Matt Kemp Homers, Assures Winning Record, But Triple Crown Hopes Fading
by Eric Stephen on Sep 26, 2011 9:33 PM PDT
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Matt Kemp took a big step closer to becoming the fifth member of the 40/40 club on Monday night, but his triple crown chances are fading fast. Kemp blasted a three-run home run in the first inning off Daniel Hudson, a shot to dead center, helping the Dodgers to a 4-2 win over the Diamondbacks and assuring the Dodgers of a winning record this season.
The home run was Kemp's 38th of the season, giving him the outright National League lead over Albert Pujols, and it extended Kemp's lead in RBI, but it was also Kemp's only hit in four at-bats on the night. Meanwhile, Jose Reyes was busy getting three hits in four at-bats against the Reds, and Ryan Braun didn't start but delivered a pinch-hit double, both widening their lead over The Bison in batting average.
| Batting Average | Home Runs | RBI | |||||
| Jose Reyes | .333962 | Matt Kemp | 38 | Matt Kemp | 123 | ||
| Ryan Braun | .333932 | Albert Pujols | 37 | Ryan Howard | 115 | ||
| Matt Kemp | .323777 | Uggla / Fielder |
35 | Prince Fielder | 115 | ||
Kemp is an even longer shot to win the batting title now. Even if he collects six hits in eight at-bats to end his season, Kemp would need both Reyes and Braun to go hitless in eight at-bats to pass them.
Dana Eveland continued his magic while wearing the road grays, as he retired the first 11 batters of the game before allowing a single to Chris Young with two outs in the fourth inning. He ended up pitching into the sixth inning, leaving with the bases loaded, two outs and a 3-0 lead. Josh Lindblom struck out Paul Goldschmidt to end the threat, and keep Eveland's record clean.
Eveland did not allow a run and didn't walk anyone either, all while striking out five. In three road starts this month, Eveland allowed a total of one run.
Hudson had a great run of his own, but thankfully for the Dodgers he waited until after Kemp delivered a 3-0 lead three batters into the game. After Kemp's home run, Hudson retired 15 straight, though he ran into some trouble in the seventh inning.
After a James Loney double and A.J. Ellis getting hit by a pitch one out later, the Dodgers tacked on an insurance run when Justin Sellers snapped a 7-for-67 skid with an RBI single. Tony Gwynn Jr. pinch hit in the inning, his first appearance since September 14 while dealing with a shoulder injury, but he lined into a double play to end the inning.
Jerry Sands extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an eighth-inning single.
Matt Guerrier pitched a scoreless seventh inning, his 69th appearance of the season. If Guerrier pitches in one of the two final games of the season, he will have pitched in at least 70 games in each of the last five seasons, the longest active streak in the majors.
Nathan Eovaldi made things interesting with a trio of walks in the eighth inning, then Scott Elbert delivered another walk to Montero, the only man he faced, though not before a passed ball brought home the first run for Arizona. Mike MacDougal came in and struck out Goldschmidt, but then issued the fifth walk of the inning, to Geoff Blum, to cut the Dodgers' lead to 4-2. Recent foe Gerardo Parra had a chance to do some damage, but instead flew out to left field to end the inning.
Javy Guerra pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 21st save.
In the penultimate game of the season on Tuesday night, Hiroki Kuroda makes his final start of the season if not his Dodger career, facing Jarrod Parker, making his major league debut for Arizona.
WP - Dana Eveland (3-2): 5 2/3 IP, 5 hits, 5 strikeouts
LP - Daniel Hudson (16-12): 7 IP, 5 hits, 4 runs, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts
Sv - Javy Guerra (21): 1 IP
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Color me surprised
That Guerra has been able to keep this up since his callup. Nice work, Spanish Warrior.
I'm goofy
Like the Dude said
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 26, 2011 9:36 PM PDT reply actions
Jerry Sands being interviewed
I’m hoping for a shaving cream pie to the face
by The Dude Abides on Sep 26, 2011 9:37 PM PDT reply actions
For now.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 26, 2011 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
KIDDING! KIDDING!
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 26, 2011 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
are you happy
that your prediction has been snapped?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 26, 2011 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Very. Finishing with a winning record, considering how far back they were? That is quite a feat. They have played very, very well.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 26, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
And it only further convinces me that Fielder is the man to go after this offseason.
