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  1. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Pittsburgh.
  2. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Seriously. And Bautista's reputation right now gives AA leverage to get a kickass return (i.e. Profar) despite his declining numbers. But AA, being a moron, will hold on to him for way too long and we'll be stuck with him when he's a washed-up scrub.
  3. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Homer Bailey, Lincecum and Strasburg have 5 wins, Chris Sale, Kris Medlen, and Matt Cain have 6. All except for Cain have losing records, and Cain is only .500. I guess that means they're not great pitchers by your logic. I'd say it goes to show that it's not too difficult to find great pitchers near the bottom of the win column. That's a great group of pitchers. I would easily take a rotation of Bailey/Strasburg/Sale/Medlen/Cain over a Bumgarner/Colon/de la Rosa/Leake/Guthrie rotation any day of the week.
  4. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    No, they really don't. They do, however, indicate how many runs your offense is putting on the board when you pitch. If you really want to indicate whether a pitcher is good at battling under adversity, the best possible way to do so is to divide their WPA (which shows how they affect their team's win expectancy per play) by their pLI (which shows how often they're being used in high-leverage situations), which gives you their clutch score. The pitchers with clutch scores over 0.0 (league average) tend to be the best in adverse situations that year - but even then, clutch scores tend to be random over a player's career.
  5. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    You do realize that pitcher win/loss is pretty much entirely contingent upon run support and luck, right? It literally does not make a difference whether you pick the ones with the most wins or the most losses - that's why we have plenty of other pitching stats that actually gauge and reflect the performance of the pitcher.
  6. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    AHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!! You actually value pitcher win/loss!
  7. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    He's not progressing at all, he's sucked every year. 2012 was his least bad year defensively, but his numbers are worse this year. And his offensive production continues to plummet by the year - just compare his OPS, wRAA, and BB/K from 2011 to now. He's even whiffing on more first pitches than ever this year, demonstrating a lack of plate discipline (which he curtly explained to the media that it's because "strikeouts don't really matter to people who play the game").
  8. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Since when is it "ridiculous" to expect a major league catcher to be above replacement level at basic skills like pitch blocking and throwing out runners? And that's not even considering offense! Since JPA loves to compare himself to Buster Posey so much, here's a quick comparison... Posey: 4 career rSB, 7.3 career RPP JPA: -12 career rSB, -6.5 career RPP JPA is well below average in saving stolen-base runs and blocking pitches, where as Posey is above league average. These are fundamental skills a catcher needs to have, and JPA isn't even league average at them! This is his fourth season in the major leagues!
  9. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    It's not a small bump in the road - it's his entire major league career to date!
  10. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    If he wants to be even an above replacement level catcher, he needs to cut the arrogance, learn how to call games, learn how to block pitches and throw out runners, and start contributing offensively. From what I've seen, he's not willing or able to do any of those things. He will likely never be a "great" catcher.
  11. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    "Character guys" don't rip the media for criticizing their own suck-ass play. "Character guys" don't arrogantly proclaim themselves to be better than Buster Posey when they're really one of the worst catchers in baseball.
  12. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    He brings it on himself with his s***** play and even shittier attitude.
  13. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Having a different opinion isn't trolling. Spewing out purposefully ignorant takes in an attempt to get a cheap reaction, like you're doing in this thread, is trolling.
  14. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Troll.
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    http://i39.tinypic.com/jsfuys.gif
  16. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Can't wait to see how they blow this one.
  17. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    How exactly are our catchers not a problem? Our team RPP and rSB are below league average (as in, our catchers are below average at blocking pitches, preventing steals and throwing out runners). JPA can't call a game, contributes less and less on offense by the year, and on top of that, has a highly arrogant and delusional opinion of his skill level that ensures he will never improve his game. I don't know where this idea that the starting pitchers are our only problem comes from. Team defense and depth are a pretty big issue too along with the catcher position. The second half of the batting order has been a joke, too.
  18. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Strong trolling by Roy Firestone. Robert Fick... really? That's supposed to be some big shocking revelation?
  19. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    As someone who followed the Expos, trust me: Loria is the one owner in baseball that I would gladly take Rogers over. Scumbag in every sense of the word.
  20. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Nope, they have no clue.
  21. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Loria as their owner = not a success. Simple as that.
  22. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Alice can give it up with the "signing washed-up scrub vets, gutting our farm system, and making panic trades for overrated players" thing, it's not going to catch on.
  23. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    All three need to go, and so do the players. I've said it plenty of times. Criticizing Gibbons doesn't mean I'm ignoring the roles that Beeston, Fat Alice, and the players have had in this team being an embarrassment.
  24. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Bautista is a selfish player and a whiner. He's supposed to be the "leader" but sets a horrible example for the rest of the team. Reyes is also widely known around the league as a selfish and arrogant clown. He's been really overrated by the media and team, too. The spin about how the Jays were "going to start winning when Reyes comes back" is a joke. He's also one of the worst offenders when it comes to the embarrassing overcelebrating that this team does. I never want to see the "lo viste" sign again.
  25. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Typical Fat Alice. Unwilling to take a risk on a Gonzalez or a Guerrero, but also too busy hemming and hawing over his beloved middle freaking relievers to blow up this horrible team.
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