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  1. L54
    Okay you made some good points earlier but now you're just giving off the feeling that you're butt hurt Jim doesn't agree with you.
  2. L54
    I agree with all of this. Leave the guy in the ball game, most people paid to come see him and not watch Alen Hansen pinch run in a tie game in April.
  3. L54
    Is P2F alive? I hope everything is okay, not like him to be dragging on a Monday
  4. L54
    LOL @ "The Counselor"
  5. L54
    I do too, because there are a few variables at play that I mentioned earlier too that are hard to quantify, but generally follow suit: You're more likely to use your better relievers with the lead The other team is more likely to use their lower leverage guys when trailing If applicable, your better defenders enter the game Less pressure on your own D, more pressure on the other team to produce I'll leave it to the sabr nerds to answer, but its an interesting topic nonetheless.
  6. L54
    Good call yes he has been. Getting a good RP out of the Pillar deal would be nice
  7. L54
    Agreed. He's destroyed AAA through 20 games and has slashed his K's significantly, looking like less of a hacker from a statistical profile anyways. Hansen is just cannon fodder, let's get the kids up here and let them play!
  8. L54
    I'm not of the never sacrifice crowd so I don't really care about them sacrificing more than in recent past. There is obviously a method to the madness, more so than the casual observer knows. It sounds as if there is a synergy from the top down, so these decisions aren't split second decisions made by Montoyo. Atkins talked about how everyone was involved with the decision making process to hit Vlad fifth in his debut, so I'm sure they have had many discussions on small ball so to speak. Like jmomcc was talking about, there has to be times where increasing the probability of scoring a single run is preferable to maximizing run expectancy (and not just tie game bottom nine). Playing with a lead is always better than holding out hope for a three run shot. Now pinch running for Vlad, that's another story. I think that's a reach from Montoyo.
  9. L54
    It’s not directed towards you. It’s directed towards the majority of the board
  10. L54
    Absolutely there is. I have no idea what the numbers are either but there are definitely scenarios where this applies. When you have the lead you tend to use better relievers You tend to hit off of worse relievers I’m sure there are a dozen other reasons why increasing probability of scoring one run outweighs maximizing run expectancy All the Rays fan boys should be cheering watching Montoyo manage the way he is, it’s the Rays way
  11. L54
    Stroman has the most service time out of any of them. You’re buying 3-4 FA years from him so the number is going to be higher. My hypothetical 5/70 gives him an AAV of 14M which I wouldn’t want to go much higher on. I agree with those who said if he doesn’t want to sign an extension obviously trade him. But the way the market is right now I’d have to think he would be motivated to get guaranteed money
  12. L54
    As opposed to you or what? Lol Let’s listen to the guy with a 67 mph heater who can’t get the ball out of the infield off a tee about baseball then too.
  13. L54
    #LetTheKidsPlay Except Stroman. f*** that guy. Conform or gtfo
  14. L54
    Wait too long and Stro Show is gonna want to taste free agency. They should be working on hard locking him up before he looks like an actual breakout and not just a stretch of 5 good starts. Stroman is the kind of guy this board would be salivating over if he was on another team. Great ground ball rates, durability, seemingly untapped K potential. He’s the next logical extension candidate in my eyes.
  15. L54
    I agree with you. The idea that everyone must be shipped off in order to continue the rebuild is exhausting. Stroman isn’t going to cost a ton, has expressed a desire to stay and is pretty low risk as far as pitchers go. I’d try and extend him for 5 years, buying the last year of arb and four FA years. I don’t think he would sign without the fourth year but who knows. That’ll make him a FA again at 33. Front load it a bit while the cash on the books is low. 2020- 14M 2021- 16M 2022- 16M 2023- 12M 2024- 12M 5/70M
  16. L54
    That's great news.
  17. L54
    xFIP of 4 and LOB% is 100%. He’s a good arm to have on your team but I don’t think he’s underrated at all
  18. L54
    If Montoyo doesn't hit him second or third he should be fired. Don't care about your lineup construction theories. Those are the only two options as far as I'm concerned. Get him up there in the bottom of the first no matter what.
  19. L54
    This is a well thought out and put together post. After careful consideration my Jordan Groshans comp is Carlos Correa. Wouldn't that be nice?
  20. L54
    So were the commissioners able to process Spanky’s request and push his trade through before 3 am?? Eat sleep and breathe BORED
  21. L54
    Give me Vlad for 10 years and we can reevaluate then. He will be 30. He might not play well into his mid thirties, but I expect the first decade to be a pretty fun ride.
  22. L54
    Over simplification. Scouts are needed to find guys like Groshans to be perfectly honest. There are no trackman reads or spin rates to evaluate at HS in Texas or Jucos in Florida. They get s*** on here a lot because guys always reference one scout somewhere who said Player A couldn't stick at SS. Just like any profession there are good ones and there are bad ones.
  23. L54
    Shouldn't scouts be familiar with first round draft picks? The thought that this guy didn't know Groshans was a HS kid is mind boggling (unless it was on the back field and he was wearing number 69 with no name on the back)
  24. L54
    I doubt you will. I don’t think many people care one way or the other- it just happens to be something I feel strongly about.
  25. L54
    What do you mean by different levels? Different levels of discipline for whites/latinos/blacks using the N word? Or for words deemed inappropriate in general? Maybe I’m in the wrong but I don’t understand why the severity of this word should be lessened just because “you don’t get our culture”. Maybe your culture is f***ing backwards and you should stop acting like it should be treated as common practice amongst blacks only.
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