CrimsonCowboy
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Would have loved having him In Atlanta, but I’m actually kind of glad to see him stay with the Pirates. Will be interesting to see if and how the franchise builds around him
Acuna still tied for the lead in NL fWAR at 1.6… but Sean Murphy is now tied for second at 1.5 fWAR!
Acuna still tied for the lead in NL fWAR at 1.6… but Sean Murphy is now tied for second at 1.5 fWAR!
Murphy has the Highest xWOBA in baseball, so this isn’t THAT fluky.
Murphy has the Highest xWOBA in baseball, so this isn’t THAT fluky.
His wOBA is below his x. He’s been unlucky!
Just for ****s and giggles I looked up fWAR leaders at C so far this season. Murphy sits up top with 1.5.....second place you ask? That would be Mr. William Contreras in Milwaukee with 1.0
Yep. Sure would be nice to have Contreras DH'ing.
Yep. Sure would be nice to have Contreras DH'ing.
It's cute that you think we could have gotten Murphy while keeping Contreras.
That said Murphy and Contreras are hitting over their heads right now.
I prefer Murphy catching
With TDA out, Murphy offers us more as a catcher than Bill could. I appreciate that Bill has seemingly improved significantly, but it’s also mid April. There’s no gamble with Murphy. His track record as a catcher is unquestionable.
With that said, would love Bill as DH.
I think what gets missed in all of this is the lack of stolen bases against us you’ll see not piling up when Murphy is catching. MLB will still run on Bill.
I suspect at end of season the difference in the two will be very noticeable and probably worth a few wins -no idea if there’s a stat that calculates this sort of impact on a teams record or not ..