Duck-Billed Catechist Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 Bad fundamentals baserunning grumble grumble... Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 Bad fundamentals baserunning grumble grumble...!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 !!!!!!!How many bad baserunning plays can you have in a game? Should Joey Cora be designated for assignment? Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 Well, Brian Anderson has ridden a 7-game hitting streak to the mendoza line. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Swept by the Yankees! And Oakland about to knock off the Red Sox again. Once again, evil rises in the land of Mordor ... Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 !!!!How many bad baserunning plays can you have in a game? Should Joey Cora be designated for assignment?Machowiak should be playing instead . . . Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 Mackowiak was playing, he misplayed a ball that turned into a double. He doesn't have the speed to be an everyday centerfielder. Anderson pinch-hit for him and went 1-1 with a sacrifice fly. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Oops! El Duque sucks again! Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Mackowiak was playing, he misplayed a ball that turned into a double. He doesn't have the speed to be an everyday centerfielder. Anderson pinch-hit for him and went 1-1 with a sacrifice fly.did that bring Anderson to .195? M's OBA is hovering at .395 or thereabouts Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Anderson was terrible at the plate, but his strikeouts are way down and he's been hitting over .300 for the month of July. The White Sox are developing him at the major league level like they developed Joe Crede. Check my post on the first page of this thread about his defense. The propellerheads were pegging him as a net positive over Mackowiak in the same spot even when he was batting .155. The White Sox are the best team in the game at scoring runs. That's not their problem. Run prevention is where they're suffering. I like Mack, don't get me wrong, that's just not a natural position for him. He's best used giving someone a day off or covering for an injured player, but he's not an everyday center fielder. Check out the run productionAnderson (190 ABs): 21 RBI, 27 runsMackowiak (165 ABs): 14 RBI, 19 runs If you pro-rate it, those numbers are pretty similar. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 RBI and runs have more to do with a player's batting order than his production. The best way to evaluate production is OPS. I don't know who is better at OPS, and I probably won't be looking it up. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Pointless to look it up anyway, as Anderson's sample size is still really small. Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 RBI and runs have more to do with a player's batting order than his production. The best way to evaluate production is OPS. I don't know who is better at OPS, and I probably won't be looking it up.Anderson generally has more opportunities for runs (batting 9th, the top of the lineup behind him) and Mackowiak generally has more opportunities for RBIs (batting 7th or 8th) behind the heart of the lineup. Mackowiak's OPS is much higher. However, like I said, Anderson is developing. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 The White Sox are the best team in the game at scoring runs. That's not their problem. Run prevention is where they're suffering. And that's why I'm still worried. The White Sox are obviously a better pitching team than they've been so far this year. Once they come back to their median they should be preventing runs fairly well, and their offense probably won't slow down much. Could get scary. I hope it doesn't. Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 4 in a row - Reds' bullpen is the here and now, clutch hitting is finally back!! Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 up 2.5 in the wildcard too I like the the way the team is goingalthough the new guy wijowski(sp) kinda struggled this weekend Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Graham = BA apologist. Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 I pity the fool. Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I pity the fool.who hits under the Mendoza line Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) The best way to evaluate production is OPS.OPS is a great way to measure production. Bill James goes into great detail about the context of statistics (how we, as fans, should look at the circumstances surrounding the numbers to truly understand PVR) and the many, many factors that need to be considered. Without turning this into a Bill James clusterfuck, he does a great job of explaining how variables such as home park dimensions, batting order, pitchers faced, etc., etc. all need to be considered to ultimately grasp a player's value. As most of us neither have the time nor the desire to do this (thankfully, that's Bill James and his ilk's bag) OPS' raw numbers are good indicators. That said, here's a typically moronic Tim McCarver quote on the matter of OPS: "I only care about on-base percentage if you can run. If you can't run, I could care less about on-base percentage." Edited July 17, 2006 by Lammycat Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 "I only care about on-base percentage if you can run. If you can't run, I could care less about on-base percentage."yeh, he forgot about the dudes that can knock a double or a homer behind you hey - that walk a few batters ago just gave us an extra run!!! Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I think the Jamesian view of run production would be that Runs Created would be the best metric to use, no? Or RC27 or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I think the Jamesian view of run production would be that Runs Created would be the best metric to use, no? Or RC27 or whatever. Probably. I've been playing Baseball Mogul 2007 for the past day. I had the Marlins fall to last place in my first year, but I got enough cash through trades and what not to sign some key Free Agents (josh Beckett and Derrek Lee). We look good now. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I like how the free agents you go after are all guys who were on the team before. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I like how the free agents you go after are all guys who were on the team before. They were young an relatively cheap. I've also made some trades. Hopefully I can get this stadium deal done soon. Link to post Share on other sites
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