tomdalton22
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And again, bookmark this thread. We can re-visit it at All Star Break or at the end of the year.
I guess it depends on what you are expecting out of him.
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Get StartedAnd again, bookmark this thread. We can re-visit it at All Star Break or at the end of the year.
Ever think of just stating that instead? Or even private messaging me?
Most of the time it is a "discussion" between myself and another poster.
Fair enough, and I apologize for airing that in the thread instead of a PM. I do think you are a very good poster, so please don't take my simple critique as a personal attack. Everybody is entitled to their opinion here, and opinions are always going to vary greatly regardless of the data behind them. All I'm trying to say is that you're gonna drive yourself and everybody else here crazy if you make it your life's mission to try to convert everybody else over to your side.
Also, what the heck does bookmarking a thread to revisit later do for anybody? Are you gonna feel vindicated if your opinion plays out as fact? What's the timeline for that anyhow? Are future generations going to come to these message boards and say, "Wow, that Rebbiv guy sure was smart when he said that Rajai Davis was a bad signing."? I couldn't care less if my opinions on sports hold true in time because they really don't matter to me that much. There are bigger and more important things in life than this stuff.
This team sucks.
This team sucks.
Regardless of the PT Davis gets, I can't wait until you guys see how bad his defense is. It's mind blowing how bad he misplays fly balls off the bat. It's comical.
Tom basically said I was jumping the gun for disliking this move. If that is the case, the bookmark it and show me later where I was jumping the gun.
We trade Fister to "free up" $7 Mil and then give Davis $5 Mil to play in 30% of the games. I know he is fast and hits lefties well. But everything else does not fit this team.
Which is why he averages less than 2.5 errors per season.
Dirks Defensive value via Fangraphs in 2013? +5.3 runs. Davis? -6.
Davis doesn't get an error when he doesn't even get to a ball when he ran left instead of running right. Yes, it's that bad.
I'm glad someone else responded to that post about the errors, I was trying REALLY hard not to be a dick.
but I was about at the end of my rope.
I like the data you provide here, and generally find/found your posts to be good, but you have become a real Debbie Downer and thread killer lately. You don't just state your opinion and move on, you restate it again, and again, and again... page after page. We get it, you hate the move, and you have legitimate reasons why. Simply seeing you say the same thing over and over is what I was criticizing.
Next thing I know Thumb( who I think is Rebbiv's 2nd I.D. USING A SMART PHONE WITH A DIFFERENT I.P. ADDRESS) jumps in with a formula from Fan graphs Than includes Triples I never said one time the guy hits triples. So using this formula is not fair.
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