2013-14 Phillies Offseason Thread

BigEd76 · September 30, 2013, 10:52:16 AM

Peace out to that miserable a-hole Dubee

Rome · September 30, 2013, 03:02:37 PM

Quote from: BigEd76 on September 30, 2013, 10:52:16 AM
Peace out

I heart Ed at times like this.

MDS · September 30, 2013, 03:24:56 PM

another byproduct of firing that carcass manuel. stubborn uncle chuck wasnt going to be there without his trusty pitching coach dubes.

also guys dont worry. amaro is going to use more analytics now. previously it was all about SCOUTING and PRODUCTION and GRIT and other non-tangible outdated blowhard shenanigans. now its about actual facts.

PhillyPhreak54 · September 30, 2013, 09:14:14 PM

Oh for real?

Who is he going to hire, Biill James?!

MDS · September 30, 2013, 09:39:29 PM

that would be great.

maybe someone can cc jimmy on the 0.1 war memo

ice grillin you · October 01, 2013, 06:16:10 AM

pat gillick the best gm maybe in the history of sports was as anti nerd as you can get

i know its the in thing these days to not actually watch games but trust me the eye test is still by far the number 1 way to tell if someone can play or not

you guys should try it sometime...instead of faking your like of sports thru some phony numbers...

pretending to care about actual games does not make your crowd less nerdy

Rome · October 01, 2013, 10:19:51 AM

There's a place in the game for analytics but it's not the be-all end-all solution to the game either.

smeags · October 01, 2013, 11:16:14 AM

yeah but rome ... money ball has produced so many titles.

Rome · October 01, 2013, 01:51:14 PM

The A's have 96 wins with a $60M payroll.

MDS · October 01, 2013, 02:59:52 PM

the red sox also heavily use advanced metrics but they suck so whatever

Seabiscuit36 · October 01, 2013, 03:06:38 PM

VORP!

smeags · October 01, 2013, 03:58:20 PM

Quote from: Rome on October 01, 2013, 01:51:14 PM
The A's have 96 wins with a $60M payroll.

i agree with you that there is a place for analytics in the game but maybe team's that adopt this method over scouting and other old school methods should pile up some titles before the sabredork's come out of the woodworks claiming the old ways are over, outdated and pointless.

ice grillin you · October 01, 2013, 04:35:26 PM

also low payroll does not equal sabremetrics

lots of teams win with a low payroll and dont use sabremetrics...the hard part is keeping a low payroll team together long term

thats why the red sox are good not because theo epstein was their gm

Munson · October 01, 2013, 04:36:41 PM

Most every organization in the MLB has a "sabremetrics" staff to help with the scouting, I'm pretty sure...

Don Ho · October 01, 2013, 05:28:17 PM

Unfortunately the bums sabremetrics staff sucks.