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Randy Needs a Hug
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 8:16 am
by bschr682
Well we did this
thing. We lamented the poor state of San Fernando pitching and then we kind of just wandered.
contributors: me, Weigand, Lane
Re: Podcast soon
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:09 am
by usnspecialist
im a podcast whore and have a few days off work so why not.
Re: Podcast soon
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:13 am
by niles08
I would be open to doing this if it was during the day either today or tomorrow. I am central time zone.
Re: Podcast soon
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:37 am
by bschr682
I’m not sure what time. If a bunch of people are free during the day by all means go for it. I’m not free from work til evenings though.
Re: Podcast soon
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 12:32 pm
by Lane
i'm always down to talk about how bad randy's team is, so count me in
Re: Podcast soon
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:45 pm
by StormZ_23
Possibly, just depends on the day
Re: Podcast soon
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:57 pm
by ae37jr
Mitchell Swanson is Jon Reed lite. If that is even possible.
Re: Podcast soon
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 4:51 pm
by bschr682
Well if we do it like the last one I did with randy it would be tomorrow night at 9 pm cst
Re: Podcast soon
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:29 pm
by bschr682
Looks like this is a go. 9 pm central time tonight
Re: Podcast soon
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:08 pm
by Lane
Re: Podcast soon
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:16 pm
by bschr682
Re: Randy Needs a Hug
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:31 am
by bschr682
still processing but there it is. Huzzah!
Re: Randy Needs a Hug
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:14 pm
by usnspecialist
title and description are accurate
Re: Randy Needs a Hug
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:24 pm
by RonCo
Ted didn't really change much on his park except to bring in his fence in right field.
Here were his park factors:
AVG - 0.92
AVG (LHB) - 0.93
AVG (RHB) - 0.92
2B - 0.95
3B - 0.8
HR - 0.951
HR (LHB) - 1.1
HR (RHB) - 0.87
So all he did was make Fernando Moreno's HR totals bump.
Re: Randy Needs a Hug
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:30 pm
by bschr682
I still hated it...
Re: Randy Needs a Hug
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:36 pm
by RonCo
Yes....but the comment was that he went pretty much neutral and his pitchers were still great...but he didn't go neutral at all. He just did a gimmick.
CAL's new pitcher's park is arguably much more of a hitter's park now than it was prior just because of the big bump in hits, doubles, and triples. The HR vs. RHP also bumped from .83 to .95. It's still a pitcher's park, but considerably happier for hitters than is used to be.
Re: Randy Needs a Hug
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:42 pm
by Lane
RonCo wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:36 pm
Yes....but the comment was that he went pretty much neutral and his pitchers were still great...but he didn't go neutral at all. He just did a gimmick.
CAL's new pitcher's park is arguably much more of a hitter's park now than it was prior just because of the big bump in hits, doubles, and triples. The HR vs. RHP also bumped from .83 to .95. It's still a pitcher's park, but considerably happier for hitters than is used to be.
This is what I thought, but didn't have the numbers to back it up. Ted's teams worked because they could just win 2-0 at home no matter how bad the offense was.
Re: Randy Needs a Hug
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:44 pm
by usnspecialist
Lane wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:42 pm
RonCo wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:36 pm
Yes....but the comment was that he went pretty much neutral and his pitchers were still great...but he didn't go neutral at all. He just did a gimmick.
CAL's new pitcher's park is arguably much more of a hitter's park now than it was prior just because of the big bump in hits, doubles, and triples. The HR vs. RHP also bumped from .83 to .95. It's still a pitcher's park, but considerably happier for hitters than is used to be.
This is what I thought, but didn't have the numbers to back it up. Ted's teams worked because they could just win 2-0 at home no matter how bad the offense was.
that is what happens when you have some of the best pitching staffs in the history of the BBA (and I do have the numbers to back that up).
Re: Randy Needs a Hug
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:44 pm
by RonCo
Trujillo is proof that you can have a complete hole in any rating if you're great everywhere else. He's striking out a ton of hitters, and walks almost no one. His BABIP is also way down right now. So giving up homers makes very little issue in that scenario.
Re: Randy Needs a Hug
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:48 pm
by RonCo
usnspecialist wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:44 pm
Lane wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:42 pm
RonCo wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:36 pm
Yes....but the comment was that he went pretty much neutral and his pitchers were still great...but he didn't go neutral at all. He just did a gimmick.
CAL's new pitcher's park is arguably much more of a hitter's park now than it was prior just because of the big bump in hits, doubles, and triples. The HR vs. RHP also bumped from .83 to .95. It's still a pitcher's park, but considerably happier for hitters than is used to be.
This is what I thought, but didn't have the numbers to back it up. Ted's teams worked because they could just win 2-0 at home no matter how bad the offense was.
that is what happens when you have some of the best pitching staffs in the history of the BBA (and I do have the numbers to back that up).
That was the thing about Ted's construction. He built (inherited) a pitcher's park, then staffed it with fundamentally great pitching. As noted in the media guide, a lot of guys try to use their park to patch over flaws in their roster construction.