Tiger337

Never take Shelton's bait.

Skenes is the second best pitcher in baseball and he's got 4 more years until free agency. I don't know if any pitcher with that much value and team control has ever been traded before, so we don't know how much he's worth. I don't think it's ridiculous for the Pirates to expect multiple bluechip prospects in return for him. Regardless of his value though, I would not want the Tigers to do that. I'd rather they keep their best position prospects rather than roll the dice on one big pitching prize. I think there is little chance of the Pirates trading him anyway.

If you compare them by OWAR which takes hitting and position into account, then Greene has the lead 2.8 to 2.1. So, the big difference is fielding. B-Ref uses the DRS statistic: Rodriguez 12 runs better than average (roughly 1.2 WAR) and Greene -2 runs worse than average. That is a huge difference. Is Rodriguez really that much better defensively this year? Looking at the statcast numbers, Rodriguez is 9 outs better than average and Greene is average (0). Fangraphs has Greene with 3.0 overall WAR and Rodriguez 2.4. FanGraphs has used UZR for WAR in the past, but they are not showing any data for 2025. So, I am not sure what they are doing this year - either they are still using UZR and they are just not showing us or they are using a different stat now.

It's due to defense. Julio is a center fielder, so WAR gives him more positional value. He also has a much higher DRS (which is what b-ref uses for the defensive component) than Greene this year.

When I search my name in google or perplexity, a picture of Bobby Grich shows up. I can guess the connection (a Hall lof Fame discusiion somewhere involving Lou Whitaker), but I hated Bobby Grich so it's annoying.

Things tend to work well when there is always someone there to bail you out.

That's a good thing for those that dislike Republicans.

In general, I think he has good marketing instincts. As long as somebody else handles all the details. he knows how to pitch it.

Someone who knows excatly what he's doing at all times would qualify as a genius of some sort.

He had a couple of pretty good years, but he was so overrated. Everybody just loved his nickname. I love your hitter WAR > pitcher WAR factoid though!

Weather forecasts have become a LOT more accurate in the last decade or too. The kind of forecasting ability we had 20 years ago does not even compare to what we have today. I don't know how to convince the masses of that point.

He's very good at marketing and self promotion. That's all. If he is such a genius, why did it take him until his 70s before he got what you think he wanted? Why didn't he become wealthy like Bezos or Musk? Why didn't he become President when he was younger? I don't think he knows exactly what he's doing. I think he's being used by others who do know what they're doing. He's just looking for wealth, adulation, victories. I don't think he is capable of thinking beyond himself. I think his willingness to destroy our government is not the result of his own evil, but of his desire to be remembered as the guy who changed everything. The result doesn't need to be a good one or a bad. He just needs to convince people that he's the greatest ever.

This is crazy, but it seems like a good thing If it gets a small percentage of conservatives to vote third party.

But once you get to three wildcards, half the playoff teams will not be division winners and the third division winner does not even get a bye. So, I say get rid of divisions and just take the top 6 teams.

Maybe they should have prayed before the floods killed everyone. It's too late now. I get that prayers actually do help some people cope with life, but prayers are very personal and not everyone believes in them. You can't govern a country based on prayers.

It doesn't always work that though. This year, in the AL, it looks like there might be just one divisional race. If you take away the divisions, it looks more like there are a bunch of teams playing for playoff spots. It's less confusing that way too. I don't like having to switch between division standings and wild card standings to know where everyonre stands. I would rather just look at the whole league and I know where everyone stands.

Yes, I have read that and it makes a lot of sense. I would think that undocumented immigrants would not want to bring attention to themselves.

You sound like a fantasy baseball owner!

I want an upward mobility clause.

PJ Poulin? Who are you foolin? Does have an impressive K rate.

Exactly. Most people would agree that waste and corruption should be cut wherever possible. However, the people making decisions do not know how to identify what is needed and not needed and they don't seem to care. They are just indiscriminately whacking areas - like health care, science and education - that MAGA doesn't like.

I am not agreeing or disagreeing with micro on Briceno, but someone can be ranked high by all prospect sites and still be overrated. The prospect rankings have a great deal of uncertainty and I think they sometimes copy each other.

Yes, I still believe they were pushed out. They did quite well when they were winning and I think they could do well again. .

Fantastic game for Mize and so nice to see a game without betting odds all over the screen.

Also, not going to go over well with the union especially with agreement soon coming to an end.