"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
"Hey Wang, I think this club is restricted. So don't tell them you're Jewish".
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
Of course it's possible to accomplish both. That wasn't really my point.
My point is that HFA is not the advantage in baseball that it is in other sports. There have been some posts stating or suggesting that the Sox should play for HFA once they lock up the division. My contention is that playing for HFA should not come at the expense of getting some players their much needed rest.
In other words, if we had to choose one or the other, I'm choosing resting the players.
Interesting. Me, I want that HFA, but I have to admit that the Sox right now have the best road record in MLB, even better than the Cubs. And you are probably right that HFA is overrated in general.
What about my point that the Sox are guaranteed 3 days--1 day short of an All-Star game break--between Sunday's game and the ALDS? That's just a week away and today is a day off too.
And what about my point that this team in particular has thrived on back to back to back ad nauseum games? The most recent example is the 11 game win streak without a day off despite playing 4 games in Boston, 4 in Baltimore, and 3 in Tampa.
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"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
As much as I hate the Rays, I do feel bad for them. They've been awful this year, but since 2008 they've at least been in the thick of things for the most part, if not outright contending, and they still can't bring any more people to the stadium then when they were wearing holographic purple uniforms and getting shellacked by the Red Sox and Yankees for 17 out of 19 games every season.
In the playoffs the team with HFA wins approximately 54% of the time, so it's not meaningless. It's just not as important as some make it out to be. Most of that advantage probably comes from the fact that the team with HFA was the better team to begin with.
Fair enough point about having too much time off. It's Farrell's job to figure out how to balance the fine line between "rest versus rust".
Most of the ideas about a team's momentum are false.