GD

jesus christ lol

It's really fun though lol

Bautista- 1 Point- Dylan, JaysAllMighty,baseballsss, GD Edwin - 1 Point- Wilko Colby "f***in" Rasmus - 1 Point- Francisco - 1 Points- Lind - 1 Points- Deadpool, Angrioter Lawrie - 2 Points- Melky - 2 Points- flafson Reyes - 3 Points- Navarro - 5 Points- Kratz - 5 Points- Thole - 8 Points-Atothe Tolleson - 8 Points- Getz - 9 Points-

Yeah, the same Anthony Gose that's 40% better on offense than Ryan Goins

At this sample size, they cannot be taken to have significant meaning. They don't back any position up. This is what I'm trying to get through to you. Saber guys know that the sample size is small, and believe it or not, we actually watch games. f***ing shock, right? It's very apparent that Gose is an incredible defensive OF. The statistics behind that are irrelevant until the sample size increases and should not be brought up as they don't defend or argue one specific position yet. Same problems as Goins last year. The defensive stats were in a horribly small sample, but the quality of his defense was apparent from merely watching. And when we get the extended sample size (hopefully for Gose and not Goins), we'll be able to use them to back someone up.

And yet he's still better than Goins. You missed my point entirely. You quoted defensive statistics in a small sample size. Not even a full season.

See also: Manaea, Sean; Sale, Chris

lol @ AAA

LOL @ quoting an 803 inning sample size over multiple seasons when defensive stats don't stabilize anywhere near that

yo you dissin ball? tryna start a scrap fam? ahlie fam run up No but actually literally nobody has any idea what you're saying.

Lawrie homered as well, right? Nice! Got BOTH of the homers tonight through contingency plans even if they don't count

Copy and paste ffs. You do this every time.

f*** this

Finally, a reason to ban Raysjays. Hopefully.

Hey man! Welcome aboard! It's.. going to suck, but uh, yeah! Go Jays! First thing I could recommend is to pick up some light reading on baseball. Give this site (link) a read. It gives you a good idea about the basics of baseball. After getting comfortable with that, I would pick up a few books like some autobiographies or novels on the sport. There are a LOT of good ones. When you're comfortable with the basics of baseball, check out Fangraphs. Here's the glossary section (link). Someone in this thread said that fangraphs isn't easy to understand for people who don't know the stuff but that's just not true. I spent a good two hours reading that site one afternoon when I had nothing to do and it explained everything for me. My view on baseball changed. Some of the stuff on fangraphs is incredible. Shameless plug: Breakingblue.ca is a great baseball blog that you should absolutely check out. Fangraphs, BlueBird Banter, Tao of Stieb, and Sportsnet all have great blogs. Buy MLB.tv. It lets you watch games anywhere, any time, for just $100. It's incredible. HD, split screen, quad screen, everything. It's great. Play some of the sport, too. I'm actually heading out for a game in an hour. It's a very fun sport to play and it'll help you learn. To answer your questions directly, some good books include: The Book - Tom Tango Moneyball - Michael Lewis Shoeless Joe - W.P. Kinsella Ball Four - Jim Bouton The Bullpen Gospels (and the two sequels) - Dirk Hayhurst I Never Had It Made - Jackie Robinson Calico Joe - John Grisham Movies: Field Of Dreams (based on Shoeless Joe) Bull Durham A League of their Own Bad News Bears The Sandlot (1 is mandatory, 2/3 are optional and terrible) The Natural Eight Men Out Pride of the Yankees Major League (1 is mandatory, 2/3 are optional and terrible) For Love of the Game Moneyball (movie form of the book) Rookie of the Year That should keep you busy. And about question 2, I guess pubs and such, and I know guys from the board often meet up, but I'm not the best person to ask lol.

I rarely, if ever see people complaining about this anymore.

I can't believe you've done this.

I've wanted him as a platoon partner with Lind for the last year.

And 4th OF.

Kratz down. f*** this front office. How many teams keep their best player at a position in the entire org in AAA?

He's a person, not just a baseball player. You don't try and f***ing injure a guy on your own team. Jesus christ.

wat

JFaS is gonna cry

Nah, just not feeling the .328 BABIP.

Fatcow, if I'm not around to make my pick, can you make it for me? I'm going Kratz if he's starting, and if not, Lawrie if he's starting, and finally, Bautista if neither are starting.