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I think you're vastly overrating Jake Bloss' impact in 2024. Kikuchi has promising peripherals & the word on him as always been dynamic stuff but...
Jake Bloss may be a very good MLB pitcher. But there's almost zero chance he'd be better *in 2024* than Kikuchi.
I'm not sure what constitutes a needle mover... Kikuchi makes the 2024 Astros better because their rotation is running on fumes and they needed...
We seem to have collectively decided two things, in the aftermath of this trade: 1) somehow, our starting rotation isn't in taters and running on...
It's an overpay - but that's the market. And I'm not sure a better SP has been traded. Kikuchi makes the 2024 Astros better. They needed arms...
He has a 4.34 FIP and doesn’t miss many bats. If all healthy, he would not garner a postseason spot ahead of Framber, JV or Brown. Likely not...
There have been plenty of last-to-firsts - but generally, they tend to have roots in years-long decisions that start to bear fruit - multiple...
But batting average is one of the few that actually gets worse the more statistics you include. I’ll admittedly always have a soft spot for .300...
I don’t believe anyone is arguing walks are better than hits? Hits are good. Batting average is not so good.
I used this example earlier but Kwan has a 40-point advatange in BA over Yordan - but their OB% is roughly the same (394/384). Kwan is having a...
Arguing 9 hits is better than 4 hits has nothing to do with batting average being useful. No. You argued it had value and then described the...
No; I’ve illustrated why batting average is a meaningless statistic & generally ignored by most of MLB: it formula equates singles as having the...
… in *an* inning? Dude… We’re discussing the viability of batting average not that 4 hits is better than 9 in *an* inning. If a team goes 9/10...
I’m not arguing singles/hits are bad; I’m arguing a formula that would determine nine singles (.900) is better than 4 HRs (.400) is a meaningless...
Getting a hit is good, obviously - but a stat that doesn’t differentiate between a single and a HR, counting both the same, isn’t. Batting average...
In ‘22, Peña had a 102 OPS+ in the regular season. He did not hit well. The ‘22 playoffs remain an extreme outlier.
Peña was 8/40 last October with zero extra base hits & 1 walk. Diaz posted a .143 OPS. Small sample size, obviously, and postseason performance...
What you’re describing here is OB%, not batting average. OB% *does* matter; batting average does not. It’s an archaic measurement that doesn’t...
The Astros are currently not playing the postseason.
I don't know about batting average - you would have to ask an old person. Both are fine, and yes, both are + for their positions. But teams can...
