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<t>5A535B4A443E0 wrote: One website indicates that hes a good bench player, the other indicates that hes a bad starter.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> You really gotta watch those  defensive values.   Theres a big lack of consistency from year to year<br/> <br/> <br/> I don't really agree with those conclus...

<t>3E353D3134352E6B6D1A233B3235357439355A0 wrote: WAR and bWAR are the same?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Sorry, I am not really following.  I hate the WAR stat in general, never heard of bWAR (why I asked).  WAR has way too much emphasis on defense.  <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Harrison has been pretty good ...

<t>707B737F7A7B602523546D757C7B7B3A777B140 wrote: I don't know what bWAR is, but, where does he compare to other 2B?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> This thread is about Harrison too.  Probably why others aren't being mentioned.<br/> <br/> <br/> The thread is about Harrison; my post was about Harrison.<br/> ...

<t>I actually find this thread kind of funny. I'm not a huge Harrison fan. I don't like his offensive game that much and I don't like all of his hustle because I think it contributes to some of his ill-advised baserunning. He shouldn't be batting leadoff. With that said, he's not really hurting the ...

<t>The contracts that the Pirates sign are all about perceived value. They sign long-term team-friendly deals with young players that have limited leverage and extensions with veteran players that want to stay badly enough to take a below-market deal. The Pirates aren't going to stretch for Nova. If...

<t>OPS is a useful tool with the understanding that it improperly weights the component parts as stated above. OPS+ is much more useful as it more appropriately weights OBP in addition to normalizing for ballpark. For instance, Harrison has a two point advantage over Cervelli in OPS. OPS, therefore,...

<t>6E434E5F58495E1E1D2C0 wrote: Or they wanted to win this year and got rid of one of their worst pitchers.  How come no one thinks of it that way?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> They just signed Freese too for all of you "financial flexibility" people.<br/> <br/> <br/> Because the chain of events doesn't s...

<t>0E232E3F38293E7E7D4C0 wrote: Or they wanted to win this year and got rid of one of their worst pitchers.  How come no one thinks of it that way?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> They just signed Freese too for all of you "financial flexibility" people.<br/> <br/> <br/> Because the chain of events doesn't s...

<t>202B232F2A2B307573043D252C2B2B6A272B440 wrote: Or they wanted to win this year and got rid of one of their worst pitchers.  How come no one thinks of it that way?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> They just signed Freese too for all of you "financial flexibility" people.<br/> <br/> <br/> Because the chain o...

<r>4367737B7E120 wrote: These arguments in favor of Bell replacing Jaso are premised on the belief that the Pirates are actively putting an inferior product on the field by not using readily available assets.  Does anyone really believe that? This isn't dumping a bad contract or failing to make a tr...