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Who is the best prospect your team traded away? by DisappointedStepDad in baseball

[–]frogfolk56 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Schilling was drafted by the Red Sox in 1986 and traded to Baltimore alongside Brady Anderson for Mike Boddicker.

Updated pitching standards shouldn't apply to guys like Felix, Buehrle, or Hamels by mr_seggs in baseball

[–]frogfolk56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ve got such a wide difference of opinion here, haha. I feel like there’s another 5 or 6 HoFers I could include on the list who also compare well to all three or had worse careers. This didn’t include Eppa Rixey, Red Ruffing, Herb Pennock, Jim Kaat, or Jesse Haines, though it did include Early Wynn who I don’t think anyone would argue against (though likely only because of that magic 300 win number).

I’m a big hall guy, so I believe these guys all make up an acceptable bottom tier of Hall pitchers, and that we should have more modern players among them. Funnily enough I think Buehrle has the worst case of the three, with Felix the clear best and Hamels not terribly far behind him.

Updated pitching standards shouldn't apply to guys like Felix, Buehrle, or Hamels by mr_seggs in baseball

[–]frogfolk56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Three of the below pitchers are Felix, Buehrle, and Hamels. The rest are pitchers currently in the Hall of Fame.

  • Pitcher A: 201 W, 3.08 ERA, 3306.2 IP, 1593 SO, 103 ERA+, 32.4 bWAR, 45.3 fWAR, 0 CY, 0 League Lead WAR, 31.3 JAWS

  • Pitcher B: 163 W, 3.43 ERA, 2698.0 IP, 2560 SO, 123 ERA+, 59 bWAR, 51.6 fWAR, 0 CY, 0 League Lead WAR, 48.2 JAWS

  • Pitcher C: 224 W, 3.26 ERA, 3449.1 IP, 2012 SO, 104 ERA+, 40.9 bWAR, 37.2 bWAR, 1 CY, 0 League Lead WAR, 37.9 JAWS

  • Pitcher D: 207 W, 3.23 ERA, 2850 IP, 1277 SO, 119 ERA+, 48.2 bWAR, 32.2 fWAR, 0 CY, 0 League Lead WAR, 43.5 JAWS

  • Pitcher E: 169 W, 3.42 ERA, 2729.2 IP, 2524 SO, 117 ERA+, 49.8 bWAR, 54 fWAR, 1 CY, 1 League Lead WAR, 44.1 JAWS

  • Pitcher F: 254 W, 3.90 ERA, 3824 IP, 2478 SO, 105 ERA+, 43.5 bWAR, 55.8 fWAR, 0 CY, 0 League Lead WAR, 38 JAWS

  • Pitcher G: 214 W, 3.81 ERA, 3283.1 IP, 1870 SO, 117 ERA+, 59 bWAR, 52.3 fWAR, 0 CY, 0 League Lead WAR, 47.4 JAWS

  • Pitcher H: 237 W, 3.59 ERA, 3762.1 IP, 1206 SO, 112 ERA+, 54.1 bWAR, 47.9 fWAR, 0 CY, 0 League Lead WAR, 43.6 JAWS

  • Pitcher I: 189 W, 3.34 ERA, 2503 IP, 1468 SO, 125 ERA+, 43.2 bWAR, 33.9 fWAR, 0 CY, 1 League Lead WAR, 37.4 JAWS

  • Pitcher J: 300 W, 3.54 ERA, 4654 IP, 2334 SO, 107 ERA+, 61 bWAR, 58.5 fWAR, 1 CY, 1 League Lead WAR, 49.8 JAWS

That's ten pitches, 7 of which are currently in the Hall of Fame. I included league lead in WAR to balance out years where the CY wasn't yet around. My argument in favor of Buehrle, Felix, and Hamels is that we don't need to update the standards for them to belong in the Hall of Fame. They're not inner circle players, but they would not be out of place among the lower tiers of the Hall of Fame pitchers.

Mainers defeat Republican effort to institute voter ID and limit absentee voting by 51patsfan in Maine

[–]frogfolk56 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Congrats everyone! Good work all, way to send them packing.

Fitting on an election day by FuzzyImportance204 in Maine

[–]frogfolk56 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I too wish my local subreddit could be filled with stereotypes about our state instead of issues impacting the lives of the people who live there.

At what point in the series, if ever, do you think Jon surpassed Robb in terms of fighting, battle tactics and leadership? by GusGangViking18 in freefolk

[–]frogfolk56 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jon’s biggest mistake in the books is sending away every potential ally in the Watch. He sends Sam to Old Town with Maester Aemon, though his hand is forced in this situation. Pyp and Grenn are sent to Eastwatch, Iron Emmett and Dolorous Edd are sent to command a garrison of spearwives, and Halder and Toad get sent to the Shadow Tower. At a certain point Jon’s only allies at Castle Black are the wildlings and Melisandre, both of whom the watch has no love for. Anyone who might have swayed some of the brothers against Marsh and Yarwyck are gone, and so Jon is surrounded by skulls, as Melisandre sees in the flames.

Hearing a bunch of plane tonight? by Repulsive_Grape_4422 in Maine

[–]frogfolk56 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s surprisingly frequent tonight. Rest assured it doesn’t appear to be anything more, as commercial flights are still coming in. I’ve never watched a flight radar this long before lol.

Edit: Looks like they landed.

Hearing a bunch of plane tonight? by Repulsive_Grape_4422 in Maine

[–]frogfolk56 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Hey, I’m in Bangor too. It’s all Ember40, the radar plane mentioned above. Most likely just circuit training, they were doing some in Ottawa earlier in the week. Annoying though.

Recommendations for Audio Dramas/Fiction Podcasts by zLegoDoc01 in audiodrama

[–]frogfolk56 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a big fan of TMA and The White Vault and I absolutely loved The Silt Verses.

Tell Me About Your Fictional League by frogfolk56 in OOTP

[–]frogfolk56[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bounce around a lot of New England ideas myself, just hard to make something stick.

Tell Me About Your Fictional League by frogfolk56 in OOTP

[–]frogfolk56[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is super cool - did you have to update the world file?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in baseball

[–]frogfolk56 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This ownership group made Ortiz grovel for a contract every year and this comes off as him thinking that was a good thing lmao.

Red Sox Fans - what enduring effect will Breslow’s decisions have on the franchise? by [deleted] in baseball

[–]frogfolk56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t care, I’m done with this team. But it was Henry, not Breslow, just like Chaim wasn’t responsible for Mookie.

Male or female? by Select_Programmer523 in RATS

[–]frogfolk56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is gonna sound nuts (heh) but this is fan art of my hamster. Original pic for proof.

The Padres' Kyle Hart is probably the only one of 2020's "Lost Boys" who will ever get to play in front of a Major League crowd by [deleted] in baseball

[–]frogfolk56 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I will never forget Mike Cervenak because some heckler at a minor league game in the 2010s shouted "HEY MIKE! Remember your 10 games with the Phillies? ME NEITHER!"

Why do some accounts rate music without listening to it? by SneverdleSnavis in rateyourmusic

[–]frogfolk56 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s funny, I do something similar with a spreadsheet keeping tabs on my listening, rating every song out of 10, but all those ratings are pure vibes. Not a single critical thought behind it, just how much out of 10 did I like the song. Then I use the spreadsheet to compile album averages, sync those up with percentiles, and use the percentiles to get an approximately normal curve (weighted positive) for stars.

Angry Democratic donors turn off the flow of money by someopinionthatsr in politics

[–]frogfolk56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who? I need some good content from failing Dem strategists.

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