Percival to DL; The Juice is Loose
by R.J. Anderson on Aug 14, 2008 11:40 PM EDT
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Juan Salas aka The Juice:
52 K, 10 BB, 2 HR in 42.2 IP
There are no alternatives.
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Has to be Juice. Perfect opportunity to get him on the playoff roster.
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by Tyler on Aug 14, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Joe called Ruggs Ruje and Navi will not be playing tommarow
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 14, 2008 8:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
R.J., make a thread called Joe Madden 200th career win!
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 14, 2008 8:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is anyone else thrilled that Percvial is gone?
by GenghisJohn on Aug 14, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nope
He’s still a better option than Hammel
by GomesSweetGomes on Aug 14, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he's used in a worse positon.
Percival getting hurt moves him out of the closer role which he shouldn’t be in. Hammel getting hurt does nothing, it cuts off the last guy in the pen. I’d say Percy going down helps more.
by tallyray on Aug 14, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you think
That this injury isn’t going to mean more innings in high leverage situations for Miller/Hammel? I don’t buy it
by GomesSweetGomes on Aug 14, 2008 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe slightly
But only if the reliever they add is placed at the bottom of the totem pole. That isn’t a guarantee since Balfour jumped to high leverage spots pretty quickly. I imagine Hammel and Miller stay and the new reliever takes the spot above them.
by tallyray on Aug 14, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not at all
I far prefer Balfour closing, but Percival is a solid bullpen component. I’ll take Percival over Miller and Hammel any day.
by RayFanNY on Aug 14, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if [someone, probably Balfour] holds down the closer role during Percival's absence...
what are the chances that [someone, probably Balfour] keeps it when Percival returns?
10%?
not that tonight helped Balfour’s case.
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 14, 2008 8:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought Balfour should have had it before...
If he continues to pitch similarly than he should keep it. His K numbers are just too amazing to hold down much longer.
by tallyray on Aug 14, 2008 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he converts all his save chances and doesn't struggle with control
He will probably be given the closer’s role full time. My fantasy team will be very happy if this happens too. My guess is they will let Wheeler get chances too.
by RayFanNY on Aug 14, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My fantasy team would be very happy as well.
by raysrule07 on Aug 14, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
as will mine...
considering I just picked him up today
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by Mound Visit on Aug 15, 2008 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
5% maybe
I’ve said it before, you don’t take someone’s job away just because they give you a little heartburn. He’s doing the job, he’s done it all year; taking it away is foolish.
The only way I see him losing it is if they just decide he’s too fragile to be a reliable closer; in that case he might as well not be in the bullpen at all.
by kericr on Aug 14, 2008 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's not reliable
he’s allowed more runs than you want to see from your closer. just because those runs have come when they don’t hurt as much doesn’t mean that good fortune will continue.
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everybody has a bad night once in a while.
F-Rod has blown four saves. Doesn’t mean the Angels are going to strip his closer role.
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by Orlando Rays on Aug 15, 2008 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Love the conclusion RJ
“There are no alternatives.”
Direct, definitive, true.
by raysrule07 on Aug 14, 2008 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
plz bring up Salas
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 14, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Percival's leg issues
Has to not just do with his age, but his weight, he’s packing too much a midsection and it shows when he has to field a ball why he is so fragile.
by sofladude77 on Aug 14, 2008 11:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yay!
Link me? I’ve been searching for minutes now…
by Vin on Aug 14, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Word is coming out of Durham.
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by Tyler on Aug 14, 2008 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, thats what I've gotten so far..
Just figured a blog would have picked it up by now… This is the internet after all.
by Vin on Aug 14, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ohh he mustve cleaned out his durham locker
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by RaysOfHope on Aug 15, 2008 2:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Percival
I think fans are too hard on Percival. He is not the pitcher he was, but he is not a disaster either. Fact is, predictably his BB rate is up from his career average and his K rate down, but neither is awful. Prior to this year he walked 3.77/9. As a strikeout pitcher he could get away with that. This year, after tonight, he is walking 4.19/9, a decline to be expected. But that ratio is skewed by 3 games in which he walked 4, 2 and 2 in 3 innings. Otherwise, in his 40 appearances, he had no walks in 28 of them. Although it seems he has walked someone every game recently, in his 9 appearances prior to tonight, he walked nobody in 6 of them. He does seem to start his first batter off with 3 balls each time, which may account for the sense that he is wild.
