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4 hours ago, GSUeagles14 said:

yea, that doesnt fly and im sure you realize that. 

Of course, leave it to you to not recognize sarcasm. 

Someone made the comment that they are professional athletes so they should hit. It was tongue in cheek, hombre. 

Either way, it's stupid as hell to have different rules for the same sport. Pitchers are paid to pitch, not hit.

I've also seen 3 pitchers this year on my team go down for extended periods of time due to batting/base running. It's stupid. 

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5 minutes ago, bkobow05 said:

Of course, leave it to you to not recognize sarcasm. 

Someone made the comment that they are professional athletes so they should hit. It was tongue in cheek, hombre. 

Either way, it's stupid as hell to have different rules for the same sport. Pitchers are paid to pitch, not hit.

I've also seen 3 pitchers this year on my team go down for extended periods of time due to batting/base running. It's stupid. 

Almost every, if not all, elite hitters are paid to hit. Not play defense or run the bases. 

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Why stop there, why not just go full offense and defense?   The majority of SS can't hit much, and some of those that do aren't particularly good fielders.  Plenty of iffy CF too.  Why not 9 defensive studs out there playing GG level defense and then the 9 best hitters a team can put together without worrying about if they can play defense or not?

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1 hour ago, THE DUKE said:

Why stop there, why not just go full offense and defense?   The majority of SS can't hit much, and some of those that do aren't particularly good fielders.  Plenty of iffy CF too.  Why not 9 defensive studs out there playing GG level defense and then the 9 best hitters a team can put together without worrying about if they can play defense or not?

Compare the average shortstop's production to a pitcher's.

It's a terrible comparison

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3 hours ago, GSUeagles14 said:

Almost every, if not all, elite hitters are paid to hit. Not play defense or run the bases. 

Tell that to Joey Votto, Mike Trout, Paul Goldschmidt, Bryce Harper (I can keep going). 

Its a stupid comparison. As a batter, you take tons of time to work on your hitting/fielding coming up through the system. Pitchers focus solely on pitching. It's not even a legitimate comparison. Pitchers are basically specialists, just like NFL kickers. 

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5 hours ago, THE DUKE said:

Why stop there, why not just go full offense and defense?   The majority of SS can't hit much, and some of those that do aren't particularly good fielders.  Plenty of iffy CF too.  Why not 9 defensive studs out there playing GG level defense and then the 9 best hitters a team can put together without worrying about if they can play defense or not?

Average wRC+ for each position

C - 88
1B - 114
2B - 94
SS - 89
3B - 101
LF - 100
CF - 102
RF - 105

P - -19 (yes, that's a negative in front of the 19)

That's not even a slippery slope. That's a slippery slope that falls off a massive cliff into a black hole (the black hole generates the negative sign).

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3 hours ago, bkobow05 said:

Tell that to Joey Votto, Mike Trout, Paul Goldschmidt, Bryce Harper (I can keep going). 

Its a stupid comparison. As a batter, you take tons of time to work on your hitting/fielding coming up through the system. Pitchers focus solely on pitching. It's not even a legitimate comparison. Pitchers are basically specialists, just like NFL kickers. 

granted defenisive metrics are sketchy, according to fangraphs votto, goldschmidt and trout are negative defensive players throughout their career, trouts defensive value has plummeted and hes now below average. but please, keep going.

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5 hours ago, GSUeagles14 said:

granted defenisive metrics are sketchy, according to fangraphs votto, goldschmidt and trout are negative defensive players throughout their career, trouts defensive value has plummeted and hes now below average. but please, keep going.

Mookie Betts, Corey Seager, Anthony Rendon, Francisco Lindor, Nolan Arenado, Gary Sanchez, Manny Machado, Jose Ramirez, Buster Posey, Kris Bryant

All elite bats, all positive defensive players.

But keep reaching

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