animaltested Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Bill Simmons Ewing Theory should be renamed the Harper Theory from now on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elky Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, mse326 said: Assuming your conclusion, and one that doesn't have basis in facts Philly spent all that money for an above average player instead of pitchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mse326 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Elky said: Philly spent all that money for an above average player instead of pitchers. Offense was our problem last year not pitching. Our pitching took a step backward. And that still doesn't make Harper overrated let alone the most overrated player in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elky Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, mse326 said: Offense was our problem last year not pitching. Our pitching took a step backward. And that still doesn't make Harper overrated let alone the most overrated player in the league. He is consistently voted by his peers as the most overrated player in the league. His former team got better without him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mse326 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Elky said: He is consistently voted by his peers as the most overrated player in the league. His former team got better without him. Players are notoriously terrible at evaluating each other and also are grading based on media coverage, not necessarily how they are rated. The last part is meaningless not to mention wrong. This Washington team is not the same as last years or previous teams. They have new players. It isn't like they just removed Harper. Even then given the individuality of baseball it isn't like a team really plays better by removing a player that is "clogging" things up. They improve or not on their own merit. Rendon, Turner, Soto all improved offensively and Soto had a full season. Kendrick had a resurgent year in his first year with them and way overplayed his contract. Harper last year was better than Robles and Eaton this year and this year he was about even with Soto as well. Their OF didn't improve. Strasburg significantly improved. Corbin is a major upgrade over Gonzalez. Sanchez is also an upgrade over Gonzalez and he is their #4. Despite what it looks their offense only moderately improved (3 more points in wRC+ and 2.2 WAR). Again the result of young players improving and old players playing better than expected able to offset the loss of Harper. And make no mistake it was a loss. He'd have been their 3rd best player this year and more or less equal to their 2nd (talking offensively) Their pitching is where the major improvement was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, animaltested said: Bill Simmons is a homer troll that knows less about sports than 75% of us on this forum. FIFY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Astos didn't bring a lefty reliever to the World Series. Eaton OPS'd .993 and Soto 1.179. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MookieMonstah Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Astros cheated and still lost #DeathPenalty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/nationals/best-moments-nationals-massive-zoom-call-re-watch-game-7-vs-astros Just a reminder of who beat the cheaters and saved baseball. Twice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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N4L Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 3:50 PM, Slateman said: https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/nationals/best-moments-nationals-massive-zoom-call-re-watch-game-7-vs-astros Just a reminder of who beat the cheaters and saved baseball. Twice. ominous wording clearly the lockout is your fault we aren't real baseball fans if we aren't superstitious its official, @Slateman cancelled baseball thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 11/12/2019 at 2:17 PM, MookieMonstah said: Astros cheated and still lost #DeathPenalty 10/10 coming from a Red Sox/Patriots fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 7 hours ago, N4L said: ominous wording clearly the lockout is your fault we aren't real baseball fans if we aren't superstitious its official, @Slateman cancelled baseball thanks Howie can only do so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 54 minutes ago, MWil23 said: 10/10 coming from a Red Sox/Patriots fan. Neither team has done anything even remotely close to this level tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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