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  1. Derwood
    I agree that a high AVG with RISP is luck, but when voting for MVP, I think it has to be taken into consideration. For example, Hanley Ramirez is hitting .420 with the bases empty and .160 with runners on. While it will probably even out over the course of his career, during the first quarter of this season he has been a poor hitter in more important situations, and that's a big reason that he only has 9 RBI. All other things equal, a guy who hit better in the clutch should win the award over a guy who didn't hit as well, even though in the long run, it's just luck that will even out. Hardy is hitting over 100 points better with RISP, thus another point for him. also, for me, MVP doesn't mean "best player", it means "most valuable", meaning you HAVE to take his team and lineup scenario into account. OPS and such doesn't happen in a vaccuum
  2. Derwood
    so we can expect Blalock to be punching cameramen in 3-4 months?
  3. Derwood
    who? 5th rounder from UNH. ah, thanks. I assumed FA signing
  4. Derwood
    who?
  5. Derwood
    if by highest SLG of the group, you mean 3rd highest behind A-Rod and Maggs, then yes
  6. Derwood
    you mean, "he's a lefty, go get em'" isn't enough for you?
  7. Derwood
    That's only if you use the old school way of judging production, by R and RBI. R and RBI are team and teammate dependant. They don't show as much of what the player did than as much as what the team is doing. The only thing the player can control is his own production, which is measured much more effectively in AVG/OBP/SGL terms than in counting R and RBI. i guess my definition of "production" and yours are different. To me, it doesn't matter if you're OPS'ing 1.200 if you aren't generating runs (by either scoring them or knocking them in). As I said, the higher OPS player is more likely to create runs in the future, but that wasn't the question of the poll. With the question being "who was the MVP of the first quarter", who would you say was more valuable, a guy who has 40 runs, 50 RBI, and an OPS of .850, or a guy with 20 runs, 25 RBI and an OPS of 1.080
  8. Derwood
    yes we do. oh, you meant the Cards
  9. Derwood
    agreed that catch was only necessary because he was playing 3 steps behind 2nd base at the time
  10. Derwood
    i blame 4+ years of a "hit, don't walk" hitting philosophy
  11. Derwood
    i went with Maggs. His OBP is lower than Vlad's, but his SLG is higher
  12. Derwood
    The key word there is simple. You are judging the two based on how their teammates have played around them, as opposed to how they have done themselves. Exactly. It's a near 70 point difference in OPS, and was even more with the numbers used in the poll. Hardy's not even on the same plane. Bonds is a step above everybody, but he's on pace to have about 100 less PA's, so that's why I didn't go with him. the question for the poll, however, is who was the MVP of the first quarter. Despite the lower OPS, Hardy OUTPRODUCED Chipper. Now, Chipper's OPS would indicate that he should have better numbers over the long haul, but I don't care how many more doubles or walks he has, he simply hasn't contributed as much to his team's offense as Hardy has
  13. Derwood
    how about 15 more RBI than the closest guy on the list, and he's played a large part in the Brewers' hot start RBIs? I thought we were better than that. Jones' production blows Hardy away right now and their two teams are a game apart W-L wise Hardy: .320/.364/.619/.983 14 HR, 41 RBI, 31 R, OPS+ 159 Jones: .307/.404/.647/1.051 12 HR, 26 RBI, 33 R, OPS+ 181 i'm totally down with sabermetrics, and Jones certainly has Hardy beat in terms of OBP/SLG/OPS, but how can you say 41 RBI/31 R is "blowing away" 26 RBI/33 R? To me, production is getting runs scored, period. Getting on base is very important, but just because Chipper is on base more frequently hasn't meant he has helped the team score more EDIT: Even if you do a simple (R+RBI-HR) on both guys, Hardy wins 58 to 47 EDIT 2: Hardy - .366 BARISP, .310 BABIP Jones - .200 BARISP, .304 BABIP So Hardy is way better with men in scoring position despite a negligible difference in BABIP
  14. Derwood
    I don't know why "media love" matters at all, but for what it's worth, ESPN's started pronouncing his name right (as opposed to Tear-ee-ott) and calling him The Riot, and Tim Kurkjian says he's a very talented ballplayer and really likes him playing every day and leading off. Fox pronounces Angel Pagan's first name as "On-hell" which is the correct pronunciation if he chooses to pronounce it the hispanic way. I don't think he does, however
  15. Derwood
    you are dead to me
  16. Derwood
    I would say I hate the 10pm EDT starts, but I can't watch it anyways (CSN) so yeah
  17. Derwood
    Edmonds is/was the king of making a routine play look spectacular by unneccesary diving, jumping, etc. He's a showboater and I hate him
  18. Derwood
    how about 15 more RBI than the closest guy on the list, and he's played a large part in the Brewers' hot start
  19. Derwood
    Kevin Mchale, Best GM in Sports wow, that deal would have sucked in retrospect
  20. Derwood
    worked for the Mets in the 9th inning of that last game...
  21. Derwood
    the dempster quote about how he was happy that lou told him he'd be starting again really rubs me wrong. clearly he isn't happy closing.
  22. Derwood
    GIS for "solid tumor": http://www.ispub.com/xml/journals/ijs/vol6n2/omentum-fig3.jpg
  23. Derwood
    so when are we going to find out what's actually happening? Monday? Tuesday? Midday, or game time?
  24. Derwood
    This is totally my fault guys. I turned it on when it was 3-2 and watched 7 runs score in 15 minutes.
  25. Derwood
    did i miss the part where guzman was pulled from the rotation? when did that happen?
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