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Felipe Alou: Is He Afraid of the Walk?
November 14, 2002 - Sean Smith
Give Felipe a break. In 1994, the Expos were 5th in walks out of 14 teams, before the team was broken up. Sure from 1996 to 2000 the team didn't take many walks. They had no talent. They had few players (Vlad excepted, of course) who could hit, pitch, run, or throw. Is it any surprise they couldn't afford players who walk either? Blame Loria, not Felipe.
Are Managers Optimizing Their Best Relievers?
January 2, 2003 - Sean Smith
"But first, I'd like to suggest that the most optimal use of the best relievers would generally be as a starter"
The problem is that many (most? all?) of the top relievers would not be as effective as starters. Mariano Rivera had a 5.51 ERA when he was used as a starter. There might be another Derek Lowe out there (Foulke?) but I think most of the closers in baseball wouldn't cut it as starters. I wouldn't even consider the guys like Percival, Nen, of Hoffman, who have been relieving too long. John Smoltz didn't go to the bullpen because Atlanta thinks he's more valuable saving 50 than winning 20 (althought their media might). Smoltz is in the bullpen because he couldn't stay off the DL as a starter.
OPS: Begone!
May 21, 2003 - Sean Smith
What values for 1b, 2b, 3b, etc. are you using to calculate baseruns in the first chart?
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