David

I think so too.

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hey why not screw the minor leaguers out of another one of the few nice things they have

https://www.instagram.com/p/BM7VWiGj6oB/ javy is wearing a craig sager suit shirt to the latin grammys

horsefeathers that. That sounds like a "we're not giving the NL the DH so we'll throw this bone at the players" type of concession

ha. just saying i desperately want foxy gone but i am liking where the defense is headed and i like fangio.

i love this pic

that's what sucks...i hate fox...but i like where fangios defense is headed. and i don't want to do the whole try to hire a HC and force a DC on him t hing again. and i'm not sure i'd want to promote fangio to HC either.

Man, for the sake of the writers' credibility I hope that wasn't a driving factor behind the landslide win. I think at that point you'd have to say the players are now somehow more SABR savvy than the writers, at least with respect to this award. Or at least less lazy. When you look at the AL vote pretty much all you can deduce is Porcello's 22-4 record is what got him the Cy Young over Verlander who was better than him in almost every statistical category. It's funny seeing Kate Upton flip out, but she had legit beef. well, to be honest, what got him the cy young over verlander is two people not having him on their ballots. not that porcello even deserved all those second place votes.

Are we ready to collectively (not saying everyone did) stop hating the Floyd pick yet? He has been very impressive lately. Still raw, but he's flashing big time.

why did i think scherzer's fielding independent numbers were better than that? oh well.

Man, for the sake of the writers' credibility I hope that wasn't a driving factor behind the landslide win. I think at that point you'd have to say the players are now somehow more SABR savvy than the writers, at least with respect to this award. Or at least less lazy. Btw here are the last couple lines from that FG article. Seems pretty lazy to me, where you could probably slip a wins argument in and it would fit just fine. The statistical analysis throughout was pretty light and FIP-based, and then he drops this gem on us to finish it off. Well...Scherzer pitched a lot of innings and he's definitely an ace. That's Cy Young numbers, dude! If you pitch more innings at a higher level, yes, that makes an even more compelling case than just pitching at a higher level. And if you're making an FIP based argument, then you think Scherzer pitched at a higher level.

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I would have had Syndergaard and Fernandez 1-2. They were the best pitchers in the National League in FIP and WAR and were near the top in ERA and strikeouts. Hendricks would have been 4th for me at best. I'd have given it to Hendricks. I can see the argument for Scherzer just because he pitched so many innings. The more 38 more innings from Scherzer is like 5 more starts, so I can see how that could be more important than the.85 difference in ERA. I don't agree but I can see it. 25/30 is definitely surprising though. With Syndergaard and Fernandez, and to a large extent Scherzer, you're looking at the FIP, the fWAR, and the Ks. But it's all kind of a circle jerk because Ks drive FIP and that drives the fWAR. Ks are important and they're great to use for projection, but when you're giving out an award for performance this season I'd weight results more than what this FIP formula says should have happened with normalized defense and hard/soft contact. More than anything I think the writers saw a whole Cubs pitching staff performing great and the historical defense/BABIP and it didn't really matter what Hendricks ERA was. Could've been under 2 and it still would've been asterisked all the hell. If I'd have had a vote I'd like to think I'd have dug in pretty deep to figure out how much was Hendricks because 2.12 is no joke, especially for the best team in baseball. This FG article does a good breakdown of the three candidates from innings 1-5 and 6-9. I don't dig the analysis that much, but what I'd take from it is that by wOBA against Hendricks was still better (.283 vs .285) than Scherzer in innings 6-9. ERA in a 40 IP sample is unreliable and as always the FIP is K focused, and those both hurt Hendricks. But wOBA is pure results with no sequencing or skewing how you got the results, and by that measure Hendricks probably could have stayed in and gotten those extra innings. http://www.fangraphs.com/community/a-different-look-at-the-2016-nl-cy-young/ Either way, I can see the argument for Scherzer or most of these other guys. Glad Kyle got the vote of the players last week though, that might mean about as much even if it's not as publicized. Just out of curiosity, who votes on that team defense award that the Giants got the other day?

Im good with Romo. I dont want to go back out into the wilderness. Romo is still very good. oh i'd want to see it. but it would be weird. and he'll probably get killed.

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161116/wrigleyville/wrigley-field-renovations-1060-project-cubs-offseason update on what's on the agenda this offseason

heard something about them liking a qb from miami. i know nothing of him. there was also some speculation about romo as a stop gap which would be kind of weird

Destroyed a decent Blazers team on the road last night and Jimmy continues to play like a superstar.

nothing that you said after the bold makes the bold any less crazy

Book a spot somewhere on the Spothero app. Don't think that is even necessary. Shouldn't be hard to find street parking mid week during the offseason.

fantasy football is cool and fun http://i.imgur.com/iHemKLc.png http://i.imgur.com/3TQptLp.png I'm Hartline Bling

Hellickson accepting the QO

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKJ-tNtrUJk

on the plus side, leonard floyd is looking good lately and mcphee's career apparently isn't over like i thought