Ceetar

dinosaur jesus wrote: Moonlight Graham. Or Herb Washington. I'd never heard of Herb Washington until I just reran that query for non-pitchers. 31 stolen bases! 105 games! never batted. Eddie Phillips is next on that list with 9 games and 4 runs.

d'Kong76 wrote: That's a list of best or famoustest? Just saw the thing on fb. that's the top 19 or so by game played.

This cheating? [th]Rk[/th][th]Player[/th][th]G[/th][th]PA[/th][th]From[/th][th]To[/th][th]Age[/th][th]Pos[/th][th]Tm[/th] 1Buddy Groom78601992200526-39*1DET-FLA-OAK-BAL-ARI-NYY2Jason Frasor67102004201526-37*1TOR-CHW-TEX-KCR3Bob Stanley63701977198922-34*1BOS4Jonathan Papelbon62202005201524-34*1BOS-PHI5Mike Fetters62001989200424-39*1CAL-MIL-OAK-ANA-BAL-LAD-PIT-ARI-MIN6J.J. Putz57202003201426-37*1SEA-NYM-CHW-ARI7Chad Bradford56201998200923-34*1CHW-OAK-BOS-NYM-BAL-TBR 8Tippy Martinez54801974198824-38*1/HDNYY-BAL-MIN9Jamie Walker54501997200925-37*1KCR-DET-BAL10Mike Flanagan52901975199223-40*1/DBAL-TOR11Steve Farr50901984199427-37*1CLE-KCR-NYY-BOS 12Mark Clear48101979199023-34*1CAL-BOS-MIL 13Brian Shouse46701993200924-40*1PIT-BOS-KCR-MIL-TEX-TBR14David Robertson43202008201523-30*1NYY-CHW15Ed Nunez42701982199419-31*1SEA-NYM-DET-TEX-MIL-OAK16Mike MacDougal40702001201224-35*1KCR-CHW-WSN-STL-LAD17Joakim Soria40402007201523-31*1KCR-TEX-DET18Tony Sipp39102009201525-31*1/79CLE-ARI-HOU19Frank Francisco39102004201424-34*1TEX-TOR-NYM-CHW Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used Generated 6/29/2015.

one, or both, of the sites calculates the positional stuff weirdly, about who plays there and who counts as a "Right fielder" and does or doesn't count the pinch-hitter stuff..

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Ceetar wrote: Zobrist is my wild speculation guy. Not really a SS but he's played there. won't be worse than Flores. The only thing wild about your speculation is imagining Zobrist at SS. By this point of a guy's career if he could be trusted to do it he'd have done it. And putting a 23 year old iffy glove at SS to generate some offense is not at all akin to puytting a 34 iffy glove at SS. I'd be interested in that Kemp-Lowrie deal. it's not akin in the 'actually generates offense' avenue. That's more where I'm going with that. The more I think about it though, the more I'm looking for a blockbuster here for a top25 type guy. Fuck these marginal upgrades that small sample size or random luck could make not overly helpful. Gimme Todd Frazier for 3B-LF and move one of Granderson/Cuddyer as a throw in. Syndergaard, Lagares, Colon and .. I dunno, Conforto for McCutchen.

Zobrist is my wild speculation guy. Not really a SS but he's played there. won't be worse than Flores.

86-Dreamer wrote: Mayberry's last 640 PAs over 3 seasons .217 / .287 / .395 Kirk 616 PAs over 4 years .226 / .299 / .368 Kirk's number's against righties for his career are higher than any Mets outfielder or bench player this year except for Granderson. Mayberry has an .844 OPS against Lefties in 274 games. It's so much more likely that the 44 PA he's had against them this year is the aberration, and not that. Kirk's a different story because he's had a lot fewer PA in general. But he did manage a very nice line last year in more than 3x the chances we have him this year, and he's at least putting a good swing on balls right now, even if it's against lesser competition in a hitters environment. And he's free.

86-Dreamer wrote: Ceetar wrote: I'll take my chances with Mayberry. As for a lefty swinger guy, you want a CFer backup type so you don't have to play Granderson there. And I'm not convinced any of those guys necessarily out perform Kirk Nieuwenhuis Have you seen Mayberry & Niewenhuis play this year? small sample size..