/iknowiknow
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 26, 2011 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
either him or Pujols would be ideal
with all this recent chaos in the ownership case, the future is getting murkier
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 26, 2011 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
A-greed!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Kemp's HR didn't hit that fan
Bounced up right past his face.
by The Dude Abides on Sep 26, 2011 9:38 PM PDT reply actions
It appears he got whiplash from jerking his head back
It’s still a win
by The Dude Abides on Sep 26, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Forgot about Humma's Second Law
(looks down, shakes head)
by The Dude Abides on Sep 26, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Rudely.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 26, 2011 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
the same way
he greeted Hudson
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 26, 2011 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
ahem
over .500, thank you!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 26, 2011 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
This isn’t even really accurate. With an MVP and CY playing well, they were playing at a 90- or 100-loss pace. Then, on whichever date you’d like to start, they began playing at a 90- or 100-win pace, with no improvement from the already-torrid pace from their CY and MVP quality players. The whole team is responsible for the turnaround.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 26, 2011 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
pretty sure he did
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 26, 2011 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Joey Joe isn't happy
until everyone is unhappy like him.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
This is an easy one
You were commenting last night, and the subject/message prompt wasn’t there.
This morning, the subject/message prompt is there….
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2011 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually, Kershaw's second half ERA was 1.50 something.
I think Kemp was consistent, though.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Sep 26, 2011 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Tonight's Top Gear
featured a racing team comprised entirely of wounded soldiers who have lost limbs, that go off road racing. Amazing.
American Top Gear or BBC? I’ve only watched the BBC version and have found it amazingly entertaining.
by KellyStephen on Sep 26, 2011 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
BBC, they were Brit soldiers wounded in Afganistan
by Josie Becker on Sep 26, 2011 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Cool…i’ve got that taped.
I only started watching it a month ago but it’s on about 6 times a day so i’ve seen loads of reruns and it’s the best TV I’ve seen since 24.
by KellyStephen on Sep 26, 2011 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
All of them, of course.
Although seasons 1 and 2 were the best and the last 2 seasons semi-sucked.
by KellyStephen on Sep 26, 2011 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I ran out of steam halfway through season 5
The production values and watnot got better through the first 4 seasons, but they kept using the same worn out plot devices so I just got burned out.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I agree, but it was still the most entertaining thing on TV (I don’t watch a ton of TV)
by KellyStephen on Sep 26, 2011 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
if we finished the season with the same record as the nats
do we play a tie breaker for next year’s draft?
“We get the earlier pick because they’re from fucking Canada”
- Vin Scully
by The Dude Abides on Sep 26, 2011 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
When asked if that means the Dodgers are from Brooklyn, Scully was quoted as saying, “Shut the fuck up, you fucking nincompoop.”
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 26, 2011 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
And then his posse kicked the shit out of the questioner.
by KellyStephen on Sep 26, 2011 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
how drunk do you have to be, before you don’t notice being knee deep in cold water
by Josie Becker on Sep 26, 2011 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
when you reach down for your dominos and realize it’s waterlogged and start using it as an umbrella.
They said 14 games on the Angels telecast; either way, very f’ing impressive.
by KellyStephen on Sep 26, 2011 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
good thing the angels traded for wells
instead of signing beltre
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It is 11 homers in 14 games for Beltre. He sat out one game, so the Rangers have played 15 during that span.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 26, 2011 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Angels
officially eliminated from the playoffs
by shaqfor3 on Sep 26, 2011 10:10 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
I don't know
I’ve never been “greened” but I doubt it will happen if you ask for it.
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Sep 26, 2011 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
California
out of the playoffs
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 26, 2011 10:11 PM PDT reply actions
Kemp's 40/40 odds
Using previous 2011 results to predict Kemp’s chances of reaching the 40 HR plateau.
Going in to tonight’s game. Kemp’s 40/40 chances were…
3 out of 156, 52:1 odds, 1.92% chance
these numbers have now improved to
10 out of 157, 15.7:1 odds, 6.37% chance
Feel free to adjust based off of park factors, opposing pitchers and anything else you feel like using.
I'm calling it right now.
No HR tomorrow. 2 off of Saunders in the last game of the season.
by court168627 on Sep 26, 2011 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
You should go back to school and get a math degree or something.
by KellyStephen on Sep 26, 2011 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Omar Infante, would-be free agent this November, is going to sign a 2-year deal to remain in Florida.
need to figure out how a guy with a .697 OPS and a 90 OPS+ accounts for 1.6 oWAR on Baseball-Reference.
positional value
loney can only play a position where an 800 ops is avg, infante gets to play positions where an ops below 700 is average
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
this obviously makes no sense since sands will be in left but
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
"PAY ME, MOTHERFUCKERS!"
