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01-17-2019, 11:12 AM | #1 |
Minors (Single A)
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 85
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Matt Chapman is terrible
93 overall? plays more like a 65. below are his numbers i've suffered through for 6 seasons, no more!
sending him to the auction house. Javier Baez will move to 3B and Eddie Collins comes off the bench to play 2B for this scrub. |
01-17-2019, 11:17 AM | #2 |
All Star Reserve
Join Date: Jan 2013
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I just looked at his stats for the last two seasons and am a little baffled at how he rates a 93. Nothing in his offensive numbers point to him being a diamond player. I do see that he won the GG last year so maybe his boost is coming from defensive ratings?
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01-17-2019, 11:27 AM | #3 |
Minors (Single A)
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 85
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his defense is fine, but that factors into WAR and he is still a sub 1.0 WAR per year!
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01-17-2019, 01:35 PM | #4 |
Minors (Double A)
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Indiana
Posts: 109
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I've just settled on George Kell at third base until I finally get someone like Mike Schmidt. Kell is just so good, I've sold at least one copy of every live platinum 3B since I've had him.
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01-17-2019, 02:07 PM | #5 |
Minors (Single A)
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 85
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I ended up buying a Machado
This particular team is now C Grandal 1B Posey 2B Baez 3B Machado SS Bogaerts (vs L) / Collins (vs R at 2B with Baez to SS) RF Harper LF Bradley/K.Davis platoon CF Pham DH Gehrig Additional Bench: Conforto, Tulowitzski (trained to play the whole infield) and a 3rd catcher. |
01-17-2019, 02:34 PM | #6 |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 832
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Same experience with Chapman. He’s wretched.
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01-17-2019, 03:17 PM | #7 |
All Star Starter
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,428
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.237 BA with a .705 OPS in over 5500 games (multiple teams in multiple leagues). He checks in at #150 based on expected production, so yeah, no surprise he has not played well. The only thing that surprises me more is that there are 13 diamonds rated below him.
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01-17-2019, 03:54 PM | #8 |
Minors (Double A)
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 178
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Chone Figgins is decent all around if you are looking for somewhat cheap 3B
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01-17-2019, 05:32 PM | #9 |
All Star Reserve
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 777
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Arenado is the only Live Diamond 3B worth playing.
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01-17-2019, 05:54 PM | #10 |
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01-17-2019, 07:00 PM | #11 |
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I know you are using game stats, but my metric is a calculated OPS based on their ratings. I use a formula I found on the main boards somewhere. Anyway, here's all the Live Diamond true 3B. I have Arenado as the 3rd OPS, but his defense is superior to everyone but the garbage hitter this thread is about. So, with these options, and none of these going at an insane premium, I'd pick Arenado every time.
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01-17-2019, 11:33 PM | #12 | |
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Last edited by <Pion>; 01-17-2019 at 11:36 PM. |
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01-18-2019, 01:22 AM | #13 | |
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I saw the discussions and spreadsheets on reddit but must have missed recent ones here. Last edited by joehart; 01-18-2019 at 02:22 AM. |
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01-18-2019, 03:24 AM | #14 | |
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While good guidelines, the main issues with using those formulas are: A) No accounting for Avoid K's. An out is an out in the formula for OPS and the coding for this game, so that makes sense, but what about blown hit & runs due to strikeouts, less sacrifices, and other ways that not putting the ball in play affects results? B) No accounting for baserunning. Yeah, Gap Power tells you when you'll hit it into the Gaps, but if your player can't smartly or quickly run the bases, it's not going to help much. Also, what about added or lost runs due to poor basepath decisions or slow speed? C) No accounting for defense. Stopping runs is as good as creating runs. I'll probably work towards a WRC+ or wRAA adaptation one of these days. |
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01-18-2019, 10:25 AM | #15 |
Minors (Double A)
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 135
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I agree. I had Chapman for three years before realizing he was terrible. I also had the same experience with Verlander and Snell. The overall rating is mind-boggling when you dig deeper into the ratings.
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01-18-2019, 10:33 AM | #16 |
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Nice. I have not fully compared all the real stats to their model. I may have to throw that formula into a spreadsheet and see how it compares to actual perfect league results.
Have you ever looked into player defense and errors and impact of those errors ? Better offense vs better defense.
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01-18-2019, 12:21 PM | #17 |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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The real issue is that this guy needs to question his work ethic and his commitment to professional baseball. Current performance is unacceptable
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01-18-2019, 07:54 PM | #18 |
Minors (Triple A)
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 208
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As an A's fan, this makes me so sad. I had him for a few seasons, but his hit tools is way too low to succeed in any league above silver.
IMO, he is actually a better player then the card is rated. He is the best defensive 3rd basemen I have ever seen and has enough offense that he is a top 10 position player in MLB. |
01-19-2019, 06:54 AM | #19 | |
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01-19-2019, 08:37 AM | #20 | |
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