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I would disagree with that. I think we've all read some variation on that, and allowed it to become an established truth, while we neglect to cite where we got it, and mostly don't remember where we got it, or what the break-even point actually is alleged to be.

Cahna got drilled more than anybody and he neither dug in close to the plate nor leaned in during his swing. It's hard to explain. Maybe the prevailing scouting report on the team said they were all vulnerable inside.

It's a yes-or-no question.

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It certainly puts the eggs in multiple baskets.

Dansby Swanson is still out there. Let the Padre hording of shortstops continue!

I tend to still think that his approach changed, but it's not particularly detectable within the data of a single season, because the change occurred as the season progressed. It's not even detectable if you split the season in half. But cut it up just a bit more granularly and voila! Look at this inverse bell curve! It's like, one third of the way through the season, he got off his game, had a crap middle of the season, but then corrected about 2/3 of the way through. By September, we were looking at something like peak Nimmo. It's certainly too much to ask that that's the guy we get over the course of the contract, but if it is, happy days! [th]Split [/th][th]G [/th][th]GS [/th][th]PA [/th][th]AB [/th][th]R [/th][th]H [/th][th]2B [/th][th]3B [/th][th]HR [/th][th]RBI [/th][th]SB [/th][th]CS [/th][th]BB [/th][th]SO [/th][th]BA [/th][th]OBP [/th][th]SLG [/th][th]OPS [/th][th]TB [/th][th]GDP [/th][th]HBP [/th][th]SH [/th][th]SF [/th][th]IBB [/th][th]ROE [/th][th]BAbip [/th][th]tOPS+ [/th][th]sOPS+[/th]March/April1816766311173137001213.270.387.492.87931201000.298119159May252411094182953010001116.309.385.426.81140221203.363103130June2525110981325612701520.255.327.398.72539060101.29981101July252511810820244051501922.222.288.398.68643110003.2357092August292913111017317025001523.282.397.400.79744460000.341101129Sept/Oct2929128107233352420301922.308.417.505.92254011001.35813016

There's a "Questions or Comments" link at the top of the page. They've responded when I've used that to point something out.

I'm getting credit for four there, but so far it looks like I have only three correct — NImmo, Heaney, and Walker.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=114439 time=1670628675 user_id=68] =roger_that post_id=114436 time=1670625191 user_id=128] If anyone has an intelligent answer to my question, I'd be interested in hearing it.

There are hysterics, you say?

That's an impressive WAR number considering he put his walk tool on the shelf the second half of the year.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I thought at first he was like the Costco brand version of Robert Gsellman, but he was better than Gselly, I think. Had a mesmerizing tattoo of a raven or something that stretched the length of his forearm. @metirish, we need to properly ID that bird. It's a raven , represents St. Benedict of Nursia ( often fed ravens ) Williams is catholic . It took seven minutes for irish to come back with that answer. Damn, we've missed you. And terrific versifying by roger_that.

On-basin' skills are the last thing to go, so they are.

Looks like the Pads weren't the only ones to bring a Brinks truck to the meetings.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Damn, Hayseed got PAID! Good for him, good for us. I really like the team with Nimmo in CF and Marte in right. Aye. We were looking at an outfield of Cahna, Marte, and McNeil, and that was feeling a bit jerry-rigged.

Who out-99'd whom? bWAR says Wendell beats Walker, 5.1 to 3.1. fWAR say Walker beats Wendell, 3.9 to 1.1. WPA says Wendell wins, 4.99 to 0.98

It's suspicious to see Franciscans even getting their hands on that kind of money in the first place.

San Diego clearly showed up to to the winter meetings in a Brinks van.

[fimg=400]https://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/2019/11/07/b52s_TimMosenfelder_main.jpg[/fimg] SMIG'S ON FIRE!!

The Martoons clearly wanted to wait until after the Rule V Draft to complete the dealio. That way, if Magnum PI got grabbed, it would've been from the Mets and not them. Very clever. They had the Mets agree to a backup plan in case Mangum got grabbed, he didn't, and now they can stick with Plan A.

A Quotient of Quintana Quirkiness: José was Mets originally a Mets player, pitching for them in the Venezuela Summer League at the in 2006, but only throwing 5 1/3 innings before being cut loose. He re-entered professional ball two seasons later in the Yankees system, and has continued on to throw over 1700 innings of MLB ball. Tony Bernazard is the gift that keeps giving!!

1966-67 Met Bob Shaw on teaching Gaylord the spitter. [media=youtube]FuP09m62sVs[/media]

Pete Alonso has played four years in the majors, and has never been shy of the camera or the mic. There's plenty of evidence in place about what he thinks.

The 39 Steps is pretty close to my Hitchcock fave. It's certainly my favorite of his British films and/or his black-and-whities.