Organic and Catchers
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:18 pm
I promise that this post will be about fantasy baseball. Just give me this paragraph to rant about something close to my heart...
I love Doritos. Always have, always will. I'll also branch out to other chips. Man does not live by Dorito alone!
Today, I opened up the sales papers and there it was. My face got flushed. My stomach formed an immediate vomit reaction.
ORGANIC TOSTITOS
Never, ever have I been so disgusted.
Images of cow poop on my chips. Chips are like hot dogs, I don't wanna hear what goes into them!
Never, ever have I heard of one fella dying from pesticides on his chips. Not one.
It is a chip producers job to mangle vegetables like corn and potatoes so badly, that they taste great in chip form in a bag.
Don't TELL me it's organic! Cowpoopitos?
These chips will be summarily dismissed by me, just like baked chips or, the all time worst...unsalted chips.
Unsalted chips , you know what unsalted chips is?
I'll tell you what unsalted chips is!
Imagine that your penis is detachable. Eating chips is like having sex with your penis attached.
Eating unsalted chips is like you not only having sex without your penis, but your dog is pulling and chewing at it in a corner.
Health police, STAY OUTTA MY FRIGGIN' CHIP AISLE!
YOU'RE NOT WANTED OR NEEDED!
And oh yeah, don't even think that I don't see what you're doing with crackers! I see you!
Thank you.
I've been in several hundred drafts this off season. I exaggerate. Wait, maybe not.
Inevitably over-expectancies of a player crop up in each draft.
I like to think that when somebody drafts a player, it adds five home runs onto expectations.
The process is understood as everybody is proud to roster the player chosen.
For some reason though, I've felt a little upset over some of this bravado. I haven't typed anything in chat to let drafters know my angst. I've kept it to myself.
For me, the worst is the boasting about taking catchers. One drafter chimed that Evan Gattis would be a 35/100 hitter after drafting him.
I asked him why. He explained that Houston is better for homers and that Gattis won't get hurt in the outfield or dh'ing.
In another draft, Buster Posey was taken early. The drafter explained that getting catchers early was part of his strategy. That catchers were an overlooked position in drafts....And that Buster Posey was the only catcher capable of 30/100/.300
Apparently, he hadn't met the Gattis drafter.
And yet in another draft, a drafter of Devin Mesoraco 'expected' a 30/100 year from him.
Just once, I'd like to see somebody say that they are expecting a 29/98 season from a player.
Why does it all have to be even numbers?
Almost s if 30/100 is twice as good as 29/98...but I digress.
So, with that backdrop, can anybody tell me how many times any of these catchers have hit even 30 homers?
If saying 'zero', you are correct.
In fact, when was the last time ANY catcher hit 30 homers?
Go ahead think, I'll wait.
Que the Jeopardy music.
dum' dum' dum duh' duh 'duh' dum' dum' duh' duh' dum' dum' dum' duh' duh duh duh' duh'duh' dum' dum' dum' duh....
Ok, it was the steroid ridden Javy Lopez in 2003 when he hit 43 homers in little over 400 at bats.
Do the PED math.
And how many catchers since Javy have had 100 rbi?
The number goes up by one.
Posey had 103 rbi in 2012.
In most years, including last year, catchers didn't even get to 90 rbi.
Last year, only two catchers, Posey and Mesoraco even had 80 rbi.
Catchers are, at most, a three and a half category player. Most, like I, only consider then a three category player.
They have little speed, leaving out stolen bases.
And they don't hit near the top of lineups leaving runs scored as constantly lacking.
It's stretching it by even calling runs a half category.
And batting average may be a half category too. They don't get as many at bats as other players. So a real bad or good average has less effect on a team's batting average.
Only three catchers scored even 60 runs last year. Lucroy, Posey, and Gomes.
Did you notice that except for Posey, the names changed?
Now, there are some who say, 'Get your catching early, it'll be a big advantage!'
So, lets try something.....
First, we will allow that Posey is the leader of these catchers. And for that, he is being taken in the second round.
That price is very high.
Afterall, Posey's line was .311/72/22/89/0
If we take a fella from another position like Jayson Werth, his line is similar with .292/85/16/82/9
Essentially, we are paying 6-10 rounds for the privelege of having them at the catcher position.
Is is worth the price? I don't know.
As for the other catchers, how do we get this advantage that some speak of?
We can take Mesoraco and Gattis in the fifth and sixth rounds.
Going off last years numbers, that would give us a 47/132 using last years numbers.
But I can get a catcher a little later in the draft, then A LOT later in the draft, take Brian McCann and Mike Zunino and still get a comparable 45/135.
Is that Mesoraco/Gattis money well spent at the fifth and sixth rounds?
I don't think so.
Those drafters are losing out on two premium players by strengthening a weak position. Premium players have a chance to outdistance other players at their positions.
Catchers tend to cluster in their statistics.
24 catchers hit from 10-25 homers last year.
16 catchers had 50 rbi. None had over 90.
23 catchers had 40 runs, but only three of those had more than 57 runs scored.
I just don't see it.
I don't see the advantage of taking catchers early 'to get an edge'.
