There's another SS putting up these numbers: .152/.226/.238 Do you think it would be dumb to trade for him? Well if so, you just turned down a trade for Troy Tulowitzki, wtg dude. Tulowitzki as a rookie put up superior production to anything Greene's ever done. And he's not hitting FA next year asking for 8 figures per year.
  25. sneakypower
    only 35? hell- why not 54? or 70? 27 in Petco last year. Go from playing in Petco, Dodger Stadium, Pac Bell, etc. to Wrigley, MMP, GABP, Miller. All great parks for RH pull hitters. He already OPS' .150 higher on the road, almost all in SLG. 25-30 is very realistic, and 35 is high end. Nothing unrealistic there. 15, 15, 15, 27. which one of these doesn't belong? but maybe he figured out how to be a good hitter last year and changed his swing somehow. indications this year thus far don't really support that notion. and by the way, he had 12 at petco last year as opposed to 15 on the road. his HR power wasn't really terribly thwarted.
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