2014 Offseason Plans Thread

[RevSader]

Mehhhhh

I would take a healthy Shaun Marcum. Dude had a nasty change a few years ago.

 

[Hambombs]

I would take a healthy Shaun Marcum. Dude had a nasty change a few years ago.

Wouldn't you rather just gamble with Colby? Although I wouldn't mind a marcum signing he's solid when healthy of course

 

[RevSader]

Wouldn't you rather just gamble with Colby? Although I wouldn't mind a marcum signing he's solid when healthy of course

You're asking me if I would rather have no competition for the 5th spot?

 

[Hambombs]

You're asking me if I would rather have no competition for the 5th spot?

I'm asking if you desperately want marcum

 

[donaldson79]

Thanks for getting the jest of the comment. Carroll was an example.

Sorry....little slow on the uptake today.

 

[RevSader]

I'm asking if you desperately want marcum

Why does it have to be desperate? If the guy was healthy he would be a reasonably priced 5th starter.

 

[ESPN Refugee]

Why does it have to be desperate? If the guy was healthy he would be a reasonably priced 5th starter.

Totally gagree. If he's right and healthy he is a damn fine pitcher. I hope we land him.

 

[RevSader]

Totally gagree. If he's right and healthy he is a damn fine pitcher. I hope we land him.

He and Matt Harrison can be TOS buddies.

 

[Hambombs]

Why does it have to be desperate? If the guy was healthy he would be a reasonably priced 5th starter.

I agree

 

[RevSader]

I don't know why 8 seasons was chosen as a baseline but...

The league-wide slugging percentage has dropped 36 points over the past eight seasons from .432 to .396.

Then someone else did the research and found out the average fastball Velo over the last 8 seasons as well.

Starters: 90.0 to 91.3
Relievers: 91.3 to 92.5

Interesting correlation at least to me.

 

[jta4437]

I don't know why 8 seasons was chosen as a baseline but...

The league-wide slugging percentage has dropped 36 points over the past eight seasons from .432 to .396.

Then someone else did the research and found out the average fastball Velo over the last 8 seasons as well.

Starters: 90.0 to 91.3
Relievers: 91.3 to 92.5

Interesting correlation at least to me.

Maybe 8 seasons ago is when the trend started?

 

[RevSader]

Maybe 8 seasons ago is when the trend started?

Maybe so, but with no actual context I don't know what it all means. I haven't seen the data from the segments of time before to know if it's cyclical or not. If this really is a trend going forward and fastball velo is also slowly rising, then power bats like Cruz are going to be more and more expensive regardless of their lack of defense and average.

 

[jta4437]

Maybe 8 seasons ago is when the trend started?

I looked, not really a noticeable trend started then

But last year's SLG% was the lowest its been since 1992 (.377) then it jumped to .403 in 1993 and wasn't below .400 again until 2011 (.399)

 

[jta4437]

Maybe so, but with no actual context I don't know what it all means. I haven't seen the data from the segments of time before to know if it's cyclical or not. If this really is a trend going forward and fastball velo is also slowly rising, then power bats like Cruz are going to be more and more expensive regardless of their lack of defense and average.

Major League Baseball Batting Encyclopedia - Baseball-Reference.com

 

[lainey12]

So what's the rumor today, are we getting Brady? Peyton....Rodgers?
No? dammit

 

[RevSader]

I looked, not really a noticeable trend started then

But last year's SLG% was the lowest its been since 1992 (.377) then it jumped to .403 in 1993 and wasn't below .400 again until 2011 (.399)

That's some lazy writing then. I don't know who wrote that original quote, because I never saw the citation. Well so much for that idea.

 

[lainey12]

WAIT, RG3! There's your leadoff

 

[RevSader]

So are you guys in favor of the new culture shift that is being suggested in the MLB? They want to do away with home plate collisions.

Brett Lawrie is against it, but he kind of sounds like a dummy, so I am not too surprised.

19m[/ame] Sorry guys .. Guess I'm old school I guess .. Leave the game alone .. It's been around forever and ain't goin no where [URL="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Annoyed&src=hash"]#Annoyed


If you followed his logic, then no black players would have ever been allowed to play, because we should have left the game alone....

 

[RevSader]

WAIT, RG3! There's your leadoff

Are you just looking at NFL rosters and randomly naming QBs?

 

[jta4437]

That's some lazy writing then. I don't know who wrote that original quote, because I never saw the citation. Well so much for that idea.

You are definitely seeing a trend where pitchers are getting better and hitters are getting worse

I think I found it, for the last 8 years K/BB ratio has gone up 8 straight seasons, substantially in the last 4 seasons