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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    Alonso is just not looking like the guy some thought he was. Is it safe to say yet that 1) the Reds traded Yonder at the right time and 2) that the Padres kept the wrong guy (over Rizzo)?

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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    I don't think there was much debate the Reds traded Yonder at the right time. As for Rizzo/Yonder, I would say yes they traded the wrong time, but who knows what their numbers look like if they switch home ballparks.
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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    Quote Originally Posted by RedEye View Post
    Alonso is just not looking like the guy some thought he was. Is it safe to say yet that 1) the Reds traded Yonder at the right time and 2) that the Padres kept the wrong guy (over Rizzo)?
    I would have been interested to see what Alonso could do in a normal ballpark that he didn't change his swing for.

    He went to Petco and changed his swing to just try and hit for an average rather than hit for any power because well, Petco doesn't care.

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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    Quote Originally Posted by dougdirt View Post
    I would have been interested to see what Alonso could do in a normal ballpark that he didn't change his swing for.

    He went to Petco and changed his swing to just try and hit for an average rather than hit for any power because well, Petco doesn't care.
    So your answer to my two questions is that Petco ate Alonso?

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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    Quote Originally Posted by RedEye View Post
    So your answer to my two questions is that Petco ate Alonso?
    Doesn't it eat anyone who is not a pitcher?

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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    Quote Originally Posted by RedEye View Post
    So your answer to my two questions is that Petco ate Alonso?
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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    Quote Originally Posted by RedEye View Post
    Alonso is just not looking like the guy some thought he was. Is it safe to say yet that 1) the Reds traded Yonder at the right time and 2) that the Padres kept the wrong guy (over Rizzo)?
    Alonso's numbers really aren't that far off from Rizzo's. Rizzo has posted a wRC+ of 116 in 2012 and 111 so far this year. Alonso was 108 in 2012 and 109 this year. I know wRC+ is park adjusted, but stick Alonso in Wrigley and you may be seeing different numbers
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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    Quote Originally Posted by RedEye View Post
    Because it is counterintuitive? Isn't that sort of the point?
    2 +2 = 5 is counterintuitive as well. Now 5 >2 and closer to the actual result, so it's directionally correct, but it's not accurate. IMO, WAR provides similar "answers."

    It's fairly clear to know that a guy who hits and plays defense has more value than a guy who hits and can't play defense. It's also pretty clear that guys who don't hit can't really ever accumulate too much value. WAR tells us basically what we already know without it. Beyond that, it's questionable accuracy (and large and never discussed standard deviation) makes using its values as an answer a dubious exerise.

    WAR is a useful tool for raising the question as to whether a team may be better off by giving up a little offense for the sake of defense, but its not reliable enough to actually provide specific answers to that question IMO. That's my basic problem with it. People take these values as absolutes and as the end of the discussion when in fact they are merely clues that perhaps more investigation is required.
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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    Quote Originally Posted by RedEye View Post
    Because it is counterintuitive? Isn't that sort of the point?
    I would imagine the point is to accurately judge a players performance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by reds44 View Post
    I would imagine the point is to accurately judge a players performance.
    I guess what I meant is that WAR is an accurate measure that often seems counterintuitive to the uninitiated since it factors in so much more information than do traditional counting stats. Should have spelled that out more.
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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    Quote Originally Posted by RedEye View Post
    I guess what I meant is that WAR is an accurate measure that often seems counterintuitive to the uninitiated since it factors in so much more information than do traditional counting stats. Should have spelled that our more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mth123 View Post
    Accurate is in the eye of the beholder.
    Accurate in the eyes of scientific objectivity. It isn't a perfect tool, but it gives a far more neutral measure to compare across positions and to bring together different aspects of the game.
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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    Quote Originally Posted by mth123 View Post
    2 +2 = 5 is counterintuitive as well. Now 5 >2 and closer to the actual result, so it's directionally correct, but it's not accurate. IMO, WAR provides similar "answers."

    It's fairly clear to know that a guy who hits and plays defense has more value than a guy who hits and can't play defense. It's also pretty clear that guys who don't hit can't really ever accumulate too much value. WAR tells us basically what we already know without it. Beyond that, it's questionable accuracy (and large and never discussed standard deviation) makes using its values as an answer a dubious exerise.

    WAR is a useful tool for raising the question as to whether a team may be better off by giving up a little offense for the sake of defense, but its not reliable enough to actually provide specific answers to that question IMO. That's my basic problem with it. People take these values as absolutes and as the end of the discussion when in fact they are merely clues that perhaps more investigation is required.
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    Re: Tracking - Alonso, Grandal, Volquez, Boxberger, Sappelt, Wood, Torreyes

    I figured this thread about former Reds was as good a place as any for this: http://teespring.com/EncarnacionParrot



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