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It is the fundamental problem with "old school" managers using the eye test, vs analytic ones looking at catch probability or zone rating. It is...
And everyone was stealing signs in 2017.
“sprint to the finish” [IMG]
Nope. According to @Hey Now! , because alternate scenarios where the better player outperfomed the worse player did not actually occur, it is...
Already done. He is a waste of time - completely ignores the actual point to ramble about last year, injuries, etc. It’s such a simple question...
Good lord, these answers are ridiculous. “The pitchers want him, that’s the answer”. Why do we pay him to manage? What about Javier? And why was...
Here we agree (probably because it is based in facts vs deference to those who “know better”). Montero has been far better than Graveman and Maton...
and those two pitchers are not managers. Deferring to them is not good management. And none of that explains why the worst catcher in the league...
This is the most correct you have been. The sad part is that you don’t realize why.
Yes, why is Maldonado starting over Diaz and Dubon over Chas?
Up to a point. Given the other 15 are heavily weighted to KC and Oak, they should not be happy with 8-7. Split with Baltimore and Arizona, go 7-2...
Awesome lineup and awesome result. Next year will be epic assuming we get a manager who chooses to win. Let’s hope the FO can dictate a bit more...
Close but not quite. Death lineup would have a different order (Peña ninth, Yordan 2nd, etc). But this is way better than the alternative. I hope...
This is very well written, JR. Well done.
“The Padres have a gameplan when they get on base … run” Every single or walk is an automatic double. And it just cost another run.
Falling behind while two of the best hitters in baseball sit on the bench … I’m going to thank Dusty now to save myself the time later.
Fair. It is very bad personnel management, at least.
I understand but am trying to get under “Astros”. Dusty likes those things, as do a few pitchers. What do the smart people in the FO think?
Why do you believe that for Diaz vs Maldy? I have a hard time believing the best and most analytical FO in baseball prefers the worst catcher in...
This thread should die .. but this post is just impossible to ignore. You are so right on your point about baseball not being about small sample...
