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  1. John_Havok
    As the backup MIF?
  2. John_Havok
    Espinal has earned his bench spot at minimum. No way he starts in AAA. He's everything you want in a backup IF. It's not even out of the realm of possibility he is in the starting lineup on opening day next season. I wouldn't think that's ideal for chasing a championship, but as a backup IF he's about as perfect as it gets without being a switch hitter.
  3. John_Havok
    He's also consistently underperformed that xfip in all 3 seasons he has pitched. haven't Looked deep into the numbers to try and explain why yet but this the the guy who gets a pillow deal to prove something, not a 4 year/60 million dollar payday.
  4. John_Havok
    Myabe wants to go back to Japan? hard to imagine him getting more in AAV with how he has performed thus far in MLB.
  5. John_Havok
    And given that Ozuna wasn't with the team for the series, their players were Crime Free.
  6. John_Havok
    Or ever again really. Sure, some individuals might have good years again, but all at the same time on same team... you can never plan on that.
  7. John_Havok
    Word Crimes is top shelf also
  8. John_Havok
    Glad we’re on the same page. So many equate racism with anything that even mentions race and it drives me nuts
  9. John_Havok
    No it’s not. Racism is attaching negative connotation to race. Making an extremely intelligent joke centered around 2 Japanese men who are leaping out of a supply closet in an attempt to surprise someone while saying “Supplies” is another level of genius.
  10. John_Havok
    Best joke in whole movie is when the two Asian guys jumped out of the broom closet and yelled “Supplies!”
  11. John_Havok
    Meh, for those of us in the west, these start times are perfect. The east can suck donkey nuts.
  12. John_Havok
    Makes sense I guess. I just wonder why they’d do that with a SS who didn’t obviously need to move….seems that sentencing a kid to a life of knee problems would be the last thing you want unless it’s the last option. Catchers move slowest through the minors for the most part due the defensive rigors of the position
  13. John_Havok
    You’ve taken 1 giant step up in my books for that reference. Extremely underrated comedy that was just ahead of its time
  14. John_Havok
    Probably, but likely not from Atlanta. They’re too smart to overpay for a 3 week hot streak when they guy is average or below at this point in his career. Guaranteed the Padres sign him for 20 million.
  15. John_Havok
    I don’t think they deal in absolutes, they’re just making decisions in a given situation where the numbers dictate they should do something, and truthfully, the only alternative is the managers gut feeling. And let’s not pretend that the aces and a lot of #2s in baseball are still given lots of leeway in when they are taken out. It’s usually the mid and backend guys that get yanked earlier because they already have a larger degree of drop off in results as the game wears on. I think the real issue here is that people have rosy memories about “that guy” who gutted out that one start even though he was getting hit around, never gave up a run and went as far as he could before the pen took over with the bases loaded and that guy came in and put out the fire. It was tense, gut wrenching, so emotional. Emotional memories are far more powerful than the ones that aren’t accompanied by that. That’s why fans in general don’t like blowout playoff games in any sport, they like low scoring tense games because they form more vivid and emotional memories.
  16. John_Havok
    Really hope Houston wins so all the wankers who bitch and moan about cheating from 5 years ago cry for a month.
  17. John_Havok
    Sort of. There was a zone that had baby seals in it and PETA staged an in game fight to prevent those seals from being killed in order to protest real world seal hunting
  18. John_Havok
    What’s arbitrary about it? That would imply there’s no data to support why they remove the starters earlier than they used to, which is not the case. It’s never arbitrary
  19. John_Havok
    Dunno. Any of the basic scouting reports from 2016 IFA sheets says pretty much the same thing.. he was a MIF who is transitioning to catcher, has a great arm and athletic build. They never really went into why he was moving positions.
  20. John_Havok
    I don't see the need really. How would losing the DH after the SP is pulled incentivize finding starters than can go longer? There's already clear evidence that virtually EVERY pitcher gets worse the more times through the order they go. I'd be willing to bet decent amounts of money that even the best aces in baseball have a statistically significant dropoff in results the 3rd time through the order. Pitchers won't just suddenly be able to go deeper in games because the DH spot goes missing when they're pulled. Look at the NL who doesn't even have a DH, SP get yanked all the time in prime scoring opportunities mid-game for a pinch hitter because scoring at that time is more important that the pitcher coming back out for the 6th inning to get 3 more outs that he might labour through.
  21. John_Havok
    Didn't realize there was a problem. If only there was some way to prove that the longer you leave a pitcher in the game, the worse his results get. It's unfortunate this kind of information isn't readily available to the masses because if it was it may lead to a better understanding of the game.
  22. John_Havok

    NHL Thread

    John_Havok replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    f*** I love Donaldson…
  23. John_Havok
    Fan bases all over the world have chants or actions that others view as dumb but the home fans love. That's what makes sports teams home stadiums, rinks, etc unique and memorable.
  24. John_Havok

    NHL Thread

    John_Havok replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    Some professional hockey writer guy says they should trade Marner for Matthew Tkachuk + stuff. Genius level writing
  25. John_Havok

    NHL Thread

    John_Havok replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    They don't have a home rink yet, so their schedule is a bit of a clusterf***.
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