And his K/BB rate is still about 2-1. Again, his K rate is down from his career average, but at 8.3/9 is still pretty good. The more troublesome issue has been his propensity to fly balls, also not unusual for his career however. And his line drive rate is down if I read the stats correctly.
Overall, his results have been good, and if his peripherals do suggest that he has been somewhat lucky and is not as good as the results suggest, he still can be a useful pitcher if healthy. I would be glad to get him back and hope this gives Maddon an opportunity, now and when he does return, to use the bullpen more flexibly, sharing the so-called closer role and using pitchers according to situations rather than in stereotyped roles.
The potential advantage of the injury it seems to me is not the loss of Percival. That is a real loss. It is that we may have 3 or 4 pitchers who can be used to shut down the opposition (Balfour, Howell, Wheeler and Salas if he is the replacement), but none of them have the stature or the right to claim the title of closer. If they are used interchangeably, when Percival comes back, it may be easier to slot him into the same bullpen structure which would increase his usefulness and decrease the danger of depending on him exclusively.
by bobr on Aug 14, 2008 11:57 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Good insight
I was thinking pretty much the same thing. Percival has a 90% save rate. That ranks him 5th of all players with more than 10 save opportunities. He is ahead of Jenks, Papelbon, and BJ Ryan. He may put runners on, but he nearly always converts the save regardless. That is the beauty of him in the true “closer role.” You can bring him in with no runners on and no outs, and all he has to do is get three guys out without giving up between 1-3 runs. You allow your more effective BP arms to pitch the higher leverage situations.
by rglass44 on Aug 15, 2008 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
save rate is an awful stat
it depends on four things:
- a pitcher’s ability to prevent runs
- the fielders abilities to prevent runs
- the size of the leads a closer is given
- the distribution of runs allowed given #1 and #3
a pitcher can control only #1. Percival is not that great at #1. just because he’s nearly always converted saves so far this season doesn’t mean Percival has some skill where he converts saves at a high rate.
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The point of save rate
Was to counter all those that claim he blows too many. The important thing that you forgot is that Percy is best at the role he is currently in. He is faced with less high-leverage situations. Why waste Balfour’s talents in what often amounts to mop-up duties. I am not extolling Percy as the BP ace. I am merely saying that he has not hurt the team in his role as closer, as some here suggest.
by rglass44 on Aug 15, 2008 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but he WILL hurt the team as closer, if he remains there
if you go look at Fangraphs Leverage Index stat (LI), you’ll see that Percival has been the Rays reliever who’s been in the most important situations this year. Wheeler is close behind, then Balfour and Howell are a ways back. While it might seem that closers are often wasted in easy saves, it’s actually a bit overrated, and they tend to be used as the most important reliever.
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
High-leverage situations doesn't necessarily mean tougher, though.
by rglass44 on Aug 15, 2008 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what do you mean by tougher?
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is encouraging (or coincidence/small sample) that Balfour and Percival have almost identical leverage index scores over the last month. It at least seems like Balfour’s role has grown significantly since his promotion even as Maddon has continued with traditional role usage with Percival.
by RATW on Aug 15, 2008 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rays postseason is looking good!
We have 19home games left and 17away games!
We got 3 at and 3 home against the Sox and Yanks!
If we can win both series against Boston 2-1 we’re in, assuming we win a series against Yanks.
Make it a concert night on all Boston games because we are 8-0 on concert nights!
They do it all with gills!
by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 12:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If I'm wrong please just tell me because i may have mis read my pocket schedule wrong
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
19 home and 22 away
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by Tyler on Aug 15, 2008 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks i new I must've been wrong cause i thought we had more away game
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Cups Half Full!
