Everything posted by formermav43
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Houston Astros off-season thread
I should have been more specific: he’s not an upgrade over any OF on the roster. I recall someone with a stupidly incorrect assessment recently that he was better than Meyers, for instance.
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Houston Astros off-season thread
That’s fair. I agree that it’s silly to get a lefty just because.
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Houston Astros off-season thread
Why? Is it just because he’s a lefty? He’s not an upgrade over anyone on the roster in terms of production.
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Houston Astros off-season thread
It turns 1 player into 2! Great deal.
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Houston Astros off-season thread
Pena put up 3.8 bWAR, 2.8 fWAR last season. 4 is basically considered All-Star level, so he’s already in that borderline category. That’s just not the perception because the 22 playoffs raised expectations unreasonably. Stop trying to make the team worse, Dusty.
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Houston Astros off-season thread
Well you have people arguing that a top 10 player at his position all time doesn’t belong while in the same breath thinking it’s a travesty that a pitcher who was less valuable than literally hundreds of others was omitted. I’m not sure anyone can claim to be particularly logical about this, writers or fans.
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Houston Astros off-season thread
Joe Mauer is the 7th ranked catcher in JAWS. He’s 9th all time in WAR. He absolutely should be in. Kendall isn’t even in the top 20 in either, for the record.
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Houston Astros off-season thread
- Houston Astros off-season thread
RP is a separate position in the same way a PH is. Which is to say not at all.- 2024 Hall of Fame thread
Vizquel would be the worst SS in the Hall by JAWS. He doesn’t belong. He’s not even the most deserving SS on the current ballot-that’s Jimmy Rollins, and he’s probably not ever getting in.- Houston Astros off-season thread
None of that has anything to do with whether or not Jankowski is better, though. He's not.- Houston Astros off-season thread
Lower career wRC+, inferior defender, they both have between 3-4 career WAR on both baseball reference and fangraphs-except Meyers has done that in 3 seasons vs being up since 2015.- Houston Astros off-season thread
Peña’s basically a league average hitter who is a plus defender. That’s fine as the worst spot in the lineup-it’s not even really a hole. (And he was still better than Dubon by wRC+. It’s amazing how narratives warp our expectations). Meyers is fine as a 4th OF. As long as he’s actually the 4th OF.- Houston Astros off-season thread
Yeah it’s more the juiced baseball than anything for him, I think.- Houston Astros off-season thread
Altuve is going to be resigned and Bregman (and later Tucker) are going to hit the market. Just prepare yourselves for it.- Houston Astros off-season thread
Now being reported he is seeking 2 yr 22 mil range Also known as a million less than Montero will be paid over the next 2 seasons.- Rodney Terry has been fired
No. Somebody just added up how much his total salary was and everyone else ran with it.- Houston Astros off-season thread
I think Dubon hate is transference of Dusty hate for his misuse. He’s an asset as a utility player. But he should stay that instead of taking starts away in the OF. Hopefully that won’t be an issue anymore.- Cat Fucker Gonna Get Fucked
I immediately thought of this classic from The Onion: https://www.theonion.com/i-think-im-going-about-this-cat-breeding-thing-all-wron-1819583446 But at least old Stan actually loved the cats.- Content creating in Nola with Will Matthews
Oh yeah, I love content.- Houston Astros off-season thread
You forget about Bregman's salsa money.- Surly wallet check
This right here: https://www.andar.com/collections/the-wallets/products/the-apollo?variant=32590980238- Houston Astros off-season thread
Well he’s still going to count about $46 million a year against it, which is a massive amount, the most ever. And this deal requires pretty much the perfect storm of a guy who makes enough in endorsements and wants to win badly enough that he’s willing to defer almost his entire salary to get it down even to that number. But it’s definitely pushing the limits of it, yeah. I would expect this sort of contract to be addressed in the next CBA. Maybe put a limit on the percentage of total salary you can defer? I don’t know.- Ohtani Signs $700m deal
I do enjoy life. And sports. I just happen to think that this contract won’t be worth it *on the field.* Sorry that simple difference of opinion somehow triggered you and resulted in bizarre armchair psychoanalysis.- Ohtani Signs $700m deal
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