tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post1190969258292042240..comments2023-11-02T08:28:08.286-05:00Comments on Rany on the Royals: For Want Of A Pitcher: The Elite Free Agents.Ranyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713226276377020284noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-70935701644944466392012-10-28T11:02:36.053-05:002012-10-28T11:02:36.053-05:00Is it just me or are the Giants of these past few ...Is it just me or are the Giants of these past few years an exciting/depressing reminder of the '85 Royals?twmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435570180342463224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-16279956761395208552012-10-28T00:18:17.879-05:002012-10-28T00:18:17.879-05:00Volstad's stats look horribleVolstad's stats look horribleDrew Milnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162161431695364959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-84466880780413005962012-10-27T04:31:24.012-05:002012-10-27T04:31:24.012-05:00I think that the Royals just claimed Chris Volstad...I think that the Royals just claimed Chris Volstad from the Cubs. A real major league starter who may be better than Hochevar. Not sure this is a step up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816181608902411803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-44079854113464436742012-10-26T16:35:05.885-05:002012-10-26T16:35:05.885-05:00To Unknown who says Rany is King of AFTER THE FACT...To Unknown who says Rany is King of AFTER THE FACT:<br /><br />Please go and read what Rany wrote about the Washington Nationals BEFORE the 2012 season. It's on Grantland. It's the article where Rany says the Nats will make the playoffs and the Marlins will suck. <br /><br />You are more than entitled to your opinion, but in this case I would say that you are mistaken about Rany's Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12426379914921642836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-63089140666135617142012-10-26T15:24:40.540-05:002012-10-26T15:24:40.540-05:00This is a meaningless discussion as long as Moore ...This is a meaningless discussion as long as Moore and Yost are in charge because the Royals won't win anyway.thomasj19https://www.blogger.com/profile/12717655834568958393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-20349341136625511372012-10-26T14:03:26.408-05:002012-10-26T14:03:26.408-05:00I'll have to admit I almost swallowed my tongu...I'll have to admit I almost swallowed my tongue after "unknown"s last comment. In fact, I am fairly sure hat this guy is just baiting people for fun. However...<br /><br />THE POST IS TITLED "FOR WANT OF A PITCHER"!<br /><br />It's not called "Looking Back, We Should Have Acquired"! He is acually doing NOTHING BUT PREDICTIONS AND PROJECTIONS! He is Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530090166299351849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-55945561759468540732012-10-26T13:01:41.503-05:002012-10-26T13:01:41.503-05:00I still see nothing in there about what you would ...I still see nothing in there about what you would do if you were Royals GM. Please tell us before so that you too won't be "King of After the Fact."Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17250964134282394393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-34429548526500311872012-10-25T23:27:02.216-05:002012-10-25T23:27:02.216-05:00"Unknown, I would take that offensive season ..."Unknown, I would take that offensive season from Dejesus with his defense over Mazzaro and Marks every day of the week and twice on Sunday. In fact, I'd offer them two to the Cubs along with Jeff Francouer for Dejesus right now!"<br /><br />I'd trade with you, because DeJesus had a pretty forgettable season for that one season Oakland got from him. Besides, you're not Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13821334149177201380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-78403790541039712592012-10-25T23:16:30.500-05:002012-10-25T23:16:30.500-05:00"if we lived in a world where changing your m...<i>"if we lived in a world where changing your mind wasn't allowed."</i><br /><br />The thing is we live in the world where Rany's allowed to absolutely love moves/players until that player sucks, and he can then backtrack and absolutely hate that player and use his stats to do his thing where he continually talks down on the Royals at every opportunity? Yeah, we actually live Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13821334149177201380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-56434314729095366782012-10-25T07:30:52.199-05:002012-10-25T07:30:52.199-05:00The Guthrie/Lohse question by unknown is so incred...The Guthrie/Lohse question by unknown is so incredibly myopic silly that it is almost not worth responding to. The reason Guthrie gets $8mil and Lohse gets $15 is the same reason why we couldn't have traded Sanchez for Lohse.<br /><br />And you can't be overly negative about the Royals. You just can't. It's just like how I always say it is imossible to overhype The Wire.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530090166299351849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-8855911569318936602012-10-24T04:55:37.800-05:002012-10-24T04:55:37.800-05:00Unknown, I would take that offensive season from D...Unknown, I would take that offensive season from Dejesus with his defense over Mazzaro and Marks every day of the week and twice on Sunday. In fact, I'd offer them two to the Cubs along with Jeff Francouer for Dejesus right now! Marks might get a cup of coffee because, let's face it, we're the Royals, but honestly he's not a major league pitcher. We all know how bad Vin MazzaroMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17250964134282394393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-77214795175618728102012-10-24T03:43:21.080-05:002012-10-24T03:43:21.080-05:00P.S. Dan Hutson - Your sample size is 3 meaningles...P.S. Dan Hutson - Your sample size is 3 meaningless exhibition games and 12 other games over 2 seasons involving 1 AL team and 2 NL teams.<br /><br />My sample size is 2016 games over 8 seasons involving every NL team, in which they showed about the same amount of skill as the 2012 Royals.KHAZADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06625151001857035616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-36961687457812640502012-10-24T03:29:01.551-05:002012-10-24T03:29:01.551-05:00Deep Dixie- Good point about DER. It has always b...Deep Dixie- Good point about DER. It has always been inherently flawed as it assumes that all contact is the same. Some teams have more flyball pitchers or more groundball pitchers, which skew the numbers. In the Royals case, they give up more line drives.