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fWAR takes leverage into account for relievers at least.

Commented on Preview: Seattle Mariners (18-20) vs. New York Yankees (24-14) on May 15 2013, 8:00a

You don't really want to bring him up to platoon him.

Commented on MLB Scores: Mariners Beat A's, Attribute Result To Superior Parenting on May 14 2013, 7:03a

You could become a republic and still stay in the Commonwealth

Commented on OT--May 9th, Merry Month of May ed. on May 13 2013, 1:32p

I wouldn't want to pay $14m a year for Morse now

Commented on OT--May 9th, Merry Month of May ed. on May 13 2013, 1:26p

Presumably you know that there was also "Yes, Prime Minister"?

Commented on OT--May 9th, Merry Month of May ed. on May 13 2013, 1:06p - 2 replies

Surely Raul is the Ancient Mariner.

Commented on Seattle Mariners at Pittsburgh Pirates Series Preview: Q&A with Charlie Wilmoth of Bucs Dugout on May 8 2013, 6:39a

Vir definitely has the best attitude towards Morden's offers

Commented on OFF/ON-TOPIC: Mariners & Other Things on May 8 2013, 6:26a - 1 reply

That surprises me.

Commented on OFF/ON-TOPIC: Mariners & Other Things on May 7 2013, 11:42a - 1 reply

As I understand it, B5 was originally intended to be five seasons.

Commented on OFF/ON-TOPIC: Mariners & Other Things on May 7 2013, 8:47a - 1 reply

They didn't come up with unobtanium

Commented on OFF/ON-TOPIC: Mariners & Other Things on May 7 2013, 7:59a

Odd balls:

Commented on 5/4: Open Game Thread on May 4 2013, 4:19p

Nice grab by Ackley to finish things off too.

Commented on 5/4: Open Game Thread on May 4 2013, 3:40p

You can understand Italian better than Portuguese?

Commented on 5/4: Open Game Thread on May 4 2013, 3:11p - 1 reply

Italian is "come si dice".

Commented on 5/4: Open Game Thread on May 4 2013, 3:05p - 2 replies

Wrong kanji, apparently.

Commented on 5/4: Open Game Thread on May 4 2013, 3:01p

Wouldn't that be Japanese-Italian fusion?

Commented on 5/4: Open Game Thread on May 4 2013, 2:59p - 1 reply

"The Iwa Corner"

Commented on 5/4: Open Game Thread on May 4 2013, 2:55p - 1 reply

Well there goes more of it.

Commented on 5/4: Open Game Thread on May 4 2013, 2:38p

I thought of that but it sounded like hard work.

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 3 2013, 11:12a

He was also better than Felix and Iwakuma by ERA, FIP and fWAR

Commented on MLB Scores: Seattle Downs Baltimore 8-3 on May 3 2013, 7:03a - 1 reply

A couple of other issues:

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 6:59p

Of course, that could also indicate a fault with the simulator.

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 6:48p

It is.

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 6:47p - 1 reply

You could have saved us a lot of effort if you'd posted this earlier.

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 6:47p - 1 reply

Here's a quick experiment I tried:

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 6:46p - 2 replies

I don't think it's quite the same thing

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 5:45p - 1 reply

I couldn't find anything better

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 5:35p

Saunders' introduction to MLB

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 5:05p

It worked out really well

Commented on MLB Scores: Seattle Downs Baltimore 8-3 on May 2 2013, 4:57p - 2 replies

Fangraphs will give you league stats

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 4:47p - 1 reply

Might be interesting to reduce the major-league PA limit to, say, 50

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 4:44p - 1 reply

You can definitely get non-linear effects that wouldn't show up in wOBA

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 4:34p - 1 reply

There's going to be some selection bias in your AAA-MLB comparisons

Commented on Should the Mariners Call Up Nick Franklin? on May 2 2013, 2:28p - 1 reply

I'm confused.

Commented on MLB Scores: Seattle Downs Baltimore 8-3 on May 2 2013, 1:03p - 2 replies

Darth Vader throwing out the first pitch?

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on May 1 2013, 5:59p - 1 reply

I liked about two-thirds of it - I need to up my pretentiousness.

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on May 1 2013, 5:55p - 1 reply

Jackson.

Commented on 4/30: Chart on May 1 2013, 5:36p - 1 reply

Parody exemption?

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on May 1 2013, 3:19p - 1 reply

I'm surprised it's that good.

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on May 1 2013, 3:15p

Just copy all these comments to your article.

Commented on MLB Scores: Orioles jump on Maurer early, defeat Mariners, 7-2 on May 1 2013, 3:13p

I don't think 11 PAs are ever going to remove concerns.

Commented on 4/30: Chart on May 1 2013, 12:42p

Needs "sea-townie's dad takes pride in his skateboarding" GIFs.

