Abomination

Well, the numbers produced by MLBAM will be used to create the data sets used in the new metrics, so it's not really about testing them. What could be a REALLY interesting side note is to also see some of the improvement in offensive stats and predictions the new data can produce, such as a proper speed index which could possibly be used to more accurately predict aging. We could also see BABIP be eliminated (and it's about time).

No, they're on the cusp of actually becoming pretty damn accurate. It'll be interesting to see how (or if) things change for some guys like Hech where what we see doesn't match with the numbers.

I think I remember him looking horrible last spring too early on (not sure what the results were). Guess he just takes a little while to lock in.

As I said, Stroman was apparently in the 170ish innings range last year between the minors, afl, and extended spring. He should be fine for over 200 this year. I do NOT want to see both Happ AND Rogers in the rotation to start the year! I'd rather see neither.

Apparently the Mariners now want to deal for Viciedo. Someone needs to tell them that acquiring boatloads of players who can't play defense is NOT exploiting a market inefficiency!

If people are running anything other than Chrome or Firefox, they need to switch imo.

There seems to be a big effort from the players to really support Romero this spring. Hopefully it works.

It's interesting from Lind. AA has said neither pitcher will be on an innings count, although Hutch probably should be. Stroman last year apparently had the equivalent of around 170ish so should be fine. Regarding Romero, if he can throw strikes he should absolutely be in the rotation - but he has to throw strikes.

People might find this rather amusing: http://grantland.com/features/the-nhls-top-secret-trade-request-application/

Yes, I was watching the game. He made some massive saves later though at least.

I'm sure they were looking, but I don't see it happening. What the hell would they even offer that might fit for us going forward (unless it was Gardner)?

Looks like low BB will be a key for him. He really struggled with that in the minors and briefly in the majors. Hopefully he has that sorted out.

How well did he pitch in the DWL?

Hard to complain about a 1 year deal. I don't particularly want him overall, but I'd easily take him over Happ.

We can throw in Romero

The Mariners are probably the best fit for him by far.

Morales is a 1 - 1.5 WAR player who turned down the QO at 14M. He's probably worth under 10M (although teams tend to pay a little more for power). Drew and Santana both seem to have some medicals that have scared everyone away. I mean heck, even the Yankees with massive holes on the infield won't touch Drew.

Studying makes almost all university questions pretty easy.

I believe this is in my proposed changes for the BBDL

I think pretty much everyone did, but I'm not positive.

Probably shouldn't quote the post containing it either lol

Some interesting things: 1) When talking about 2nd base depth, he kind of talks up Diaz and Getz more than Kawasaki. Might be more that they've surprised him though. 2) Sounds like he'll likely deal some out of options guys in the last few days of camp. 3) Neither Stroman or Hutch have any innings limits. Said Stroman threw 126 + 25 fall league + extended spring (probably another 25 to 30). 4) Says Jenkins has looked very good with increased velocity. 5) Apparently quite happy to get Dan Johnson (one of the FO guys has been pushing to get him for years).

Why don't you guys just allow people to move guys to the NA/DL slots and continue the draft in the original order until those extra vacancies are full? Then you can do whatever and there won't be a mad dash to add people, etc.

From my admittedly smaller sample, it actually seems like power as a whole may decline, but not home runs. The decline comes from doubles and especially triples (probably related to the decline in speed).

I posted a chart before, but here's the raw data (this was just a spreadsheet test of some vba code, which is why it's so raw). I believe JFaS found something similar. The sample size is a little small on the tail ends, but like I said it was just a quick dirty test that was unusually interesting to look at. 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