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He is a better defender and plays a harder defensive position than Matt Murton, and while we can debate whether or not Murton got a real chance in the majors, Byrd has been a better offensive player than Murton.
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Just out of curiosity, what's the Cubs' Pythag win% so far? Just wondering if they've underperformed or overperformed their Pythag.
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Most the year they've been right at their Pyth. Right now they are 1 up on their Pythagorean record.
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Yeah, I just Googled it :lol:
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A CNM letter to Tom Ricketts
Murton was a bit better offensively for their careers and well defensively I think it's closer than you may think. I think Murton would have been adequate in cf. I think they are very comparable overall.
Murton was a bit better offensively for their careers and well defensively I think it's closer than you may think. I think Murton would have been adequate in cf. I think they are very comparable overall.
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Went to Baseball Prospectus to look at their 1st, 2nd and 3rd order winning percentage and each level of analysis paints a worse and worse picture. The 3rd order winning percentage is .391. And the Cubs are one of 8 teams right now that have a 0% chance of making the playoffs right now and their sim season record for the Cubs was 69 wins.
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I like that they didn't even bother to show any significant figures for that 0% :lol:
Hopefully 69 wins is enough for a top 5 pick.
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