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Yan Gomes > JP Arencibia

Relative to his peers, almost. His wRC+ is at 211 right now. Bonds broke the 200 mark 4 times during his peak. 212, 233, 234, and 244. Now, obviously, Bonds did those over 4 full seasons and Miggy's # is only after ~45 games or so.

Daniel Norris figures something out. May 13: 4 IP, 5 K, 3 BB, 0 HR, 1 H. May 18: 4 IP, 7 K, 3 BB, 0 HR, 3 H. Tonight: 4 IP, 10 K, 2 BB, 0 HR, 3 H. 1 run given up in his last 12 innings.

Where is RIPEXPOS?

At least we can take a bit of solace by being in the "I told you so" boat.

For the NA slot add? That's going to be May 31st now. I want it to be before the prospect cut down deadline, which is June 2nd at 11:59 PM EST. I'll add the NA slot on May 31st in the AM. Let's say 8 AM right on the nose. I'll set an alarm for it.

The prospect cut down date is June 2nd. It makes sense to add the NA slot just before that, so people can promote and stash a prospect if they want to juggle their roster that way. I'll push it through on the morning of Friday, May 31st.

I set it to the last available date, Sept 1st. Keep in mind that between the draft and the end of the year, there will be no draft picks for anyone to trade.

Relax. We don't always have time to process s*** promptly.

Do you not realize how ironic this sounds? You're basically the only one acting like an expert.

Meanwhile, J P R N C B A hits clean up...

I kind of want two of those players, but I don't really have any room. Damn.

He's looked like a completely different player. He honestly looks like a Joey Votto (that can't hit lefties).

So says the common assumption. I'm not saying that it's old school ******** or anything, but the degree of significance that teams place on it could very well be disproportionate to the actual effect. And judging from that video, it's not exactly an "easy" 89-91 anyway. Looks like a high effort delivery. 6'6" is probably past the point of height being as asset too. Longer levers = more difficult to repeat mechanics and release point. I'll stand by what I said

I blame Travis Snider. Other people might have f***ed him up, sure, but even if that's true, he still let him. Accountability. The likeliest case is that he just didn't ever have the skill set to succeed, anyway.

Is Trey Ball even a consensus pitcher? I remember reading an (older) report that said he had more promise at the plate. Something like "5 tool potential OF with an easy stroke that should add power. Shawn Green look".

He just seems like such typical draft day fools gold to me. Who cares how tall he is? That's a vastly overrated prospect trait. Who cares if he's a two way player? You're only drafting him to do one thing. I also DGAF that he's left handed. A good looking prospect, no doubt, but it just seems like such an old school reach at #10. The usual caveat though - I know nothing.

He's 25 years old and a hair of talent / a league change away from being a lefty Yovani Gallardo. He had a better K rate, BB rate, and xFIP than Matt Moore last year. It's a Dynasty league. Solid SP6 (or whatever) and future play.

He also has a K/9 over 10 and a 3.31 FIP. All of this is meaningless though since it's a puny sample size, save for the context of him potentially losing his rotation spot, which I suppose is still possible but considering that he only allowed 1 run tonight and Allen Webster got shelled in his last spotty, I'm guessing that it won't be particularly imminent.

Right. All team names and owner names are listed on proboards, under "Rosters".

Maybe, if someone gets around to it.

I think this is it. It's lengthy, but it's a decent read. Not exactly elegant (FTMP just a bunch of correlations, regressions, Chi Squareds), but it is very thorough. http://sabr.org/research/does-pitcher-s-height-matter If anyone just wants the TL;DR conclusion version: "The data speak for themselves. Baseball organizations have been scouting, signing, and developing players based on a fallacious assumption. Shorter pitchers are just as effective and durable as taller pitchers. If a player has the ability to get drafted, then he should be drafted in the round that fits his talent. The opportunity for major-league clubs is currently at its greatest potential. Clubs that value short pitchers with talent have an opportunity similar to those of clubs that, a decade or more ago, valued on-base percentage at a time when many of their competitors did not." It's certainly a good omen for Marcus Stroman and his chances as a starter. Not that I think the Blue Jays were even aware that they were exploiting a potential inefficiency when drafting him or giving him a chance to start.

I don't really get it either. If Scherzer is such a good "get" than how come nobody else was buzzing on him? He racks up the K's, but he can also be a bit of a gas can from time to time, he's a volatile arm, and he looks like a guy who will always be a bit worse than his FIP. There are specific reasons than other people weren't jumping to buy him. Like I said, I had Ellsbury 43 spots higher on my preseason rankings.

Rigorous studies show that pitcher height does not have the significant effect on productiveness or injury proneness that the traditional baseball people seem to think it does. The most significant effect that pitcher height has is on opportunities given. Taller pitchers are drafted higher, and given more opportunities to fail. That's about it. Don't be mislead by anecdotes. I'm thinking of one big study in particular that I'll have to dig up later. Late for work.

Relievers will show lots of ERA variation because they only pitch 60, 70 innings in a full year. That's why they seem to rotate good and bad seasons at a higher rate than starting pitchers. It's just small sample size induced variation, not much more than that. (Injuries can also be a factor though since relievers can be max effort more often, which would obviously lead to more arm explosions). That scouting/coaching explanation is kind of hilarious. It's just an example of people not understanding the instability of the statistic that they're looking at, and flailing away trying to explain the instability with a largely nonsense piece of reasoning.