Look at Ray Ray Run

Greinke is probably the smartest player in the MLB (smart's in this sense). He started the deep dive into analytics before the Astros front office existed. He has very specific information he wanted to evolve his game and hes aged gracefully despite velocity declines because of that. If you search you can find extensive articles and interviews from Greinke about how he bought into analytics and implanted them into his arsenal. The astros are sharp, but Verlander had declined as had cole - they both needed guidance. Greinke has stayed consistent despite his stuff diminishing and its because of his analytic process. I'll add that when I say he's smarter than their front office I mean in regards to knowing his game and understanding how to maximize his outcomes.

Cool. The sox traded a bad defensive catcher for a closer to help their staff and bullpen. Then they signed a navarez replacement for 1.5 million who has been just as good as navarez and they have a nice bullpen piece to. Good moves by Hahn and a good decision to bring a better receiver for the young staff... yet people are still complaining. Weird stuff. I would rather have McCann and Colome than Navarez. I don't know about you.

Greinke is probably analytically smarter than the Astros front office. He doesnt need help in that world.

1. He doesn't grade out anywhere near that poorly in RF 2. Allen was better last year at 21 years old at the same levels allard has been at this year. People love the younger and unknown. Allen is likely just a better version of allard.

What are inflated about Reyes' numbers?

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.