- Jamey Carroll, to Ned Colletti and Frank McCourt
November 18, 2011
by The Dude Abides on Sep 26, 2011 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
in terms of closers, he is severely outmatched
by dodgerpreacher on Sep 26, 2011 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Jansen is the best reliever in the Dodgers’ bullpen anyway.
by fbihop on Sep 27, 2011 12:01 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Guys, this is pretty funny
It came across my Google+ feed from some random person I emailed once, but <a href=hilarious >. Autocorrect errors.
Tip of the week: Don't pet a burning dog
Jerry Sands better be starting in RF next year
Or I’ma cut somebody
The more you drink, the less gruesome I look.
Writing and inciting at Barca Blaugranes
Troll @shadowking011
You should start shopping for a knife.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2011 7:40 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Watched the 2nd half of tonight's game just now, nice win
I was wrong to doubt Eveland!
Did anyone feel like Dodger pitchers were getting squeezed a few times in that long 8th inning? I mean they were all wild at times too but I saw at least 3 or 4 pitches that looked like strikes to me, especially Eo and Elbert.
Was not Gordon’s finest defensive game, that’s for sure. He needs to stop sidearming the freaking ball, for one thing. But he’ll get it.
But a nice win and if they take this series we go out on a nice little high note.
night!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Yes
A number of us commented on the game thread that our rookies were being squeezed, with some of the calls being outrageously bad and not because Eovaldi missed the target.
by The Dude Abides on Sep 27, 2011 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Wasn’t Gordon out with a shoulder injury?
Maybe that is why he can’t get his arm up?
by 68elcamino427 on Sep 27, 2011 7:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Have you heard about this?
Frank McCourt has told General Manager Ned Colletti that he will have the money needed to sign Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier to long-term contracts this off-season as well as the money required to compete in the free-agent market
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-simers-dodgers-20110927,0,7070962.column
You never doubted that McCourt would say that? ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I’m glad Simers’ name is in the link. Makes my decision easier.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2011 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
"ah shoot"
“We tried guys, but Fielder wanted more then 5 for 80”
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I know it won't be great to send the same team out there
But if we can give Kemp and Kershaw meaningful extensions I will be pumped.
Man
Fullerton baseball going away might hurt UCI baseball long term.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
and if you lose the Dirtbags too? Killer.
by Josie Becker on Sep 27, 2011 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Hard to recruit
when you don’t play any top schools :-/
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
yeah
I wonder if they will say, a) ok, fine its annoying, or b) its not meant for power users. Just grin and bear it.
Both are probably valid responses.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I probably should have made a comment first before firing off that email to the tech team :)
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2011 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow, the White Sox got a pretty decent prospect back from Marlins for the rights to Ozzie Guillen
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Oh, sorry: Osvaldo Martinez
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/09/white-sox-expected-to-acquire-osvaldo-martinez-for-ozzie.html
Martinez, a 23-year-old shortstop, hit .245/.296/.322 in 371 Triple-A plate appearances this year. Prior to the season, Baseball America ranked him fifth among Marlins prospects, saying he profiles as a “solid No. 2 hitter” with a strong arm, good instincts, and soft hands at shortstop. At that time, BA saw a future as a versatile but quality utilityman the worst-case scenario for Martinez.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Sellers worst-case scenario is worse than utilityman ;-)
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it's rare but it's happened before
when a team still holds the rights to a manager it can be done. I think there are CBA loopholes to allow for it in certain situations. Pretty odd though.
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In case anyone's interested
@jimcallisBA I’ll be fielding questions for @BaseballAmerica’s Midwest League Top 20 Prospects chat at 11:30 am ET: http://ht.ly/6GdyH (BA sub req’d)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
damnit
@molly_knight
Molly Knight
Lawyers for Frank McCourt have filed paperwork asking the court to postpone the crucial October 12th hearing on team’s media rights.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
“What, I went to Vassar” is going to be my new catch phrase
by Josie Becker on Sep 27, 2011 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Reading a book you might like. “Black Swan Green” by David Mitchell. A radical departure from his other works. Probably England’s best young novelist right now. He’ll blow up with the hoi polloi after “Cloud Atlas” (his masterpiece) becomes a movie [it’s in the works].
“Black Shawn Green,” however, would not be a good title.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I’ve had enough of your Vassar bashing.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2011 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Vassar’s like my second favorite school!
by Josie Becker on Sep 27, 2011 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
First Round of Playoff
games start on Friday. (Both ALDS game are being played.) If BOS/TB finished tied, we could have a full week of meaningful baseball games. I like it.
Maybin...
