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Originally Posted by Spencer 555

4. Saves

The save stat should be removed from the game of baseball. It's almost as bad an indicator of pitcher talent as wins and quality starts. The best relief pitchers in the game do not necessarily have a lot of saves and it would be irresponsible to judge a "closer" on how many saves he has and how few blown saves he has. Fernando Rodney is absolute trash and shouldn't be in the mlb.

Please feel free to laugh at my stupidity guys, or if you feel I might be right about some of these things let me know.

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That's why I'm a big fan of the "egg" relief system. Goose Egg, Cracked Egg, Broken Egg stats that indicate who the most effective out of the bullpen is.

Not only that, but it'll also stop GMs from fucking players out of arbitration money by keeping lights out relieves in long relief and 7th inning roles when they should be high leverage / closers.

Betances lost out on about 4 million this year in arbitration because of that. iirc to, Archie Bradley's arbitration comes up this year. How many saves you think he gets this year? (Hint, probably under 5 for the rest of the year) and if Rodney goes down, 10$ a veteran closer who no longer can do it, will be signed for league minimum. Saving them a net of about 2 million.

Can you elaborate on the egg system? Is it really just did you give up no runs, a few runs, or lots of runs?

Ya never heard of the egg system and I'm not really picking up what ur putting down gryph lol. About the eggs that is.

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Originally Posted by KBHoleN1

Can you elaborate on the egg system? Is it really just did you give up no runs, a few runs, or lots of runs?

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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...lief-pitchers/

Lol that's awesome. Instinctively was thinking you were making a goose gossage reference that I didn't understand too. Love that guy... sometimes hahahah

http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/p...rformance-ever

Scooter Gennett hit a grand slam followed by 3 more HR in the game yesterday

If you think being a manager is easy then you're retarded. Everything else I can get behind.

What's hard about it? If you watch baseball religiously it's easy.

my bad. forgot i was talking to do the dude that had a minor league tryout friend and knows everything.

I'm just asking how sano. You don't have to insult me at every step because you disagree with me.

The only thing you should consider is why would MLB teams waste their money on hiring managers if they never made an impact.

I wonder that all the time lol

Kinda interesting but you can buy stock in the Atlanta Braves, I came across it a couple days ago. The ticker symbol is BATRA and they are worth like 1.2b. Only other team I've randomly come across is soccer with Manchester United (MANU).

There's obviously merit to hiring managers and having them on the team. If Epstein is so smart and is one of the greatest GMs who is pretty forward thinking cares enough to hire whomever as a manager, you'd have to be silly to think he didn't do it with the idea of improving the team. It just logically doesn't make sense, particularly with how stingy most owners/GMs can be.

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Originally Posted by Hulky

Kinda interesting but you can buy stock in the Atlanta Braves, I came across it a couple days ago. The ticker symbol is BATRA and they are worth like 1.2b. Only other team I've randomly come across is soccer with Manchester United (MANU).

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Prolly gonna buy some now.

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Originally Posted by Sanosuke

There's obviously merit to hiring managers and having them on the team. If Epstein is so smart and is one of the greatest GMs who is pretty forward thinking cares enough to hire whomever as a manager, you'd have to be silly to think he didn't do it with the idea of improving the team. It just logically doesn't make sense, particularly with how stingy most owners/GMs can be.

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That's fair, theo is a God. But Honestly, I don't think Maddon does anything special behind the scenes that we don't understand. He's just well respected in the baseball community and knows how to keep things fresh in the clubhouse. If anything, a good manager (to me) is just a fatherly figure for these young easily influenced people. A manager of personalities if you will. The reason you see so many former big leaguers as managers imo is because they command the respect of the players. What separates the best managers from the worst ones imo is simply their ability to keep the clubhouse under control and keep players engaged and focused.

All the in game managing is pretty much basic baseball strategy and hunches. For my money, id try to limit my hunches and stick to the analytics (Not the shallow ones, I mean the ones on the ipads in the clubhouse provided by the scouting department lol #royals)

What separates an mlb manager from a manager sitting on the couch is that they have some level of authority or respect within the game of baseball. If I was sitting on the bench out there telling players they need to do homework and look up tape, they'd probably say things similar to you about my social circles and how I know nothing about baseball.

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Originally Posted by Hulky

Kinda interesting but you can buy stock in the Atlanta Braves, I came across it a couple days ago. The ticker symbol is BATRA and they are worth like 1.2b. Only other team I've randomly come across is soccer with Manchester United (MANU).

