Transmogrified Tiger
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Then everyone else's 110 mph gappers turn into 90 mph fly balls and his value remains the same? I don't think you're making as profound a point as you think you are here. You're better than me at this, but I immediately tune out almost every time someone brings up the new ball/old ball thing in terms of roster design. Everyone plays with the same ball. It's like arguing what would happen if they made it 4 outs per inning instead of 3. Good players will remain good players. I do think there's value in thinking about who might be helped/hurt by changes, after all players don't all hit the ball the same. In this case we're just kinda aimlessly assuming Castellanos will be worse off because.....? Anecdotally or numerically I can't see anything that makes me think he would translate much differently in either direction.
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He led MLB in doubles and the only people within 14 were playing with the green monster. So what happens when those 110 mph gappers turn into 90mph fly balls when the ball is de-juiced? Then everyone else's 110 mph gappers turn into 90 mph fly balls and his value remains the same? I don't think you're making as profound a point as you think you are here.
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He led MLB in doubles and the only people within 14 were playing with the green monster.
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IMO, it's a lot easier to find someone to be a lefty mashing 1B/LF than it is to be a competent swingman. With that in mind, trading Myers for Chatwood puts you in a hole because you need to fill a more difficult role and you haven't gained anything from a LT payroll perspective. If the thing you get with Myers is worthwhile that can be worth it, but I'm skeptical that type of deal could come to fruition.
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It is probably revealing about me that I'm just as excited that I get to see Dest play for the US as I am that it's one less position for there to be endless shrieking about player selection. We'd hit the point where folks were getting angry that Fabian Johnson wasn't getting called in for LB, the same Fabian Johnson who is constantly(and recently) injured, openly hated playing LB, and will be almost 35 when the World Cup starts.
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I’m not willing to give Lampard credit for playing his best winger(especially when his coaching chops are finishing 6th in the championship and being willing to manage transfer banned Chelsea), but he clearly is in Pulisic’s corner now which is what matters.
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Pulisic now in the EPL's Top 5 of non-penalty G+A/90, even if you give him no production in the few minutes he's short of the qualifying bar.
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I've never seen him do *that* before, my goodness
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he is everywhere right now, they're getting a chance basically every minute that he's heavily involved in
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oh no not that So we are not in favor of trading Bryant this offseason? Considering that the Cubs are extremely unlikely to re-sign him in 2 years, I would much rather get something for him now before he gets closer to Free Agency. He is set to make close to $20M in arbitration, so there's that too. Get some assets in return and spend the $20M elsewhere. Bryant trades that: Make the Cubs better in the short term: almost literally impossible Make the Cubs better in the long term but worse in the short term: incredibly stupid given the roster, functionally punts the season Make the Cubs better in the long term and comparable in the short term: basically impossible given how his salary and team control limit suitors/willingness to give a mega package
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oh no not that
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
Really impressive how the Astros baseball operations decided to take the corporate sociopathy that exists in most/all front offices and then just dial it all the way up to 11. -
Cubs Manager Search (Ross to be hired - Kaplan)
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Cubswin11's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
My theory is that Ross is going to be a good thing, I'm optimistic he'll be able to help facilitate better player development and reverse the regression we've seen the last few years. I think other candidates could do that too(I'm not convinced he's clearly the best option), but Ross isn't just a guy. I also think that he's going to be less articulate to the media than Maddon, and as a result when he inevitably makes a few 50/50 or 40/60 decisions that fans don't like(every fanbase thinks their manager is an idiot at managing a bullpen), they/we are going to hate him wayyy quicker than it took to hate Maddon. -
The trade proposals are going to be obviously bad, you don't have to respond to them.
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MLB Playoffs Game Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
12 different teams won a pennant in the 2010s. The Yankees were not one of them. -
MLS’s new playoff format is great and worth it for the Dallas/Seattle game alone
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MLB Playoffs Game Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
how did I miss that Hicks got a 7/70 extension, what a fascinating/bizarre deal -
Pleasantly surprised that the video highlights that Hendricks struck out Santana and went 1-2-3 in the 5th if not for a heinous 2-2 call.
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Cubs Manager Search (Ross to be hired - Kaplan)
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Cubswin11's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Eno Sarris compiled who he thinks are the best managerial candidates who haven't been managers yet: https://theathletic.com/1302054/ Eduardo Perez Jayce Tingler Sam Fuld Mike Bell David Hudgens Will Venable Joe Espada David Ross -
I think Mojo was making more of a 'Marquee isn't going to get money from me' sorta statement
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no surprise he'd do well in the Aviato Fall League
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I think it’s generally accepted they were juiced for all of 2018 and 2019, they possibly were here for all of 2017 and if they weren’t they came in some time during the year. I'm going from hazy memory and selective interpreting the data, but my thinking is that launch angle focus is responsible for a general lift in HR rate, and the juiced ball added some on top of that in 2017 and 2019 in particular. EDIT: Here's the number of teams that reached 200 HR since the strike, which got me thinking in those terms. 1995 2 1996 8 1997 3 1998 9 1999 10 2000 11 2001 10 2002 5 2003 5 2004 10 2005 5 2006 7 2007 5 2008 4 2009 5 2010 3 2011 3 2012 5 2013 1 2014 1 2015 4 2016 12 2017 17 2018 11 2019 23
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In a 1:1 comparison, how is being obligated to pay for his age 34-35 seasons at FA prices a point in Rendon's favor? He's almost certainly not going to be at star-level productivity at that point. That doesn't have to be a dealbreaker, but it sure isn't a net positive compared to Bryant's situation.
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When they started talking about scorpions my thought was 'oh they probably saw a couple in the house and maybe a poisonous one in the yard', then I keep reading and it's 'no here's an inspection report about the mature colony of super poisonous scorpions in the yard'. Arizona, not even once.
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
This reads a bit like the Cards fans who claim Theo isn't very good because the Cubs have a higher payroll than most teams. Yes, Friedman inherited a very talented organization, and yes he has a blind spot when it comes to paying for free agents, but he's still averaged 97 wins per year for a half decade. If it were that easy every wealthy team would do it.
