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Brock Beauchamp

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Parker needs to explain how Correia is good to TD. I don't quite get it.
It's simple...throw a dp grounder every time you have a runner on first. I'm not sure why more pitchers don't do this.
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Dickbert: "...bouncer to Floor-ee-moan...and an on target throw!"

 

Such detail may not be necessary for a TV play-by-play announcer, but probably helps add to the mental picture for a radio broadcast. Perhaps similar detail should be added for other players:

 

  • it's a curveball in the dirt in front of home plate...and Hick checks his swing
  • the third-base coach holds up Morneau...and Doumit hustles back into second safely
  • Robertson goes into his windup and delivers...in Rochester

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Hey, I'm not a big fan of his numbers either, but let's not forget that the last four years he has ended up with a 46-43 record, and three of those four years he played on a team with a losing record. He gets the job done even if it's statistically ugly.

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Florimon has been anything but impressive in the field....but is anyone else sorta impressed with his at-bats thus far? I mean, I feel like I must be insane to even suggest it, but he's not just having success - he's earning it through good ABs.

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Hey, I'm not a big fan of his numbers either, but let's not forget that the last four years he has ended up with a 46-43 record, and three of those four years he played on a team with a losing record. He gets the job done even if it's statistically ugly.

 

Wins are a team stat. See 2012 Cliff Lee, and 2012 Lance Lynn.

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Wins are a team stat. See 2012 Cliff Lee, and 2012 Lance Lynn.

 

Yes, but he wouldn't be getting even those kinds of numbers if he wasn't doing something right on the mound. Bad pitchers don't win more games than they lose - even if it is a team stat. Not on a consistent basis. Besides, isn't the point of the game to win? If we win the game, does anybody really care about his numbers?

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Florimon has been anything but impressive in the field....but is anyone else sorta impressed with his at-bats thus far? I mean, I feel like I must be insane to even suggest it, but he's not just having success - he's earning it through good ABs.

 

He worked hard for that walk. I've seen him in person only one game, and he looked helpless when swinging against Milone of the As. Milone's a good pitcher, but the league has a lot of them. I'd be interested to know how Florimon has looked when getting his hits, but my impression from the online records is he may have stuck his bat out there and got a few flares to land.

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Wins are a team stat. See 2012 Cliff Lee, and 2012 Lance Lynn.

 

You won't win with a roster full of team players, but start with a good core and then add the team players and you end up with a roster like the 2012 Giants for instance.

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Yes, but he wouldn't be getting even those kinds of numbers if he wasn't doing something right on the mound. Bad pitchers don't win more games than they lose - even if it is a team stat. Not on a consistent basis. Besides, isn't the point of the game to win? If we win the game, does anybody really care about his numbers?

 

1) Perhaps bad pitchers don't, but replacement level one's can, and do.

2) Of course we care most about the win, but the problem with that is past w/l record is not predictive of future w/l record. It is a stat of circumstance.

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