SoxBlanco

Tony on fire in this thread. Thank you.

I don't know why, but this part of your post is cracking me up. The way you said "driving around" (instead of driving home) makes it sound like you just got in your car to drive around and have some deep thoughts about TLR and Rick Hahn.

This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read on this site. And that's saying a lot.

Sign him to a one year deal with a salary of (2 + 1.5H) million, where H is number of home runs he hits in April.

This might be the best Cease has looked to start a game. Complete command of everything.

Did this conversation really just happen? JB: Do you think the walks are a product of giving up so many hits last time out? SS: Maybe for a younger pitcher, but not for a veteran like Dallas. JB: He’s missed a lot down tonight. Why do you think that is? SS: Could be a product of giving up so many hits last time out.

How about the “Way Too Early” power rankings released in November of the previous year?

Just popping in to say we’re still going to win this game. Book it.

What is a person called if they don’t like a player and they make sure to post about it incessantly to drive the point home? Hypothetically, of course.

Thanks. I think 130 starts and 140 games played is a reasonable expectation this year (assuming he is healthy all year, obviously).

What's the best way to look up how many starts a player has? I'm curious how many of Vaughn's 127 games played last year were starts.

Possibly the guy who made the prediction.

Depends on if he means games started or games played. As of now, Vaughn has played in every game this year. Last year, he played in 127 games, and I would expect him to play in more this year.

I hear ya, and I get the frustration. I just think it's too early to think this will turn into a platoon. If it does, I will be furious. I also think it's fine to be bothered by it this early. I just think it's an overreaction if you think this means Vaughn will be part of a platoon all year.

Alright, if you don't believe me, here are some posts from me:

Based on what?

This is like deja vu from last year after the first handful of games. "Why are we burning a year of service for Vaughn if we aren't going to play him every day?!?!" He ended up playing 127 games. Yes, I know not all of those were starts, but he still played a lot. I'm probably a bigger Vaughn supporter than anybody here and I want him playing a lot this year, but there's no need to overreact this early in the year.

TLR looks at the entire series before making his decisions. Vaughn is a no brainer for tomorrow with a lefty (Ray) on the mound. He wants to give Sheets one of the three games, so he'd rather sit Vaughn against the guy with a nasty slider. I won't complain until I see Sheets starting against all righties.

That's still not correct. The magic number is 160 this year. For the option to vest, BOTH of these things must happen: 320 total combined innings in 2021 and 2022 160 innings in 2022 So once he hit 160 last year, he could have gone all the way up to 200, and the magic number would still be 160 this year. However, if he had only pitched 120 innings last year, then the magic number would be 200 innings this year.

I don’t think you are correct there. If he pitched 158 last year, then the option would kick in if he pitches 162 this year. I’m pretty sure it kicks in if the two-year total is 320, with AT LEAST 160 this year. So even if he pitched 200 innings last year, he would still need 160 this year for the option to kick in.

Wow, very surprising. Somebody called this a week or so ago and got laughed at. EDIT: Just found the post. It was @bmags. Great call.

Is this Jack trying to calm down somebody else from panicking? That’s the spirit! Everything goes uphill from here. I think Jack just saved the season.

Leury was playing on the right side of second base. Do we not like shifting now? I can’t keep track. Or do we just hate it when they hit it where we aren’t?

My weather app is now showing no rain in the afternoon. Possible spotty showers in the 5-8 PM range, but nothing before that. I think the rain might hold off for the whole day. It'll be cold though, that's for sure.

I’d guess that’s also overrated, but it would be nice to see some numbers. I’d be curious to see how many extra hits we give up because of it…and then how many of those hits lead to runs…and then how many of those runs change the outcome of the game. Over the course of a 162 game season, how many games do we think are affected by shifting vs not shifting?