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So I acquired Jason Vargas. Look out league.
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What it comes down to is how you want to evaluate pitching. The people you're arguing with are looking at the outcomes that a pitcher can control: strikeouts, walks, ground balls. By that metric, Alvarez has been pretty good: a true-talent 3.4-3.5 ERA guy helped out by a very favourable home park. What you're doing is crediting him for things our of his control: defense, favourable clustering of events, favourable home aprk etc.. He probably hasn't actually done anything himself to contribute the ERA that is so much lower than his FIP or xFIP, so people aren't really inclined to evaluate his performance as though it should have yielded an ERA well under 3. The argument is kind of silly, in that neither side is going to agree and you're going to go in circles. I think everyone can agree that Alvarez has been good. At least league average, and probably better.
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Not touching the rest of this mess, but bolded is a pet peeve of mine. Bad pitchers tend to induce a lot of double plays because they have a lot of baserunners, and the ball is put in play often.
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I really hope MLB forces a re-play because A) the challenge was illegal, but mostly it would be hilarious.
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I'm not getting in to arguing about pitch selection, but I very strongly disagree with walking Reyes to face Melky. Reyes was without question the weakest hitter due up for the remainder of the inning.
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Huh? Melky was on deck...
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Drop Quick.
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Goddammit Havok, go away already!
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RIP Dominique Dunne Yeah, that's fine.
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You make a decision on what we discussed? I'm looking forward to getting mocked ITT if it gets posted.
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I'm far to cheap to shop in that aisle. Plus, I don't want short blocked for when Bogaerts goes full Tulo next year.
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Drew Smyly is going to be kind of awesome when Alex Cobb teaches him The Thing.
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Anybody have a shortstop who kinda sucks, but maybe not quite as much as guys available in free agency? I'm a bit scared that Bogaerts got concussed and may need to replace his 0.627 OPS in my lineup on the cheap.
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Well, the team's run differential just hit 0.
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Goddammit.
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Hopefully Pat stays away on a permanent basis.
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Who's the guy calling the game with Buck? Seems decent.
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You anticipated him being below replacement-level?
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Not sure I have the expandable assets for him, but you can PM me.
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Was bringing NL superstars to the AL East ultimately AA's downfall?
BTS replied to jays76's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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Have had discussion with a couple teams on a starter. Might make a move soon. Anyone else have one available?
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So Boxy gets Castillo.
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Damn, I hadn't realized he had been good. For some reason I remembered 1-2 awful lines and saw you bitching and assumed he had sucked.
