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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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Uhhhh, you might want to read what the op wrote again (not to mention taking note of the person in the thread who asked for the park factors).

I would do that in a heartbeat.

Stroman also isn't on the 40 man is he? Some value to not further adding to it until needed.

Pretty misleading, but the two biggest things I take from that is that Happ may not be 100% (let's face it, a DL stint for him might be the best possible thing for us right now), and that Dustin is feeling fantastic even though he's had trouble finding the strike zone so far (love the upper 90's stuff).

Looks like Gillis is already at the golf course rofl

Apparently Halak to Washington. Sucks for me in WTP though if he's going to be the backup.

Sportsnet seems to still indicate Moulson is in play. You sure about that?

He probably has, but on the flip side if I remember right players tend to increase their walk rate and decrease their strikeout rate as they age as well.

It seems like speed is in general the largest factor in decline for position players (although at some point players also lose bat speed). Guys like Ortiz don't get any value contribution from their wheels anyway.

I think you keep everyone we currently have who has at least 2 more arbitration years, and trade everyone else (unless they're having a really bad year and have more than 1 year of control left). I know some people will disagree on that (there's some people like Cecil and Delabar on that keep list), but the reason I say that is because I think the return they'd bring can be maximized by holding onto them a little longer. Basically it would mean trading Buehrle, Reyes, Bautista, Dickey, EE, Melky, Morrow, Lind, Rasmus, Happ, Janssen, Santos, Izzy, Navarro, McGowan, and if AA bought off a witch doctor, Romero. Cecil could be maximized by moving to the closer's role for a year, then traded at the 2015 deadline or following offseason. Do the same with Delabar but advance it a year. Someone will pay for 'dem saves.

I don't think Dickey usually has the good knuckler going until late in the pre-season. Takes him a little while to get a good feel for it (at least consistently).

It was interesting that they mentioned that they plan to throw a lot more off-speed pitches this year, and it's a point of emphasis this spring. Also said Morrow is 30 pounds heavier this year than at this point last year, and it sounds like it isn't fat that he added. Walker really speaks glowingly about Hutch and Stroman. I get the impression that they would get the #4 and #5 slots if he had his way, but AA wants to go with Happ + one of them.

Quick Alex, trade him for Lee

Canucks are taking 15% of Luongo's remaining contract (800k / year cap hit)

I really like that trade for the Canucks, especially if Florida is on the hook for the entire Luongo contract. Even better, I now have 3 starting goalies in WTP (assuming Lack is the #1 at least for the rest of this year). I might not like Luongo and Halak's numbers going forward though lol. I have to think the Canucks are doing a full rebuild. With all the injuries they've had this year and what they should be able to fetch for guys like Kesler, it's the perfect time to do it.

Yup. No risk, but lots of potential reward.

It doesn't matter how it's released. If MLB didn't want people to be able to access the XML files, they would have closed off that ability.

I expect him to be in the 75-80 wRC+ this year assuming reasonable playing time. We'll see.

JFaS, we should add the same to BBDL rules.

Those are available on the one baseball stats website whose existence you seem determined to excise from your memory.

All the defensive metrics suffer from lack of data, which this should mostly resolve. I'm not sure that finding out which of the previous metrics was best really matters, because this data set will cause new ones to be created that take factors into account the previous ones couldn't.

There were still quite a few people bitching about every tiny thing even during that streak. Some people just seem to get off on complaining. I've also noticed that post quality goes waaaaay down late at night on weekends, so alcohol seems to have an effect too.

and a "new" person signs up in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

Neither had any hope of making the roster, and there's only so much coaching time etc. Regardless, we'll probably see at least Ohka with the odd appearance on road games this spring.