Stats mean something!!
Oh boy......this is what we have been waiting for. Apparently bad sports writing never has an offseason. Follow this link to see some insanity: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=rogers_phil&id=2654092
Now not every word in this article is nonsense, but there are some things that really bothered yours truly, and since this is a forum to complain....here we go.
There's only one problem with the gaudy numbers that Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Lee traditionally put up: They are guaranteed to lead to big contracts but do not necessarily translate into victories.
This is going to be the drumbeat that I will continue to sound until such idiot thinking is banished from baseball forever. We should call this the A-ROD DOCTRINE: There is no such thing as a gaudy stat line that is worthless to a baseball team. The very idea is absurd. But maybe I am reacting too harshly. Let's see what Phil has to say for himself.
Along with Alfonso Soriano, these are the biggest bats on the market, and it figures someone will pay them accordingly (Lee appears headed to the Houston Astros; Ramirez possibly to the Los Angeles Angels). But for all their thunder, Lee and Ramirez have combined for only 55 at-bats in the playoffs (and a .218 average), generally playing on also-ran teams.
What does a player's amount of postseason at-bats have anything to do with how valuable they are? Carlos Delgado did not have a single postseason AB until this postseason...was he a crappy player until this October? This makes zero sense, Phillip. Continue.
Their teams were a combined 147-176 last year. Lee did not deliver when he was traded from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Texas Rangers at the July deadline, and Ramirez disappeared when the Chicago Cubs needed him to step up while Derrek Lee was sidelined.
Again, a team's record is never a reflection on a single player. In fact, by looking at the win shares for both Carlos Lee and Aramis Ramirez, we see these fine players contributed to their teams victory totals. Their teams were BETTER OFF FOR HAVING THEM, PHIL!!! Are they absolute iron clad superstars? No. But they are both fine players who will use their stats to help their team win. What a concept.
One scout says the saying about lies, damn lies and statistics applies to free agency. "You can take any stat, I believe, and damn near make any point you choose with it," he said.
That is so true, both Carlos Lee and Aramis Ramirez's OPS and VORP contributed to the Republican loss in the Congress this week. Maybe people use stats because it is a helpful and OBJECTIVE way to evaluate a player's contribution to winning. Anyone?
Now not every word in this article is nonsense, but there are some things that really bothered yours truly, and since this is a forum to complain....here we go.
There's only one problem with the gaudy numbers that Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Lee traditionally put up: They are guaranteed to lead to big contracts but do not necessarily translate into victories.
This is going to be the drumbeat that I will continue to sound until such idiot thinking is banished from baseball forever. We should call this the A-ROD DOCTRINE: There is no such thing as a gaudy stat line that is worthless to a baseball team. The very idea is absurd. But maybe I am reacting too harshly. Let's see what Phil has to say for himself.
Along with Alfonso Soriano, these are the biggest bats on the market, and it figures someone will pay them accordingly (Lee appears headed to the Houston Astros; Ramirez possibly to the Los Angeles Angels). But for all their thunder, Lee and Ramirez have combined for only 55 at-bats in the playoffs (and a .218 average), generally playing on also-ran teams.
What does a player's amount of postseason at-bats have anything to do with how valuable they are? Carlos Delgado did not have a single postseason AB until this postseason...was he a crappy player until this October? This makes zero sense, Phillip. Continue.
Their teams were a combined 147-176 last year. Lee did not deliver when he was traded from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Texas Rangers at the July deadline, and Ramirez disappeared when the Chicago Cubs needed him to step up while Derrek Lee was sidelined.
Again, a team's record is never a reflection on a single player. In fact, by looking at the win shares for both Carlos Lee and Aramis Ramirez, we see these fine players contributed to their teams victory totals. Their teams were BETTER OFF FOR HAVING THEM, PHIL!!! Are they absolute iron clad superstars? No. But they are both fine players who will use their stats to help their team win. What a concept.
One scout says the saying about lies, damn lies and statistics applies to free agency. "You can take any stat, I believe, and damn near make any point you choose with it," he said.
That is so true, both Carlos Lee and Aramis Ramirez's OPS and VORP contributed to the Republican loss in the Congress this week. Maybe people use stats because it is a helpful and OBJECTIVE way to evaluate a player's contribution to winning. Anyone?
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