Oso planning to go pro
Asking a question makes you want to throw up? Lol. Weak stomach?Starters might pitch double the innings but they also might impact about 1/3 of the games a releiver might impact. Relievers in today’s game are just as important as starters, if not more.
Hahahahahahahaha.Hahahaha.That must be why you see all those relievers with +$100 million deals.
Hahahahahahahaha.Hahahaha.Dude.
Wow. That is super cute.Yu Darvish and his $100M contract and all his value to the Cubs. You’re right. Only took him until the end of May to get his first win as a Cubbie.
I love how you make this about the Cubs. Listen Hader is a damn stud. I’d love to have him. But to say relievers are as important as starters is just wrong.
I make it about whoever I want. Using player contracts to prove the value of a player to his team is hysterical.If you’re talking about baseball 5 years ago, sure. Fortunately for a lot of teams GMs aren’t stuck in that line of thinking.
I’ll save you some time. Good choice picking (Best Reliever)! He is awesome isn’t he?As good as (Best Reliever) has been this year, he’s not more important than Scherzer, Cole, Severino, Verlander, Kluber, Sale, deGrom, ...
Never stop being you.
IP matter. Kershaw threw 175 innings last season. He was better than Scherzer in most other categories. Scherzer won. There is alot of value in providing more innings for your team so that lesser guys don't have to soak them up.
So you found 2 in the NL that are arguably more important than Hader is? So then you agree with me that Hader should be on the short list for Cy Young so far? I guess you could’ve actually saved me time by simply saying that...Lol.
Again, good post. Looking forward to TallTitan telling me the same!
He's won 2 MVPs and a ROY, made the ASG every full year since he's been up, put up consistently absurd numbers, but he doesn't move the needle. Most casual sports fans probably wouldn't recognize him on the street, his endorsements are basically nil. Part of this is because the Angels have been trash, only making the playoffs once in his career and getting promptly swept, but also because he really has no personality and charisma off the field.
Two? I named seven and could have kept going. Do you know what a ... means? I guess I’ll keep going. Kershaw, Cueto, Corbin, Williams, Martinez, Syndergaard, ...Do you think Hader (who you say is the best reliever in baseball) is more important than any of these players? You would rather have Hader than any of these players on the Brewers?
Please stop being you.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/features/cyyoungESPN’s Cy Young predictor has Josh Hader 5th in the NL at the moment. I’m sure Cubs fans don’t consider 5th as “on the short list” but it certainly is. This really doesn’t have to be as complicated as you guys want to make it.
All 7 of those guys were NL pitchers? Weird. Sorry could’ve sworn only 2 of them were, my bad!http://www.espn.com/mlb/features/cyyoungESPN’s Cy Young predictor has Josh Hader 5th in the NL at the moment. I’m sure Cubs fans don’t consider 5th as “on the short list” but it certainly is. This really doesn’t have to be as complicated as you guys want to make it.Oh wow you came up with your own wicked burn. Sick!
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Relievers are not more important than starters. You were wrong. Just stop.
Go check out who has the best bullpen ERAs and compare that to the MLB standings.Or look at a team like the Brewers. Are the Brewers winning games because they're lighting up the scoreboard night in and night out? Nope. Are they winning games because Jhoulys Chacin, Brent Suter, Brandon Woodruff, Freddy Peralta, and Junior Garra are dominating opposing lineups? Nope. It's because they have the best bullpen in baseball and all you need is 4-5 innings of mediocre starting pitching and the bullpen will throw 4-5 innings of scoreless baseball from there on out.5 years ago you're right. Relievers/bullpens were not as important as starters. Thankfully David Stearns understands where baseball has moved to.
In the regular season your best pitcher should be the one that throws the most innings. You want your best player to play as much as possible, kinda straightforward. However, in the post-season, if your best pitcher is a starter, then they are getting at most 2 starts in a 5 game series and 3 starts in a 7 games series. Total number of appearances is more important than starts. I would take a dominant reliever than can give 4 appearances and 2 ip per for a total of 8 innings over a starter who can get 2 starts and a total of 12 innings (assuming qs both times)(also assuming series goes 5 games). There's a reason that dominant starters often get put in the bullpen on short rest in the postseason. Short answer: Starters and ip are more important in the regular season, appearances are more important in the post season.