Look at Ray Ray Run

The Astros whiffed on two number 1 overall picks lol.

It's a makeup game from a monday night game yesterday. People probably have to work.

The paid one here is from over 1 year ago, and it's for software engineers - not analysts.

These jobs pay so much less compared to working the same job in the finance/business world. There's only 60 jobs in the world at the level you'd like to get to (GM or Pres of Baseball Ops), and turnover is so high when you get there, what do you do after?

If this is true, they've done a really poor job of promoting and recruiting.

The year before it was 87mph. He lost 3mph at his age 43 season. Maddux was living in the 92-93 range touching 95 in an era where everyone wasn't throwing 95. He had an above average are and elite movement.

Yeah and Gammons is preaching complete nonsense. Maddux was throwing 90mph at the end of his long career. At no point in his prime was he struggling to hit 90.

A lot more analysts? Data gathering and database building require more hours and man power. Analysts don't really do either of those when you get into billion dollar companies. I would guess a 4 man team could manage 99.9% of all analysis without being overworked and without being outgunned in the baseball world. Having 20 analysts all looking at similar information just makes it harder to move forward with any changes. Find 5 good ones, pay them a lot, and watch all the ideas those 5 find and can support. If you told me the Sox only had 2 modelers or data builders I'd say that's likely a problem.

Maddux absolutely could amp it up to the mid 90's. The maddux was a low velocity guy commentary is nonsense. Maddux could and did hit 94-95mph.

I mean, he used to throw hard. Hes just so talented and good that's hes the rare breed where performance isn't tied to velocity. I would argue he is just as much of a must watch as he was when he was throwing 95 and 96. Greinke also similar to Josh Hamilton in that he would have been a top pick as a SS as well as a pitcher

Maybe if I didnt put afternoon in the title like a dumbass

Heading out for the day in about an hour. Sadly no takers. Apologize for the late notice - was hopeful someone would be able to make it.

Hey guys, I've got two tickets for the game tomorrow I'd like to give away. One point before I ask who would like them. 1. They are paper tickets (not e-tickets) so I cannot mail them. They can either be picked up before near my house (Oak Park area) or I can leave them with roll call under your name. The parking pass is being used as well (sorry) so I cannot include that. The cost is $0. Please if you won't go, do not ask. Section 137.

57% of your actual important players being injured isnt a lot? Eloy, anderson, moncada, kopech Not Cease, gio, reynaldo If you expound to the minor leagues the sox lost even more pieces of their future for chunks of time. My point was that you're citing injury rates that include a bunch of nobodies. When you remove them, the sox have actually been pretty unlucky with their actual impact/future pieces. If you're not prepared to lose more than 50% of your impact players, you're not good?

The Sox have had injuries to all three of the MLB position players of the future. Who cares that Ryan Cordell, Jose Abreu, Leury Garcia, Charlie Tilson, Adam Engel, and even James McCann have been healthy? Anderson, Eloy and Moncada have all been on the injured list. Kopech is out for the year. Those are the injuries that matter.

The Sox drafted him twice, too. It was odd they moved him. He was an underrated prospect. The highest he got ranked was 91st despite dominating AA and being POY while walking more than he k'ed as a 22 year old.

I think this is what rubs people the wrong way. It's his reluctance to let go of a whiff. The Sale thing gets brought up a lot but it's not that he missed.. it's that 2 1/2 years later he was sticking by his stance and defending his position. Just move on. I respect a guy traveling everywhere to watch baseball and give his perspective. He's stubborn but he has good insights on a lot of players as well. He just could be less defensive when he's wrong

Law is basically arguing semantics with his response. Collins changed his load which I guess is not a change to the forward movement of his hands towards the baseball but come on... it's still a change to his swing. That's like arguing adding a toe tap isnt a swing change.

Is JC not college?

In a vacuum their numbers look similar but Walker has been a good bit better. Walker wRC+ is 132 while Rutherfords was 120. Walker has had a really nice season.

I cant think of anything worse to spend money on in baseball than a manager, imo.

I'm saying it doesnt matter how much high level baseball anyone has played - a large set of data is more reliable than anyone's personal experience. You learn things playing but I've learned just as much about the game since I stopped playing. That's all. I'm not a fan of people who shoot down others opinion just because they didn't play competitively. Some of the smartest people in the game didn't play past little league. I'm very pro-player in discussions, but that's really where the bias ends.

Jack, you've got me confused with someone else. I work in the analytical world and am obviously very pro-metric. Both have a place in the game, and I'll always lean on the numbers more than some faulty "personal experience" excuse.

Yeah, the sox are likely too accommodating if anything. Escobar can eat dirt. He's a trash player now.

I wouldnt argue for a second that in my down time I can get drawn into repeating myself - definitely happens and overly exasperates my point and drowns it out. I don't have a lot of time to post for long periods of time with work but when I post I tend to do it to kill time (either on my way to work or home, or on a day off) and it's almost like I try to present every thought at once. I agree with that... but this to me was not one of those times. Posting one or two sentences in a thread isn't that. When I allow and participate in threads going off the rails I am guilty of that but I've gotten better... still have work to do. As to your last point, I don't really care what people take from my posts. I don't post to get respect or recognition. I do it because its conversing with a group of people who share a common interest. My wife doesnt want to listen to me talk about baseball all night and my family/friends arent always around so this is a gateway for me to dive into a topic I've loved since I was a kid. Nothing is personal for me on the internet. It's a time killing extension of one of my hobbies - sports/baseball.