Comments on: Willie’s Blooming Power

By: talaKayarry

talaKayarry — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:00:31 +0000

Great website – will definitely visit again.

By: ang

ang — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:16:02 +0000

This line of reasoning would be completely correct as long as you accept the following assumption: players are static, and their true talent level does not change. However, historical data clearly shows this not to be the case, players do change. This is why most projection systems much more heavily weight previous performance.

A more reasonable comparison (with weighted samples) might be something more like 70 PAs at 500+ slugging and 500 PAs at .324 slugging, still not good, but not as dire as you suggest.

By: Base

Base — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:33:54 +0000

I don’t think any team in the AL Central will ever have a 10 game lead this year. And I’m a royals fan to the max.

if the Royals and the Sox played each other right now, they’d find a way for both of them to lose.

And based on the reports and Etc. I think Jim Bowden was the bravest GM in baseball.

By: brian

brian — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:34:49 +0000

The real question is which team will think Bloomquist is the answer to their problems, trade for him come July, and assume the title of Bravest GM in baseball?

By: brian

brian — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:32:49 +0000

but which cap would he wear?

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:47:08 +0000

Safeco FIELD, RJ. The LLers won’t let you forget that one.

Now, Willie played about this well when he first appeared with the Mariners. Maybe if he changed teams every 100 plate appearances he’d end up in in the Hall of Fame.

By: NYRoyal

NYRoyal — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:05:14 +0000

I don’t think that anyone (include Royals fans) believes that Bloomquist has suddenly become good at this point in his career. At most, some fans buy into the “hot hand” argument and that Bloomquist should be played while he’s “hot.”

By: David

David — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:00:28 +0000

Yeah, and if you want to be nitpicky, the projected SLG of .382 is still a huge improvement over any previous season (except 2002 when he had only 33 at bats). so it’s not a logically false statement to say “Bloomquist’s power has improved since coming to KC”.

By: Boomer

Boomer — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:12:27 +0000

Do people really think ZiPS hates Willie Bloomquist?

The whole post is one giant preaching-to-the-choir.

By: devil_fingers

devil_fingers — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:58:37 +0000

t first glance I thought you had written “the Bavasiest GM in baseball”.

There’s a difference?