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Interesting.. I'd buy too. Braves stock has to be pretty low compared to what it would be in a good season.

You're basically Kash if he was interested in sports with a "how hard could it be?" mentality with no experience other than second hand stuff.

I wouldnt underestimate playing through any injuries or managerial positions or literally anything outside of player performance because there's all kinds of data to support criticism against/for players. But, I encourage you to go out and apply for the next Jay's or Braves opening.

Oh fuck off man lol I am NOT that bad. I don't think I could ever be a manager. I just think I'd be a good one if it were possible lol

I'd be a fucking dope manager. Idk what timid shit you're smokin son. And Sano can argue all he wants with me on this, i'll bench his ass and call up a AAA guy ready to play just to send the message to the rest of the team to knock it the fuck off with that lip.

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#Chasefor28
#ButNotThatChase
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Id 100% get a gryph jersey

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It's gonna be a fun home game in Seattle for the blue jays tn.

I'm excited about it. Ms are playing good right now.

Edit- Ok. I see what you did there.

Hahaha that's gold. You just made me and my gf's night. Going to catch the game now at a bar, gl hugh.

GL, Spencer. I hope Justin Smoak gets the golden sombrero.:)

Me too buddy. Fucking hate him forever.

Wish I could go to the game today. Paxton might be the best Canadian pitcher of all time lol

It would be nice to not be playing in the fucking NL West this season.

Judge just cleared the bleachers in Yankee stadium.

498 feet.

Jesus christ this dude is a demi-god of strength

Gary Sanchez has been on fire this month too.

Nl West and al East.

The Yankees are straight up messing people up this year. It's crazy. Who woulda guessed judge would figure it all out so quickly.

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Originally Posted by Spencer 555

The Yankees are straight up messing people up this year. It's crazy. Who woulda guessed judge would figure it all out so quickly.

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Dream scenario dude. Nobody assumed Holliday was gonna become All-Star caliber again, Hicks has finally become what I thought he was when we got him, Sevy and Pineda are actually throwing changeups now, CC is pitching like 34 Year old Pettitte. If Tanaka can figure out his splitter and stop throwing fastballs, man this team might actually make a deep run. I still think they are a frontline starter and a 3B away from being a serious threat. But, at the same time, even if they don't get something this trade deadline, they have so much down in that farm system now that they can fix problems in house. Hopefully they give Chance Adams a ... chance soon. Dude is a fucking monster down in AAA right now. 8-2 with a sub 1.5 ERA if I'm not mistaken.

Judge is the MVP right now.

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Judge is the MVP right now.

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Could join Ichiro and Fred Lynn to be the only MVP and Rookie of the year in the same season if he keeps it up. Unless Trout comes back at the Allstar and initiates God Mode.

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Originally Posted by Gryph

Dream scenario dude. Nobody assumed Holliday was gonna become All-Star caliber again, Hicks has finally become what I thought he was when we got him, Sevy and Pineda are actually throwing changeups now, CC is pitching like 34 Year old Pettitte. If Tanaka can figure out his splitter and stop throwing fastballs, man this team might actually make a deep run. I still think they are a frontline starter and a 3B away from being a serious threat. But, at the same time, even if they don't get something this trade deadline, they have so much down in that farm system now that they can fix problems in house. Hopefully they give Chance Adams a ... chance soon. Dude is a fucking monster down in AAA right now. 8-2 with a sub 1.5 ERA if I'm not mistaken.

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Ya I really like hicks too. The 2 Aaron breakouts are awesome. Holliday I think was pretty easy to predict, just a matter of health. He's always gonna be a great hitter and the short porch helps. The pitching depth the Yankees have in the minors is pretty insane. You've got like 50 Jordan Montgomery's down there lol.

I think the Yankees are contenders as is honestly, just hard to be confident in a title run with that staff. Severino and Pineda are clearly 1 and 2 but I don't have too much confidence in either. Tanaka really has to be the guy or they should go get someone else imo. Headley will be fine at 3b till Machado comes next year rofl.

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Originally Posted by Gryph

Could join Ichiro and Fred Lynn to be the only MVP and Rookie of the year in the same season if he keeps it up. Unless Trout comes back at the Allstar and initiates God Mode.

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Trout is always in God Mode. He might be the best player ever really. I still say Judge is the clear MVP if the season ended today.

I would too. Fml. Lol