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Post by bvogrande on Apr 5, 2018 10:26:28 GMT -8
and it only took Conforto 3 at bats to go yard! Atta Boy, Mikey!
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Post by bigorangebeaver on Apr 5, 2018 10:40:05 GMT -8
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Apr 5, 2018 12:45:10 GMT -8
Fat Joe West blew a call. What a surprise.
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Post by ochobeavo on Apr 5, 2018 14:34:13 GMT -8
I opened this hoping it was great news on Madrigal. So I have to admit, I was disappointed.
But I like Conforto so then I wasn't quite so disappointed.
But then I remembered he's stuck with the Mets. Back to being disappointed.
An emotional roller coaster.
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Post by vhalum92 on Apr 5, 2018 14:59:20 GMT -8
Well, the Mets beat Strasburg and the Nationals today. It wasn't but a few years ago and they were playing the Series... you never know.
I also think this is a contract year for Conforto? I'd have to research that to be sure... but if the Mets are not in the hunt.... he may get traded.
Either way, have a good year and get the big contract next, Go get em Michael!
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Post by thewizard on Apr 5, 2018 17:55:11 GMT -8
I was hoping for Verburg News...
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Post by kersting13 on Apr 6, 2018 7:54:28 GMT -8
Well, the Mets beat Strasburg and the Nationals today. It wasn't but a few years ago and they were playing the Series... you never know. I also think this is a contract year for Conforto? I'd have to research that to be sure... but if the Mets are not in the hunt.... he may get traded. Either way, have a good year and get the big contract next, Go get em Michael! Not even close to being a contract year for Conforto. He IS arbitration eligible in 2019-2021, so putting up good stats will affect his contract for the next 3 years. His true "contract year" will be 2021, because 2022 is the year his salary potential is limitless. Also of note is that it has become more an more common these days for teams to "buy out" arbitration years - i.e. give them more $$ than they could have expected to win in arbitration so that they can lock up the player's first couple of years of free agency at a reduced price. |
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Post by ochobeavo on Apr 6, 2018 12:33:04 GMT -8
Also - Conforto hitting lead off. Would have never guessed it back when he was in Corvallis, but then you look at the rest of the Mets roster and go.. Eh.. why not?
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Post by ag87 on Apr 6, 2018 12:36:43 GMT -8
His OBA last year was .384, but where is he most useful? I think baseball fans have been debating that since about, oh, maybe 1880.
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Post by lefty on Apr 6, 2018 12:40:02 GMT -8
There is a philosophy. that I support, that has your best hitter leading off. The 2nd best batting next and so on. The strategy being that your best hitters might get extra ABs.
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Post by ochobeavo on Apr 6, 2018 12:52:03 GMT -8
There is a philosophy. that I support, that has your best hitter leading off. The 2nd best batting next and so on. The strategy being that your best hitters might get extra ABs. When I looked at their roster it was pretty much Conforto by process of elimination. Cespedes/Bruce/Adrian Gonzalez/Todd Frazier are basically slugs. Those are some 6-4-3 DPs waiting to happen... 2018 Jose Reyes is a shell of the good Jose Reyes and will have a pretty bad OBP. Think that leaves Asdrubal Cabrera (probably a decent 2 hole guy) and Kevin Plawecki - their catcher. I didn't even need any Gabe Kapler analytics for that one. Just the ol eyeball test. |
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Post by lefty on Apr 6, 2018 16:17:24 GMT -8
Today's mlb philosophy seems to be swing for the fence (either "K" or HR) Very few decent Batting Averages and even fewer and fewer low Ks high BB players. As an old timer I remember when if you had a 100Ks as a hitter you were destined for the minors. Most hitters had a favorable BB/K ratio or close to it.
As far as pitching that has changed too 5 man rotation and starter goes 6 with the 8 man bullpen to close it out. Use to be 4 man rotations with 35-40 starts. Hard to win 30 games when you have 25 starts.
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Post by papatoe on Apr 6, 2018 18:34:46 GMT -8
Yep, all about 'launch angle' and getting the ball in the air. There is no doubt about the marketing strategy of the MLB and the rise of HRs (hmmm, is the ball different than it was a few years ago???).
Great to see Conforto back in action after a serious injury like that. I think its a tribute to his competitiveness that got him back so quickly.
It is Crazy that he is under team control for soo long. What's even more amazing is that the Mets will run out dinosaurs with Huge paychecks over younger, more talented players like b Nimmo. The MLB is completely out of touch in this regard, and I honestly don't understand it. Veteran leadership is important but....
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Post by kersting13 on Apr 7, 2018 10:01:20 GMT -8
Yep, all about 'launch angle' and getting the ball in the air. There is no doubt about the marketing strategy of the MLB and the rise of HRs (hmmm, is the ball different than it was a few years ago???). Great to see Conforto back in action after a serious injury like that. I think its a tribute to his competitiveness that got him back so quickly. It is Crazy that he is under team control for soo long. What's even more amazing is that the Mets will run out dinosaurs with Huge paychecks over younger, more talented players like b Nimmo. The MLB is completely out of touch in this regard, and I honestly don't understand it. Veteran leadership is important but.... It's not crazy that he's under team control for so long - it's the way it is for EVERY player, and has been the same system (with a few minor tweaks) for at least a couple of decades. SaveSave |
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Post by kersting13 on Apr 7, 2018 10:27:51 GMT -8
Today's mlb philosophy seems to be swing for the fence (either "K" or HR) Very few decent Batting Averages and even fewer and fewer low Ks high BB players. As an old timer I remember when if you had a 100Ks as a hitter you were destined for the minors. Most hitters had a favorable BB/K ratio or close to it. As far as pitching that has changed too 5 man rotation and starter goes 6 with the 8 man bullpen to close it out. Use to be 4 man rotations with 35-40 starts. Hard to win 30 games when you have 25 starts. It's been 40+ years since 4-man rotations were a thing, and it was usually ONE guy on any team that might pitch 40 games a year - often a knuckleball pitcher. The last non-knuckleball pitcher who started 40 games in a season was Jim Clancy in 1982. Plenty of guys have always struck out 100 times a year. The last time a league leader in strikeouts was NOT over 120 was 1959. But, guys throw harder these days than they used to. Teams stock their rosters with fireballing relief pitchers moreso than they did back in the day. I do think there's a bit too much attention paid to HRs, and too little paid to strikeouts, but we at least are giving more deserved attention to guys who can earn themselves a walk unlike back in the day. SaveSave |
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