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Keep Dewey and Joe cawks off the cubs board and you got a deal.
Keep Dewey and Joe cawks off the cubs board and you got a deal.
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How are you supposed to determine MVP if you don't look at the stats?
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Lawn darts.
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Despite having a bad day, Justin Verlander kept the Tigers in the game long enough to score the 5 runs they needed after he left to go up 7-4 in the top of the 7th :lol: Good lord the Indians suck.
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Verlander was very very happy with that V-Mart grand slam 
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Here's an actual well-written FanGraphs article that alludes to what Verlander supporters might be thinking:
Defining Valuable | FanGraphs Baseball
Defining Valuable | FanGraphs Baseball
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In the end, Verlander probably won't win the MVP. The writers are going to look at hitters and choose from one of the three guys in the AL East.
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This is my favorite comment from that FG article.
The Tigers are 18-9 when Porcello starts. They are 18-11 when Scherzer starts. They are 5-2 when Fister starts. For those three pitchers, that’s 41-22. It’s about .500 (13-14) with Penny, and DEATH with all the people that attempted to pitch before Fister was acquired. That nugget Simmons had on Verlander didn’t account for the Tigers actually winning a lot of games when a lot of different people pitch, but basically losing every game pitched by what used to be the 5th best slot in the rotation. Now that Penny is the 5th best in the rotation with Fister replacing the revolving door spot, the Tigers have significantly upgraded their chances of winning more games. That being said, Verlander is still a stud.
The Tigers are 18-9 when Porcello starts. They are 18-11 when Scherzer starts. They are 5-2 when Fister starts. For those three pitchers, that’s 41-22. It’s about .500 (13-14) with Penny, and DEATH with all the people that attempted to pitch before Fister was acquired. That nugget Simmons had on Verlander didn’t account for the Tigers actually winning a lot of games when a lot of different people pitch, but basically losing every game pitched by what used to be the 5th best slot in the rotation. Now that Penny is the 5th best in the rotation with Fister replacing the revolving door spot, the Tigers have significantly upgraded their chances of winning more games. That being said, Verlander is still a stud.
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So the tigers have a .733 win pct with Verlander on the mound and a .650 win pct with their 2-4 guys.
That really hurts his campaign I think.
That really hurts his campaign I think.
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I think the guy who hurts his campaign the most is Jose Bautista, followed by a bunch of Red Sox :lol:
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