Harold Reynolds made a recent blog post talking about those kids and their wacky statistics ruining baseball. What stat does he have a problem with in particular? VORP? WPA? UZR? xFIP? No, what really gets under Reynolds’ skin is the crazy, convoluted, new stat known as “OPS” – that’s on-base plus slugging for those of you who haven’t watched a baseball game since the 80s.
I would carry on killing this idiocy, but Joe Posnanski already took care of that.
1. I don’t like Harold Reynolds. On the MLB network he has tried to brush over the whole PED thing, “the game is now clean”, “it was a minority of players who were using”, etc.
2. Harold Reynolds is an idiot.
3. That Joe Posnanski (never heard of him before) post was way to long and rambling. I never made it to the point of the post, if there is one.
First, Harold Reynolds needs his own television program. Then, he can get canned for gripping the the key grip’s ass (or the boom operator whatever).
And on a completely different level, what are your long term thoughts on Reimold?
Do you see a 25/20 guy when you think Nolan?
Harold Reynolds is def. an idiot.
Well played A2K.
I like Reimold for sure. Def. a nice prospect. 25/20 sounds about right (maybe a bit on the optimistic range), although running is relatively new for him. But ya, I think he’s here to stay and can be a productive major leaguer.
A wise man is the confirmed optimist.
-Not Hawthorne
Ok, 25/15
Cain, Kemp, C Pena for Pujols…
Your thoughts.
Wow that’s quite a haul. Unless this is a really shallow league, I think I’d go with the Cain/Kemp/Pena trio. Normally I’m all for the “1″ side of 2-for-1 deals (or in this case, 3), and obviously Pujols is unreal, but still, I’d go with the three (but it’s close).
GAMBLE!
hi, in my keeper league, do you like homer bailey of reds or gio gonzalez of oakland o come up and be something———-thanks
In a keeper league, I def. think both need to be rostered for sure. If forced to choose b/w the two, it’s tough. Bailey has done nothing but disappoint, but it’s also common for elite pitching prospects not to “get it” until everyone has written them off. And he’s supposedly developed a split-finger pitch that has led to recent success. I’ll say Bailey is the guy to own for this year – he’s been through the fire and his fastball is back in the mid-90s. And it sounds like he’ll get another shot as soon as this Saturday. But Gonzalez has plenty of upside as well, although he does pitch in the tougher league.