Speed

[Natty]

Honestly?

That you need to understand how math works.

The O's, as currently configured, would not have a high enough success rate to lead to an increase in runs scored.

A team's most precious commodity is outs. Instead of a clock you have outs. Outs should be treasured, not given away.

So like every other team in the majors is wrong?

[Can_of_corn]

So like every other team in the majors is wrong?

Like I said bad with math, somehow you took two, added two and got seventy three.

I was talking about the Orioles, not major league baseball as a whole.

I thought I was being clear.

[weams]

So like every other team in the majors is wrong?

They are not as good as the Orioles at not trying to steal. It's a bad thing.

[El Gordo]

As far as the O's are concerned it would be interesting, though I wouldn't know how to compute it, to see the cumulative odds of any O's position player successfully stealing a base against, the odds of hitting a HR. My guess is the HR odds are much better.

[Natty]

Here is a mathematical equation...Rickard is 80% successful at stealing bases and he is just learning. Let's hear some of our home run ratios, since it's all about math.

just having fun with you guys.

[weams]

just having fun with you guys.

When was Joey Rickard a major league to have real stats that you can actually talk about? Just having fun with you. And he's not young. He's not learning anything. But he is part of the team and he's an ok part of a platoon.

[El Gordo]

Here is a mathematical equation...Rickard is 80% successful at stealing bases and he is just learning. Let's hear some of our home run ratios, since it's all about math.

just having fun with you guys.

You have to look at their career SB % and then combine them. But it should be obvious that if CD is on base then the likely hood of him stealing a base is less than the likely hood of Trumbo AB hitting one out. Rickard is the only guy on the team who is a good base stealing threat and he doesn't play that much. Why would you want anyone else to do it?

[ArtVanDelay]

Rickard is not the fastest player in the AL.

Byron Buxton, Jose Altuve, Jarrod Dyson, Rajai Davis. Yeah, he's not even close.

[Natty]

Rickard is not the fastest player in the AL.

Who is? I'm just going by what Jim Palmer said all the coaches told him. They said he may very well be the fastest.

[ArtVanDelay]

Who is? I'm just going by what Jim Palmer said all the coaches told him. They said he may very well be the fastest.

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[El Gordo]

Fastest average time to 1B in AL is Altuve's 3.98. Any one know what Joey's is? Burns 3.85 is fastest in MLB.

[Natty]

Fastest average time to 1B in AL is Altuve's 3.98. Any one know what Joey's is? Burns 3.85 is fastest in MLB.

Good question. That is a good indicator of how fast a ballplayer can run.

[Can_of_corn]

Good question. That is a good indicator of how fast a ballplayer can run.

Be silly to only use one data point.

Statecast collects all of the information but I am not sure how accessible it is.

[Natty]

Did anyone see last night's game where Rickard hit a sharp one hopper straight to the second baseman. And they could not double him up. He was flying down the first base line.

[Can_of_corn]

Did anyone see last night's game where Rickard hit a sharp one hopper straight to the second baseman. And they could not double him up. He was flying down the first base line.

He was positively Reimold-like.