Belle4Hall88 wrote:They are also playing arguably the best defense in baseball.
How did you get this? Any team playing Manny and Willy Mo in the OF is nowhere near a top defensive team in my book. But maybe you have some stat backing this up that I've overlooked?
Yeah, the stat would be that they have the highest fielding percentage in the majors. You don't have to put "arguably" in front of it. The Red Sox are playing the best defense in the majors. I'm surprised anyone would think of disputing that.
Also, Belle...posting Chicago's ERA for the past month isn't what Miner was talking about. Post them for the 5 of the last 6 games in which they took 5 of 6 from the Tigers and Yankees.
I'm glad errors are the main judge of a good defensive team. They may be playing the balls hit right to them well, but their zone ratings and RAA as a team mostly range from average to poor. Manny has a .705 ZR for example. (The average for a LF was .831 last year) The Red Sox are also ranked 19th in the league in defensive efficency, which measures the amount balls put into play are turned into outs by a team's defense.
Belle4Hall88 wrote:They are also playing arguably the best defense in baseball.
How did you get this? Any team playing Manny and Willy Mo in the OF is nowhere near a top defensive team in my book. But maybe you have some stat backing this up that I've overlooked?
Yeah, the stat would be that they have the highest fielding percentage in the majors. You don't have to put "arguably" in front of it. The Red Sox are playing the best defense in the majors. I'm surprised anyone would think of disputing that.
Also, Belle...posting Chicago's ERA for the past month isn't what Miner was talking about. Post them for the 5 of the last 6 games in which they took 5 of 6 from the Tigers and Yankees.
I'm glad errors are the main judge of a good defensive team. They may be playing the balls hit right to them well, but their zone ratings and RAA as a team mostly range from average to poor. Manny has a .705 ZR for example. (The average for a LF was .831 last year) The Red Sox are also ranked 19th in the league in defensive efficency, which measures the amount balls put into play are turned into outs by a team's defense.
Ebonically speaking Half Massed know what he is talking about
Plus you can't take in the Average for the count, look at how they draw walks and utilize batters. go ahead check the stats belle, tell me swisher's or kendal's on base percentage
I think NYM, Stl & Bos get some bullpen help in some fashion soon.
NL West - Dodgers
NL Central - Reds (Homer Bailey?)
NL East - Mets (Pelfrey will be back and they need to improve pen)
NL WC - Cardinals (they've been falling fast)
AL West - A's (No questin if Harden comes back healthy)
AL Central - Tigers (Slowing down some though)
AL East - Red Sox (Need some arms still)
AL WC - White Sox
Cards vs. Mets = Mets
Dodgers vs. Reds = Reds (I'm starting to believe)
Mets vs. Reds = Mets
White Sox vs. Red Sox = Red Sox
Tigers vs. A's = Tigers
Tigers vs. Red Sox = Tigers
Tigers vs. Mets = Mets in 6
I could easily see the A's win it all if Harden & Crosby get healthy and produce. I could also see the Tigers pull a Seattle Mariners of 2001 (116 game winning season) and go out early after having a great season.
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Havok1517 wrote:I think NYM, Stl & Bos get some bullpen help in some fashion soon.
NL West - Dodgers NL Central - Reds (Homer Bailey?) NL East - Mets (Pelfrey will be back and they need to improve pen) NL WC - Cardinals (they've been falling fast)
AL West - A's (No questin if Harden comes back healthy) AL Central - Tigers (Slowing down some though) AL East - Red Sox (Need some arms still) AL WC - White Sox
Cards vs. Mets = Mets Dodgers vs. Reds = Reds (I'm starting to believe) Mets vs. Reds = Mets
White Sox vs. Red Sox = Red Sox Tigers vs. A's = Tigers A's vs. Red Sox = A's
Tigers vs. Mets = Mets in 6
I could easily see the A's win it all if Harden & Crosby get healthy and produce. I could also see the Tigers pull a Seattle Mariners of 2001 (116 game winning season) and go out early after having a great season.
So you have the Tigers beating the A's, then the A's beating the Red Sox, then the Mets beating the Tigers?
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I'm curious as to where people get the idea that the Angels have a good bullpen and good defense. I guess the bullpen because of the impression K Rod and Shields leave, but the rest of the pen has been essentially awful. Scoscia's been moving guys around the different roles left and right all year to try to find somewhere where they succeed. (With little success. Look at Romero, Donnelly, etc.)
