MLB Offseason '12 - Shut Up Nick

[VeniVediV1ci]

Felix is great, but VVV likes fun stats like wins and losses when they dont mean shit.

I found a crazy example yesterday. Mat Latos has nearly identical stats in k/9, bb/9, hr/9, babip, everything, and last yr with SD he was 9-14 and this year hes 9-3 with Cincy lol. If King Felix played for NY he'd probably never lose, even in the AL East. By Age, Felix is better than Verlander in nearly every category.

i don't care for stats at all actually, good try.

I care about who wins/loses me money and who is constantly overpriced/underpriced

[dakshdar]

Felix is great, but VVV likes fun stats like wins and losses when they dont mean shit.

I found a crazy example yesterday. Mat Latos has nearly identical stats in k/9, bb/9, hr/9, babip, everything, and last yr with SD he was 9-14 and this year hes 9-3 with Cincy lol. If King Felix played for NY he'd probably never lose, even in the AL East. By Age, Felix is better than Verlander in nearly every category.

Felix never should have signed the contract in 2010 with Seattle. He could have gotten much more money on the open market.

[mbyrd75]

Felix is great, but VVV likes fun stats like wins and losses when they dont mean shit.

I found a crazy example yesterday. Mat Latos has nearly identical stats in k/9, bb/9, hr/9, babip, everything, and last yr with SD he was 9-14 and this year hes 9-3 with Cincy lol. If King Felix played for NY he'd probably never lose, even in the AL East. By Age, Felix is better than Verlander in nearly every category.

i don't care for stats at all actually, good try.

I care about who wins/loses me money and who is constantly overpriced/underpriced

Dont care about stats? you cant judge felix on wins/losses

[nick]

Vvv is talki about gambling. Theres "value" betting against king

[VeniVediV1ci]

maybe "at all" was too much.

I do care about stats, but they're generally neutralized so I don't spend a ton of time judging them.

I think WHIP is more important than ERA like a lot of the sabremetrics people out there, but I'm not sure I agree with a lot of the other advanced stats that try to eliminate luck & defense and all those things.

I'm probably in that same group when I say OBP means more to me than BA, but I'm likely in the minority when saying I think small ball is better for scoring runs than waiting out for HR

[Matt90210]

The value in betting against Felix is his team sucks.


Best pitcher in baseball.

[VeniVediV1ci]

The value in betting against Felix is his team sucks.


Best pitcher in baseball.

possibly.

Usually the price is heavily dependent on the pitcher and I guess he isn't good enough to overcome that a lot of the time imo

[plasma1896]

vvv, emmell working mets /fish game tonight . over 8

[Matt90210]

The value in betting against Felix is his team sucks.


Best pitcher in baseball.

possibly.

Usually the price is heavily dependent on the pitcher and I guess he isn't good enough to overcome that a lot of the time imo

Good enough to overcome what? His team not scoring any runs?

[plasma1896]

[quote="plasma1896]

13-1 on overs this season [/quote]

17-1 and still going strong

philly /colorado tonight was 11, 8-5 final.[/quote]

just when you think the padres and astros over 7 would be a true test to end this run , gme goes over again today. 18-1 over now for the season.[/quote]

rangers/angels over 8 tonight. Paul emmell goes over again ,19-1 on the season going over the total. 95% [/quote]

emmell goes over th etotal again tonight in mets/fish game. the umpire is now 21-1 over for the season

[shel311]

but I'm likely in the minority when saying I think small ball is better for scoring runs than waiting out for HR

I know bunting isn't the end all of smallball, but I'm pretty sure there are articles/studies out there that show that bunting decreases your run output in a given inning.

[ajalves]

Buchholz: 3.2 IP / 7 H / 5 ER / 4 BB / 4 K...and 3 more homers allowed

i guess you should have come up with a bet

still zero chance i'd take that bag of shit romero over him

I'd even venture to say Morrow and Alvarez outpitch him from here on out as well...Clay screams demotion or disabled list right now between the results and velocity issues

As for a bet, Ill dress up as a leprochaun screaming where are me lucky charms on video and you can don a piece of jays apparel or a jays avatar

wow, i cant hardly turn this down. Done!

I'll buy a blue jays shirt if i lose.

fyi - i couldnt be a bigger Bucholz fan than i all of the sudden just became

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320810105

its on Deedub

[VeniVediV1ci]

but I'm likely in the minority when saying I think small ball is better for scoring runs than waiting out for HR

I know bunting isn't the end all of smallball, but I'm pretty sure there are articles/studies out there that show that bunting decreases your run output in a given inning.

not necessarily bunting, obviously a part of it, but grounding out to the right side and stuff like that so you're still swinging.

I would almost go so far as to say I'd want to bunt everytime there's a runner on 2nd no out. I'm not talking power hitters bunting like fucking Augie Garrido wants (coincidentally we get no hitters I wonder why), but if you're not one of the best hitters you're bunting.

Stranding runners at 3rd is my biggest pet peeve in the game

[DRWebs]

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320810105

its on Deedub

I'd still make that bet 9 times out of 10, there were no indicators that Romero would lose his control and be this bad

[shel311]

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320810105

its on Deedub

I'd still make that bet 9 times out of 10, there were no indicators that Romero would lose his control and be this bad

When can we expect the video?

[DRWebs]

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320810105

its on Deedub

I'd still make that bet 9 times out of 10, there were no indicators that Romero would lose his control and be this bad

When can we expect the video?

St Pattys day as a primer to next season ?

I shouldn't have a problem knocking it out shortly after the WS

[Cnasty]

Word on the street is Melky Cabrera suspended 50 games for using a PED.

[Seeitsaveit13]

Word on the street is Melky Cabrera suspended 50 games for using a PED.

Is that street ESPN? It's all over there...

[Cnasty]

Im better than ESPN!!!

Updated: August 15, 2012, 2:49 PM ET

[DRiccio21]

Melky was one of those guys you just couldn't understand how he was producing since he always sucked... now we know