jpx7 (02-15-2017)
well, it is wrong. but not by much. BP was 8% below the avg grade for wRC+ if you wanted to take all players who had a plate appearance and their performance and normalize to a scale of 100 being avg (which is what wRC+ does in it's formula) he was a bit below an avg major league hitter. (byt the mathematical definition of average not some arbitrary "he's an average player" measurement) 8% is slightly below, as a 108 would be 8% slightly above. Both players would probably be thrown into the overall mix of "avg bat" but last year, he was not only slightly worse than an avg player at hitting, but also at fielding and running the bases (thus his 0.9 fWAR) Going into his age 36 season it is unlikely this will improve, but it could maintain and he might end up with a 1ish type to 1.5 WAR season, which isn't awful.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"- Tom Waits
So we're only paying BP $1 Million this year. At this point I don't even care if he sucks.
I am quite interested to find out myself. The dimensions are shallower in the power alleys, but they have the wall that gets larger from L to R. There appears to be a lot of foul ground as well. I reckon it's going to come down to how the wind plays and how the heat impacts ball flight. i would prefer it to be fairly neutral rather than too skewed either way
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"- Tom Waits
With SRod being out significant time, this is a great trade when we gave up garbage and we are paying 1 million... lot better than any Utley crap
Ventura's Stolen Bases
Multiple baseball sources: Reds to receive 27-year-old LHP Andrew McKirahan and 29-year-old RHP Carlos Portuondo.
8:56 AM · Feb 12, 2017
Haven't seen this posted yet. And looks like 1.5 million. With no trade. And DFA bonus.
This is what makes it a decent trade for me. I'd rather have Phillips' potential upside for $1 million and two non-prospects than Utley's potential upside for $2 million.
Would personally rather have played Jace because it wouldn't be nearly as big a deal when the brass decides it's time to plug Albies in, but you have to assume they've had that discussion with BP already and made him aware that he's simply a placeholder.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
jpx7 (02-15-2017)