A Very Darrelly Dynasty League

[Dr. Dinger]

Also, it's gauche to talk down a player you clearly tried to trade for very recently.

[The Cats Ass]

Meh, he came up as a starter and pitched over 100 innings 3 times in his minor league career. Why should I be so concerned with a reliever who throws 85-90 IP per year rather than an ostensibly durable starter who throws 180-200 IP? The guy is built like a power forward. He is used exactly how an elite reliever should be used.

 

Used just like Eric Gagne.

[Laika]

Meh, he came up as a starter and pitched over 100 innings 3 times in his minor league career. Why should I be so concerned with a reliever who throws 85-90 IP per year rather than an ostensibly durable starter who throws 180-200 IP? I don't buy that. He is used exactly how an elite reliever should be used.

 

Reliever abuse typically comes from pitching on back to back days, getting hot multiple times in a game, etc. Stuff like that that impedes the body's recovery process after the stress of pitching. So it's not wholly relevant that he's pitched a lot of innings before as a starter, a role in which usage is highly regulated and recovery is scheduled.

[Laika]

Also, it's gauche to talk down a player you clearly tried to trade for very recently.

 

I haven't had any Betances discussions! Ask BTS.

 

I was thinking about offering Gordon but wasn't sure. I figured I'd ask the experts. Unfortunately, none of them have responded...

[Dr. Dinger]

Used just like Eric Gagne.

 

All pitchers break. Eric Gagne was a straight-up god, steroids or not.

[Dr. Dinger]

I haven't had any Betances discussions! Ask BTS.

 

I was thinking about offering Gordon but wasn't sure. I figured I'd ask the experts. Unfortunately, none of them have responded...

 

I don't think Gordon fits BTS' needs at all. BTS is retooling on the fly and leaning young with an eye on sustainable competitiveness without selling out for the near future. Carlos Rodon would be a much more desirable asset for a team in his situation.

[Laika]

Used just like Eric Gagne.

 

Seriously, how the hell is Gagne not at the top of Betances' "similarity scores" on BR?

[Dr. Dinger]

Reliever abuse typically comes from pitching on back to back days, getting hot multiple times in a game, etc. Stuff like that that impedes the body's recovery process after the stress of pitching. So it's not wholly relevant that he's pitched a lot of innings before as a starter, a role in which usage is highly regulated and recovery is scheduled.

 

That is spurious conjecture.

[The Cats Ass]

All pitchers break. Eric Gagne was a straight-up god, steroids or not.

 

He was. He was also brought up as a starter, so you'd think pitching 80+ innings in relief should be nothing. After 3 years of it he broke though. At the ripe old age of 29.

[BTS]

I don't think Gordon fits BTS' needs at all. BTS is retooling on the fly and leaning young with an eye on sustainable competitiveness without selling out for the near future. Carlos Rodon would be a much more desirable asset for a team in his situation.

 

Indeed.

[Laika]

I don't think Gordon fits BTS' needs at all. BTS is retooling on the fly and leaning young with an eye on sustainable competitiveness without selling out for the near future. Carlos Rodon would be a much more desirable asset for a team in his situation.

 

True, BTS loves massive 4.6BB/9 walk rates

[Dr. Dinger]

He was. He was also brought up as a starter, so you'd think pitching 80+ innings in relief should be nothing. After 3 years of it he broke though. At the ripe old age of 29.

 

Yep. Therefore all pitchers will break after 3 years of throwing 80+ innings. Hypothesis proven.

 

Also, all Muslims are terrorists.

[Dr. Dinger]

True, BTS loves massive 4.6BB/9 walk rates

 

Walks aren't a category. K/BB is a category, and Betances' K/BB is above average.

 

Edit: Oh you mean Rodon. f*** you.

[The Cats Ass]

Also, all Muslims are terrorists.

 

Woah there Mr Trump.

[Dr. Dinger]

Rodon's 1st half BB rate was 5.56, 2nd half was 3.70. He had some early jitters and then really settled in and was a boss down the stretch. 2.1 WAR in 140 IP as a rookie starter is nothing to scoff at.

[Dr. Dinger]

Woah there Mr Trump.

 

I'm only going to tell you this one more f***ing time: it's WHOA, not woah!

[The Cats Ass]

Rodon's 1st half BB rate was 5.56, 2nd half was 3.70. He had some early jitters and then really settled in and was a boss down the stretch. 2.1 WAR in 140 IP as a rookie starter is nothing to scoff at.

 

I'd trade one of my OFers in a deal for him.

[Laika]

That is spurious conjecture.

 

Nope.

 

"Most alarming was the finding that a pitcher who regularly pitched with his arm fatigued was 36 times as likely to be in the surgery group (odds ratio = 36.18)"

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3435945/

[The Cats Ass]

I'm only going to tell you this one more f***ing time: it's WHOA, not woah!

 

Pretty sure I've never been told this. And besides, who has time to sound things out.

[Dr. Dinger]

Nope.

 

"Most alarming was the finding that a pitcher who regularly pitched with his arm fatigued was 36 times as likely to be in the surgery group (odds ratio = 36.18)"

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3435945/

 

I play dodgeball once a week and my arm usually hurts for like 2-3 days after, maybe you're right. Then again I'm 30 and not a well-conditioned athlete.

[Dr. Dinger]

Pretty sure I've never been told this. And besides, who has time to sound things out.

 

I feel like sounding it out is how you misspelled it in the first place.

[The Cats Ass]

I play dodgeball once a week and my arm usually hurts for like 2-3 days after, maybe you're right. Then again I'm 30 and not a well-conditioned athlete.

 

If you wanna save your dodgeball career you should probably get some surgery done on that.

[Dr. Dinger]

I'd trade one of my OFers in a deal for him.

 

You're one of the few people in the league who rightly see Rodon's upside and have repeatedly tried to buy in before he breaks out. Kudos. I don't really see Adam Jones/Carlos Gomez as a big enough upgrade on Jacoby Ellsbury to do that though.

[Dr. Dinger]

If you wanna save your dodgeball career you should probably get some surgery done on that.

 

I actually tore my rotator cuff or popped a capsule or something playing flag football with Nox and Hurl, which nearly ended my dodgeball career. I couldn't sleep on my right shoulder for almost 2 years.

[BTS]

I was looking over projections the other day and couldn't help but notice the similarity between Adam Jones and Mark Trumbo.

[The Cats Ass]

I feel like sounding it out is how you misspelled it in the first place.

 

Everytime I see Whoa I imagine a bunch of soldiers yelling it. But I know what they yell is spelt different.

[The Cats Ass]

I actually tore my rotator cuff or popped a capsule or something playing flag football with Nox and Hurl, which nearly ended my dodgeball career. I couldn't sleep on my right shoulder for almost 2 years.

 

Might soon be time to retire then while you're still on time. Better to burn out then to fade away.

[Dr. Dinger]

Everytime I see Whoa I imagine a bunch of soldiers yelling it. But I know what they yell is spelt different.

 

Now you're just trolling me.

[z3r0s]

Trade Rodon to me Dinger. I've been missing him since I sold in LOD.

[Dr. Dinger]

Might soon be time to retire then while you're still on time. Better to burn out then to fade away.

 

Helllllllllll no. I'm a 65 OFP rec league dodgeballer.