Recent content by Metaphysicist

I don't see how that changes the calculus at all.

Frankly, that really undersells it--this deal is amazing. He's the exact age Freddie was when he signed for $6/162, and he's coming off a 6 bWAR year, tied for 5th in the NL, highest in MLB for 1B. Josh Naylor has had maybe one good season and just signed for 5/$92.5. People are talking about...

While it would be dumb to give up the extra pick on a questionable signing, you guys really seem to give way too much of a shit about the #26 pick. I, a man who has spent many hours of my life staring at the Braves draft history on bb-ref, am much more jaded. Braves have spent my whole adult...

Never? The best bullpen we’ve ever had was built out of the husks of Chris Hammond and Darren Holmes.

“He’s a pitcher who has thrown over 130 innings exactly once since 2019” also describes Degrom. At least Lopez had the excuse of being a swing man and a reliever.

Dubon was, in fact, worth 0.0 WAA across 2024 and 2025. He may be the most average player in MLB.

Of course, we actually did exactly this during the rebuild, trading the best closer in baseball so we could dump BJ Upton's contract.

Well, maybe he was hired for his ability to assist.

Time traveling back to October 2024 to explain to younger Meta why I have to soon commit seppuku because we didn’t pick up the option of someone named Tyler Kinley.

I think this an interesting question. Looking at their staff this year, in the rotation they had: - David Peterson (Post-Hype): Went from just being a AAAA guy to a 3 win SP in 2024 and an All-Star in 2025 (though that second half . . . not pretty) - Clay Holmes (Old Guy) -- successfully...

Time to bring back a true proven winner.

This is pretty funny, but I think the uniform negative reaction probably guarantees he wins Manager of the Year.

Never change thethe.

The internet, social media in particular, has changed fundamentally society’s relationship with speech. Picking one specific moment that has led us to our current landscape, it was probably when facebook launched the news feed and the personal became societal. Prior to that you could be Wilbo...

I do criminal defense these days, and I am always looking for holes in a police narrative. While every case is weird, this one is not weird in a way that raises red flags making me think “this story doesn’t add up.” (a) Pelosi did not tell the cops the guy was a friend—that is something the...