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On 3/17/2017 at 4:25 AM, wildcard said:

This spring he is hitting 300/440/600/1040 vs righties.  I know he is hitting against minor leaguers and the wind has helped him on his homers but what if Gentry hits righties like he did in 2013?

And hope springs eternal.

On 3/17/2017 at 4:46 AM, mdbdotcom said:

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.

Or, not.

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5 hours ago, wildcard said:

I appreciate  your perspective but that would be a  new way of scoring.  Count every ball that should have been a hit.

That's actually underway, with Statcast developing a new form of WAR that uses "hit probability" as a component instead of actual hits, the theory being that the hitter can't control whether the fielder made a great play or a lousy one.    

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2 hours ago, thezeroes said:

What do these 24 players all have in common????

 

Devon Travis

Austin Hedges

Gorkys Hernandez

Russell Martin

Ryan Schimpf

Stephen Cardullo

Jacob May

Steve Pearce

Jose Reyes

Brandon Belt

Pablo Sandoval

Logan Forsythe

Tommy Joseph

Carlos Gomez

A.J. Pollock

Jarrett Parker

Dustin Garneau

Craig Gentry

Miguel Cabrera

Yasmani Grandal

Greg Bird

Melky Cabrera

Todd Frazier

Jose Iglesias

Lemme guess. They are all bigger than a breadbox?

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35 minutes ago, Frobby said:

That's actually underway, with Statcast developing a new form of WAR that uses "hit probability" as a component instead of actual hits, the theory being that the hitter can't control whether the fielder made a great play or a lousy one.    

Sound pretty iffy.   I guy hits a ball right on the nose but it right  at an outfielder.  Is that considered a hit under this system?  The next ball is hit just as well but the fielder has to move ten steps and dive to catch it.  It that consider a hit under the new system?  What if the fielder is a show boat and could have caught it easily without a dive but wanted  to make it look difficult?   

A hit is a hit.  An out is an out.  Any thing else is fantasy baseball.

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2 hours ago, BohKnowsBmore said:

Yea, but a .924 OPS overall.  He had three walks over that 16 AB/19 PA span (talk about tiny sample sizes!), making it a slightly more respectable showing.  Overall, he had 70 PAs in which he went .291/.451/.473/.924.

You missed the whole point.  The hardest part of ST in the last week. There is a better chance of  facing pitchers that are actually going to make the major league roster are  pitching instead of minor leaguer that will not.   Joey stopped hitting the last week.  Then he goes 0-6 to start the season.   All I was said that rather they putting him back on the major league 25 man roster after sitting for several days that he should go out on rehab to get his back going again.

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25 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

I like Gentry as a 4th/5th outfielder.   I am probably in the minority, but I think he is more valuable than Joey Rickard.  

Depends what you think of the defensive metrics, which score Rickard as the much better defender this year.

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35 minutes ago, Frobby said:

One of the great statistical anomalies of 2017: the O's are 50-24 in games where Craig Gentry played (16-9 when he started).

He's done a great job in the second half.  But re the 50-24 record, keep in mind how he was used a lot - as a defensive replacement.  You generally use defensive replacements when you're ahead.   

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