Posted by burnsy483 on 8/28/2013 3:10:00 PM (view original):
Hypothetical: You're starting a team. You have a player who can play CF slightly below average, or 1st base very well. He will put up the same offensive stats regardless of where he plays. Where would you play him?
offensive stats vary dependent upon the batting order. period. defensive stats or related equations play no bearing in hall votes. the priority that extends willie mays career (as a hypothetical choice) with the new york mets, is where will he bat? not where he will play in the field.
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building a lineup that will produce runs is how mlb works. this is because (again) the real batting averages truly reveal pitcher success as very weighted. put fielders behind any pitcher and his success rate can still be compared to a landslide presidential election. raise the mound above the field of play, and the pitchers have added firepower to ensure their continued success. give a batter a stick and call it what, even? no way. building a team will require u to always ask this question. the choice is yours, after you choose to decide one other thing, below
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the one thing missing from all the numbers in the baseball universe is who decided if a homerun was given up by the pitcher, or if the homerun was a result of a sluggers swing. bad pitch or good pitch from which point-of-view. thats your choice and nobody can make it for u. not even a number tells u. so, taking mr. october vs. bob welch at the end of the 70's. did welch serve the gopher ball, or did mr. october live up to his namesake? it is only one event. the numbers do not declare it to be 2 different events. so, in classic style of how to build a team, baseball once again creates the same scenario, and the question of did bob welch fool mr. october with overpowering odds of success, or did mr. october swing wildly with a 3-2 count? no numbers determine which of those two descriptions is the gospel of the lone event that had an entirely different result the next time it played out.
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are you building a defensive team to enhance the pitcher success rate? the only other option here is to consider that batters have the greatest effect on minimizing a pitchers success rate. defense is a small nudge of armor, even here. the bat is the stuff of the hall of fame. the bat is the only odds that begin to shrink a pitchers edge. steve carlton won an mvp by constantly pitching balls away from batters bats. he pitched. did not throw. did not hurl. all teams were at a disadvantage that year when he pitched. didn't matter who played where behind him. seriously. get a bat at every position first. my best answer.