Look at Ray Ray Run

It was a safety squeeze but the runner froze once he saw the ball in the air.

A top 100 prospect for abreu lol

Lol how is that his fault?

He's asking how you can say he's called bad games. His pitchers rarely shake him off which is a pretty good sign that he calls a good game and is on the same page with his starters... and that they trust him. Pitch Execution isn't the responsibility of the catcher.

And he's still got a wRC+ of 112. If he's around 100 that's fine with nice defense.

Sure. Why not? If he's an average hitter that is.

I love to hear how a fan evaluates a catchers game calling abilities. I'd consider a catchers game calling ability to be something that would be really difficult for a fan to assess but maybe I'm missing something.

McCann is a fine player. He's not a star but he's made adjustments and is likely about an average hitter with regression while being a nice back stop. Saying he stinks and ripping him because he's not hitting 330 anymore is a bit much.

Oh my.... his game calling.

The padres trading franmil reyes and logan allen for Trammel is puzzling to say the least.

I dont think they can sell to fans that they're trying to improve by trading their best starter for Yasiel Puig. Franmil Reyes is better than Yasiel Puig so I think he'd be a better sell.

Everyone who makes the playoffs has a chance.

Don't look now, but collins has made a small swing change shortening his hand hitch at the start and he's swung a bit earlier in the count since his demotion. No clue with either will stick or actually matter but he's had a nice week.

He said he was just saying what if jaja

Its 48 wins not 43.

But you said it's not written into the rules and it actually is. If your argument for keeping him down is to exploit service time then you're argument is against the CBA and the rules of the game.

No, because a replacement level team would win games as well - I believe a replacement level team is calculated to win about 50 games; somewhere around there. Edit: its 48 wins, not 50

It was not agreed upon. It is against the rules to exploit service time it's just nearly impossible to prove unless someone flat out says it.

So you think the players you listed are better relievers than Colome?

That's not what subjective is for a stat though. The data sets they are using, and chose to use, are not influenced by opinions. The choice of which stats to value (FIP vs ERA for example) in their equations is based on what their end goal maybe, but the actual outputs (the stat itself) is not subjective as it is not influenced by opinions - it is only influenced by the actual production. I think were disagreeing on semantics. Modelers may be subjective in what stat they value the most, but the actual statistical outputs themselves receive zero influence or opinion built in so their outputs are not subjective. WAR isnt popped out and then adjusted based on opinions. It is normalized for every single person playing the game, therefore since the standards of equation remain the same for everyone, it is not subjective.

The difference in fWAR and bWAR is the defensive metrics they use for batters. For pitchers, fangraphs uses an expected outcome (FIP) instead of an actual outcome (ERA). Those metrics can have different readings on a player without being subjective. They simply derive their values from different data sets but those data sets are built on outcomes and not opinions.

WAR is derived from factual outcomes and is absent of "opinions." That's why WAR is not subjective. No ones opinion or feelings impact a players WAR. That is why WAR is not subjective. The defensive metrics built into WAR are based on expected outcomes of batted balls based on prior outcomes of similarly batted balls, not a score keepers judgement on whether it should be made or not. In regards to hits vs errors offensively, we'll just agree to disagree. It has no true impact on WAR as the sample size your addressing over the career of a player is near zero.

Yeah, I also think many people on the analytical side don't explain things with patience. Frequently, and I find myself doing this as well, we talk to those who want to learn or understand like they were children. No one listens while being ridiculed or demeaned. Some don't genuinely want to learn but others do. Messaging is key to education of analytics. It's even more difficult on the internet as speaking in an analytic language can appear condescending even if that's not the goal. Defining thing in layman's terms is a talent and it's what makes a great teacher. I struggle to do this frequently but I really do try to explain things respectfully and in an adult manner.

Stiever didn't exactly dominate A ball either - he has dominated A+ though.

Yeah, he's probably earned a 120 or so wRC+. Could be better sure but struggling is the wrong word.