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Leonard — After reading your post, I sent greg a PM. He's not been warned, but banned. QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Sep 27, 2010 -> 04:08 PM) I've read it several times and I can't figure out why Greg was warned. If what he posted is "trolling for arguments", then so is about 1/3 of the posts on this board.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 05:39 PM) There's a lot of saber-people on this board, myself included. We're well aware of Jenks' good peripherals. The issue here is that he's getting hit very hard. The reason as to why his FIP and xFIP are so low is that he's not giving up home runs. This is due to a unsustainable and abnormal 20% FB rate. His LD rate and GB rate consist of nearly 70% of his batted balls in play, 22% of them being line drives, the highest mark of his career. That's the reason for the .402 BABIP. The high LD and GB rates result in a tERA of 3.66. Could it be bad luck? Maybe. But if you're just laying a flat 94 MPH fastball in there, you'd be lucky for it to be an out. Randy Wells has had a similar case of this year. His LD rate was insanely high, but he maintained good peripherals. Good response, chw42. You guys see Jenks everyday and I don't, but it's still tough for me to think a guy that is striking out 11 per 9 has totally lost his stuff. If he had, folks wouldn't be swinging and missing so often.

Man, I wish as a Royals fan that a closer was our only problem ... Looking at his numbers, I'm surprised a bit by the animosity towards Jenks. The guy is striking out 11.0 guys per nine innings (his best mark since 2005). From being on this board during Royals series, I think most folks here know about FIP and xFIP. If you look, his FIP is 2.78 and his xFIP is 2.82 (Both numbers are better than Joakim Soria's). That means, even though Jenks' ERA is above 5, he's gotten really unlucky (his BABIP is .402, which is ridiculously high). I know he's blown two saves and the tendency is to overreact, but I definitely wouldn't write off a guy that is striking out 11 guys per nine innings.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 30, 2010 -> 09:35 PM) Hmmm...seems a bit weird. He was terrible in Milwaukee. If the Royals win tonight (if), KC would be 22-22 under Yost. KC was 12-23 under Hillman.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 30, 2010 -> 09:33 PM) Ned Yost is awful. He used to always bunt with the hitters in front of Prince and/or Braun in Milwaukee, which always resulted in the opposition being able to walk Prince and/or Braun. I got yelled at on here for saying I wanted to punch Yost in the face. Maybe he's learned. Trust me, most Royals fans are thrilled with Yost and would love to keep him past this year.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 30, 2010 -> 09:32 PM) How bad is Yost in comparison to Ozzie? Yost is actually really good about limiting the bunting. Hillman was atrocious. KC would get a runner on 1st in the top of the 1st, then bunt him over. I'm thinking Pods might have wanted to do that on his own.

You're welcome for that pointless bunt.

Your bats look fine to me.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 30, 2010 -> 08:53 PM) Williams warming up...time to surrender. Wow, you guys weren't kidding.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 30, 2010 -> 08:27 PM) He is not an MLB 3B that is obvious. At least your organization doesn't leave him blocked in the minors because of the stellar play of Alberto Callaspo.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 30, 2010 -> 08:18 PM) Kotsay with a rocket single! It's like slow-pitch softball. Kotsay looked for the weakest defender, then hit it to him.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 30, 2010 -> 08:00 PM) So apparently Splittorff had a viral infection that changed his voice, but damned if it doesn't sound like he had a stroke. It had to be a stroke. Usually, they only let Paul do the postgame, with Frank White doing the games. Don't know why it's been switched as of late. As much as I wish for the best for Paul, there's no way he should be allowed to be the color guy. He's just too hard to understand.

Sure you guys don't want Yuni?

Man, we have Podsednik, Betemit and Getz out there tonight. That has to be weird for Sox fans to see.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 09:47 PM) We have seen Grienke, however he is pretty good. Have no fear. Bannister's career ERA against the Sox is well over 7. Series will be split by this time tomorrow.