southsider2k5

You CAN quantify those odds. We know historical information for 10s of thousands AB, complete with counts, match ups, situations etc. But odds and probabilities are all they are. You are trying to make them into something omniscient with all you are putting on them. It's not perfect for sure, but it is WAY more accurate than pure randomness.

There was a reason he was a free agent in April with his bat.

What in their algorithm do you disagree with specifically?

You and numbers don't really get along.

The story then was that the Eloy part was agreed to early, but the deal got done when the Cubs stepped up with Cease.

I am just going to say it. There are a million news stories to say that you are wrong here. Jerry Reinsdorf himself went to Springfield to lobby for money for this exact project. Unless you have actual evidence, and not just your own spin, you are 100% wrong here. If that bothers you, either show some evidence or go away.

You don't say.

https://x.com/scottmerkin/status/1794117665411272994?s=19

Forget it, he's rolling.

You are going to die anyway, so kill you now and get it over with.

Of course they did. Welcome to 2024.

MLB cares about money, and there is a LOT more of it in Chicago than anywhere else left to put a baseball team, especially if we are talking about a couple of billion for an expansion team. With Vegas off of the map, it isn't like there is some huge market waiting for a team. Chicago is just under a 10 million person metro area. That is like 3 million if you even carve it down to 1/3 of the market. Every single market of that size already has a team in the US. The closest is Charlotte at 2.8 million. Nashville and Indianapolis are like 2 million people. Portland is 2.5 million. Salt Lake City is 1.2 million people. No where else nearly that small has a team in MLB today. Remember there will two expansion teams, and the odds are if the team moved, it would be to one of those markets, so essentially that means Chicago has a HUGE size edge on anyone else. It's not about emotions, it is about dollars, and Chicago has more of them, even divided up, than any other market place left.

Still not sure what Martin is here for.

Same with high school. If you pitch a certain number of pitchers, you are then obligated to be held out a set number of days.

If the Panicman wants an OF that can't hit, he could at least target one that can run and catch.

a year or two?

From a rulebook standpoint, it is technically correct, but just a bizarre time to call it. For me it was like calling a coaching box technical foul in basketball with no time left on the clock in a tie game. Maybe it was right, but if affected the outcome when the play wasn't going to do so. It is too bad some common sense isn't applied there, as I don't think that was ever the intent of the rule.

In this day and age, it isn't as big of a deal as it once was, then again neither is only pitching half seasons.

The big thing is Cease doesn't miss appearances. He's there every five days. Three straight years of 30 plus starts in his 1st three seasons. Even his seemingly league average season last year was largely drive by a terrible defense which stuck him with almost an extra run per game over expected.

As I said I wouldn't be interested in extending Kopech or Crochet, I will say I would have backed up the truck for Cease.