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  1. DuckDuckGose
    Miller is the best LHP in baseball, Britton, Chapman and Cecil are the next three. I also didn't argue that Cecil and Osuna were better than Miller, Chapman or Betances. What I said was Osuna and Cecil are on the same level as Chapman and Betances and they deserve that recognition. The stats support those arguments. And like I said previously I'll be validated this time next year when it's all said and done.
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    There are more metrics than K/9. By focusing solely on those K numbers it's cherry picking stats. By looking at counting stats over two years when one of the players being discussed was a rookie is cherry picking stats. What's wrong with those statements? And when I said I'm not going to cherry pick stats I meant it. So if you have metrics you'd like to use to judge results than feel free to chime in.
  3. DuckDuckGose
    Tell me again how those 2 year counting stats are the best measure of 2016 performance or how that trio is going to manage 225 high leverage innings. Why don't you get off your high horse and post a quality reply. Or did you forget how to?
  4. DuckDuckGose
    Great post. Go cherry pick some more stats.
  5. DuckDuckGose
    No last two years is non-sensical. Relievers cary widely, Osuna has been in the league a year and those are all counting stats. Let's also remember that of all 5 of those guys Cecil was by far the best in the 2nd half. Cecil actually had the lowest 2nd half FIP in all of baseball and was the best reliever in baseball for over 3 months. HE deserves to be in that group whether you believe it or not.
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    I'm not cherry picking stats. Use whatever metrics you see fit other than K/9 and they'll be on that level. I'd say ERA, SIERA and FIP they'll be close.
  7. DuckDuckGose
    I believe you have the mental capacity to figure that out without me explaining it to you. Pick a metric other than K/9 and get back to me at the end of the year.
  8. DuckDuckGose
    Adopt away, it'll make my life easier when the results validate the statement
  9. DuckDuckGose
    There aren't going to be 225 high leverage innings for them to pitch. It's a moot point. Miller is the best pitcher of the bunch but Osuna and Cecil are on the same level as Chapman and Betances. Compared to the Jays they're maybe giving an extra 20 high leverage innings to an elite RP. The Jays will give those innings to Sanchez and situational guys. It's not going to be a big difference.
  10. DuckDuckGose
    The Jays' arms are being underrated here. They have two of the best high leverage guys in baseball, Yankees have a third and a better BP than the Jays. I just want Osuna and Cecil to get the recognition they deserve. I'm also not sold that Chapman a) wont be distracted and will be able to get through the Jays elite FB hitters. That being said it was a good move for the Yanks (likely to have the best BP in baseball) but they're still behind the Jays everywhere else on the diamond going in to the season. I'm not worried about this move at all.
  11. DuckDuckGose
    And Cecil had a better K/BB than all 3 of them while putting up a better WHIP than Betances and Chapman. Osuna was also ahead of Betances and Chapman in terms of K/BB and WHIP and just behind Miller in both those categories. It's obviously a great BP but not that much better than what the Jays have.
  12. DuckDuckGose
    Well Martin's contract expires in 2019 and he'll be 36yo. At 32yo he was already the second oldest qualified C in the majors last season. By 2019 Tulo will likely have shifted from SS. I forget who it was but it was someone with inside info and access to AA said that the longterm plan with Tulo was to slide him to 1B. They thought it would help him stay healthy and the bat would play. Probably a better defender than Tellez at 1B. IMO 2019 Tellez = DH and Tulo = 1B. Martin is likely a backup.
  13. DuckDuckGose
    I hadn't seen those shirts yet, very cool!
  14. DuckDuckGose
    Harris ahead of Alford and as the system's #1 prospect? How does that make any sense?
  15. DuckDuckGose
    I actually didn't know that but I looked it up and that's true. Pretty crazy
  16. DuckDuckGose
    Pretty sure they knew they could get a MRP, like Biagini, to replace Hendriks in the Rule V. And they did.
  17. DuckDuckGose
    Ya, I was asking if it changes anyone's view now that he has signed. Contract projections don't mean anything. Signed contracts do.
  18. DuckDuckGose
    I don't get that logic though. If the Dodgers offer an $80M total value contract they'll have to pay another $40M in tax for a total investment of $120M. You'd think someone else will have more of a financial incentive to make the deal. They agreed to a 3yr $45M ($15M AAV) w/ Iwakuma. I don't think they'll spend more than that on Maeda.
  19. DuckDuckGose
    Happ has Leake beat in terms of skill, AAV and contract length plus he's a lefty
  20. DuckDuckGose
    My thoughts as well. Very curious to see what Gallardo gets now. If Leake had 3/$60M on the table you'd think that Gallardo will get a similar offer.
  21. DuckDuckGose
    Very lucky, must have been some playoff leniency.
  22. DuckDuckGose
    So with Mike Leake signing a 5yr $80M deal is Maeda more or less attractive?
  23. DuckDuckGose
    Well no. I'd move any of them in the right deal. That just isn't the right deal.
  24. DuckDuckGose
    Stroman, Osuna, Pillar, Travis easily but it has to do with age and contract. EE and Jose are on a 1yr deal, Martin is starting his backloaded deal and Tulo is making $20M. With the Stroman, Osuna, Pillar, and Travis you get those players and ~$60M to spend.
  25. DuckDuckGose
    Wow, what a waste. I hope they learned their lesson but they don't sound too bright to begin with.
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