Around Baseball 2014

[BTS]

Chris Cotillo should be ashamed of what he started.

[L54]

Royals To Re-Sign Luke Hochevar

 

Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS · 3h 3 hours ago

luke hochevar signs FA deal back with royals: $10M, 2 years. kc enhances baseball's best pen. http://cbsprt.co/1AfhzNl

[GreekFatAss]

Royals To Re-Sign Luke Hochevar

 

Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS · 3h 3 hours ago

luke hochevar signs FA deal back with royals: $10M, 2 years. kc enhances baseball's best pen. http://cbsprt.co/1AfhzNl

 

Why would he go there where he will have a limited role and why would a team on a budget continue to load up on relievers?

[BTS]

They are literally the one team who would have benefited the least from signing Hochevar. Of course they don't understand that.

 

I think they're trading Holland or Davis. Probably Holland.

[GD]

I think they're trading Holland or Davis. Probably Holland.

 

I feel like trading Davis would be better.

[L54]

I feel like trading Davis would be better.

 

Either Davis or Holland could probably fetch them a nice return.

 

Don't you think Holland has more perceived value since he's a "closer"?

[jaysfan2014]

2014 Teflon Glove Awards (by CBSSports.com) are out, and former Jay Travis D'Arnaud ranked as worst defensive catcher.. good thing we have Russell Martin here in Toronto now! HanRam ranked as worst SS.. which explains why Boston is putting him in LF, which he will likely be as bad.. look at his awful D at SS and 3B in the past! Sadly, Drew Hutchison made the list..

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24862616/the-2014-teflon-glove-awards-for-worst-defensive-players-in-mlb

[burlingtonbandit]

2014 Teflon Glove Awards (by CBSSports.com) are out, and former Jay Travis D'Arnaud ranked as worst defensive catcher.. good thing we have Russell Martin here in Toronto now! HanRam ranked as worst SS.. which explains why Boston is putting him in LF, which he will likely be as bad.. look at his awful D at SS and 3B in the past! Sadly, Drew Hutchison made the list..

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24862616/the-2014-teflon-glove-awards-for-worst-defensive-players-in-mlb

 

d'Arnaud is a great framer though so it evens out the bad parts of his defensive game.

[jaysfan2014]

d'Arnaud is a great framer though so it evens out the bad parts of his defensive game.

 

True, but his defense is going to have to improve. Kevin Plawecki is expected to be in AAA next year, and is going to push D'Arnaud for the starting job, and projects to hit better than Travis d'Arnaud. Either d'Arnaud needs to improve his throwing and defense, or he will be moved from C.

[King]

Torii Hunter just had a pretty interesting first press conference with the Twins......

 

Aaron Gleeman ‏@AaronGleeman 13m13 minutes ago

Torii Hunter just called Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press a "prick" when he asked about Hunter's past quotes on gay marriage.

 

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 24m24 minutes ago

9-time gold glove winner torii hunter on OF metrics: "theres no way to measure playing the OF, only your eyes can do that."

[Angrioter]

Torii Hunter just had a pretty interesting first press conference with the Twins......

 

Aaron Gleeman ‏@AaronGleeman 13m13 minutes ago

Torii Hunter just called Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press a "prick" when he asked about Hunter's past quotes on gay marriage.

 

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 24m24 minutes ago

9-time gold glove winner torii hunter on OF metrics: "theres no way to measure playing the OF, only your eyes can do that."

 

 

....and my eyes say "Torii, you suxx"

[Spoonovic]

Torii Hunter just had a pretty interesting first press conference with the Twins......

 

Aaron Gleeman ‏@AaronGleeman 13m13 minutes ago

Torii Hunter just called Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press a "prick" when he asked about Hunter's past quotes on gay marriage.

 

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 24m24 minutes ago

9-time gold glove winner torii hunter on OF metrics: "theres no way to measure playing the OF, only your eyes can do that."

 

Thanks for the laughs.

[L54]

Anyone know where to find how to calculate WAR incorporating to include pitch framing? Or at least what amount of runs saved equals "x" amount of WAR?

[baseballsss]

I think its yes, easily.

