2016 MLB Regular-Season Thread

I don't have the patience to explain nuance to you. Maybe once, but not anymore. I admit my fault there.
There should be a device to wall certain people from certain threads.
That would work magnificently with you, and with this thread.

 

Just this thread?

 

Nuance explains saying a wild card playoff berth is for losers just two seasons after a wild card team won the World Series? That's funny. I do understand that you and JC rely heavily on personal attacks as cover for your failed arguments, but it really doesn't help the level of discourse on the board. Please just stop. Thank you.

 

Have the Pirates been eliminated? If so, 2017.

 

Came here to get some Wilson Ramos discussion. Instead, got the usual nonsense from the usual suspect.

 

Yeah, JC doctorquant and fart should drop this shit already. Or did you fail to notice others who keep bringing the topic up as well?

If you want to talk about Ramos, no one is stopping you. It really is a brutal injury for the player and the team. The guy had finally made it through most of a season healthy and put together an outstanding season.

 

I'm not sure if a loss tonight would do it, but it would drop them three games under .500. The realistic goal for them would be to avoid a losing season, but I don't think they will manage even that.

 

For the most part, teams that trade closers are smart. They are generally overvalued. SBs too. There was a time when Atlanta did this almost every year. They would trade their closer (Danny Kolb is the one I remember, but I think there were others) for prospects and put someone else there to accumulate saves. They did it with their leadoff hitter too. Again, Podsednick for Lee is the one I remember, but I think there was another. Saves & steals with out the context of % of success are shiny stats that are easy to manipulate and at the time, there were still GMs dumb enough to pay for them. The Yankees actually traded 2 great relievers, and I was thrilled. Watson is a plenty good pitcher with a real track record. They weakened themselves more behind him, but got at least most of that value back at the deadline by brilliantly or luckily stealing Nova.

 

Every fucking post you direct to me has personal attacks.

You are the most delusional douchebag here, go find a friend. I gave you the website.

 

It's a matter of need. Good teams with shaky bullpens have to overpay for closers. So if you're not a good team, trading yours is a very good idea. But the demand side of these trades indicates that closers have real value if you think you can win this year or next.

 

I watched a roulette wheel while a couple of friends were gambling a while back. I thought to myself, "That wheel's biased toward red." Sure enough, the next two spins came up red. It felt good to be proven right.

 

I always believed closers were overvalued, but I've seen more four- and five-run leads blown in the ninth this year than most years.