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  1. David
    i think i'd rather have CJ in the super bullpen anyway
  2. David
    thank god for the ump's foot
  3. David
    high 97 mph FB please
  4. David
    his numbers aren't decent
  5. David
    carl's jr!
  6. David
    would've been a lot nicer to bring CJ in before it became a near impossible situation
  7. David
    travis wood is garbage
  8. David
    why not horsefeathering CJ i hate travis wood
  9. David
    WHAT THE HELL IS THIS GAME
  10. David
    85 degree august nights are not when i expect to see all this WTP
  11. David
    Does everyone sign him for that if they know this is how he produces? Well, for one, lots of teams don't buy into his defense being as valuable as the numbers say it is. That's why he wasn't as sought after as you'd expect a 26 year old 5+ win player to be. If most of the market believed he was as good as the numbers say, he would've gotten like $30+M a year for 10 years or something. That's why the Cubs got such a good deal on him. Good point. That said do the people who buy into his defense even think it's this valuable, or do they think that only provided he's at least average at the plate? The value of his defense is independent of his value at the plate. His runs saved on defense are what they are, whether he sucks at the plate or not. He can also lose you runs at the plate (which he no doubt has this year), which is why he isn't that same 5ish win player this year.
  12. David
    i appreciate that addison has been going with chance
  13. David
    Numbers for $ per FA WAR have hit as high as $9-10 million in recent years. If true, that fact should be enough for people to doubt the validity of the measure. why would that fact (which is essentially just an example of inflation) in particular put the validity of the measure into question?
  14. David
    Numbers for $ per FA WAR have hit as high as $9-10 million in recent years. Here is another question. Say in a fake world that teams knew Heyward would be this same exact player next season. Does everyone sign him for one year and $15 million based on the way he got his WAR? I assume yes since WAR is WAR but it's so weird. Does everyone sign him for that if they know this is how he produces? Well, for one, lots of teams don't buy into his defense being as valuable as the numbers say it is. That's why he wasn't as sought after as you'd expect a 26 year old 5+ win player to be. If most of the market believed he was as good as the numbers say, he would've gotten like $30+M a year for 10 years or something. That's why the Cubs got such a good deal on him.
  15. David
    I thought I had read that those types of stem cell treatments (just shooting these guys up with stem cells like, I think, Colon did) were quackery. Is there something that has changed? Is this something different? It's going to be insane if/when they can grow people replacement organs and eliminate the need for transplant lists and anti-rejection meds and all that. From what Inunderstand, and I think we both know how little that is, there's [expletive] doctors out there but otherwise it is the direction athletes are going for injuries. Kobe and Colon are the most famous athlete cases IIRC, but it's becoming more and more common for guys to shoot for the alternative in hopes of avoiding the knife. It is not yet a fully refined process, but the only way for that to happen is for players to keep giving it a shot - worst case is they get the TJ. I thought there was talk that, with these treatments being largely untested long term, the stem cells could cause cell multiplication and, thus, tumors.
  16. David
    also $15M isn't a lot for a baseball player
  17. David
    I thought I had read that those types of stem cell treatments (just shooting these guys up with stem cells like, I think, Colon did) were quackery. Is there something that has changed? Is this something different? It's going to be insane if/when they can grow people replacement organs and eliminate the need for transplant lists and anti-rejection meds and all that.
  18. David
    called it
  19. David
    if he can do that now (i'm sure he's still a bit gimpy) i bet he could totally kirk gibson a few pinch hit ABs in mid october if needed. that's worth a roster spot.
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  23. David
    I think Maddon really only uses that when he has almost nothing else to go on for a borderline call.
  24. David
    ERADICATE BASEBALL REFERENCE FG still had him at 7.4 for that season. Hell, the next season FG and BR were reversed, with BR giving him a 4.8 and FG giving him a 5.7. I wasn't saying it was crazy to say he was worth 8.5. I just knew that he was using bWAR (or maybe that terrible ESPN WAR). #TeamBRSux
  25. David
    nah it's not a joke. i mean he's basically doing the same thing fred used to do except fred was even more extreme with the tiny sample oddities.
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