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I'm starting to think Bobby Witt Jr might end up being pretty good. Weird being excited about a Royals batting prospect
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Chief McHeath posted:Still better than what the card market has become, though I'll admit there are a lot of cool products out there. I went to the local shop and they were selling single packs for 27 dollars a pack. I poo poo you not.
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Yeah, I'm happy they are keeping Salvy around. I was happy they kept Gordon around too even when he was no longer 'worth it.' Also, he is hard to gauge offensively because he has been so abused behind the plate. He played too drat much every season so his back half of the year is always awful. 2020 was a short year so surprise surprise, he was great. Hopefully the Royals learned something from that and realize he is more valuable of you actually rest him some. Edit: and before anyone hops on this to note 2020 is a short sample, I called it before the season started. I said the best thing about 2020 will be that it means only first half Salvy and that is what we got. So it wasn't exactly an unforeseeable fluke.
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We shouldn't have to suffer through wretched posting in the name of tradition, we need designated posters so no one ever has to read another PFC post.
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Grittybeard posted:This reminds me of the Greinke story when he first got to spring training with the Royals he asked them if they wanted him to throw hard, like 'I can throw hard if you want me to.' It's always been interpreted as him being smart about not overthrowing. I know everyone has their favorite Grienke story, but in case it hasn't been shared in awhile: Mike Jirscle tells this story about telling Zack he was being called up and he pulls him into his office and tells him hey, the Royals are calling you up. Congrats. I'm really proud of you, etc. And Grienke just kind of sits there and goes well I was thinking, could we ask them to send me back down to try shortstop? I think I'd be pretty good. Start me in Single-A and I'll work my way up. And Jirscle is like what are you talking about? You're going to the bugs. This is the dream! And Zack sits there a second and goes. Oh. Okay.
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Slimy Hog posted:Can I get more news and fewer views please? Here's your news, Michael A Taylor is balling out like his life literally depends on it. Two outfield assists. Two homeruns. Nuts.
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Apr 3, 2021 23:11
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It's dumb, but it's also super expected. The ump ejected Nick. The league isn't about to publicly disagree with the ump's call. Someone has to be suspended and only one guy got ejected. The wrong guy imo, but once that initial mistake was made this was the only possible result really.
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A couple years ago Ben Clemens wrote a piece about Greinke I found really interesting: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/zack-greinke-junk-merchant/ It's about the tight wire act balancing risking walks versus risking extra base hits. Old man Greinke is so fascinating to me. A young dominant arm is certainly aesthetically pleasing, but there is just something magical about an old vet relying on their wiles to get by.
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Apr 7, 2021 00:54
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Besides conditioning, pitchers are also taller than they were when the sport was codified, and prioritize extension much more than when the sport was codified. So, in a sense, the mound has already moved forward. I don't see any relevant difference between changing the height of the mound and changing the distance.
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Apr 14, 2021 19:23
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Lmfao, the insurrection caucus is threatening the antitrust exemption again. Do it Josh, I know you won't.
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Apr 14, 2021 19:49
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bawfuls posted:Meanwhile, here is the actual issue: strikeouts Thank you for this, I didn't realize that it was pretty much only strikeouts that are the problem. Homers may be up but they are such a little blip relatively.
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Apr 14, 2021 21:45
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Your theory concerning the trend in the 60s reveals the true answer to our problem. Give us 6 (!) more teams. Dilute that talent pool baby.
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Apr 14, 2021 22:14
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Hope Manfred has been paying attention to Blaseball cause they have some good ideas. Give us big buckets. Let hitters bat again if they hit a home run. Add a base. loving murder a player every once in while to keep the team on their toes.
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Apr 14, 2021 22:18
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more falafel please posted:With all the weird poo poo in Spring Training this year, they came dangerously close to inventing the Shame rule, and I definitely want that. OG baseball had the shame rule! I learned that from Effectively Wild. But yes, bring that poo poo back for sure.
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Apr 14, 2021 22:26
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Chamuska posted:****** That was just an excuse for them to watch the chips get demolished in slow mo "Pretty sure it smashed some dude's plate, fuckin hilarious. Stop the game real quick so you can see it dude."
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Apr 16, 2021 01:12
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Who is currently the king leftballer in the majors? Is it Chafin or does he throw too hard to be a true leftballer?
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Apr 21, 2021 22:21
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habeasdorkus posted:ERA+ is affected a lot by era. One reason why Unit and Pedro have such ridiculous ERA+ peaks is that they were pitching in a very high run scoring environment - Randy's 2.48 ERA from 1999-2002 is a 187 ERA+ while Tom Seaver from 1968-1972 had a 2.25 ERA that "only" went for a 157 ERA+. I mean... it's adjusted for run environment. What it isn't adjusted for is the depth of the talent pool. So I don't think it is so much that 145 in a 5 run environment is less than 145 in a 3 run environment so much as it is a 145 immediately after expansion is less impressive that 145 when the talent pool is less diluted. No?
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Apr 24, 2021 22:59
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GalacticAcid posted:That Bryce hbp....jesus Yeah terrifying. gently caress. He's been so good this year too! Goddamn. I hope he's okay and I hope this doesn't get in his head. Cause like... loving hell. Edit: crazy to see the three batter minimum rule turn into a legit safety concern there too. alpha_destroy fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Apr 29, 2021 |
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Should he? IMO absolutely. So the one aspect of the ineligible list anyone actually cares about isn't being enforced. Cool
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I'm a big dummy that didn't know anything about any of this Alomar stuff and now really regret using his card in the Show. Whoever that pedophile Pirates closer was, literally can't remember his name, pretty sure SDS nuked his diamond card from orbit because, sigh, once again I was leaning on that card until the allegations happened (and then SDS rightly nuked him). Anyway, I wonder is SDS will do the same here. Edit: I need to stop playing DD, maybe that will keep people from being predators. That's how it works, right?
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