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Welcome aboard, Org!

Ohh. I was reading too much into it. I thought perhaps you were privy to the contents of the PM he sent Hurl lol.

Enter the Guillen Number, a measure initially created by Joe Sheehan several years ago. The Guillen Number is simple. The denominator is all runs scored. Just plain overall runs. The numerator is runs scored directly on homers. How reliant is the league on home runs these days? The trend is unmistakable. http://cdn.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/guillen-numbers.png Again, we’re looking at 68 seasons. The third-highest Guillen Number came in 2015, when the league finished at 37.1%. The second-highest Guillen Number came in 2016, when the league finished at 40.1%. The single highest Guillen Number for now is happening in 2017, with the league sitting at 42.6%. In other words, about 43% of all runs are being scored on homers. That’s three out of every seven. While it might not feel like the league is yet all that close to 50%, consider that it was at 33% as recently as 2014. Since then, the Guillen Number has increased by about 10 percentage points. Home runs are taking over team offense. I think most of you already knew that, but perhaps you hadn’t considered it like this. Because I’m here, I might as well show you what this year’s team-by-team breakdown looks like. Try not to stare too long at the Giants. http://cdn.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/guillen-numbers-2017.png The Blue Jays have scored 51% of their runs so far on homers. They’re the only team at something greater than half, but the Rangers are awfully close. More meaningfully, there have been 1,682 individual team-seasons since 1950. Five of the 10 highest Guillen Numbers are getting put up right now, in 2017. There are an additional three teams from 2016. The highest mark so far belongs to the 2010 Blue Jays, who finished at 53.1%. No one right now is threatening to depose them from the throne, but the league is moving forward as a collective. Again, this year’s league Guillen Number is 42.6%. Three years ago, there was just one team that topped that. This isn’t inherently a good thing or a bad thing. It’s a matter of taste, and some people like movies for the dialogue, while other people like movies for explosions. Neither group of people is superior to the other, and taste feels like a silly thing to criticize. Just, understand what is presently going on. Offense is back, relative to a few years ago, but that’s happened entirely because of the home run. In the run-production pie chart, the home-run slice is getting wider and wider. Runs aren’t back because of anything else. Manufacturing a run isn’t suddenly back in style. Teams now manufacture their runs with big mighty hacks, and trying anything else can feel borderline futile. Home runs aren’t everything, but they’re closer than they’ve ever been. What that means to you is personal, but it’s something for each of us to grasp. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-era-of-encroaching-dinger-reliance/

I don't think I would've accepted for anything less. Havok gets by far the best player in the deal, and some nice complementary pieces to boot. I like the return, but it could easily backfire if JBJ sucks.

No idea, really. It'll probably be my choice of a small selection of prospects and roster players. The PTBNL is the return for the Gardner component, if anyone is wondering. It was the final addition to the trade.

What happened? Or are you merely complimenting his ability to send messages? If so, carry on.

Daniel Murphy is GONE. To Havok: Daniel Murphy + Joe Musgrove + Kirby Yates + Brett Gardner + 3rd Rd MiLB + 4th Rd MiLB To me: Jackie Bradley Jr. + Justin Bour + Mitch Haniger + Juan Soto + 1st Rd MiLB + 2nd Rd MiLB + PTBNL Havok to confirm.

Confirmed!

Yeah, I keep getting hang-ups when opening pretty much any page on this site. It's been getting progressively worse throughout the last two days. It's almost unbearable right now.

I'm so sorry to hear that, brother. She's been online here a lot. I had a feeling she was keeping tabs on you. Never trust the Dutch.

This might be one of the most unique statistical profiles I've ever seen: http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=sa504866&position=C Guy doesn't walk or strikeout, really ever!

Teoscar Hernandez, OF, Toronto (Profile) Level: Triple-A Age: 24 Org Rank: 4 Top 100: HM Line: 4-for-5, 2 HR, 3B Notes Hernandez has a strong all-around skillset that simply couldn’t crack a talented and crowded big-league outfield in Houston. While some scouts consider Hernandez a viable defender in center field (impressive considering he was an amateur infielder) he generally gets projected to a corner and is very likely to play left or right in Toronto with Kevin Pillar under team control until 2021. He has the hit/power combination to profile there. Despite utilizing no leg kick or stride, Hernandez is able to generate power to all fields purely through rotation and bat speed. He hit both home runs and his triple to right-center field last night. He and Anthony Alford look like they’re going to be effective and exciting young bookend outfielders.

This is true. So apparently you can just copy and paste right into Excel from Yahoo and it formats properly. I just tried it. Just highlight all and unmerge cells afterwards. You'll have to do this for each page individually (at least for the relevant players), but it works.

Couldn't he do it with a web query in Excel?

Did you figure this out?

Is that an option you have to check off, or is that only a thing for free games? I ask because I've entered plenty of public money games (non-guaranteed) this season that were a no-go because they didn't fill up. Any idea?

Same thing happened to me with my ESPN app notifications. I was trying to follow along that way, but it f***ed me. No dinner, either.

Surprisingly, it's apparently the first time a perfect game has ended on an error in the 9th inning in MLB history lol!

Brent Suter is throwing bullpen sessions now, and is on track to be back within a couple of weeks. I'll deal him to a team that wants an SP for the playoffs. Not asking much, and he's been mostly pretty decent as a starter this season.

Logan Forsythe fielding error ruins the perfect game in the bottom of the 9th.

Just tuned in. Are Buck and Pat talking about Stroman's blisters again? JFC.

Shhhhhh... *whispers* Don't talk about the perfect game, bro.