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[Remote]

Why are the Braves 4-7 against the Mets?
The last 2 months the Braves have like q0 more away games than home. While for the Mets it is vice versa and the Braves are only like 4 games over .500 on the road while 15 @ home. There's no Stat trending in the Braves favor to win the division right now.

Because 11 games is a small sample?

 

[AnonymityX1000]

McNeil being an all-star doesn't particularly matter. He's overperformed his expected woba by like 40 points. He's more lucky than good.
Lindor has been better than I expected this season, and I suppose I can give you that. The RBIs are irrelevant though.
Marte is pretty much a slap hitter who doesn't hit the ball very hard and maybe an average fielder at best.
Canha is an awful defender and he's got an expected woba of just .306. His saving grace is that he's got fantastic plate discipline. You can bookmark this post if you want but I'd bet almost anything that Canha, Marte and Lindor are all worse next season if they don't regress come September/October.

deGrom and Scherzer are legit fantastic.
Bassitt is pretty good.
Carrasco is overrated.
Walker is overrated. In fact, Walker is the most overrated pitcher on the staff by far. An 18% K-rate? It's a miracle his ERA isn't 4.50 by now.

Marte is a 2 time gold glover. lol
He is way better than avg.
And RBIs are irrelevant?! It is the most important hitting stat. That's the entire point of offense to drive in runs. lol

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Because 11 games is a small sample?

Longer than any playoff series. lol I guess we never know who truly would win the WS because it is too small a sample size. What's the threshold for being a big enough sample size?

 

[Remote]

Marte is a 2 time gold glover. lol
He is way better than avg.
And RBIs are irrelevant?! It is the most important hitting stat. That's the entire point of offense to drive in runs. lol

Ok rather than get into a long debate about this, I'll just say that RBIs aren't a skill. It's a result that is almost entirely outside of a player's control and therefore subject to far to many variables to actually matter or be projectable/accountable.

 

[Remote]

Longer than any playoff series. lol I guess we never know who truly would win the WS because it is too small a sample size. What's the threshold for being a big enough sample size?

To some degree, that's actually true.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Ok rather than get into a long debate about this, I'll just say that RBIs aren't a skill. It's a result that is almost entirely outside of a player's control and therefore subject to far to many variables to actually matter or be projectable/accountable.

Hmm . . . I bet you think there is no such thing as clutch. lol

 

[AnonymityX1000]

To some degree, that's actually true.

Wow. lol

 

[Remote]

Hmm . . . I bet you think there is no such thing as clutch. lol

There actually is no such thing as clutch.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

There actually is no such thing as clutch.

I wish my smileys were working. lol

 

[Remote]

I wish my smileys were working. lol

What makes you think clutch exists?
Players perform in the postseason almost identically to how they perform over the course of their careers.

This is especially evident with players lucky enough to have a large sample size of playoff games.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

What makes you think clutch exists?
Players perform in the postseason almost identically to how they perform over the course of their careers.

This is especially evident with players lucky enough to have a large sample size of playoff games.

That's interesting because the competition is better in the playoffs than over the course of 162 games. So the stats being the same mean they elevated their play doesn't it?

 

[Tommy Fits]

McNeil being an all-star doesn't particularly matter. He's overperformed his expected woba by like 40 points. He's more lucky than good.
Lindor has been better than I expected this season, and I suppose I can give you that. The RBIs are irrelevant though.
Marte is pretty much a slap hitter who doesn't hit the ball very hard and maybe an average fielder at best.
Canha is an awful defender and he's got an expected woba of just .306. His saving grace is that he's got fantastic plate discipline. You can bookmark this post if you want but I'd bet almost anything that Canha, Marte and Lindor are all worse next season if they don't regress come September/October.

deGrom and Scherzer are legit fantastic.
Bassitt is pretty good.
Carrasco is overrated.
Walker is overrated. In fact, Walker is the most overrated pitcher on the staff by far. An 18% K-rate? It's a miracle his ERA isn't 4.50 by now.

And with all that said, after today you guys are going to be 6.5 back in the standings

 

[ikbm]

And with all that said, after today you guys are going to be 6.5 back in the standings

he's a yankee fan

 

[Tommy Fits]

he's a yankee fan

So let me change that, in a few days we're going to be the best baseball team in NYC

 

[Pack2]

he's a yankee fan

Explains a lot