<br /><br />Dan Hutson - Perhaps you should watch the entire baseball season instead of just tuning in for the ASG and World series. In theKHAZADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06625151001857035616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-57481731646729779732012-10-24T03:01:01.768-05:002012-10-24T03:01:01.768-05:00Yes, I was right:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...Yes, I was right: <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Duncan_(baseball)<br /><br />Duncan took an indeterminate leave of absence from the Cardinals on January 5, 2012 to spend time with his wife, Jeanine, who is dealing with cancer.Drew Milnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162161431695364959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-36148822847776345622012-10-24T02:58:02.067-05:002012-10-24T02:58:02.067-05:00I don't believe Dave Duncan retired as Card...I don't believe Dave Duncan retired as Card's pitching coach. I believe is was on leave to take care of his ailing wife. Someone else can look it up, I'm too tired :-)Drew Milnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162161431695364959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-28708388404481996612012-10-24T00:20:42.799-05:002012-10-24T00:20:42.799-05:00Why would the Royals consider signing a costly fre...Why would the Royals consider signing a costly free agent backup catcher? If they decide not to continue with Brayan Pena, they have Max Ramirez waiting at Omaha. If Greinke got injured, wouldn't insurance pay his salary, or a major portion of it, back to the Royals?Drew Milnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162161431695364959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-75570504848519601302012-10-23T23:49:11.316-05:002012-10-23T23:49:11.316-05:00If David Dejesus for Vin Mazzaro and Marks works o...<i>If David Dejesus for Vin Mazzaro and Marks works out for us I'll eat my hat.</i><br /><br />So, how good does Marks (or Mazzaro) have to be to equal one season of 240/323/376 DeJesus?<br /><br />I notice that the complaints so far are simply about tone, but spend absolutely no time refuting any actual points that were brought up..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13821334149177201380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-76827913720165180532012-10-23T22:57:08.899-05:002012-10-23T22:57:08.899-05:00I enjoy reading Rany and listening to him on the r...I enjoy reading Rany and listening to him on the radio. That doesn't change the fact that Edwin Jackson sucks. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14448085712990388737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-18106313003253562442012-10-23T20:17:55.560-05:002012-10-23T20:17:55.560-05:00Jeff Zimmerman has an xBabip calculator here:
htt...Jeff Zimmerman has an xBabip calculator here:<br /><br />http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/xbabip-spreadsheet/<br /><br />And I believe this is the one that I downloaded last year and have been using:<br /><br />http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2009/11/10/1124792/a-new-xbabip-calculator<br /><br /><br />I'm a little surprised that Fangraphs hasn't begun posting xBabip regularly. Deep Dixie Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196601503534209344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-45800908191319801832012-10-23T17:17:55.482-05:002012-10-23T17:17:55.482-05:00Scutaro would be an interesting target but given h...Scutaro would be an interesting target but given his postseason it looks like he in the next Juan Uribe. <br />Here are list of guys who could be had pretty cheap who are good targets to be good defenders and maybe decent bats at 2B<br /><br />Jerry Hairston JR 102 OPS+ <br />Mark Ellis 93OPS+<br />Nick Punto 65OPS+ 122OPS+ in 2011<br />DJ Lemathieu 84OPS+ <br />three of those guys are Dodgers soPogue009https://www.blogger.com/profile/05469419086963295853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-21299486069113120802012-10-23T14:06:16.868-05:002012-10-23T14:06:16.868-05:00Rany can you take a look at Marco Scutaro. Signing...Rany can you take a look at Marco Scutaro. Signing him allows us to cut Chris Getz so even if we had to offer the same $6M he's making this year (which I doubt a 37 yo 2B gets), it's less than a $5M increase. Call this a band aid until Colon or one of the younger middle infielders can take over. I realize the money is better spent on starters but considering Ned Yost can't make out a feifmeisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482688343766001765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-91504333361693007662012-10-23T14:02:38.863-05:002012-10-23T14:02:38.863-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.feifmeisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482688343766001765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-73195499866338186052012-10-23T12:19:42.155-05:002012-10-23T12:19:42.155-05:00"inferior league"? Really? The NL has w..."inferior league"? Really? The NL has won the last 2 World Series and the last 3 All Star games. Time to update the memory bank. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535612669719480424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-16757838816583909732012-10-23T11:02:00.581-05:002012-10-23T11:02:00.581-05:00That's an interesting point, Deep Dixie Blue. ...That's an interesting point, Deep Dixie Blue. I'll admit to not being as fluent in xBABIP as I should be. Can you point me to some links that would help me brush up on the subject?Ranyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09713226276377020284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-1676862417864026062012-10-23T07:52:12.967-05:002012-10-23T07:52:12.967-05:00Another great post, Rany.
I see Guthrie (Royals&#...Another great post, Rany.<br /><br />I see Guthrie (Royals' version) and Lohse as very similar. I'd love to have one of them, but not both, particularly if it requires a 3 year or greater commitment. Lohse' expected Babip based on his batted ball data in 2012 was .330, a whopping 68 points higher than his actual Babip. It looks like a lot of luck was involved there. And since Guthrie Deep Dixie Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196601503534209344noreply@blogger.com