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[GD]

Baserunning counts as "offensive" though. Of course it does.

 

But Miggy really hasn't been much better with the bat anyway: It's a 178-171 wRC+ differential.

 

I'm not saying I agree, I'm saying that that might be his thought process.

 

7% isn't insignificant.

[NorthOf49]

I'm not saying I agree, I'm saying that that might be his thought process.

 

7% isn't insignificant.

It's not 7%, it's seven percentage points of a different scale. 178 is 4% more than 171. It's the same as a 104 vs. 100 wRC+, which is pretty insignificant.

 

At any rate, it's not the "understatement of the night" as Schulman said.

[Jays]

The Sunday night baseball team PRAISING Dombrowski for the Fister trade! "He knows what he's doing" -Shulman

[GD]

The Sunday night baseball team PRAISING Dombrowski for the Fister trade! "He knows what he's doing" -Shulman

 

I thought Schulman was smart

[Jays]

I thought Schulman was smart

 

He said Porcello is having a break out season this year because he's 7-1.

[Convo]

And in other news, Mike Trout leads majors in SO's... on pace for 200+

[NorthOf49]

He said Porcello is having a break out season this year because he's 7-1.

lol. Wrong process, right result. Although it's really a breakout calendar year for Porcello -- he's 10th among qualifier in xFIP- over the past year. 16th in fWAR.

[NorthOf49]

I'm surprised you haven't dug up Dinger's posts from the DDL thread.

You wouldn't believe who I dropped for Porcello. It's embarrassing yet entirely defensible.

[NorthOf49]

Who?!

The #15 in fWAR over the past calendar year guy, Corey Kluber. They're literally back-to-back in that department and are the two biggest breakout stories of the past year.

 

I had picked Kluber up four days prior for a spot start, the Indians were promoting him for a double-header. I actually had both pitchers in that game, having picked up Will Smith (who I dropped Joe Kelly for) since I was chasing wins. Didn't think anything of discarding him lol.

[NorthOf49]

Meh. Nobody could have known about Kluber.

Sure, but it's crazy how good Kluber's been! And he was nails in the start he made for me.

 

It's neat nonetheless. I unknowingly dropped one #2 starter for another.

[GD]

Aww, North discovered the splits -> calendar year feature on fangraphs leaderboards.

[NorthOf49]

Aww, North discovered the splits -> calendar year feature on fangraphs leaderboards.

Your boy Garrett Richards is #20 among starters in FIP over the past calendar year. I dropped him in DDL last June.

[ElNik2013]

I don't think it'll be a Happy game on Tuesday. Them Red Sox got swept by them Tigers. They be pissed.

[Fearthedoc]

Your boy Garrett Richards is #20 among starters in FIP over the past calendar year. I dropped him in DDL last June.

 

I wish I could have both Richards and Kluber right now.

[jays4life19]

No work today and only 5 baseball games. No AL east teams are playing. First game doesn't start untill 7pm. s*****.

[flafson]

No work today and only 5 baseball games. No AL east teams are playing. First game doesn't start untill 7pm. s*****.

 

Canadian day off, that's why.

I'm surprised we aren't playing today.

[jaysfan2014]

Not really (.249/.349/.396) vs Lefties compared to (.240/.321/.365) vs. Righties. Boston's offense is 3rd worst in the AL, just ahead of Houston and Seattle. That 10-4 record vs. lefties just doesn't convince me. Also, Boston has yet to crack double-digits in runs this season.

 

The best thing for the Jays to do vs. Doubront tomorrow is to DH Kratz and have Navarro catching, and have Lawrie at 3B and Tolleson at 2B.

[GD]

Ricky Romero has a 6.58 FIP in AAA. Whelp. Meanwhile Tulowitzki, picked one spot behind, has 4.0 WAR already before May 20.

 

Hey, shut up.

[Fearthedoc]

Ricky Romero has a 6.58 FIP in AAA. Whelp. Meanwhile Tulowitzki, picked one spot behind, has 4.0 WAR already before May 20.

 

Good thing we had stud SSOTF Russ Adams to help cushion this blow.

[kgm1]

Those days are long gone and better forgotten . Riccardi had drafted Adams and Hill then decided he needed to draft the holes rather than the best player available. He wanted to clone what Oakland had done drafting college LHed pitching.

 

Take a long look at his drafts 2002 thru 2008 . What a f***ing disaster. Almost everyone screaming for AA,s head but most were too young to remember the crap the farm produced during those lean, hell vacant years. I get slaughterd on this site for my support of AA but just look at that s*** that JPR drafted.

[kgm1]

Yankees age starting to show again in DL stints . CC gone till July with his knee and Beltran heade to see Andrews about his elbow. Teams are really coming down to our level.

 

Ferin and Duquette on MLB radio agree this is a very weak division and not good teams with parity.

[ElNik2013]

Sanchez tonight: 5IP, 2H, 1ER, 4BB (1 IBB), 6K. 92 pitches thrown so he's done for the night.

[ElNik2013]

Jesus. The disaster continues.

 

 

 

This is how it's gonna be, period. He'll make it to AAA with this BB/K%. Heck, he'll make MLB like this. It is what it is, not much to be said.

[ElNik2013]

I'm worried that his ERA will earn him a mid-season promotion to Buffalo.

 

 

I was worried Buck's opinion during ST that he was MLB ready would influence the FO and he'd start with the big club. Thankfully, there's still a bit of hope.

[connorp]

Sanchez will prob be like a Jarred Cosart? Hopefully he can end this year in the bigs with a fluke ERA to help Jays down the stretch:)

[AngryBird]

Fangraphs' projections have us tied with the Yankees for the AL East title at 84 wins.

 

 

The Bobcat has been saying for months that Sanchez not being up and in the rotation is inexcusable.

 

I have such a hard time believing 84 wins takes it, that has never happened in the history of this division. Someone is bound to go on a run eventually.

[jayswin11]

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=452560

[NorthOf49]

I have such a hard time believing 84 wins takes it, that has never happened in the history of this division. Someone is bound to go on a run eventually.

84 won't take it, but you can't realistically project any of the teams individually to win over 84. Seven wins represents one standard deviation of random chance; it's realistic to expect one of the five teams (who average 82 by Fangraphs) to get that and win 89 or more.

 

Also, I mis-typed: It's actually the Red Sox they have us tied at 84 with.

[kgm1]

Sanchez tonight: 5IP, 2H, 1ER, 4BB (1 IBB), 6K. 92 pitches thrown so he's done for the night.

 

Starting to look like a reliever but is still young enough to turn it around. Garret Richards has walked 20 in 52 innings. Randy Johnson had 4 seasons of between 5 and 6 BB/9 so while it is bad there is hope.

[Convo]

Fangraphs' projections have us tied with the Yankees for the AL East title at 84 wins.

 

Does Fangraphs projections formula take into account our moron GM?