~2024 MLB Thread~

[ELA]

When AI falls in line with the masses. 

AI is just a product of the masses

[ELA]

I've always kind of liked the JAWS rating, which averages your career WAR, with your 7 year peak WAR.  It rewards longevity, but not as much as pure career WAR, because it demands you be great at your peak, without making that peak too short.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_C.shtml

Sort of confirms what most anyone would say, that Bench and Carter are 1-2.  Piazza with a strong case for #3.  His peak was better than anyone but those guys.  He just falls behind Pudge and Fisk because he didn't play nearly as long.

[CatsbyAZ]

I can't fathom the math that gets a team with a shit payroll to buy land on the Las Vegas strip AND building a stadium. 

And what are the hopes for fan attendance once/if the Athletics find themselves in Vegas?

For a guess look at the Diamondbacks latest homestand.

Weekend numbers look up, about 25k Vs the Nationals and Giants. Then on weeknights in Phoenix, attendance Vs the Marlins drops down to about 10k. I can see the weekend bringing in big numbers of visiting fans to Vegas before the weeknight numbers plunge without built-in hometown support.

As for the Athletics existing numbers, look at the horrific figures for Oakland's last two homegames (Vs the Diamondbacks). 2k & 3K are like high school numbers.

[ELA]

The problem with Oakland is that they also wanted enough land to build their own entertainment complex, and control the surrounding shops, restaurants and bars.

I'm assuming they got this here, so maybe the terrible attendance doesn't matter if they got public funding to run up their own bars, restaurants (and in this case casinos?) around the park

[Cincydawg]

The "secret" to having your team come from behind is apparently to give up and go to bed.

[longhorn320]

The "secret" to having your team come from behind is apparently to give up and go to bed.

Last night the Cubs were ahead of the Astros 6 to 1 after 7 innings only to have the Astros score 6 runs in the last  2 innings and win the game 7 to 6

Yes I stopped watching after inning 6 but thats why I record the games. 

[OrangeAfroMan]

AI is just a product of the masses

If that's true, then it isn't very I.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Yeah, the A's attendance the other night was lower than 11 of 13 AAA games.  
That's what you get when you pull a U-haul out front.

[Cincydawg]

When and why did OPS become a thing?

[GopherRock]

AI is just a product of the masses

Garbage in, garbage out.

[OrangeAfroMan]

AI is supposed to evolve that garbage into something amazing, though.  Otherwise, you're just describing one of those giant computers from the 70s predicting things incorrectly.

[OrangeAfroMan]

When and why did OPS become a thing?

Like 20 years ago.....because getting on base is the best thing a batter can do and hitting for power is the 2nd-best thing he can do.  
You'll be pleased to know OBP is about 3x more "important" than SLG, so a more accurate evaluation of a player's offensive worth would be (3*O)PS.  But no one uses that.
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OPS+ is even better, as it takes into account context.

[OrangeAfroMan]

btw, the Dodgers have "oopsied" into the best record in the NL.  

[Cincydawg]