The BRANDON McCARTHY Thread

gonna be a lot of unhappy campers when they cut Ellis loose..and that should be soon enough. the sooner he's done with us, the sooner they can get over it.

 

The hate for Ellis is stupid and unjustified.

 

I love AJ, but his best days are behind him unfortunately.

 

Cut Ellis? Why fuck with Kershaw's mojo?

 

not this year..however, our FO had designs on it being this year. you don't offer Russell Martin that kind of money to not catch your best pitcher.

i actually think Ellis has a legit chance to be our next manager..Kershaw would still be able to suck from his teat everyday. Lol

but yea, Ellis will not be catching Kershaw for the length of Kershaw's contract, so it's inevitable. Kershaw's gonna have to deal with it. it's almost a Derek Fisher situation..everybody likes and respects him, so he can't be benched..so he has to go at some point for everybody to move on.

 

McCarthy isn't a real Dback or Yankee. He's been a closet Dodger for years. In fact, that's why this thread was started a month before there was even a rumor he'd sign with the Dodgers, this was an obvious love connection from BMC's side for a long long time.

 

i didn't even know that McCarthy was working out with Kershaw last off-season. wonder if the DBacks knew..Lol

 

i didn't mean this year. that ship has sailed.

but Butera's gone to the Halos, btw

 

If he doesn't get injured, there's a very good chance he puts up 4 good years. He's 31 (only 6 months older than Jon Lester), so he can easily perform for the full 4 years. The 4 years is mostly a risk because of his injury history, not his age.

His upside is a lot higher than most people on here realize. He can be a legit #2 in most rotations. I honestly expect 4 great years on the mound, lots of great twitter posts, and a guy who is great in the clubhouse.

 

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2014/8/13/5994385/brandon-mccarthy-better-new-york-yankees

 

Awe dude I could only get a paragraph into that link before the nonsense began..

assigning metrics to such malarky as run expectations and preaching about run point values reeks of unwashed stat geeks trying to assign numbers to things where numbers simply do not apply.

I tried to read more but when one states that the first two made up quotients are then multiplied of divided by another made up Fangraphs quotient then I have to pull back from the spout.

No harm no foul but this article is an exemplary case of stat geek drool... even if the basic article premise was sound "Brandon needs to mix up his pitches more and stop relying on the sinker so much"

 

yea, Doughty..Capntree is still into win/loss record for pitchers. keep it simple

 

you fuckin' wit da Capn? Damn good thing you're hiding under that chair meathead... LOL.

Seriously I can dig the portion of Saber stats that uses actual facts... however there are so many that don't.

And the stat geeks over at Fangraphs seem to think that Saber stats don't make up enough crazy shit so they go even farther into the realm of ground balls/right side/on 3+ hops/ when pitcher looks to 2nd more than twice/after a curve ball when the catcher farts twice.

You wanna believe that horse shit go ahead...

 

:farhan:

 

this is the better version..less numbersy

 

I don't understand it either, lol.

 

Ellis is a fine *backup* catcher... Grandal better get 100 starts or I'm raging though.