This gives Balfour time to adjust to the closers role throughout the rest of the season. The timing couldn’t be any more perfect.
by John 63 on Aug 15, 2008 7:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Member R.J. was giving the stats on how many ganes will we be accumulated to loose because of Evan and CC
Well Percival’s is probably like like, we’ll win an extra game and a half
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Percival is vastly under rated
the nature of the close makes each of his appearences more scrutinized than any other RP
And the Rays have not lost any of his 3 BS
by sternfan1 on Aug 15, 2008 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The thing with him is when he's good he's just average and he's bad 30% of the time
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stopping making up numbers it makes you look as dumb as your grammar.
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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 15, 2008 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Rays struggles on the road
have been greatly exaggerated. They have consistently been in the top 1/4 of the majors in road record, better for example than Boston. And their sub-.500 record is skewed somewhat by their 0-6 record in Fenway. Now that counts too, I know, but apart from the Fenway problem, one shared by just about every team, they have generally been above .500 on the road this year.
by bobr on Aug 15, 2008 10:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No it's not that we are bad away were just bad compared to our home record and we swept Boston twice this year at home
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Balfour's the Guy!!!
Time for Balfour to step up. A month ago when Percy was on the DL, Maddon issued a closer-by-committee proclamation. I think this time, Balfour gets the job. Not sure how Salas makes life any better. I don’t see why they wouldn’t bring in Thayer. Take Birkins off the 40-man to make room for him.
by Longo Land on Aug 15, 2008 10:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Because
Salas: 10.97 K/9, 2.11 BB/9 42.7 GB%
Thayer: 10.09 K/9 2.80 BB/9 43.9 GB%
There’s really no difference in their numbers this year, but Salas has the slight edge in Ks and walks and is all ready on the 40 man.
by R.J. Anderson on Aug 15, 2008 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That, and
Salas has stuff that is proven to get out major league hitters, Thayer (unless he’s suddenly hitting 97 like I’ve seen one or two yutzes say, but which is contrary to everyone I’ve talked to who has watched Durham play this season) has very fringy stuff, typical of a AAAA type player. Then again, so does Brad Ziegler and he just tied the record for most consecutive scoreless innings thrown by a reliever, so what do I know….
Vogt early, Vogt often.
by Brickhaus on Aug 15, 2008 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does Thayer have any delivery quirks that you know of?
by R.J. Anderson on Aug 15, 2008 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not that I know of
Doesn’t mean there isn’t some deception though.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
by Brickhaus on Aug 15, 2008 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why does everyone think the best reliever should close?
Balfour’s been our best reliever and he’s been coming into the game at the game’s most critical moment.
Whether that is the 7th inning with the bases loaded or another point in the game, i wouldn’t want to see Percival come in those situations.
In fact, the closer comes into the game almost every time with the bases empty. To me that is a way to waste Balf’s talent.
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 10:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
not true, I think Howell is better but he does long relief.
we want Balfour because he averages over 2k’s per inning and has been lights out
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
2 K's per inning, huh?
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stop making up numbers
fer Beejus sakes.
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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 15, 2008 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly, wheeler will take Balfour's old spot and Salas will come in after were winning by like 3
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'm not sure what youre saying?
you want balfour to come into the game with the bases empty every time like percival or do you like him coming into the game in the 7th inning with the bases loaded and A-Rod up?
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The second 1 but Bradford would come in there
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who do you think should close than?
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i guess a true commitee...if balf hasn't been used, give him a shot. if he was used in the 7th or 8th, let wheels or jp go.
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's not that we demand Balfour closes we just don't like Percy
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Percy has done a fine job, overall.
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not really,
he blows to many, Pena and Gross have saved his ass a lot though
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you read anything?
He converts 90% of his save opportunities. That is better than all but 4 guys with more than 10 SOs. Look at the facts before you make incorrect statements.
by rglass44 on Aug 15, 2008 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well he doesn't blow a lot of saves and he comes in with 2, 3 runs a lot
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You said "he blows to many"
referring to saves.
