Hairyducked Idiot
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And nobody saying murton is a bad ballplayer - but to say he's better than murton is ludicrous. Good thing I didn't say that, then.
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It's easy to assert things. It's harder to prove them. Soriano's OPS+ over the past three years (05,06,07): 109, 135, 123 Murton's OPS+ over the past three years (05,06,07): 132, 104, 100 So a difference of 10 points a year on average in a stat that ignores Murton's strength over Soriano (OBP) and overvalues one of Soriano's strengths (SLG)?
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To be fair, I'm certainly not asserting that Murton is definitively better. I'm saying the dropoff isn't that big from Soriano in leadoff to Murton down in the order.
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It's easy to assert things. It's harder to prove them. In this case it is easy to assert and prove. Then why haven't you even tried to do it yet? Again, what's wrong with what I posted: Soriano gives you 50 points of slugging and better defense. He also brings you 30 points less OBP and the perceived need to bat in a lineup spot he doesn't belong in. I await your response.
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It's easy to assert things. It's harder to prove them.
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No I don't think there's that much of a difference. Cons: -50 points in SLG -outfield defense Plus: -able to construct a more sensible lineup - 30 points of OBP
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Pie flies out. Take him out for a week.
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Mark DeRosa>Cincinnati Reds
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And possibly our best OBP guy gets on base in front of...the bottom of the lineup. *sigh*
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He cruised in for a routine flyball, did his little hop before the catch, and came up limping. Had to be helped off the field.
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Wow. A linedrive over the left fielders head turns into a single, with the runner on first not even making it to third. The walks really did clog the bases!
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losing soriano for a significant amount of time makes us worse. come on. Going by career numbers for convenience, losing Soriano for Murton costs you 50 points of slugging but gains you 30 points of OBP. That is a wash offensively. The defensive loss is at least somewhat offset by no longer needing to keep a low-OBP guy at the top of the lineup.
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Call up Matt Murton. Lose some SLG and defense, gain some OBP and a real leadoff hitter (not Murton, obviously). I'm not sure losing our $13 million a year player would make us worse.
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Has anyone else started to soften up to the DH?
Hairyducked Idiot replied to inari's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
It's never bothered me. It wouldn't bother me to lose it, either. Just make both leagues play under the same rules. -
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Hairyducked Idiot replied to OleMissCub's topic in General Baseball Talk
21 consecutive wins without a tie, 1935 Cubs (and the 20 by the 2002 As in a tougher era). 26 World Championships for the New York Yankees 14 straight division titles by the Braves (or 11 if you want to throw out the strike year) in a very competitive division. Hershiser's shutout innings, as mentioned. 20 Ks in a game. Wood's game score for his 20K 1-hitter (to this day I can't decide whether to thank Orie or curse him, would a 19K no-hitter have been better?). -
That doesn't even really make sense. He didn't "cultivate" or "deliver" it. He was here because of it. Misguided though they were, the Cubs thought he was a great manager and were willing to pay a high cost to get him. He didn't create the "want to win," he was a result of it.
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How quickly you've forgotten that Don Baylor was considered the "it" manager of the offseason the Cubs hired him. He was a high-profile signing.
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I seem to recall that either Diamond Mind or Baseball Prospectus had an article in the offseason before Baker was hired arguing that the 2002 Cubs were one of the most statistically underperforming teams in history and that whomever took over the team would get an undeserved reputation for turning them around.
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This argument befuddles me, because it's so easily proven wrong. "Any other manager" would do it, but not one other manager in all of baseballl chose to work any of his starters as hard as Prior and Wood were worked (in terms of pitches per start)?
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QFT. Can we ever know with 100% certainty that it was Baker's fault, and Hendry's fault for allowing it? No. Of course not. But the facts are simple: Young pitchers who throw a lot of pitches are more likely to have injuries. A very young Mark Prior threw more pitches per start than any other pitchers in baseball that season. Injuries essentialy ended, and at the very least seriously derailed, Prior's career. I didn't want Baker when he was hired. He was supposed to be a proven "winner," but his teams had a spectacular history of losing in the "clutch" situations. He had a reputation for pitcher abuse. Then we went out and lost in clutch situations and abused pitchers.
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Unbelievable. The sheer stupidity is mindboggling. You honestly wonder if this can really be happening.
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If my manager is smart enough to truly use the 80-inning, shutdown reliever in only high-leverage situations, I think I'd take the reliever.
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Carlos Zambrano with a clutch easy GIDP turned into fielder's choice plus throwing error. Clutch!
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We all know that a successful sac bunt lowers your chances of winning, but it still is depressing to see the fangraph spell it out: http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?gameid=280413122
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Fun game: Take a player you think of as fundamentally sound. A vet. Tell yourself that he always makes mistakes and then start watching for them. Bet you notice a lot.