May 10, 201412 yr This is the comment I expected from you. Your comment purposely makes it sound like Fenway wasn't one of the top hitters parks in the league. Even for lefty hitters it is clearly one of the top 2 or 3 hitters parks in baseball. Saltalamacchia without a damn doubt benefited greatly from playing half his games at Fenway. He's a good player and a starter, but he's going to regress from where he is now, given that his current success is BABIP driven, he produced a career best .804 last season and was a .700+ OPS guy previously in his career, so he's definitely not a .900+ OPS player like he's performing now, and we play at Marlins Park. I just found the comment that Fenway didn't help Salty to be incredibly ridiculous. I don't think he benefited from Fenway as much as you seem to think, but let's leave it at that. An .800 OPS catcher is just fine with me, And worth every dollar of $21 Mill over 3 years if he continues that production. He is certainly capable of it, even at Marlins Park, as I have always suggested he will benefit from the spacious gaps.
May 10, 201412 yr He is not going to be an .800 OPS catcher. His career, outside of Fenway, suggests he is a high 600 low 700 OPS catcher who gets on base at under a .300 clip.
May 10, 201412 yr He is not going to be an .800 OPS catcher. His career, outside of Fenway, suggests he is a high 600 low 700 OPS catcher who gets on base at under a .300 clip. Wanna bet?
May 10, 201412 yr Take the bet Spike! Money where mouth is and all that! Props to WC for proposing it.
May 10, 201412 yr I'll bet you $50 to Admin Salty's OPS is over .800 this season I will take that. You base your entire opinion of him from the 3 years he spent in a hitters paradise in Boston. His power #s so far are unsustainable at Marlins park and the one thing he has shown more than anything else in his career is that he struggles to get on base.
May 11, 201412 yr Do you realize how ignorant that bet is on your part? Saltalamacchia has broke .800 OPS once in his career, in a contract year in one of the best hitters parks in baseball. And even then it was just barely(.804). Outside of that ONE season he has never been close to that.
May 11, 201412 yr Do you realize how ignorant that bet is on your part? Saltalamacchia has broke .800 OPS once in his career, in a contract year in one of the best hitters parks in baseball. And even then it was just barely(.804). Outside of that ONE season he has never been close to that. No problem, we just see things differently. I'm excited you put your money where your mouth is, we will see who wins.
May 11, 201412 yr I see things from a statistical standpoint. I have no idea where you see things, but it is not a place in reality or common sense.
May 11, 201412 yr I see things from a statistical standpoint. I have no idea where you see things, but it is not a place in reality or common sense. Sure. Just get your checkbook ready...
May 11, 201412 yr Just in the realm of fairness - if Salty gets injured at any point in this season and misses more than 40 games, I think the bet should be nullified. Yes? Yes.
May 12, 201412 yr Nick Gordon Marlins pick in new TTF mock (interesting) http://throughthefencebaseball.com/2014-mlb-mock-draft-8-0-top-45-picks/42874
May 12, 201412 yr Very interesting. High school player? Hmm. If we drafted him and he panned out and progressed at a normal rate, he'd be up by the time Hech starts getting "expensive."
May 12, 201412 yr Nick Gordon Marlins pick in new TTF mock (interesting) http://throughthefencebaseball.com/2014-mlb-mock-draft-8-0-top-45-picks/42874 I like the conpensation picks there. Would love AJ Reed too.
May 12, 201412 yr Very interesting. High school player? Hmm. If we drafted him and he panned out and progressed at a normal rate, he'd be up by the time Hech starts getting "expensive." In terms of costing the team, that's already happened. Oh, you mean money...
May 12, 201412 yr Nick Gordon Marlins pick in new TTF mock (interesting) http://throughthefencebaseball.com/2014-mlb-mock-draft-8-0-top-45-picks/42874 Although I like Nick Gordon, no way in hell the Marlins don't take a pitcher. No chance. Zero.
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