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Thread: A Realistic View at 2018: Part II

  1. 04-20-2018, 08:44 AM #886
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    Quote Originally Posted by cp176 View Post
    4 and 0 in one run games -
    16-2 overall really tells the story - great start! great team?
    It all random, though.

    Especially the close games!
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    "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."
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    Wow. Baltimore is 11 1/2 games back this morning and they've still got 141 games left to play.

    When do they throw in the towel and start shopping Machado?

    And when do they fire Showalter? :-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by jacksonianmarch View Post
    This is how you go 16-2. Your lineup has two guys slumping in Vaz and Bradley. You’ve got a couple guys being right at their typical and you’ve got 5 or so guys surging. At the same time, you start 2018 with two starters on the shelf. You had some fortuitous scheduling to allow for your team to weather it and when they pitched, they were lights out. No starter is slumping. Your closer has been ridiculous. You’re surging right now. My only hope as a Yankee fan is that it stops soon.
    hysterical. there is absolutely nothing true in this post.
    troll on....
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    Quote Originally Posted by cp176 View Post
    I think Bogaerts will and should be back in the lineup as soon as he is ready as for the rest why change anything. I think that they will find a way to handle all of the comings and goings. Don't fix what ain't broke right?
    but some players are out of options. how do you suggest we hold on to them?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Should we move Devers to 1b before or after he wins a GG at 3b?
    probably not the right day to post this as he just had an E.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    probably not the right day to post this as he just had another E.
    Fixed that for you.
    The Yankees could go 0-162 and it wouldn't be enough
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spudboy View Post
    It has become obvious that you do not understand the complexities of roster management.

    Leave he heavy lifting to the big boys.
    A clear early contender for the most viciously sarcastic post of the year.

    I'm kind of glad I'm on the same side of most of these issues as you...
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  8. 04-20-2018, 10:01 AM #893
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    but some players are out of options. how do you suggest we hold on to them?
    See that's just it i don't propose how to solve any of these roster problems that we face - I'm glad that they are good problems to have. i'm leaving this up to DD. I've been real pleased with him and his moves so far.
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    Quote Originally Posted by S5Dewey View Post
    Wow. Baltimore is 11 1/2 games back this morning and they've still got 141 games left to play.

    When do they throw in the towel and start shopping Machado?

    And when do they fire Showalter? :-)
    Who's to say they are not shopping Machado now. They arguably should have done it in the offseason though. It is too early to win a division, but it is not too early to lose it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spudboy View Post
    It has become obvious that you do not understand the complexities of roster management.

    Leave he heavy lifting to the big boys.
    I'm just a slow learner. You know me - old school eye testing fool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spudboy View Post
    It all random, though.

    Especially the close games!
    So it seems. I'm thinking that I wasted most of my adult life doing stuff I didn't need to do. lol (had a lot of fun doing it though - acted like I was important all the way too!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spudboy View Post
    It all random, though.

    Especially the close games!
    We need to enjoy this randomness as certainly there are people living in fear of dreaded regression. Also, if the window/cliff theory is right we really need to relish these moments as the Yankee’s window is arguably on the way. We should all take every opportunity to rub Yankee fan faces in this success, because they will not remember our magnanimity when they are on top.
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    Quote Originally Posted by S5Dewey View Post
    It's got to be true though. After all, those people who rank defense for WAR purposes are "trained observers". They just haven't yet "observed" that he played RF in one game.

    I would never say WAR is worthless but it needs to be taken in context with other things like..... the eye test.
    It's not worthless, for sure, but yes, it has flaws.

    We all know a good or great play when we see it, and certainly the "eye test" is valid, but we don't get to "eye test" everyone else in MLB, so any comparative analysis will be flawed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    probably not the right day to post this as he just had an E.
    1 error = 1 DFA
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    ( I won't say the "C word.")
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    Last year's GG 3b already has 3 errors this year.
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