Comments on: On a Friday night, CC throws a clunker

By: Lucky

Lucky — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:58:57 +0000

well yes, but obviosuly they were supposed to be getting him ready for Oct, too. Are you suggesting that the plan all along was to not use Joba in the rotation in Oct? Are you OK with this!

By: Brien Jackson

Brien Jackson — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:44:12 +0000

No, it was to keep his innings limited so as not to go too far above his previous career high in innings so as to mitigate the likelihood of arm injury.

By: Joba Rules

Joba Rules — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:06:01 +0000

RSN level cognitive dissonance

By: Joseph Pawlikowski

Joseph Pawlikowski — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:47:45 +0000

Except that’s not true at all.

By: pete

pete — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:46:07 +0000

you realize that molina only starts when the yanks are facing shitty offenses and don’t need posada to hit, right? No screw that, context just messes up your argument.

By: radnom

radnom — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:29:42 +0000

Ok, but you could also argue that baseball tends to be a game where players are streaky. A bad game is more likely to follow another, hitting or pitching.

Either arguement is equally useless without some statistics.

By: Lucky

Lucky — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:53:54 +0000

so the gap between Posada and Molina offensively is 440 points of OPS.

THe difference between them defensively is 110 points of OPS. Multiply that by 9 and you get 1000 points of OPS. The multiplier of 9 is to aknowledge that the defensive numbers apply to the entire other team’s lineup while the offensive OPS numebrs apply to just the catchers. IN other words, Posada would have to put up an OPS of 1550 (Molina’s OPS + 1000) To offset his defense.

By: Mike P

Mike P — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:46:56 +0000

Right, you’re being hysterical and looking at just one thing. Posada’s OPS is .889 against Molina’s .555. That means a whole load more. If Yankee starters are likely to give up a 2-3 more bases per game with Posada, they’re also likely to get 3-4 more bases in offensive support. And with the Yanks leading the league in RBI, it’s a no brainer.

By: Lucky

Lucky — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:30:52 +0000

No? Um. Yes. It was to keep his innings limited so that he had enough left in the tank to be a post-season contributor.

By: Mike P

Mike P — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:29:13 +0000

Good point. I never understood either why managers do that. It fits right in line with not bringing in your closer in a tied game on the road for lack of logic.