Well he doesn’t blow a lot of saves and he comes in with 2, 3 runs a lot
That is his role. He is most effective in this role. That is the point about keeping him in this role. Why waste someone else in this role if they excel at higher leveraged roles?
by rglass44 on Aug 15, 2008 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ya but when we are up by only 1 I'd rather have Balfour or Wheeler
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You sir are a fucking idiot
Eat some poison and crawl into a hole somewhere.
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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 15, 2008 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
please stop using this stat
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it directly counters his claim
If someone says he walks too many you look at walk-rate. If someone says he blows too many you look at save rate. I am not justifying his abilities as a pitcher. I am justifying his role as the guy that comes in with the bases loaded with a lead.
by rglass44 on Aug 15, 2008 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don't like Percy
We have lost 3 games out of 41 that he has made an appearance
LINK
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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 15, 2008 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's not a good way to judge Percival's value going forward.
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
or perhaps give it to Salas (after a few innings if he suceeds), that way everyone's role can be kept the same
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly but not Howell
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Percival will be off the roster for Salas and then Miller for Price if he comes up
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
miller is good against lefties.
i think price can take Ryu’s spot on the roster.
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Price will be good against everyone but im just guessing miller
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
o
I didn’t know we brought up Ryu?
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no, we didnt...but he's on the 40 man, and i think we can sneek price into the playoff roster (if we make it) by switching him for Ryu cause Ryu is injured.
can someone confirm this?
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would sound pretty good
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Roster expansions are Sept. 1st so then we can hold most of them
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have to be a parody
Please go away. They tried to ban you but you keep making new accounts.
RJ, can you ban his ISP? This is so annoying. He just derails every thread.
by rglass44 on Aug 15, 2008 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just giving my opinion
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can't always go by stats
Jamie Moyer is 8-1 career against Marlins but I’d rather have Brandon Webb against the Marlins
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He got banned for being an ass, not for being annoying
Right now he’s not being an ass, and he hasn’t been an ass since he got his alts banned.
by kericr on Aug 15, 2008 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can he get banned for being annoying?
by rglass44 on Aug 15, 2008 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not fair
Then we have to ban Sternfan, Mattman1, TG#1 sometimes, me sometimes, You sometimes, etc…
by kericr on Aug 15, 2008 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and rglass
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You didn't read
Don’t make me change sides on this issue just to avoid being associated with you.
by kericr on Aug 15, 2008 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
o, my bad i thought you meant me
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just ignore his comments.
Banning for being annoying would get ridiculous and the admins would get accused of playing favorites.
If you spams or does the off-topic replying thing he’ll be banned. Again.
by R.J. Anderson on Aug 15, 2008 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
given that Maddon will use a closer, the highest leverage relief role will be the closer
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The closer comes into almost every game with the bases empty. IMO, that is a waste of Balfour's talent.
What do you all think?
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 11:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but the closer is relied on to get through the inning easily with out a run, percy's not getting it done but I see your point
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It doesn't matter how he gets out of it, as long as he does.
by rglass44 on Aug 15, 2008 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
does Percival have a "getting out of it" skill?
or will all those baserunners, flyballs, and runs catch up to him? I’m going with number two.
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So what you're saying is...
We should throw some schumck out there to walk the bases loaded to make better use of Balfour’s talent of getting out of jams?
by floridaroar on Aug 15, 2008 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
do we have any "schumcks" in our pen?
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
I like him better in the fireman role.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
by Brickhaus on Aug 15, 2008 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd take Wheeler at closer to
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd rank our bp arms..
