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Belli Flop

10:58

Let's appreciate Matt Olson's brilliant batting stance one last time this year (maybe).

Jackson

10:58

Isn’t wOBA just xRBI in a way

Ben Clemens

10:58

Deffffffinitely not. Maybe xRBI + xRuns?

Dan Szymborski

10:59

So, was Nick Anderson quietly warming up for 6 innings?

Ben Clemens

10:59

They 100% showed him in the fourth.

Belli Flop

11:00

He probably sat down for a few innings.

Dan Szymborski

11:00

I like to imagine

hildebeast21

11:00

how on earth is nick anderson a rookie at 29?

Dan Szymborski

11:00

He was out of baseball for awhile after a drunken assault and rehab

11:01

He was like 25 when he joined MLB-affiliated pro ball

11:01

In fairness he gave up 3 innings against the ghost hitter, he settled down so he’s ready

Alex

11:01

Have any of you gentlemen also had the pleasure of meeting Marlins Man?

Ben Clemens

11:01

I wrote about him this spring and tried to find a politic way to talk about that.

Dan Szymborski

11:01

I have not.

Belli Flop

11:01

Is Anderson kind of a new version of Kimbrel? I don't mean by Beard+ or BirdPose+

Ben Clemens

11:01

Let's give him a few years to fail but he's been remarkably good, and he was remarkably good as soon as he started pitching in the majors.

11:01

Mark Canha was a solid rule 5 claim if I remember right?

Dan Szymborski

11:01

yup

Belli Flop

11:02

I meant in terms of pitch mix but sure that too

Dan Szymborski

11:02

The A's acquired him after rule 5 and they didn't just sit him at he back of the bench

Josh

11:02

I saw Marlins man coming off of the subway and my uncle yelled out, 'hey, it's Marlins Man'! And he stormed off

Ben Clemens

11:02

That's fair. His curve is a lot sharper but he has the same general shape.

11:02

Can we get a Douche+ stat for guys like Anderson?

Audrey Stark

11:02

Not a gentleman, but I did sit near Marlins Man at a postseason game.

Dan Szymborski

11:03

I think the question is: after a person has served his time, went through rehab, and been a model citizen, at what point do you judge them on what they do? It's a tough question and has to be taken case-by-case.

Ben Clemens

11:04

Petriello must be over the moon talking about Anderson on a national broadcast- he's been all over him this year.

hildebeast21

11:04

so nick anderson is ricky vaughan

Matt

11:04

"Let ye without sin cast the first stone."

Ben Clemens

11:04

Kind of... but context matters too.

Lunar verLander

11:04

Anderson's fine, but he's no Colin Poche (another Petriello favorite, if I remember correctly)

Dan Szymborski

11:04

Poche was a ZiPS favorite.

Ben Clemens

11:04

Anderson's fastball is beautiful, there's no debating that.

11:05

Yeah Poche is on the Petriello list too

Basically everyone with the all-backspin four-seamers.

Matt

11:05

Every time I see the name Poche, I think of Poochie.

hildebeast21

11:06

baseball bats to the head are tough to redeem

Ben Clemens

11:06

I've tried to make a joke about him taking a spaceship back to his home planet so many times.

Dan Szymborski

11:06

I think it depends on severity. The dude wasn't seriously hurt.

hildebeast21

11:06

Dan, when ZiPS loves something, is that someone like a son-in-law to you?

Dan Szymborski

11:06

Kinda

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