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Post by chiyankee on Jan 15, 2021 12:44:57 GMT -5
There are cases when batting average is still important, like two outs and runners in scoring position.
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Post by chiyankee on Jan 15, 2021 12:56:32 GMT -5
Judge is excited about the D.J. news.
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Post by kaybli on Jan 15, 2021 13:59:50 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Jan 15, 2021 14:23:17 GMT -5
There are cases when batting average is still important, like two outs and runners in scoring position. Batting average never really became unimportant. Contact is still an important skill. It’s demise was overstated... walks have been over-valued, but they are still important... hits can move runners multiple bases. Walks move runners 0-1 base. It’s all very basic...😁 |
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Post by chiyankee on Jan 15, 2021 14:52:50 GMT -5
There are cases when batting average is still important, like two outs and runners in scoring position. Batting average never really became unimportant. Contact is still an important skill. It’s demise was overstated... walks have been over-valued, but they are still important... hits can move runners multiple bases. Walks move runners 0-1 base. It’s all very basic...😁 There's been so much talk about how overrated batting average is it's actually become underrated. You really do need a good mix in your lineup of guys that can draw walks, work pitchers over and get on base and those guys, like D.J. that make contact and put the ball in play and most importantly, drive in runs! |
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Post by inger on Jan 15, 2021 15:14:16 GMT -5
Batting average never really became unimportant. Contact is still an important skill. It’s demise was overstated... walks have been over-valued, but they are still important... hits can move runners multiple bases. Walks move runners 0-1 base. It’s all very basic...😁 There's been so much talk about how overrated batting average is it's actually become underrated. You really do need a good mix in your lineup of guys that can draw walks, work pitchers over and get on base and those guys, like D.J. that make contact and put the ball in play and most importantly, drive in runs! If you add in at least one base stealer, I’m completely sold on the whole thing. There is a strange phenomenon that recurs. It has to do with certain skills or stats where there becomes a certain skill that people won’t shut up about to a point that they’re over-speaking. It starts in Little League when the first coach tells you that a “walk is as good as a hit”. Then, some kid hits a ball that goes under the shortstops glove, the center-fielder kicks it twenty yards away, where the left fielder heaves the ball to the wrong base where the second baseman throws it twenty feet over the catchers head and everyone is pounding you on the back, congratulating you for your first “home run”. I spent my youth hearing so much about how under rated Roy White was that eventually I saw how good he really was, and in my eyes, he was not under rated at all. Later, Joe Rudi came along, and the same thing happened. Then, it was Dwight Evans. That’s almost gone now as EVERY BODY is a superstar! (Also not true). I guess it’s called the hyperbole of sports... <what the hell is inger talking about? Ambien in the afternoon?>... |
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Post by kaybli on Jan 15, 2021 16:44:17 GMT -5
Sorry I was a little preoccupied with some stuff but now I can fully celebrate DJ returning!
The 6 year deal was a little surprising, but look at it this way, there's a good chance that he’ll deliver $90M in value after 4 years. The extra two years are basically free! At least that's what I'm telling myself! Maybe I'll be pissed off in 2025 (if we aren't a Blade Runner style dystopia by then) but who can look that far ahead? All I know is La Maquina is returning!
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Post by kaybli on Jan 15, 2021 16:44:47 GMT -5
There's been so much talk about how overrated batting average is it's actually become underrated. You really do need a good mix in your lineup of guys that can draw walks, work pitchers over and get on base and those guys, like D.J. that make contact and put the ball in play and most importantly, drive in runs! If you add in at least one base stealer, I’m completely sold on the whole thing. There is a strange phenomenon that recurs. It has to do with certain skills or stats where there becomes a certain skill that people won’t shut up about to a point that they’re over-speaking. It starts in Little League when the first coach tells you that a “walk is as good as a hit”. Then, some kid hits a ball that goes under the shortstops glove, the center-fielder kicks it twenty yards away, where the left fielder heaves the ball to the wrong base where the second baseman throws it twenty feet over the catchers head and everyone is pounding you on the back, congratulating you for your first “home run”. I spent my youth hearing so much about how under rated Roy White was that eventually I saw how good he really was, and in my eyes, he was not under rated at all. Later, Joe Rudi came along, and the same thing happened. Then, it was Dwight Evans. That’s almost gone now as EVERY BODY is a superstar! (Also not true). I guess it’s called the hyperbole of sports... <what the hell is inger talking about? Ambien in the afternoon?>... LOL at that crazy Ambien. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jan 15, 2021 16:49:40 GMT -5
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jan 15, 2021 16:50:49 GMT -5
Sorry I was a little preoccupied with some stuff but now I can fully celebrate DJ returning!
The 6 year deal was a little surprising, but look at it this way, there's a good chance that he’ll deliver $90M in value after 4 years. The extra two years are basically free! At least that's what I'm telling myself! Maybe I'll be pissed off in 2025 (if we aren't a Blade Runner style dystopia by then) but who can look that far ahead? All I know is La Maquina is returning!
Whether he declines near the end or not (we've seen plenty of players still be pretty good at age 38 it's not like he would be 43 or something) 15 million is not as bad as being stuck for 30 mil or something. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jan 15, 2021 17:00:21 GMT -5
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Post by kaybli on Jan 15, 2021 19:01:27 GMT -5
I don't get why they have to stay under 210. Say they spend 225 million instead:
"What would that cost the team? In this scenario, the Yankees’ CBT payroll would run close to $225 million, above the first threshold but below the second mark at $230 milllion. Teams that breach the first threshold incur a tax of 20-percent on any overages. However, teams that clear it in three consecutive seasons, as the Yankees would if they did so in 2021, incur a 50-percent tax. That means that the Yankees’ hypothetical tax bill of 50-percent on a $15-million overage would come in at a grand total of $7.5 million."
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Post by inger on Jan 15, 2021 19:20:19 GMT -5
I don't get why they have to stay under 210. Say they spend 225 million instead:
"What would that cost the team? In this scenario, the Yankees’ CBT payroll would run close to $225 million, above the first threshold but below the second mark at $230 milllion. Teams that breach the first threshold incur a tax of 20-percent on any overages. However, teams that clear it in three consecutive seasons, as the Yankees would if they did so in 2021, incur a 50-percent tax. That means that the Yankees’ hypothetical tax bill of 50-percent on a $15-million overage would come in at a grand total of $7.5 million."
Hal: Look you little snot nose punk, where do you think I’m going to get that kind of money? That’s almost a half days work for me? You buying me lunch? Cause that’s what some of my lunches cost? You want me to do without? Love, Hal |
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Post by rizzuto on Jan 16, 2021 9:07:42 GMT -5
“MLB Network unveiled a statistic on Friday showing the hitters with the highest rate of hard-hit balls (as deemed by Statcast) per at-bat last season. The top five is quite a list:
1) Fernando Tatis - 22.1 percent.
2) Corey Seager - 22 percent.
3) D.J. LeMahieu - 21.9 percent.
4) Juan Soto - 21.8 percent.
5 )Mike Trout – 21.6 percent.“
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Post by chiyankee on Jan 16, 2021 11:15:05 GMT -5
“MLB Network unveiled a statistic on Friday showing the hitters with the highest rate of hard-hit balls (as deemed by Statcast) per at-bat last season. The top five is quite a list: 1) Fernando Tatis - 22.1 percent. 2) Corey Seager - 22 percent. 3) D.J. LeMahieu - 21.9 percent. 4) Juan Soto - 21.8 percent. 5 )Mike Trout – 21.6 percent.“ That's a great stat, still some in baseball will tell you D.J.'s success is due to playing at Yankee Stadium.  |
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