It doesn't come down to taking catchers early as much as it comes down to taking the right catcher.
And we can say that about any position.
I love Doritos. Always have, always will. I'll also branch out to other chips. Man does not live by Dorito alone!
Today, I opened up the sales papers and there it was. My face got flushed. My stomach formed an immediate vomit reaction.
ORGANIC TOSTITOS
Never, ever have I been so disgusted.
Images of cow poop on my chips. Chips are like hot dogs, I don't wanna hear what goes into them!
Never, ever have I heard of one fella dying from pesticides on his chips. Not one.
It is a chip producers job to mangle vegetables like corn and potatoes so badly, that they taste great in chip form in a bag.
Don't TELL me it's organic! Cowpoopitos?
These chips will be summarily dismissed by me, just like baked chips or, the all time worst...unsalted chips.
Unsalted chips , you know what unsalted chips is?
I'll tell you what unsalted chips is!
Imagine that your penis is detachable. Eating chips is like having sex with your penis attached.
Eating unsalted chips is like you not only having sex without your penis, but your dog is pulling and chewing at it in a corner.
Health police, STAY OUTTA MY FRIGGIN' CHIP AISLE!
YOU'RE NOT WANTED OR NEEDED!
And oh yeah, don't even think that I don't see what you're doing with crackers! I see you!
Thank you.
I've been in several hundred drafts this off season. I exaggerate. Wait, maybe not.
Inevitably over-expectancies of a player crop up in each draft.
I like to think that when somebody drafts a player, it adds five home runs onto expectations.
The process is understood as everybody is proud to roster the player chosen.
For some reason though, I've felt a little upset over some of this bravado. I haven't typed anything in chat to let drafters know my angst. I've kept it to myself.
For me, the worst is the boasting about taking catchers. One drafter chimed that Evan Gattis would be a 35/100 hitter after drafting him.
I asked him why. He explained that Houston is better for homers and that Gattis won't get hurt in the outfield or dh'ing.
In another draft, Buster Posey was taken early. The drafter explained that getting catchers early was part of his strategy. That catchers were an overlooked position in drafts....And that Buster Posey was the only catcher capable of 30/100/.300
Apparently, he hadn't met the Gattis drafter.
And yet in another draft, a drafter of Devin Mesoraco 'expected' a 30/100 year from him.
Just once, I'd like to see somebody say that they are expecting a 29/98 season from a player.
Why does it all have to be even numbers?
Almost s if 30/100 is twice as good as 29/98...but I digress.
So, with that backdrop, can anybody tell me how many times any of these catchers have hit even 30 homers?
If saying 'zero', you are correct.
In fact, when was the last time ANY catcher hit 30 homers?
Go ahead think, I'll wait.
Que the Jeopardy music.
dum' dum' dum duh' duh 'duh' dum' dum' duh' duh' dum' dum' dum' duh' duh duh duh' duh'duh' dum' dum' dum' duh....
Ok, it was the steroid ridden Javy Lopez in 2003 when he hit 43 homers in little over 400 at bats.
Do the PED math.
And how many catchers since Javy have had 100 rbi?
The number goes up by one.
Posey had 103 rbi in 2012.
In most years, including last year, catchers didn't even get to 90 rbi.
Last year, only two catchers, Posey and Mesoraco even had 80 rbi.
Catchers are, at most, a three and a half category player. Most, like I, only consider then a three category player.
They have little speed, leaving out stolen bases.
And they don't hit near the top of lineups leaving runs scored as constantly lacking.
It's stretching it by even calling runs a half category.
And batting average may be a half category too. They don't get as many at bats as other players. So a real bad or good average has less effect on a team's batting average.
Only three catchers scored even 60 runs last year. Lucroy, Posey, and Gomes.
Did you notice that except for Posey, the names changed?
Now, there are some who say, 'Get your catching early, it'll be a big advantage!'
So, lets try something.....
First, we will allow that Posey is the leader of these catchers. And for that, he is being taken in the second round.
That price is very high.
Afterall, Posey's line was .311/72/22/89/0
If we take a fella from another position like Jayson Werth, his line is similar with .292/85/16/82/9
Essentially, we are paying 6-10 rounds for the privelege of having them at the catcher position.
Is is worth the price? I don't know.
As for the other catchers, how do we get this advantage that some speak of?
We can take Mesoraco and Gattis in the fifth and sixth rounds.
Going off last years numbers, that would give us a 47/132 using last years numbers.
But I can get a catcher a little later in the draft, then A LOT later in the draft, take Brian McCann and Mike Zunino and still get a comparable 45/135.
Is that Mesoraco/Gattis money well spent at the fifth and sixth rounds?
I don't think so.
Those drafters are losing out on two premium players by strengthening a weak position. Premium players have a chance to outdistance other players at their positions.
Catchers tend to cluster in their statistics.
24 catchers hit from 10-25 homers last year.
16 catchers had 50 rbi. None had over 90.
23 catchers had 40 runs, but only three of those had more than 57 runs scored.
I just don't see it.
I don't see the advantage of taking catchers early 'to get an edge'.
It doesn't come down to taking catchers early as much as it comes down to taking the right catcher.
And we can say that about any position.
