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Thursday, July 29, 2010
“I believe…”
Ken lists 21 of his 42 at BPro. Those that I disagree with him:
2. With that in mind, I believe that OPS is a perfectly useful metric.
Only as a gateway drug.
8. I believe that the designated hitter should continue to be supported in one league but not the other. Whether you adore or abhor the DH, there should always be a league for you.
Uniform rules. Leave DH to the discretion of the home manager. If you don’t want to see the DH, then beg your team for a manager that hates the DH.
10. I believe interleague play should be ditched.
Argue for me why MLB should be different from the other sports. Other than “tradition”.
if your closer is the best reliever on your team, he should be pitching more innings and facing tough hitters earlier in the game if those situations have higher leverage
If a reliever conditions himself to come in during the 9th inning between 9:30 and 10:00, who am I to tell him that he should come in during the 7th or 8th inning at 8:45? So, I don’t know that it’s a given that it should happen, even if logically, it should happen, and, historically, it has happened. It requires a paradigm shift back to the way things were. It’s a tough sell.
18. When it comes to batter platoon splits, I believe we might be better off thinking of batters facing same-side and opposite-side pitching as two distinct skills.
Maybe switch hitters. Maybe. Otherwise.... no.
19. I believe Matt Swartz is right that free agents who re-sign with their existing team are likely to perform better than those who change teams.
Only under limited circumstances. As a general statement, no.