I'll take my chances with Mayberry. As for a lefty swinger guy, you want a CFer backup type so you don't have to play Granderson there. And I'm not convinced any of those guys necessarily out perform Kirk Nieuwenhuis

Edgy MD wrote: Both the Reds' middle infielders made dives and landed on their hands the last two days, both came up staring at their hands trying test the mobility of their thumbs, and both subsequently mishandled balls. Long live the Flores-to-second shift. It might have been a major story (if a dumb one), but by hiding the lineup change in Matz' debut, Terry turned it into a footnote at best. #genius he missed a ball at second later in the game didn't he? I don't think he was necessarily known as a good player there either. I've got so many questions though, and with an offday I'm sure we can get some of this as 'major' story stuff for Tuesday. 1. Has he been working at second and the writers just missed it? I feel like a "Terry says he's not moving but I saw him at second!" tweet/story would've gotten talk. 2. Is this doom for Herrera or Campbell? I think that's probably up for debate at this point, but I kinda suspect Collins thinks Herrera should get some more Vegas time. 3. Is this finally a vote of confidence for Tejada? He's had more than 500 major league games and has an above average OBP for an 85 wRC+ (100 this year) league average for SS this year is 81. He's valuable. Is this going to last or is it subject to any mini-slump Tejada goes into? Also, can we maybe put that solid OBP in the leadoff spot in front of those Granderson home runs?

I can give you my thoughts of both games that happened today right? It's all jumbled for me. Lucas Duda Growth Chart! Plus they're mailing Sophie her first game certificate. Sophie did admirably though. Her first baseball innings were 7-13 followed by 1-5. No sixth yet. They announced 'starting lineups' at the beginning of the game and did a first pitch and all that regular stuff. They even said 'leading off' without actually saying who would be batting first, you know, in the 7th. And then, of course, we stretched at the bottom of the first inning we'd all been there. And the weather! it was drizzly and coldish when we got there. let up a little and then got a little harder (we were mostly under cover in the Left Field Landing) then went away and got humid and muggy. Then the sun came out and it got hot. then we got a misting again, and then steady overcast. The early crowd was pretty bitter and quiet and only made much noise to boo the Mets when they failed to convert. But hey, at least they were getting guys on. Matz was fun. Worked out the jitters and really pitched nicely. I hate the bunt. I almost thought they were going to catch his double, but luckily they play in for pitchers. the Reds shortstop kinda sucks? Long day. fun though. Oh, and joy for me, the credit I have linked in MLB, despite being the same AMEX I always use, is actually a few "security breach" iterations back in account number and expiration date. So despite letting me buy tickets with it, the actual card I have doesn't match so I couldn't retrieve them. Had to go to a window and have someone actually look it up by name.

hit on knee 5/31

Sunday for me, barring weather or something I guess. Probably Matz's first game, Definitely Sophie's.

Zvon wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: They'll trade him, I'm rooting for him to have a couple more nice (I hate quality) starts and buhbye... My fear is that he's all done and his next few starts make him worthless. nah, he had some clunkers last year too and then rounded out again. I suspect there's some combination of tight umpire strike zones and being just a bit off that he can't deal with. (much the same with Gee actually)

Edgy MD wrote: Puma says he has a reliable source telling him there's nothing hap'nin' on the trade front right now. probably the least reliable beat guy. I saw a tweet that Nieses might be expecting. (something in the water?) also Lagares says the armpit thing is fine, and him hitting some again probably indicates that.

d'Kong76 wrote: And in case anyone didn't know, The Steve Miller Band will be playing after Saturday's game. This message brought to you by Kars4Kids. never heard of them.

falling asleep on a day game in bed. I think that's a new one for me.

Gwreck wrote: I count maybe 4 major league regulars in that lineup. Granderson, Tejada, Duda, Lagares and Colon. 5. Ceciliani is a maybe in the future? I don't know why no Kevin or Dilson.

seawolf17 wrote: TransMonk wrote: I don't always vote for AL All-Stars, but when I do, I vote for Josh Donaldson. But he's not a Royal...? Yeah, I only vote Royals this year.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: 3. Mets 1B Lucas Duda is 2-for-17 on the road trip. I think this is the thing here. Doodoo does not look like Doodoo lately. Didn't he miss like, 1 game with some minor injury? He really hasn't been the same since although you see flashes, I'm almost certain it'll come out that he's hurting too. got hit with a pitch on the knee I think? He's having a subpar June, he's allowed a slump here and there, still wRC+ing 136, but no one else is stepping up to cover him.

Hanley Ramirez

McCann?

This wouldn't be any more worthless if it was actually published by ClickHole. because that's all it is. Clickbait. Just like those 'we ran some random data against the Facebook like database, and here's what we found!' articles. clickbait.

Francoeur

Frayed Knot wrote: And it's not just that wholesale votes are allowed, but we're now three or four years into the era where teams are openly encouraging (instructing?) their fans to vote the straight party line. Even those clubs who did so in years past were somewhat subtle about it, but now you simply log onto 'VoteRoyals.com' or whatever and -- Surprise, Surprise -- votes tend to go for the home team. You made this bed MLB, deal with it. the ballot itself allows you to highlight a whole team.