 

clearly

[L54]

A win was 9.117 runs in 2014: http://www.fangraphs.com/guts.aspx?type=cn

You can just add the runs on to WAR since the total net across the league is 0.

 

Thanks JFaS, appreciate it.

[GD]

Anyone know where to find how to calculate WAR incorporating to include pitch framing? Or at least what amount of runs saved equals "x" amount of WAR?

 

Yup! It's under Fangraphs' Guts! section.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/guts.aspx?type=cn

 

The quick calculation is just take Framing Runs Added, divide it by R/W (runs per win), and add it to the existing WAR.

[GD]

A win was 9.117 runs in 2014: http://www.fangraphs.com/guts.aspx?type=cn

You can just add the runs on to WAR since the total net across the league is 0.

 

f***ing cyborgs showing me up.

[L54]

Yup! It's under Fangraphs' Guts! section.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/guts.aspx?type=cn

 

The quick calculation is just take Framing Runs Added, divide it by R/W (runs per win), and add it to the existing WAR.

 

Thanks to you too, Gordie

[L54]

I'm new to all of the catcher stuff, but was Martin worth ~1.3 "extra" WAR last year?

[King]

Jake Wesley MLB @mlb_nl_al · 1h 1 hour ago

In approximately 30 minutes I will be releasing a video regarding today's updates, my credibility, and other concerns developed recently.

 

Jake Wesley speaks out

 

 

Sounds like he's crying.

[King]

Cringe worthy.

[GD]

I'm new to all of the catcher stuff, but was Martin worth ~1.3 "extra" WAR last year?

 

Sounds about right. Plus game calling, maybe.

[L54]

Jake Wesley MLB @mlb_nl_al · 1h 1 hour ago

In approximately 30 minutes I will be releasing a video regarding today's updates, my credibility, and other concerns developed recently.

 

Jake Wesley speaks out

 

 

Sounds like he's crying.

 

LOL, gold

 

basically says nothing. Shys away from saying anything of substance. Might as well just sit on your computer and retweet everything any reporter puts out there.

[L54]

LOL at all of this. Is this the kid who is 14??

 

Talks about Matt Kemp being traded and that it was "close". Cole Hamels was "close". Then goes on to say it involved prospects, and the only name he says is Pederson. Well no s*** Sherlock.

[L54]

Cringe worthy.

 

Ya this is really bad. He should just stop.

[King]

LOL at all of this. Is this the kid who is 14??

 

Talks about Matt Kemp being traded and that it was "close". Cole Hamels was "close". Then goes on to say it involved prospects, and the only name he says is Pederson. Well no s*** Sherlock.

 

Last night, that Rodriguez guy tweeted saying "Hamels + Bastardo have been traded to the Dodgers for Pederson and Zach Lee", thats what he was referring to.

[LongTimeReader]

I'm new to all of the catcher stuff, but was Martin worth ~1.3 "extra" WAR last year?

 

It's actually closer to ~1.8 extra WAR

[L54]

Last night, that Rodriguez guy tweeted saying "Hamels + Bastardo have been traded to the Dodgers for Pederson and Zach Lee", thats what he was referring to.

 

Ya, but he's acting like he actually had some inside source that still allows him to verifty that it was, indeed close.

 

Same kid who said the Jays overpaid for Donaldson IIRC

[L54]

It's actually closer to ~1.8 extra WAR

 

This may be extremely simple, but I'm not ashamed to ask because I want to know how to do this. Learn it the correct way the first time, and I'll never have to ask again. How did you calculate that?

[LongTimeReader]

This may be extremely simple, but I'm not ashamed to ask because I want to know how to do this. Learn it the correct way the first time, and I'll never have to ask again. How did you calculate that?

 

Well according to BP he added (saved) '19.3' runs via pitch framing in 2014, so 19.3 / 9.117 = 2.1 WAR.

 

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/sortable/index.php?cid=1667331

 

But I was actually looking at his total receiving runs (not just pitch framing) according to his BP page which is 17.2... which works out to be 1.88 WAR

 

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/card/card.php?id=45447