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I'm really loving Siakam's energy and mobility on defense and on the glass. Stereotypical comparison would be to a smaller, more mobile Biyombo but less bricky hands on offense.

What the f*** happened to Joey Votto's defense though? He rated as the worst defender BY FAR by DRS and was equally terrible by UZR/150.

Lol, Eric Hosmer will probably win another gold glove despite being a terrible first baseman.

JV is still a monster.

Derozan having a great start to his season. 40 points on really efficient shooting.

Siakam and JV look great on the court right now. Love the energy from the bigs.

I mean, if your supposedly top 5 prospect isn't producing >50 RBI, are they even worth keeping as org depth?

Don't know if this was posted. Cecil is a total gem. http://i.imgur.com/NonqIKS.jpg

He's retiring at the end of the year lol.

I don't understand why people think that a reputable league like the KBO wouldn't have performance enhancing drug restrictions and suspensions for players who test positive. I know it's sort of a joke, but it comes off as ignorant in my opinion.

Damn. Roasted.

He had foot surgery. I don't see how only missing a week or two was ever a realistic scenario.

I would be all over having Jason Castro as the backup catcher. Good defense, good framing, will take walks at an above average rate and has a bit of pop. Probably as good as it gets from a realistic backup catcher IMO, assuming he doesn't get a starting gig elsewhere. Also not the worst guy you can have as the main catcher if/when Martin gets injured, or at least platooning them both if Russ is banged up.

Why did you change your pic you bastard, now I can't tell if it's you or SpeedyGose posting.

Uh, okay. Well, the following relievers had a higher WPA than Kenley Jansen, in that order: -Zach Britton -Andrew Miller -Sam Dyson -Mark Melancon -Jeremy Jeffress -Roberto Osuna -Aroldis Chapman -Will Harris -Seung Hwan Oh -AJ Ramos -Dan Otero -Cody Allen -Mychal Givens -Christopher Devenski -Tyler Thornburg -Mauricio Cabrera -Nate Jones -Joe Blanton -Jeurys Familia -Robbie Ross Jr. -Addison Reed Notice also the lack of Dellin Betances and Edwin Diaz in that list. I think that should speak a bit about the reliability of WPA as a better tool of measuring reliever success during a season.

The problem is the argument of how valuable context can be. WAR is great in that it eliminates context from the equation, just tells you how valuable the pitcher was, whether it was pitching 5-8 innings at a time, mopping up the mess from other starters or closing out critical games/pitching in almost exclusively high leverage. WPA and other similar context-based stats will tell you how much value the pitcher contributed when put into different indexes of leverage. This is where closers and similarly elite relievers will get a huge boost, because they usually pitch in the more valuable, game-changing high leverage situations. Now, I don't know if any one of them is better than the other, a combination of both will probably be the optimal use here. However, something to consider is that a top tier reliever's WPA will basically be artificially boosted because they are generally inserted into the most important situations in a game. They got through that inning or that batter, which is great, but who's to say that a Joe Biagini couldn't have done that job more times than not rather than pitching the lower leverage mop up/trying to keep the lead/deficit to a max/min? This is how a guy like Zach Britton can have a higher WPA than every single American League pitcher, and every Nationa League pitcher, including Clayton Kershaw and other elite starters. Shouldn't that point to a flaw in context based stats? I think that's where we have to consider how much to take from each.

Uh, he's probably not even bottom 5 on the team, let alone in franchise f***ing history.

Throwing a max of 60 pitches or around 3 innings spread out over three days (and mind you most relievers don't pitch 3 in a row) versus doing it all at once, adding anywhere from 20-40 more pitches in a single start. Seems pretty self-explanatory.

How exactly does one utilize Matt Holliday improperly? He has near identical splits against both LHP and RHP. Just don't ever let him play the outfield and limit his time on the field altogether and he can be a great piece as long as he remains relatively healthy, which has been a problem for him for a couple of years now.

That sound is so perfect, I feel all warm and happy inside when I play the video. Opposite field too, good stuff.

Cecil at ~6.67 MM per season is a good deal IMO. 3 years to a reliever is scary but it's not exactly crippling with the direction reliever contracts are heading.

Again, I disagree. It's subjective to compare what would constitute a record deal versus what he actually gets, but he just had another elite season by every measure. His walks were a career low, he was still striking out hitters at an absurd rate with just as impressive swinging strikes, and his average fastball velocity was also the highest it's ever been, how ever ridiculous that may sound. It's also not like he's been bad in the postseason. He's still Aroldis Chapman, but with a BABIP at .375 he might not seem like he's still Aroldis Chapman. Teams will absolutely be paying through the roof to acquire his services, especially with bullpens being more and more heavily relied upon in the playoffs.

I strongly believe the opposite. Chapman will get paid handsomely.

His range seemed a lot better to me this season than in previous years. I don't think he's some huge liability at first like it may have seemed once upon a time. He was quite athletic and mobile at the bag this year, definitely wouldn't mind him starting over half the games at the position if not full time.