If Maybin maintains his speed, improves on his walk rate, and contact quality, there is no reason to thinkt hat Maybin isnt one of the stars from that vaunted 2005 draft. He probably wont ever be able to put up the offensive numbers that Ryan Braun does, since he plays in extremely pitcher friendly Petco Park, as well as a good portion in Dodger Stadium and AT&T Park, but his defense, baserunning, and overall game should keep him in very good company for the foreseable future.
Doesn’t seem to hurt Kemp’s abilities to best Braun’s numbers playing in those parks :-D
This would be a good time for Fangraphs as Tweets to step in.
Cameron Maybin is as good as Ryan Braun (if you are a crazy person)
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by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2011 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
McCourt has to be kidding.
EricFisherSBJ Eric Fisher
#Dodgers in new brief mention winning season, MVP, Cy Young candidates. “not self-evident that LAD acting anything but in best interests..”
Yep, Matt Kemp and Kershaw, and the Dodgers sudden turnaround, Loney’s hitting better, Juan Rivera (who costs basically nothing), Dana Eveland’s 3-2 record [wink], is all because of McCourt’s steady hand on the rudder…
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blame MLB
they used on field performance to claim McCourt was not acting in best interest. What else do you expect McCourt to respond with?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
hm
rereading it, McCourt claims MLB claims that, so its still a bit murky I suppose.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Right, it's murky, and while I'm not surprised they cite that as "evidence" it seems pretty flimsy as proof of anything connected to his ownership.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
lets get some staheads on doing an analysis on the dodgers record once they got mlb funding approved. that is the true turning point. /lawyerism
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 27, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Tell him to
take his grubby hands of Jansen
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
thats more what I expect from hazing
not awesome gumby costumes
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Yahoo writers debate year end choices
Yahoo writers debate their choices for CY, MVP and ROY. Seems a pretty fair debate, can’t really argue too much with most of their picks in general:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-passan_10_degrees_awards_voting_092611
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Kind of amazing that Adrian Gonzalez isn’t in any of their top 5’s. The AL MVP vote could be all-time close. We could see 7 different players receive 1st place votes.
yeah good point. especially since I recall Keith Law having to defend his position that AGon wasn't the MVP, like a month ago
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The Kershaw-vs.-Halladay(-vs.-Lee) debate is an all-timer. They’ve thrown the same number of innings, barely walk anyone and strike out plenty of guys. I went with Halladay because he pitches in a significantly tougher home park in front of a marginally inferior defense with offenses in his division far better than those of the NL West.
Not the whole walking less people and giving up less dingers?
ugh
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
There’s lots of reasons Halladay is slightly better than Kershaw.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
When did I become that guy?
Halladay has better control, pitches slightly longer into games, and pitches in a tougher park. Kershaw just strikes out way more per 9 innings and gives up amazingly less H/9, which not many people take as that impressive (with some good reason).
I want Kershaw to win most definitely, and I think he should win, but if Halladay wins I won’t be upset, just disappointed as a fan. If Lee or anyone else wins I might be a tad upset.
I’ve thought that Halladay was slightly better all season. Not that its a bad thing that our 23-year old pitcher is a half-step behind the best pitcher in baseball.
The BB/9 is so impressive from Halladay
It will be what wins him the award if he does win IMO, just like the triple crown is what will win for Kershaw. Doc or Kershaw, either are great picks.
mvp
Matt Kemp while Dave and Steve chose Ryan Braun. The second-place votes were flipped with each guy. And so in our hypothetical polling, we’ve got the second-ever tie for MVP and the first since Keith Hernandez and Willie Stargell in 1979. Steve did say he’d change his vote to Kemp if he pulls off the triple crown.
this is a dumb reason
Steve did say he’d change his vote to Kemp if he pulls off the triple crown.
the incremental change in his value as a player would be nil, but since it is called the triple crown, that would tip it for him
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 27, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
The thing I hate
Is that in the Kershaw Cy debate, they mention that Halladay pitches in the more difficult park to pitch, yet when they talk about Kemp/Braun, you never hear that Dodger Stadium is the more difficult park to hit in. It can’t go both ways.
Yeah I kinda cringe whenever I read that, bugs me too...
I feel like the myth of “ease of opponents + park factors” was debunked (maybe by someone here this week?) but they keep spouting it.
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But park factors are a huge difference here.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
huge? or just one part of the discussion...? I guess that was my point. Not that it is a non-existent thing.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Sure, but it’s the easiest way to make a case for Halladay without having to go into things like FIP.
