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[Line_HTX]

Booo.

Joe Musgrove is shit.

>:T

 

[Bunta]

Booo.

Joe Musgrove is shit.

>:T

 

[Macattk15]

Thank GOD.

 

[Line_HTX]

I was clearly exaggerating, Bunta.

:lol

 

[Mortemis]

M's... win?

We're not on track for 0-162 anymore!

 

[Bunta]

I was clearly exaggerating, Bunta.

:lol

Haha, I know. The bats need to wake up. Altuve specifically needs to stop swinging at junk.

 

[Sir Alemeth]

Hey look no blown saves tonight!

 

[Corran Horn]

Hey look no blown saves tonight!

Is it too early to post this?

 

[Sir Alemeth]

Is it too early to post this?

Didn't we get swept in the series opener in 2012? There's hope!

 

[jello44]

Didn't we get swept in the series opener in 2012? There's hope!

It's not an even year, the Giants devil magic won't work this time!

 

[Sir Alemeth]

It's not an even year, the Giants devil magic won't work this time!

It's all about odd year magic now!

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Jared Weaver out here throwing out 82 MPH fastballs.

 

[sf2fanatic]

It's all about odd year magic now!

Easy there junior!! 😛

 

[ReAxion]

perdomo might slay but i don't wanna post about tomorrow's friar-giant game 😐

Jared Weaver out here throwing out 82 MPH fastballs.

and 82 MPH cambios 😩

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Alex Speier‏
@alexspeier

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Red Sox 4/7 at DET: Holt DH, Pedroia 2B, Benintendi LF, Moreland 1B, Young RF, Bradley Jr. CF, Leon C, Sandoval 3B, Hernandez SS, Wright RHP

Teen Heartthrob Brock Holt as DH?

Fuck it why not

 

[Windu]

Jared Weaver out here throwing out 82 MPH fastballs.

RA Dickey probably has a better fb than that.

 

[Beckx]

Rumor has it that Harold Reynolds said K/9 doesn't make sense for relievers and should be K/1 instead?

 

[Choomp]

Alex Speier‏
@alexspeier

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Red Sox 4/7 at DET: Holt DH, Pedroia 2B, Benintendi LF, Moreland 1B, Young RF, Bradley Jr. CF, Leon C, Sandoval 3B, Hernandez SS, Wright RHP

Teen Heartthrob Brock Holt as DH?

Fuck it why not

Where Hanley? Killing my fantasy team

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

Rumor has it that Harold Reynolds said K/9 doesn't make sense for relievers and should be K/1 instead?

Seeing this too. I sort of agree with the first part (something like K% is better) but the k/1 or k/2 thing is ridiculous

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Where Hanley? Killing my fantasy team

Sick

Betts and Ramirez both have the flu

Bogaerts is on bereavement leave

 

[BumRush]

Seeing this too. I sort of agree with the first part (something like K% is better) but the k/1 or k/2 thing is ridiculous

I don't see an issue with K/1, to be honest (any more so than K/9). Anything over 1 K/1 would be considered good. Unless I'm missing something?

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

I don't see an issue with K/1, to be honest (any more so than K/9). Anything over 1 K/1 would be considered good. Unless I'm missing something?

The argument for K/1 would be that relievers only usually go 1 inning

This a true, but starting pitchers don't usually go 9 innings so is K/9 not good for them either? The point of K/9 is to normalize performance. (Although as I said, I like K% better in a lot of cases)

 

[Windu]

Folty left Citi Field around 4 pm yesterday to fly to Pittsburgh. Good move. The team didn't get to their hotel until around 4 a.m. https://t.co/cvJhdKNeyP

something tells me the braves are not going to do so good against the pirates this afternoon.

 

[BigAT]

Do I need to point out the obvious that K/1, K/9, K/1,000,000,000 is effectively the same metric and it's just a ratio presented in a slightly different manner?

 

[BumRush]

Do I need to point out the obvious that K/1, K/9, K/1,000,000,000 is effectively the same metric and it's just a ratio presented in a slightly different manner?

Right. Because of that, I'd argue that K/1 or K% are much more meaningful stats than K/9

 

[BigAT]

Right. Because of that, I'd argue that K/1 or K% are much more meaningful stats than K/9

How is having a 1.00 K/1 more meaningful than having a 9.00 K/9?

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

How is having a 1.00 K/1 more meaningful than having a 9.00 K/9?