And the Angel's defense, at least in the infield, is terrible. Errors aren't the best judge of defense, but the Angels have made the 2nd most in all of baseball. Adam Kennedy, Maicer Izturis, and Figgins when he plays any infield have a zone rating below .800 (not good) and Quinlan and Kendrick are barely over .800 (still not good). Essentially the entire infield (except Cabrera and he hasn't been any kind of whiz this year) is shaky defensively.
Havok1517 wrote:I think NYM, Stl & Bos get some bullpen help in some fashion soon.
NL West - Dodgers NL Central - Reds (Homer Bailey?) NL East - Mets (Pelfrey will be back and they need to improve pen) NL WC - Cardinals (they've been falling fast)
AL West - A's (No questin if Harden comes back healthy) AL Central - Tigers (Slowing down some though) AL East - Red Sox (Need some arms still) AL WC - White Sox
Cards vs. Mets = Mets Dodgers vs. Reds = Reds (I'm starting to believe) Mets vs. Reds = Mets
White Sox vs. Red Sox = Red Sox Tigers vs. A's = Tigers A's vs. Red Sox = A's
Tigers vs. Mets = Mets in 6
I could easily see the A's win it all if Harden & Crosby get healthy and produce. I could also see the Tigers pull a Seattle Mariners of 2001 (116 game winning season) and go out early after having a great season.
So you have the Tigers beating the A's, then the A's beating the Red Sox, then the Mets beating the Tigers?
Sorry. 6:30 was pretty early to be posting matchup winners I guess. I stand by them now.
I notice I've been doing a lot of posting, but not a lot predicting here.
So let's see...
AL West: A's
Al Central: Tigers
AL East: Yankees
AL WC: White Sox
NL West: Dodgers
NL Central: St. Louis
NL East: Mets
NL WC: Marlins (Not really, I just like them, probably the Reds)
A's v. Tigers: A's (assuming Harden is back and healthy, and to a lesser extent, Crosby)
Yankees v. Sox: Yanks
A's v. Yanks: A's, finally I hope. (With no Harden, Yanks)
Mets v. Reds: Mets
St. Louis v. Dodgers: Dodgers
Mets v. Dodgers: Mets
Mets v. A's (or Yanks): A's, (or Mets if Yankees)
Sure, there may be some home team bias there, but I think in a short series with Harden, the A's really have the key elements (bullpen and defense) to take the short ones.
Half Massed wrote:I notice I've been doing a lot of posting, but not a lot predicting here.
So let's see...
AL West: A's Al Central: Tigers AL East: Yankees AL WC: White Sox
NL West: Dodgers NL Central: St. Louis NL East: Mets NL WC: Marlins (Not really, I just like them, probably the Reds)
A's v. Tigers: A's (assuming Harden is back and healthy, and to a lesser extent, Crosby) Yankees v. Sox: Yanks A's v. Yanks: A's, finally I hope. (With no Harden, Yanks)
Mets v. Reds: Mets St. Louis v. Dodgers: Dodgers Mets v. Dodgers: Mets
Mets v. A's (or Yanks): A's, (or Mets if Yankees)
Sure, there may be some home team bias there, but I think in a short series with Harden, the A's really have the key elements (bullpen and defense) to take the short ones.
You hit nail on the coffin, The A's are assumed the underdog in the AL West. I just want R. Harden to get back as soon as possible. He has been a dissapointment this year. He needs to improve his strength and conditioning Workouts.
People should start talking about how the A's bullpen is better now, with J. Kennedy, Witasick back. You are looking at Duscherer, Calero(came in the mulder deal, very solid). A's haven't been this solid with their Bullpen since the Eckersley era.
When it comes to the A's offense, the averages don't pop up at you but if you ask commentator's around the league, they'll say that the A's are very patient hitters. Draw a lot of walks and when necessary have the players like kendall, ellis that are not offensively good but know how to smallball.
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by BritSox » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:01 pm My bad.
They may be playing the balls hit right to them well, but their zone ratings and RAA as a team mostly range from average to poor. Manny has a .705 ZR for example. (The average for a LF was .831 last year) The Red Sox are also ranked 19th in the league in defensive efficency, which measures the amount balls put into play are turned into outs by a team's defense.