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by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
The problem with FIP
Is that the formula takes no account of the fact that perhaps some pitchers can control the balls in play to become outs better than others. It is assumed that pitchers BABIP will regress to .295 or so, when in reality, it appears that some pitchers can indeed sustain a lower BABIP. For example, Kershaw is .272 this year, but he was .275 last year and .269 the year before, which after three years, appears to be sustainable.
FIP is just one of the many reasons Halladay is better. You shouldn’t use it as the entire case, but it gives you a quick and easy way to weight Halladay’s superior walk and home run rates against Kershaw’s strikeout rate.
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by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
After Kershaw has done this his entire career
At a certain point we do ask the question is Kershaw just better at 99% of pitchers at not giving up hits as a skill, not just luck?
Again
Can’t have it both ways…where it is Kershaw with the superior defense, yet Matt Kemp is the worst defensive center fielder EVAR! I really don’t think the Dodger defense is anything to write home about, but I can’t seem to find a metric that measures one team against another. I tend to think a pitcher who changes speeds and keeps hitters off balance can sustain a lower BABIP.
who said matt kemp is the worst defensive center fielder ever?
he is also only 1 player.
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You can have a good defense and a bad defender.
LA turned 71.5% balls in play into outs and Philly turned 71.3%. When you adjust that for parks it gets a little wider, LA turns 1.14% more balls into outs than average and Philly does .69%.
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by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
FIP and xFIP does need to figure out a way to account for infield fly ball rates.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Take popups out of FIP boom problem solved.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
KLAW says anyone but Kemp for MVP would be a travesty
I buy that line of thinking
damn it, I have spent my life not really caring about these awards and now suddenly I am caring about these awards
he has had the best season
but stupid shit will get in the way
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
stupid shit will get in the way
and once again it will be that I don’t care about these award
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 27, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
The worst argument
Is that Braun played in more pressure packed games. When? His team is going to win the division by 7 games. He has had the exactly same amount of “must win games” as Kemp. 0. Just because Braun has a better team isn’t really Kemp’s fault (Unless he was drugging Loney for the two months of the season he OPS’d under .500)
KLAW says anyone but Kemp for MVP would be a travesty
I buy that line of thinking
damn it, I have spent my life not really caring about these awards and now suddenly I am caring about these awards
Matt Kemp currently has an OBP of .3991
For him to finish with a .400+ OBP, he needs to reach base at least…
1 time in 1 PA
2 times in 2 or 3 PA
3 times in 4, 5, or 6 PA
4 times in 7 or 8 PA
5 times in 9, 10, or 11 PA
Instead of just reaching base
He should just hit 2 HR and get intentionally walked every at bat after to pad his OBP.
8 homers in 8 at-bats. Triple crown (maybe)
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
This would be the greatest ever
Kemp goes 8 for 8 (all homers or not), Braun and Reyes each go 2 for 8.
Final NL BA:
Kemp .33278
Braun .33274
Reyes .33271
Boom
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I protest this crass
Advertising for whatever Subject and Message is. This site should find different ways to make money without making me type over your lousy ads.
Don’t get me started on whatever “optional” means.
You’ve been warned.
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
by mleadman on Sep 27, 2011 10:20 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
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It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I just read something on ESPN about the guy who was almost Bartman
I only have one reaction – Cubs fans in particular, people in general, are idiots and do suck, they all deserve what misery finds them
Fitting
that the director of the 30 for 30 is the guy who won the Oscar for that doc on torture.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
by Pure Azure on Sep 27, 2011 10:39 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Desperate
My sister is looking for 3-4 tickets for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween party for this friday (9/30). All the ticket brokers on the net have sold out on these tickets. So I’m asking the good people here at TBLA if anyone has connections to grab these tickets.
Name your price.
email me at JCNievas89 at yahoo dotcom
SB Nation advertising
You guys have any thoughts on that Oakheart Rum ad from a few posts back?
If this was Nolander I'd think this was a great trolling
Some people weren’t happy with it, I think most of us didn’t really care one way or the other though.
Not trolling. Very long time reader and rare commenter. I read the whole thread about it and thought it was pretty funny. I was just making a joke, albeit poorly.
Oh i didn't actually mean you were
I just thought it was funny cause there was a blowup about it yesterday. If Nolander had said it I’m sure it would have been trolling, haha. Since I didn’t recognize your name as someone I’ve seen I thought you were being serious
What’s the rooting interest on the Wild Card races? For me, it’s Tampa easily. Don’t really care about ATL/STL.
I’m rooting for Boston, cause Harvard is a better school than USF
by Josie Becker on Sep 27, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
NPUT
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/9/27/2452735/rosterbation-phase-one-bring-em-back-edition
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
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