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baubau FCL Blue Jays

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No worries guys, I am just yanking your chain. The article itself was solid and I'll read the most recent one you posted later GD. :)
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Interesting how Canadians have done so well. I wonder what that means for Naylor, Soroka, Demi, Gordon and Senior.
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Interesting how Canadians have done so well. I wonder what that means for Naylor, Soroka, Demi, Gordon and Senior.

 

Hard to say. Could simply mean the negative selection bias is waning.

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Excellent articles. Great to see a recap of watching a game, mixed with some of the more fundamental advanced stats.
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Contrary to popular belief, the Breaking Blue writers do not, in fact, watch baseball games on spreadsheets. :)
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I think it's really a shame that idea has any traction. You guys don't pay for MLB.tv just to ignore it.
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Your refusal to admit that each of us watches just as much as, if not more baseball, than the majority of people even though we like stats is pretty hilarious.
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Your refusal to admit that each of us watches just as much as, if not more baseball, than the majority of people even though we like stats is pretty hilarious.

 

Until you start scouting players from the Radio you aint f***ing nothing

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Daniel Labude

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Your refusal to admit that each of us watches just as much as, if not more baseball, than the majority of people even though we like stats is pretty hilarious.

 

Dude, I never said any of that. Are you 5 yrs old and can't take a joke

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Until you start scouting players from the Radio you aint f***ing nothing

 

Do I have to start a bug collection too?

 

We miss you Grant :(((

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LTBF clearly only watches the Blue Jays. How the f*** does he have any right to say anything?

 

Christ, put that idiot on ignore already. He never says anything worthwhile.

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Bautista's xOBP is pretty low, do you know why?

 

Said I expect a breakout from Smoak the whole time. I really, really hope they start playing him regularly. Honestly, he could be a legitimate replacement for EE if they needed to trade him before his contract expires next year. I would sign Smoak to a reasonable extension immediately and let him run with our 1B job for the next few years.

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Trading EE and extending Smoak an extra year or two at cheap makes a lot of sense, especially if Gibbons continue to insist on Navarro DH sometimes. Call up Pompey and have Colabello and Navarro for DH duties.
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The only things I can think of at the moment would be to incorporate something like foul%, or possibly better but probably requiring your own pitchfx database would be something incorporating pitchfx's nasty factor for balls in the zone. I would assume (without checking) that pitchers are a lot more careful pitching to Bautista than most other batters, and would tend to nibble more. Balls placed well would be a lot harder to put into play, and would probably result in more foul balls and deeper counts, which would lead to a higher than expected walk rate.

 

The other thing to note could be pitch type. Bautista only sees 51% fastballs this year for example, compared to someone like EE who sees 59% or the league average of 57.3%. The league average fastball velocity is also almost a full mph slower than the average Bautista sees.

 

I was thinking about edge%, re: your comment on nibbling.

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Hey guys,

 

Wondering about potentially adding more writers to this. With North and I both very busy it's quite difficult to shoulder the load ourselves, so we'd be interested in hearing from you guys. We'd be looking for very active, committed writers who have an open mind and lots to say. :)

 

You can PM North or I to express your interest. North is dumn though js. I won't be here for the next week (I get back right after the trade deadline! booooo) but I'll be sure to get back to you as soon as I do receive your message.

 

I've always wondered if it would be practical to take some of the discussion here and edit it into phony round table pieces. Some of the best and most statistically sound analysis of things Blue Jays related happens here and basically gets lost to the ether. I think transforming some of that into blog pieces was sort of what admin had in mind in the first place but the problem has been developing a mechanism to do consistently and effectively. There's some good stuff here between the trolling and flaming. Would be nice to tidy it up and deliver it to the world.

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We're very, very interested in adding someone who would like to write up breaking news, game previews, game recaps and the like. Mainly breaking news. Obviously wouldn't turn down any analysis, either.
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