Commented on MLB Scores: Orioles jump on Maurer early, defeat Mariners, 7-2 on May 1 2013, 11:46a - 1 reply

One for JY to celebrate the end of the cruelest month:

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on May 1 2013, 11:23a - 1 reply

Franklin now up to .410/.538/.623

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on May 1 2013, 7:24a - 1 reply

Of course as soon as I post this

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on May 1 2013, 7:10a

I wouldn't trust the 2012 part of that plateau leap.

Commented on 4/30: Chart on May 1 2013, 7:01a - 1 reply

On a more positive note, one of Pimentel's teammates:

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on Apr 30 2013, 6:03p - 2 replies

It's going to be hard to top the Russian Grannies

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on Apr 30 2013, 12:09p

His Fangraphs "clutch" stat is -0.35

Commented on The Big Bat Theory on Apr 30 2013, 12:06p - 1 reply

Optimism: that .011 increase in wOBA would be worth about 50 runs over a full season.

Commented on The Big Bat Theory on Apr 30 2013, 11:44a - 1 reply

A competent 30% at least

Commented on 4/29: Chart on Apr 30 2013, 7:05a

As I said, team options achieve a similar aim in baseball

Commented on MLB Scores: Mariners take late lead, hang on to beat Angels 2-1 on Apr 30 2013, 6:58a

Yes, I discovered that (but thanks anyway).

Commented on 4/28: Open Game Thread on Apr 29 2013, 7:31p

Thanks.

Commented on 4/28: Open Game Thread on Apr 29 2013, 7:07p - 1 reply

Not to the same extent, but the rate has jumped

Commented on Stefen Romero heating up in Tacoma on Apr 29 2013, 7:01p

Or Dustin Ackley in 2010, or Franklin last year

Commented on Stefen Romero heating up in Tacoma on Apr 29 2013, 5:24p

His career HR/FB rate is based on less than a season's worth of innings

Commented on MLB Scores: Mariners take late lead, hang on to beat Angels 2-1 on Apr 29 2013, 5:20p

How on Earth are you deciding he has nothing left to learn at AAA?

Commented on Stefen Romero heating up in Tacoma on Apr 29 2013, 5:15p - 1 reply

That would be more convincing if his career BABIP wasn't .295

Commented on Whom Should Michael Saunders Replace? on Apr 29 2013, 5:10p

True that you should probably regress MiLB BABIP less than MLB

Commented on Stefen Romero heating up in Tacoma on Apr 29 2013, 4:39p

That's nearly four times the PAs Romero has so far

Commented on Stefen Romero heating up in Tacoma on Apr 29 2013, 4:34p - 2 replies

Having only 32 PAs in AAA is a reason not to call someone up

Commented on Stefen Romero heating up in Tacoma on Apr 29 2013, 2:53p - 2 replies

I admire your optimism

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on Apr 29 2013, 10:58a - 1 reply

What's your complaint with the contract system?

Commented on MLB Scores: Mariners take late lead, hang on to beat Angels 2-1 on Apr 29 2013, 10:07a - 1 reply

" and I'd expect both his walk and home run ratios to tick up as well"

Commented on MLB Scores: Mariners take late lead, hang on to beat Angels 2-1 on Apr 29 2013, 9:58a - 1 reply

Time to confess my ignorance of baseball history:

Commented on 4/28: Open Game Thread on Apr 29 2013, 7:11a - 1 reply

One correction: you can't add K% and IFFB%

Commented on MLB Scores: Mariners take late lead, hang on to beat Angels 2-1 on Apr 29 2013, 6:52a - 1 reply

Ryan is also a couple of years older and more likely to be declining

Commented on MLB Scores: Mariners take late lead, hang on to beat Angels 2-1 on Apr 29 2013, 6:46a

And he wasn't even pitching to the Astros.

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on Apr 27 2013, 10:47a - 1 reply

It's good to see Jeff took an LL tradition with him when he moved to USSM

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on Apr 26 2013, 11:29a - 2 replies

Don't forget the triple.

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on Apr 26 2013, 9:14a - 1 reply

My guess: things like contact% and o-swing% are too far removed from actual results

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on Apr 24 2013, 7:28a

I didn't find the transactions

Commented on Peguero up, Gutierrez to DL on Apr 23 2013, 6:54p - 1 reply

So you're saying that the fact that it isn't completely insane is completely insane.

Commented on Peguero up, Gutierrez to DL on Apr 23 2013, 6:45p

It looks awfully close

Commented on Peguero up, Gutierrez to DL on Apr 23 2013, 6:43p - 1 reply

As far as I follow it (and the maths mostly lost me)

Commented on OT--April 22, 2013-- guest question ed. on Apr 23 2013, 6:33p - 1 reply

Thames was optioned in 2011, 2012 and 2013

Commented on Peguero up, Gutierrez to DL on Apr 23 2013, 6:12p

Defensive stats (UZR, DRS, FRAA, TZ) don't hate him so far

Commented on Peguero up, Gutierrez to DL on Apr 23 2013, 5:35p

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