Deadpool

Pitcher. Go big, or go home!

What this says is that AA has a problem deciding which of the s***** pitchers he picks up for nothing should be in the MLB over AAA...

This was funny... BUT... Best gif ever. Edit: I don't see animations... LAME!

f*** it, pitcher.

Pitcher as cutoff man!

This doesn't give me information... 83 or 84 wins compared to what? You didn't give a number based on the 715 run team.

None of those people should be in the MLB

Ugg... Now I'm sad.

Here is where your "debate" with me falls flat, I have never ever said anything close to this. I said that it is statistically insignificant, that it is well within the margin of error. I would also posit (though, realistically I haven't got the data handy) that a single player improving their batting average by .050 will most likely NOT lead to "a couple of extra wins for the Blue Jays". Though your assertion that if every player increased their batting average, it would increase the number of wins is, obviously, accurate. If a guy who usually hits .270 had a year where he hit .320, would you say "he's turned a corner" or "he had a great season"? If a player who usually hits .320 (because those exist, right?) has a year where he hit .270, would you say "he's finished" or "he had a bad year"? The reason you (assuming you are a rational human being) would say "he had a great season" or "he had a bad year" is because he is still the same player, capable of the same things, but due to a minor statistical anomaly he performed outside of his expected norms. Also, if *I* were to build a team, batting average would be fairly low on my list of consulted stats, just saying.

Absolutely, Melky is unquestionably better than Davis and is better than what Snider currently provides (though I still have completely unreasonable faith that Snider will put it all together eventually). Of course, then you'd have a whole team of left fielders who couldn't play any other position on a dare, but I'll just limit this to hitting.

There's not much difference between .270 and .220 over a weekly basis, and therein is the uniqueness of baseball. Failure is the only option, but those who fail the least are revered as superstars. If a goalie in any sport with a goalie had a save percentage of .320, they wouldn't make it out of junior A, but in baseball, a success rate of 32% is the stuff of heroes. What I'm saying is this: a single player getting a hit 5% more often is not statistically significant. What you're saying is "well, if 5% doesn't matter for one player, then 5% doesn't matter cumulatively across the whole team or a 20% improvement for that player doesn't matter" which is ANOTHER logical fallacy on your part (argument ad absurdum). This is not, nor has it ever been the argument I've put forward. At no point in my completely non-controversial statement did I say that "no percentage of anything matters." But please, feel free to feel superior because all numbers are essentially the same anyway, right?

Would be nice if we picked up a triple-digits pitcher for virtually nothing and he DIDN'T turn into League or Zumaya...

That's okay, apparently Izturis hasn't been practicing ANY position lately.

Watching his approach, it doesn't seem that he's far off from being a good bat, he's clearly got the bat speed, but he has a tendency to drive the ball into the ground rather than drive it or hit fly balls. He's definitely not selective enough, he often takes pitches he should swing at or swings at pitches he shouldn't, but I think that's something that can be taught (see: Lind, Adam). While I don't think that he's necessarily going to be a perennial all-star, the fact remains that he's 23 years old and has a lot to learn, but a lot of time in which to learn it... The potential is there, for sure. He could be a bit less of a douche though, I'd be fine with that.

Admittedly, I only looked at 2011 and 2012 and he had sub .800 OPSs both those years, which would be fine for a CF or a SS who could field, but isn't particularly great for a platoon DH/1B.

Well, the past few years he wasn't exactly tearing it up against righties either...

And your attitude is what breeds the kind of move that resulted in the R.A. Dickey trade. "If we just get this ONE guy, then we're set!" I'm not even going to reply to the rest of your straw-man, because f*** your logical fallacy.

I believe this year's slogan is Hustle and Heart r3 alpha 6

2013 Lind doesn't look much like 2011 Lind...

They made all the callups already. Wagner, Perez and Todd Redmond

Yeah, Perez looks to be an easy DFA candidate after tonight's game. He's having a nice season in AAA but he's old and this his numbers this year are an outlier even in the minors.

Context is hard. You should MAYBE consider it, however, since the context in which I mathed all over your face was entirely about the difference between a .270 hitter and a .320 hitter, not a TEAM of .270 hitters and a TEAM of .320 hitters. The math is no different, the math doesn't "work" differently. The math is contextually different, and the difference between having one player on your team hit .050 points higher is about 1 hit per week, which is statistically insignificant.

http://gradingonthecurve.com/2011/10/15/the-stuff-that-dreams-are-made-of-neil-wagner/ About all I could find on him with a courtesy google... Edit: The numbers: http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=8162&position=P