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Wait what? Folty was appreciably better than Wisler last year in every significant stat - K/BB, HR/9, FIP, ERA, etc.

You're oversimplifying the issue here. While you're right, a player who has had one TJS is more likely to have another TJS than a player who hasn't had one, the rate of repeat surgeries is still only 10% (according to this article). If the Braves found that teams following your logic regarding...

Is "fantasy baseball people" the new dog whistling term for statheads or something? I've seen a bunch more people complaining about fantasy baseball this offseason and I can't figure out what they're upset about.

To add an example that actually happened - look at the Touki trade. Dave Stewart came out after the trade and said that internally their experience with Touki had led them to believe he wasn't likely to pan out, that he wasn't throwing nearly as hard as prospect publications said he could, etc...

I think he's just confused because he said "the trade was stupid" and then you said "you won't find any cubs fans who were bothered by it" and it came off as though you wanted to rebut what he said, but your statement doesn't really have any bearing on his statement. Then you turned it into a...

I would absolutely do that deal, but there is no chance the Astros move Bregman.

Just curious, why do you think value is assigned arbitrarily?

Right, but in what context is it even valuable to talk about the defensive value he contributed? Teams are going to evaluate him based on the value they would expect him to bring their team in the future, and whatever his current contract in this scenario is will pay him the same regardless of...

When thinking about things like that, you should take your line of thinking to the extreme and see if it still makes sense. If you put mid-prime Andruw Jones in CF on a team where your pitchers strike out literally every batter all year, then yeah, his defensive contribution to that team's...

I think Trumbo is the best comp of all the power-and-nothing-else FA this offseason - and he got 3 years at 12.5 million per, despite being younger and having played better than Kemp the last two seasons.

I think this article does a good job of describing both the human and statistical sides of protection: http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/5/19/8614817/lineup-protection-myth-reality-exists Pitchers are definitely aware of the guy on deck, but in practice it just leads to an uptick in the...

Oh, you're preaching to the choir. I was just curious if he had some way of coming up with that number or if he just pulled it out of his ass.

How did you arrive at 50%?

Yeah I don't either. Seems like Swanson is what you hope Torres turns out to be, except Swanson already has (limited) success in the majors.

I stand corrected.

I also blame him (probably not rightfully) for us not getting David Ortiz. But as thewupk said, the NLDS play alone was enough. Also, can't believe I forgot about Rocker. It's easy to hate on Kotchman, but I blame JS and Bobby Cox for that one. Insisting we get a major league 1B back in...

In no particular order: Hector Olivera Dan Kolb Melky Cabrera Reggie Sanders Robert Fick

1. Ozzie Albies 2. Kolby Allard 3. Kevin Maitan 4. Sean Newcomb 5. Ronald Acuna 6. Max Fried 7. Ian Anderson 8. Mike Soroka 9. Touki Toussaint 10. Travis Demeritte 11. Dustin Peterson 12. Patrick Weigel 13. Joey Wentz 14. Austin Riley 15. AJ Minter 16. Lucas Sims 17. Rio Ruiz...

Is it just me, or do the Mariners seem to have a higher number of prospects flame out than usual?

Yeah for the most part I like what the Braves have done with this rebuild and I think they're on the right track, but when you're using phrases like "one of the most remarkable franchise turnarounds we've ever seen" before most of the prospects involved in the rebuild have even gotten out of A+...