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Who fucking cares?
Young Szczur went 1-4 with a BB and his 4 SB since hitting AA. Logan Watkins hit 2-5 and stole his 26th base of the year. Junior Lake hit 2-5 with a double but also committed his 25th error in the field. Austin Kirk must have been promoted as he worked a clean inning in relief. Trey McNutt followed and struck out 2 batters in 1.1 IP.
Daytona
Yet another rainout
Peoria
No Game
Gioskar Amaya continues to be one of the most consistent hitters in our system, last night he went 2-4 and his slash line is now .311/.382/.514. Tayler Scott worked 5 scoreless innings striking out one batter. His ERA now sits at 1.88 He has 38 k's in 57.1 IP.
AZL
No Game
I like those numbers
Forum has been spammed.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Fixed. We set up a way to approve users as I believe you suggested and I approved this one this morning. Obviously I’m an idiot.
Based on berselius’ post in the previous thread, a proper slogan for the 2013 Cubs might be:
“This season should’ve been a FanShot”
(I didn’t actually submit this though)
I’m also partial to one of this year’s alternate slogans: “Let’s just get this over with”
Mobile Rice wrote:
You should
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18016
Colin on the importance of imperfect valuation models, with a guest appearance from Dolan’s twitter feed ($).
Chicago Cubs 2013: This is Another Year
@ Berselius:
Dolan is as dumb as Alvin.
If Barney broke WAR, Dolan broke logic.
http://www.vulture.com/2012/08/simpsons-writers-10-favorite-obscure-characters.html?mid=twitter_vulture
mb21 wrote:
As a FanShot.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Yeah. WAR is flawed, but let’s just throw it out and go back to batting average, RBI and singles with a man on 3rd and 2 outs. That’s basically what Dolan is saying and it’s fucking stupid. The flaws in WAR are almost entirely because of defense and Barney is an extreme example using DRS. It’s safe to say it’s wrong and/or adjust the DRS closer to 10, which is what UZR and FRAA have. It’s also absurd to think because one guy is a 4.6 WAR player that he’s suddenly worthy of being traded for a 4.5 WAR player. Dolan is just an idiiot. It’s the same shit Alvin has said about advanced stats over the years. Because it doesn’t work at times let’s just throw it out and go back to the days when we thought we knew something, but were really just idiots.
@ mb21:
That goes back to Theo’s lens analogy. You have to compare the numbers with what coaches and scouts are telling you. You have to be aware of outliers and black swan events and all that.
@ mb21:
False. Everyone knows that every singular data point in a model must conform to our perceptions. (dying laughing)
@ Mish:
I find it’s also good practice to set my expectations clearly in mind, then interpret the data in a way favorable to my prediction, and to dismiss, explain away, or ignore data that make my prediction look wrong. You might be surprised at how far that’s gotten me in life
@ Berselius:
I guess Frank Grimes isn’t really that obscure then.
mb21 wrote:
Awwww, MO, don’t be so hard on yourself. Let’s just blame the idiot spammer. I’m pretty sure his name is Jerry Sandusky.
@ josh:
I thought you were a writer and a comic and not a scientist. This comment clearly suggests otherwise.
Saw a tweet that Fleita is out as head of player development or whatever he was.
SVB wrote:
Batman’s a scientist.
Mish wrote:
http://www.bleachernation.com/2012/08/15/report-oneri-fleita-out-as-vp-of-player-personel/
Can’t wait until the Cubs extend Wilken then fire him the same afternoon
@ Aisle424:
I hated his picture anyways.
I’m almost convinced that the Cubs were going to trade Castro and perhaps Jackson to Arizona at the dealine for Justin Upton and 1 or 2 of those good pitching prospects, perhaps even Bauer at the deadline. I bet Castro gets traded this offseason. Barney clearly has the range for SS, and his bat has improved this year, adn I think the Cubs like him. He can man SS until Baez is ready in around 2 years.
@ Nate:
Castro and Jackson plus another guy or two for Upton actually makes sense. I don’t know if I agree that’s what was going to happen, but I do think it’s a definite possibility. We know the cubs talked with some team about trading Castro and like you, I won’t be the least bit surprised if he’s traded this offseason.
@ mb21:
Didn’t Upton say he didn’t want to go to the Cubs? Also, what’s the deal with axing Fleita?
http://www.obstructedview.net/commentary-and-analysis/oneiri-fleita-out.html
Irresponsible Fleita speculation up.
@ Steve Swisher:
I don’t think he’s been in the league long enough to nix any deals, though. I could be wrong.
@ Steve Swisher:
The Cubs were on his no-trade list, but I think that was just a leverage tool, as a handful of other large market teams were there as well. I never heard any report of him not actually want to go to the Cubs.