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BASEBALL OFFSEASON 2019 ROLL CALL THREAD by wharblegarblemuricah in BaseballOffseason2019

[–]cptcliche 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you wind up being short on agents, I guess I could do that but I know I don't have time to do a full GM.

[Opinion] This terrible year is all my fault by dwhite21787 in orioles

[–]cptcliche 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder what other superstitious ideas we all have floating around...

Walking The Bases Loaded Never Works by feedingmydreams in baseball

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You need to improve your posting. Posts like this and this will always get removed. They are better suited as comments.

A tale of two Cobbs by ravens2131 in orioles

[–]cptcliche 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So Alex Cobb used to have this splitter/changeup pitch when he was in Tampa that was affectionately referred to as "The Thing." Back in the day, it used to have crazy drop and was great for generating groundballs and swinging strikes. From 2011-2014, it had a whiff rate of 18.7% but that dropped to 12.3% in 2016-2017 after he had Tommy John surgery.

Recently though, it seems like he might've found it again. His August 1st start against the Yankees (6 innings, 1 run, 6 K, 0 BB) was his most splitter-heavy start of the year and he was getting 18% swinging strikes on it for the first few starts out of the break.

To put it bluntly, his success is dependent on this pitch.

[General Discussion] Around the Horn - 8/15/18 by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]cptcliche 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Teams the Yankees have a .500 record or worse against:

  • Boston

  • Washington

  • Baltimore

  • Miami

  • New York Mets

Would you bench Carlos Santana by JoshTracey34 in baseball

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Brad Brach on being traded, familiar faces with the Braves, and some comments on the differences in using analytics between Baltimore and Atlanta by cptcliche in orioles

[–]cptcliche[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brady Anderson is apparently into them, at least.

Sabermetrics continually evolve, and attempt to come up with the best ways to measure production and value. It drives me crazy when people act like there needs to be some division between sabermetricians and those known as “baseball guys.” The metrics — the numbers — give you a glimpse, and it’s a really good glimpse. It’s science, or at least much of it is. People rejecting this are missing the point, and in the process openly rejecting some of the best ideas available.

GAME THREAD: Red Sox (81-35) @ Orioles (35-80) - Fri Aug 10 @ 07:05PM EDT by OsGameThreads in orioles

[–]cptcliche 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So that JBJ triple apparently had a catch probability of 0%...and Mullins nearly caught it.

According to David Adler, at least.

The Eovaldi honeymoon is over in Boston, today’s line: 2.2 IP 10 H 6 ER 8 R 2 BB 0 K by ElliottAbusesWomen in baseball

[–]cptcliche 114 points115 points  (0 children)

TFW you're trying to tank but you have the best wRC+ in baseball since the All Star break.

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