Vanimal46
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3 full seasons played before fixing his shoulder? Maybe I’m jumping to conclusions, but it looks like he’s getting prepared to pass a physical with another team…
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If that ends the game sooner than later let’s do it!
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Resurrecting this old thread because of a recent article I came across. The Padres, who play in Major League Baseball’s fifth-smallest media market, are taking in so much money that they expect to for the first time ever be a payor into the league’s revenue sharing program. “I think it’s a validation of the approach that if you invest in the team on the field and you create a compelling and winning product, the fans will respond,” Padres CEO Erik Greupner said last week. “I think that was always in the forefront of Peter’s mind when he initiated that strategy.”
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Things that fueled the 2nd half surge: - Getting rid of Joe Smith who has awful (-0.9 fWAR) and reducing Jharel Cotton to emergency call up (-0.5 fWAR) - Caleb Thielbar and Jhoan Duran pitching like peak Mariano Rivera. - Pagan pitching the lowest leverage innings as humanly possible. Baldelli can only work with the arms provided to him by the FO. My concern about being 2-3 good arms short in the bullpen is becoming an annual tradition.
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Might as well. If that doesn’t work we can underhand 5 pitches to the lead off batter and see how many home runs they hit to break the tie. Ultimate tie breaker is HR distance calculated.
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It rarely ever works out. Just ask the Titans GM that got fired for trading AJ Brown and taking Treylon Burks as the the replacement.
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The shootout rule will forever be the dumbest rule in all of sports because it’s not derived from anything natural about the game. It’s just a gimmick and I’d rather have games end in a tie after OT. I agree with you why the ghost runner rule is just as dumb. You don’t need to generate a hit to get the runner home from 2nd. 2 sacrifice flies will do it. A passed ball and a sac fly. If they insist on doing this to eliminate long baseball games, have the ghost runner start on 1B, or start this ridiculous rule after 12 traditional baseball innings.
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Yep. I really dislike that rule. 2nd worst rule in the 4 major sports. Nothing will ever top the shootout to break ties in hockey.
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As the Strib pointed out, Jared Allen got snubbed. As did Kevin Williams again. And the best KR/PR specialist of all time, Devin Hester.
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Or LV (Harry Ruggs) or Denver (Jerry Jeudy). We would be HATING the Diggs trade as much as the Moss trade if it were any other way besides Jefferson getting drafted.We must have paid Flores handsomely to convince him not to do the 2nd interview with Arizona.If he does get a HC gig next year he likely turned our defense from a 31st ranked team to top 15.Love it. I’m hoping for a major leap forward from Asamoah.That is a relief. All systems go for the 3-4 defense.This is not going well finding a new DC.They’ll be able to get out of cap hell pretty easily when they let go of some long time veterans.B-Ref is usually my go to. I’m used to the UI and I like the easy access to splits stats. FanGraphs is good when I want to know velocities and pitch mixes. I truly don’t know enough about the WAR difference on either site to have an opinion. It’s just a quick way to determine value. I rarely go to Baseball Savant. They have a terrible interface on mobile devices.
