And its still astonishing to me how many Hangouters refused to recognize the reality of what many of us were pointing out, as if we were somehow seeing something that wasn't there. And telling us as much.
I agree with everyone who says that the league adjusted to us.....and were not capable of adjusting to their adjustments.
Incredibly well said. And his start against the Astros final stat line looks worse than how he pitched. Was one bad inning, really. The rest he looked sharp. That said, the Dodgers start stunk, but: it's the Dodgers and it was 1 start.
We no longer the little sisters of the poor. I can understand us maybe not outbidding the Dodgers and maybe the Mets for a top FA. But the rest of those teams mentioned? We should be right there with any of them. Our ownership groups pockets go just as deep if not deeper.
Forget the value for a second since they don't add up from the chart on the right to the chart on the left. Just look at how much less he swings at pitches in the heart of the zone. He swings at 10% less pitches than the major league average in the heart of the zone where most of the damage is done. He actually swang at 3% more pitches than major league average on chase, so not sure how he was worth 22 more runs unless he did more damage than others in that area.
You're being obtuse. He would have had the job for good if he had played reasonably well. He looked completely overmatched in those first 30 AB's so they rightly sent him down.
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