“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
So given the difficulty of adding a lot of pieces, add one that doesn't provide any benefit? I fully understand the scope of the challenge. I just don't understand how the difficulty of the task justifies taking steps in the wrong direction.
If Tavares is a bridge to a better team in the future, he's redundant. If he's part of the immediate solution to the mound of problems you've identified, he's a pretty poor one. In either case, I don't see the logic.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
what's the record for number of pages in a single thread anyway? This thing is outta control.
Are we really at 42 pages and 620+ posts about signing Taveras?!
Last edited by Ltlabner; 12-28-2008 at 08:58 PM.
You must not watch that many games then.
Guys that normally walk at a high rate will continue to walk at a high rate when they aren't putting the ball in play and are experiencing an AVG slump. Sure, it might be a slightly lower rate than their normal walk rate, but it's not like they'll slump taking walks while they're slumping in the AVG department.
This been said a couple times now, and lost in the noise:
Tavaras is a batting average driven player, now playing in a park that suppresses doubles and triples.
He's also devoid of any SLG abilities in a park built around sluggers.
He's creates outs at a rapid pace, at the front of a line-up that creates outs at a rapid pace.
Seriously. I know this thread is lengthy but how anyone can support this signing is beyond me. Hell, Redmetz had a snarky post about it somewhere a thousand posts ago. That ought to tell us something.
Last edited by Ltlabner; 12-28-2008 at 09:07 PM.
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