TheHurl
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Are you kidding he's Mexican and 28...obviously about to be the next Bautistnacion.
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Thinking about their 50 hours off. Probably the only time all year they will have that. tonight is going to be a drunkfest.
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.270/.357/.405 in 50 minor league PA's too.
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Archer talked about how pumped he was to be facing King Felix...he's rolling right now.
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Lonnie Chisenhall having another one of those days. streakiest hitter in the game.
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That has to be seriously awful
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If only they had Fielding Independent Pitching stats
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Devastating to the mentally weak Jays?
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Don't the war room know that the longer they f***ing well take the more we have to hear Buck and Pat talk. Hurry the f*** up!
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Aw Shucks
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Indians players and coaches have all shaved their head now in support of Mike Aviles, who's 4 year old daughter has leukemia.
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I knew that Cain would be the sample, and he always is in the Anti-FIP (or DIPS) argument. In the end his FIP and ERA are 0.33 apart (and this is one of the biggest examples over that much of a sample size). He has outperformed his xFIP by quite a bit. Is FIP perfect...absolutely not at all. NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT PART...are most of the people talking about Sanchez needing a change to be successful, using FIP or xFIP as their reasoning for him not being successful if his current numbers don't change. ABSOLUTELY NOT. My biggest argument is that all of the pitchers that have had a successful (or successfulish) career with a low swinging strike percentage, have a lower than average BB rate. That's just one thing. Cherry picking any one stat is a bad way to evaluate. In Sanchez's case there are several red flags, as well as some major pluses (his velocity notably) about his current repertoire.
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It's actually not that bad of a comparison. Halladay had unsustainable good ERA numbers as a rookie. He started to pitch closer to his projections. Got sent down, learned a new pitch and came back much better. Difference being the numbers prior to the debut. No one is saying that Sanchez can't be an elite pitcher...just something has to change.
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Exactly, it's much safer to assume that Sanchez will keep throwing exactly as he has, and his numbers will remain the same. Why look at history when this is the guy that will be the first.
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interesting trade idea: Carlos Gomez
TheHurl replied to TilsonBritoFan's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I am just skimming through (because most of you are tough to stomach and I am eating) and I would like to point out that the AL East is weak. Even if Sanchez regresses, Norris had some pretty nice projections and there will be available pitchers to trade for that are rentals and won't cost a top spect. Expect improvements from the top 3 atarters. So if Gomez is available for Pompey (and I don't think he is) you have to consider it -
Also to be noted about Boyd is that he does not get many Ground Balls (34% in his MILB career and 25% this year) and he's played in homer friendly parks to date. Not to take away from the success he's had but Buffalo will be a test.
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Different league too though. One has a spotted history...but has changed orgs now too. It is good to see him pitching better though. Boyd has been pretty consistent with most of his numbers. And he's a lefty which makes his reliever prospects better (increases his likelihood of making the majors). Any time someone outside of an orgs top 10 puts up great numbers they will be scrutinized closely. Any hiccup for Boyd and he'll be right back out of the picture.
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I haven't looked closely at the numbers in the past three starts...but has anything changed in the peripherals? More swinging strikes, better velocity, greater number of first pitch strikes, throwing a new pitch or just pitch frequency. If nothing has changed it can be assumed that there will still be some concerns. If something has changed it could be a great sign.
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Enough with the niceties...why don't form a three way with Min and the tied-up and held against his will BTS.
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There was some kind of a deal likely cut to get him to leave Ole Miss in the middle of an undefeated season, even if he wasn't starting. If you are going to call him up in September or give him a chance to compete for a job in Spring as part of a deal...then you want to give him at least half a season in AA.
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Nats using an old war tactic on opponents. The best part is that some Phillies are getting upset. Should play some Celine for Frenchy.
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I thought he was safe when I watched it
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A week of Joey Butler isn't going to kill the Rays.
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completely willing to admit I was likely wrong on Osuna. If he gains weight I reserve the right to turn against him though.