1. Balfour
2. Howell
3. Wheeler
4. Bradford
5. Percival (I’d say Bradford and Percival are just about equal)
6. Salas
7. Hammel
8. Miller
I don’t want the best guy closing, but I also do not want #5 on the totem pole closing either. I want like #3 or maybe #2 closing leaving #1 for the middle of the game high leverage situations.
by matthan on Aug 15, 2008 11:47 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I would hold off on Salas
He is very good, and he might be even better than Percy or Bradford. Where would you have ranked Balfour before he came up and ran shit? That’s sort of how I feel about Salas.
by rglass44 on Aug 15, 2008 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It can't be Howell because he does long relief, but the Yanks and Sox do that and has worked for them
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ya but Howell does to when were not winning by a lot like 1 or 2
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i don't remember the last time Howell has pitched more than 2 innings or 2.1 innings
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He used to pitch like 3 at a time
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by LONGO4PREZ08 on Aug 15, 2008 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
please read this if you think setup guys pitch in higher leverage situations than closers
Summary: Of the 25 relievers to appear in the highest leverage situations, only three have not saved at least 14 games. Every non-closer on that list has appeared in lower leverage situations than the closer on his team.
Closers are not the most efficient use of a bullpen ace. But given that a team is going to use the traditional closer-setup guy bullpen model, the closer is the highest leverage role.
(Sorry to link to my own stuff, but it’s directly relevant.)
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 12:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
google hardball times
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/crucial-situations
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's not that setup men pitch in higher leverage situations, it's that they can if the opportunity presents itself whereas the closer is locked in to 9th inning and nobody on base.
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
so you want to keep your best pitcher for a few really high leverage situations...
instead of more moderately high leverage situations?
in which situations does Balfour pitch when those bases-loaded, no-out situations don’t present themselves?
listen, i agree that Balfour’s usage pattern should consist of a lot of seventh and eighth inning important situations. but assuming he’s not also going to be used in ninth-inning one- and two-run leads, he has more value as the closer. even though he’ll be “wasted” in easy saves sometimes
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he'd be the fifth guy out of the bullpen.
Balfour
Howell/Wheeler/Bradford (used based on matchups — lefty/righty/groundball)
Percival
my blog // calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy // past results do not guarantee future performance
by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is actually really simple
During the game you match the difficulty of the situation with the strength of the reliever. Over the course of the game you may use your best guys, or you may not depending on the situation. Your best reliever may pitch in the 7th or the 9th it just depends on the situation.
by matthan on Aug 15, 2008 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i agree, too
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
in which situations does Balfour pitch when those bases-loaded, no-out situations don’t present themselves?
IMO, he should not pitch in those games, or if it’s close in the 9th, he should close it out
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
last time, please pay attention
I AGREE WITH YOU. This is how I want the best reliever in the Rays’ bullpen to be used.
However, if we assume that Maddon’s not going to go this route (what are the chances Maddon wakes up and becomes the first manager in twenty years not to have a designated closer?), Balfour has more value in the traditional closer’s role than any type of set-up role.
Again, I agree with you in an ideal situation. In reality — where Maddon is manager — Balfour is better as the closer.
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 15, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
RJ, what's your opinion on this?
9 = 8
by websterjtc on Aug 15, 2008 1:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sooooooo
Is Salas officially up yet? I haven’t seen anything anywhere.
by fogelberg on Aug 15, 2008 2:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thank God!
Salas is exactly what we need.
by DevilRay on Aug 15, 2008 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Salas needs to come up and dominate from now until the end of time
so the autographed jersey I won in the Shirts Off Their Backs drawing last year will be worth some bucks. As you see, it’s all about me.
by rayweaver on Aug 15, 2008 4:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
per Rotoworld
Rays recalled RHP Juan Salas from Triple-A Durham.
Salas replaces Troy Percival in the bullpen after going 4-5 with a 2.62 ERA and 53/11 K/BB ratio in 44 2/3 innings at Triple-A. He’s already 29 years old, so there isn’t much long-term upside to be had, but he’s capable of being a solid middle reliever.
by Dbullsfan on Aug 15, 2008 4:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He's Dominican, right?
He may actually be 32 or 33….
by rayweaver on Aug 15, 2008 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They already busted Salas on his age several years ago, when he was still a third baseman.
by RATW on Aug 15, 2008 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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