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Stan the man retweeted
At some point, baseball has to get back to valuing ballplayers and not just numbers on a screen. Give me the Freddie Freemans, the Buster Poseys, Hunter Pences, Pablo Sandovals, Michael Youngs, Ian Kinslers of the world. Guys who just flat out know how to play the game. Everyone wants to talk launch angle and exit velo, but what happened to valuing a quality at bat?” The 9-pitch battle that might end in an out, but forces a pitcher to show everything he’s got.
The guy who hits behind the runner, takes what’s given, or just refuses to give a pitcher an easy inning. Those at-bats might not look sexy in the box score, but they show up in the 7th, 8th, and 9th. Some of these dudes could absolutely leave the yard too. That’s the point. They weren’t one-dimensional. Somewhere along the way, we confused measurable tools with knowing how to win baseball games.
I’m not against analytics or hitting the ball hard, but there is an art to winning that you can’t fully measure. We need more guys who know how to play baseball, not just hitters, not just athletes, ballplayers. And I promise you, those dudes never go out of style
Ok if any redsox fan (no trolls) agrees they’d rather have mead and bauers over Bregman and Alonso, I’ll delete my account permanently.
Something has to be done about MLBs current playoff format. Why are the Astros rewarded with playing the third WC and the Sox have to play 3 in Yankee stadium even though they have the better record? Take the divisions away, play a balanced schedule, and 1-6 get in. Simple!
I heard him say this…it’s a direct quote. Verbatim. Idk why anyone thinks this is satire. Jim, thank you for giving us the latest news and updates.
BRESLOW BABBLE™
“Obviously, postseason elimination is disappointing, but I think it’s important that we resist evaluating the outcome through a binary success-failure framework.
What we experienced was really a high-leverage competitive information event.
October gave us an opportunity to collect actionable data within a compressed performance environment, and that’s incredibly valuable as we begin constructing our offseason decision architecture.
Did we accomplish the objective of winning the World Series?
No.
But I’m not sure that’s the only appropriate measurement of organizational advancement.
When you isolate our process-based indicators, normalize for roster volatility, and remove the inherent randomness associated with small-sample postseason sequencing, there are underlying developmental efficiencies that I think are extremely encouraging.
We learned things.
And learning things creates knowledge.
And knowledge, when properly contextualized within a scalable baseball-operations infrastructure, creates optionality.
That’s really what this is about.
Optionality.
Now we go back to the drawing board — although I’d probably characterize it less as a drawing board and more as a multidimensional roster-optimization matrix.
We’ll examine our run-production ecosystem, pitching sustainability, defensive conversion architecture, biomechanical availability patterns, and the intersection between player acquisition cost and projected marginal win efficiency.
We’ll ask difficult questions.
Then we’ll develop even more difficult questions about those questions.
Then we’ll build models to determine whether we were asking the correct questions in the first place.
That process takes time.
I understand fans want answers.
But answers without sufficient probabilistic context are really just conclusions, and conclusions can become dangerous when they interfere with process.
So am I disappointed?
Of course.
But I’m also energized.
Because sometimes elimination isn’t an ending.
Sometimes it’s simply an additional data point.
And if you zoom out far enough, remove emotion, adjust for variance, calculate the underlying expected organizational trajectory and squint really hard at the spreadsheet…
We’re actually undefeated.”
Was Contreras going to chase that ball down in left center if it got past story? Just wondering why such a stud player who is definitely better than Alonso wasn’t standing on first…ya know, the position he plays.
I really do want an answer from someone knowledgeable. In what world do you bring in weissert, miller, or gamboa when it’s a 1 run game in the playoffs? Shouldn’t crochet have been next man up?Whitlock? Let Tolle go 5 and go to crochet! Why is he on the roster if u don’t use him!
Tracy managed this game like a regular season game. Tolle can’t be pulled there. It’s a 1 run game. Your next pitcher out can’t be miller and then rocky Gamboa. You can’t play this like a regular season Chad!! You let Tolle finish the 5th, and you go to Whitlock or crochet.
Did Contreras do what he did in the minor leagues and just take strike 3 down the middle? Or did he not swing because he knew he had no chance to hit it?
I normally don’t agree but he was spot on here. They keep looking for that value rather than the true impact bat. Contreras would have been a nice piece to add, but he can’t be your big acquisition and expect to get out of the first round. Think they’ll ever learn (or care)?
This is the lineup your team paid for Sox fans!Nobody wanted Alonso and he’s the first player ever to lead both leagues in RBI. You guys loved the value of Contreras. Durbin is a nice little player,but he’s not Bregman. Going to be bumped again from the first round. Enjoying it?
