Tiger337

They were in position last winter and I think this season and the playoffs proved it.

If they can't find a replacement for Ibanez among their assortment of infielders, then that would be a big fail. I don't think there is reason to hold onto Ibanez at this point given his age and recent performance.

I know that there are businessmen who make public statements in an attempt to influence markets. It has been my observation that the current Tigers administration doesn't have a history of doing that, but that can change. I don't doubt that they could approach the off-season differently this time. None of knows what they are thinking.

This is not Dave Dombrowski! I was surprised that Harris said that because he usually doesn't say anything, but management speak which is fine. Regardless, after signing Torres, I am not expecting a big offensive acquisition.

I would definitely like to see them add a quality bat, but they have already said they are going to focus on pitching and I don't see them spending big money in both areas.

I have asked that question many times about both pitchers and hitters. Big people tend to be stronger, but I feel as if they are just as likely or even more likely to get injured. They have to carry around more weight than a smaller person which I think would create more force in every movement and puts greater stress on their bones and joints.

I am not expecting them to sign any significant offensive help. I expect them to sign a couple of legitimate relievers. I am hopeful they will also add a good starter, but not confident about that.

I don't think anyone over 60 can see those arrows! But thanks again Edman.

Lots of 40-man turnover already.

I like Trei Cruz's .411 OBP! His offensive grades are not good, but is supposed to be an asset defensively. Might be be a good bench player.

Petzold says: Cruz, Valencia, Miller have been added.

Among my online friends, pretty much all of them meet this definition. In real life, most of them still use pitcher wins to evaluate pitchers. This is why I am online so much!

But I think the correlation between production and actual runs is higher than the correlation between production and wins.

I would assume that a two-win player contributed to a lot more than two wins. The Tigers theoretically won two more games because Baez was on the team rather than Kreidler, but surely Baez contributed to a lot more wins than two. I am not sure everyone gets the distinction or even thinks about it, but I have heard people claim things like the Tigers would have lost 100 games if Skubal was not on the team.

How can I hide this forum. I had it hidden for a few months, but now it's back again. Somebody sent me a message (on twitter) showing me how to do it, but I no longer have access to that message. Politics just gets me pissed off now and my life is better when I get away from it.

Harris needs to shake it up!

With the uncertainty around fielding statistics, I would be afraid to see the CI's!

For the casual fan, I agree wins sounds good, but then I can imagine someone asking: "which games did he win"? Another thing I like about runs is a wider range of integers. With wins, you have 1, 2, 3, ... wins and there is a big difference between each integer and most of the players are either 0, 1 or 2. Somebody could have 1.5 wins or 2.6 wins, but that doesn't make practical sense. With runs, you have more integers, so you can make a leaders list without decimals. It's not really a big deal, just a preference I have.

I actually would like to see RAR rather than WAR regardless of how the stat is constructed. I think of Wins as more of team stat. Players don't win games by themselves. They win partial games by producing and preventing runs. And it's pretty easy to translate into wins if someone favors that. It's basically just dividing by 10 (as you suggested in your post).

I agree, but the difference is still noticeable. It might be because I can follow fielders better in person which is the case when I go to a minor league game. It's hard for me to judge hitters in person.

I think we may underestimate the difference between fielding in the majors and minors. When I see minor league games, I notice the difference in fielding between majors and minors as as much as I notice the hitting and pitching differences. It's a whole different game in the majors.

Average DRS is considered replacement level. The reasoning is that a terrible hitter who can field his position at an average level is not hard to find. If your starting player goes down with an injury, you can usually find a find a weak hitter who can field reasonably well.

I don't have time either, but nerd time is a priority!

So, who wants to talk about Park Factors today?😃

I would have been happy to just keeping fielding separate from hitting and not trying boil everything down to one number. If you do want to arrive at one number for a player's value though, I do think you need to consider the position they play. If a DH goes into the Hall of Fame or wins an MVP, he should have to hit better than his peer who plays a position.