The walks are not good but not the whole story. FIP looks at the rest of the story. I think there is a similar risk with Fried as with Newk that his control does not improve. I'd still take either over Gio this season. Both were better than Gio last year (as measured by FIP) and given the ages I like both Fried and Newk over Gio this year. I also like Wright, Wilson and Touki over Gio this year (as measured by FIP). If anyone wants to do a bet (based on FIP in the majors) where they take Gio over any of these guys I'm game.
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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?
Not sure where to land on Newk, Fried, and Touki just yet, but I'm getting the feeling that Wright has sensed his opportunity and doesn't plan to let it loose - assuming AA and Snitker make the obvious choice and put him in the mix now, I'm not sure he comes out of the rotation unless he's traded (even if/when Folty and Gausman are ready).
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 (03-20-2019)
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 (03-20-2019)
clvclv (03-21-2019)
jpx7 (03-20-2019)
Newk on the mound today vs Jays
Strange lineup
Swanson
Camargo(LF)
Acuna(CF)
McCann
Culberson(2B)
Pache(RF)
Wilkins(!B)
Floriman(3B)
Newk
Wait...are folks who think Gio is better than Fried basing this on command? Perhaps some folks need to look up Gio’s command stats?
Fried’s problem is going to be the flat FA. If he has addressed that by either getting a higher spin rate (unlikely), or switching to a SI in order to take advantage of his low spin rate (no idea how easy it is to make that switch), then he is a decent bet to outperform Gio.
I keep pointing out Fried’s FA for the same reason I point out every pitchers’ stuff...it’s the best predictor of success. Unfortunately, we can’t see that data until they’ve already made it to the MLB level.
jpx7 (03-20-2019)
is it common for a guy like pache to still be on the roster right now?
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg