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  1. Derwood
    so, can we expect a statue of a certain player whom Ernie is #2 behind in several key statistics?
  2. Derwood
    how many homeruns and at bats does each player have? Player A had 643 AB's and Player B 509 There was a HR differential less than 5 Unless I'm reading baseball reference wrong, isn't B's OPS+ 217, not 182? yes, thanks. I looked on the wrong line So can you tell me what it was that A did that was more valuable? besides be the key offensive component to a wildcard team? See, I (unlike many) think the MVP is a contextual award. It's not "player of the year". It's "who was the most valuable," which I define as "whose contributions spelled the difference between his team being a success or a failure". By that measure, Player A's offensive contributions played a large part in his team making the playoffs while Player B's, while greater on an individual level, were gained on a, what, 4th place team?
  3. Derwood
    how many homeruns and at bats does each player have? Player A had 643 AB's and Player B 509 There was a HR differential less than 5 Unless I'm reading baseball reference wrong, isn't B's OPS+ 217, not 182? yes, thanks. I looked on the wrong line
  4. Derwood
    how many homeruns and at bats does each player have? Player A had 643 AB's and Player B 509 There was a HR differential less than 5 I just found them. How dare you make me support a Cardinal! I stand by my choice. Would you have picked Player A? In terms of "value" to his team, yes.
  5. Derwood
    how many homeruns and at bats does each player have? Player A had 643 AB's and Player B 509 There was a HR differential less than 5
  6. Derwood
    I love these exercises. I have no idea who these guys are, but I'm sure A is like Neifi and B is Manny or something and I'll say A and then I'm supposed to feel like an idiot b/c I said Neifi was a better player than Manny (of course, I won't feel like an idiot, but whatever). I'll play along. Given the stats you've put up there, I give the nod to Player B, by a pretty good margin. The 100 point difference in each of OBP and SLG, not to mention 22 points of OPS+, makes it an easy choice for me. Now you're going to tell me that Player B is Jason Marquis and I'm an idiot, right? no this is not an exercise to make you look dumb. These two players were #1 and #2 in MVP voting one year in some order. I just wanted to see if people would pick the MVP or not, and why
  7. Derwood
    Ooh, a 'back injury' would be awfully convenient right about now. The player would have to agree to somethign like that no? not if they hire someone to hit him in the back with a steel chair
  8. Derwood
    did the words "big announcement" ever come out of Lou's mouth?
  9. Derwood
    I don't think it's good practice to completely use/ignore sabermetrics. Hitting doesn't happen in a vacuum. Though the game is primarily a one on one matchup between a hitter and a pitcher, the complexion of each at-bat is changed by what other people on the team have done/will do in a game. To completely toss runs and RBI out of the equation because they are "team dependent" stats would be equivalent to saying you can't evaluate whether or not Peyton Manning is the NFL MVP by using yards, completion %, touchdowns or interceptions
  10. Derwood
    without looking up who is who, pick your MVP: Player A: .308/.377/.647/1.024, 160 OPS+, .321 BaBIP, .315 RISP Player B: .299/.470/.752/1.222, 182 OPS+, .285 BaBIP, .278 RISP
  11. Derwood
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Draft_Lottery
  12. Derwood
    All non-playoff teams have X amount of "balls" put in and they draw 3 balls. Those three teams are the top 3 picks After that, all remaining teams pick in reverse order of finish, starting with pick 4. The Bulls pick (from the Knicks) is 9th in a straight "reverse order". The Bulls could either move up to 1-3, or, if they don't, would pick 9, 10 or 11. Only way they pick 10 or 11 is if a team behind them in a "straight" order were to jump into the lottery when did that change? maybe when they moved from envelopes to ping pong balls?
  13. Derwood
    All non-playoff teams have X amount of "balls" put in and they draw 3 balls. Those three teams are the top 3 picks After that, all remaining teams pick in reverse order of finish, starting with pick 4. The Bulls pick (from the Knicks) is 9th in a straight "reverse order". The Bulls could either move up to 1-3, or, if they don't, would pick 9, 10 or 11. Only way they pick 10 or 11 is if a team behind them in a "straight" order were to jump into the lottery
  14. Derwood
    can you define IsoD please? I'm having no luck finding the definition online right now On-base - AVG which isolates, what, walks and HBP?
  15. Derwood
    no we dont. That BS he pulled yesterday,with the wind blowing in, nonetheless, certainly is a cause for concern. yeah, how DARE he insert himself into a bases-loaded situation not of his own making!
  16. Derwood
    can you define IsoD please? I'm having no luck finding the definition online right now
  17. Derwood
    NO, FUKUDOME!
  18. Derwood
    who knew Hendry would be the rational one?
  19. Derwood
    yes, the padres will
  20. 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 The guy with the 1.080 OPS. The guy with 40 runs and 50 RBI either played in a better lineup, hit in a better spot (say 3rd, rather than 6th), or was very lucky (high AVG with RISP or something). But the guy with the 1.000+ OPS played better that year, which I think is important when you're giving out an award for the guy that played the best. so you'd take an 1.080 OPS guy who isn't actually adding much to the runs on the board over an .800 one who is? This is asninine
  21. 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
  22. Derwood
    so we can expect Blalock to be punching cameramen in 3-4 months?
  23. Derwood
    who? 5th rounder from UNH. ah, thanks. I assumed FA signing
  24. Derwood
    who?
  25. Derwood
    if by highest SLG of the group, you mean 3rd highest behind A-Rod and Maggs, then yes
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