John_Havok
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Look up. I added the video
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Speaking on behalf of all Harper fantasy owners.... FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK!
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Well that's kinda what I'm getting at. Dude was hitting those things 400+ feet regularly so take off the 10% increase and he's still hitting a huge amount of dingers pretty much anywhere
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I wonder then (assuming the 10% is accurate), how much of an improvement someone's numbers wouod get over the course of a season? Obviously he wouldn't get the 10% distance boost on every batted ball contact, only the contacts that would qualify as hard contact a a certain range of launch angles. Like, did Bonds go from 30 to 73 HR because of steroids? That doesn't seem logical. 60 to 73? Maybe closer to the truth.
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Pitch velocity doesn't matter tha much, but lunch angle and the air resistance would be needed for sure.
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Lol, now that would be a party.
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Omar, I just tried googling this and failed, but can you find anything that show's how much batted ball distance goes up with say a 2% increase in bat speed, assuming other factors remain constant?
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Yeah Biagini would probably be the better choice as a 5, but I think there's a pretty strong possibility they'll both be in the rotation next year behind Stro, Happ and Sanchez - assuming his delicate lady fingers can figure out how not to blister
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Not eyesight... hand eye coordination...speed of decision making... etc.
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All of which I do!
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They touched on it in some of his links. Pretty much everyone on steroids said they felt invincible while using. It's also proven to help muscle recovery.
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If you find the article and show me they tested actual players batspeed per and post steroid, I'll concede defeat. As I said from the get go, I agree with premise that more muscle mass should equal more bat speed. My only point of contention is the 5% you posted, and the article you posted for support itself initially said 5%, but was then revised and only came up with 3.8%, and that final number came down to multiple assumptions, including estimates on how much kinetic energy was tranferred and how much presteroid weight is muscle mass. Those assumptions would have to be 100% accurate for 3.8% to be factually correct. That's my point. It's a guess. Educated... but still a guess.
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Yeah, likely some teams have called to test the waters so in order to even go beyond preliminary lip service, they gotta try and get him through waivers.
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Having a rough night Spanks? My post had nothing to do with comparing Redmond to Rowley, it was just stating Redmond isn't playing anymore.
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Read it Spanky. The whole thing. They(the supporting links) pulled 5% out if their ass. Their own article guessed that it might be as high as 3.8% assuming more than a few estimes and guesswork is correct. It's not legit. It's educated guesswork.
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Right, theory. And the theory is not supported by actual data, just by math and their own estimations. So again, I point out that what they have is a theory, and not proof. His article is unpublished and therefore not peer reviewed. It's educated guessing
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Did you miss the part where I said I agree with the logic but just don't see where they're pulling the 5% from?
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Probably done. Can't really see him playing indy ball. I don't think he's officially retired though
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None of those links provide any evidence, just speculation. And don't get me wrong. I agree with the logic that more muscle could increase bat speed, but the 5% number is just an educated guess.
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Well, both Travis being injury free and an Otani addition would indeed be monumental.
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Source?
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I guess I'm coming from the POV of next year being a transition year, not one where they think they'll be contending. Unless there are some pretty monumental moves that get this team significantly younger, I don't see 2018 going much differently than this year
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Pretty much, they've just been horribly overworked.
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Pretty much exactly what I was thinking. I just hope he sticks around as a starter, even if it's the 5. I'd rather have the in house option for league minimum than having to spend 5 millionish to fill that spot.