It's not of course, they're all the same. In terms of "wanting to know how many Ks a pitcher collects in a game on average", a K/9 looks better at a glance. Many many pitchers have less than 1 K per inning, so K/1 would look a little weird or unintuitive a lot of the time. And K% is one of those stats where it's impossible to immediately tell whether it's good or bad without looking up the average.

All semantics though, really.

 

[bonesmccoy]

The sheer dislike of RA Dickey in the Jays' punditry is quite something.

ahaha - And now they're relishing Cecil struggling yesterday.

(Sportsnet, btw)

 

[ProfessorMoran]

Jared Weaver out here throwing out 82 MPH fastballs.

Worked for Buerle.

 

[ProfessorMoran]

The sheer dislike of RA Dickey in the Jays' punditry is quite something.

Pure innings eater, you have to get him his own catcher who most likely can't hit, even when he has a good day you can't be 100% sure, he's not reliable for big games/post season play and won't get you enough wins to justify the sacrifices.

Plus remember we gave up Syndergard for him, it still stings, worst trade by AA.

 

[The Elite]

The sheer dislike of RA Dickey in the Jays' punditry is quite something.

ahaha - And now they're relishing Cecil struggling yesterday.

(Sportsnet, btw)

Morales is clearly outshining Edwin early this season.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Dave Roberts is the Chessmaster.

 

[Beckx]

Seeing this too. I sort of agree with the first part (something like K% is better) but the k/1 or k/2 thing is ridiculous

yeah. In typical HR style the comment is boneheaded, but it does raise a question of whether there's a better rate stat to present to viewers than K/innings.

 

[Chris R]

Made a mistake buying some tickets early for the ranger game I'll be at later this month Could be sitting much, much closer for half the money lol

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

It's not of course, they're all the same. In terms of "wanting to know how many Ks a pitcher collects in a game on average", a K/9 looks better at a glance. Many many pitchers have less than 1 K per inning, so K/1 would look a little weird or unintuitive a lot of the time. And K% is one of those stats where it's impossible to immediately tell whether it's good or bad without looking up the average.

All semantics though, really.

K% would tell a better story than K/9 (or any number)

Ex: reliever comes in, gives up two hits, walks one, strikes out three.

That's a 27 K/9 but a 50% K rate

Everyone is just used to K/9 at this point though

 

[Beckx]

Okay hopefully the Bucs top 4 can turn around these woeful stats.

also thank god Mercer isn't lead off

Mike Consonants throws a lot of fastballs (14 of 18 pitches thrown that inning)

 

[Choomp]

Damn Fulmer is dirty

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Looks like a short outing upcoming for Wright

 

[Malo]

Bob Nightingale

Shohei Ohtani, the Babe Ruth of Japan, told 60 Minutes he will sign with #MLB team after season, which could cost him $200M by not waiting.

How quickly does the team that sign Otani sign him to a massive extension?

 

[CygnusXS]

Bruh, Folty, you have more than 2 pitches

 

[Beckx]

Hits! Runs! Cutch!

Bruh, Folty, you have more than 2 pitches

Bucs are just sitting fastball.

Clint. Clint. We have to have a conversation about when you are choosing to bunt.

 

[Beckx]

I hope Cervelli hits a fastball into the river

I don't even know if any Bucco has hit the river since Pedro Alvarez left. Or if you can even reach the river from that side heh.

Anyway, rats. But I'll take our first lead of the season.

 

[CygnusXS]

Me

Di

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Ker

 

[Windu]

Looks like an enjoyable afternoon in Pittsburgh....

 

[brianjones]

rich hill to dl with blister

this early in the season can't be good

 

[Beckx]

Nova please don't explode

How quickly does the team that sign Otani sign him to a massive extension?

as of today:

.423 BA
.484 OBP
.846 SLG
1.330 OPS

(only 31 AB of course but it's funny that a pitcher is leading the league in hits)

 

[Line_HTX]

Made a mistake buying some tickets early for the ranger game I'll be at later this month Could be sitting much, much closer for half the money lol

You're flying from Alaska, right?

 

[The Elite]

40 Years since the first Blue Jays' game.

Would have been nice to have them at home for it.



I guess they did all their 40th celebration stuff last year.

 

[Beckx]

Nova please don't explode

please

 

[Bunta]

Bob Nightingale

Shohei Ohtani, the Babe Ruth of Japan, told 60 Minutes he will sign with #MLB team after season, which could cost him $200M by not waiting.

How quickly does the team that sign Otani sign him to a massive extension?

Astros need to spend some money.