IGT 05/18 - Mets at Marlins - First Pitch 4:10 PM

[The Hot Corner]

Well, that was depressing.

At least I learned a new word, lachrymose, which ended up being fitting for this game.

[ashie62]

This game will be remembered for some time

[whippoorwill]

ARE YOU SERIOUS?? It was 7-2 WHEN I LAST LOOKED

[Fman99]

Brutal

[MFS62]

I think it is time to start worrying about Diaz.
Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

It's 2019 again for Edwin Diaz.

[Cowtipper]

Why would you write that?

The $20 million man is hitting .216 this year.

[Cowtipper]

So far the Mets have invested the following, to get the following:

Pete Alonso—$20,500,000: .230 BA, .308 OBP, .762 OPS
Francisco Lindor—$34,100,000: .190 BA/.265/.352 line, .617 OPS
Brandon Nimmo—$20,500,000: .216 BA, .399 SLG, .760 OPS
Starling Marte—$20,750,000: .313 OBP, .379 SLG, .692 OPS

$95.85 million total for those four.

Average: $23.96 million.

Average:

G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG
43 192 169 25 38 8 0 7 22 4 1 18 36 0.225 0.311 0.396


Edwin Diaz—$21,250,000: 5.50 ERA, 71 ERA+, 3 Blown saves
Jose Quintana—$13,000,000: 1-4 W-L, 5.21 ERA, 74 ERA+

$34.25 million for those two.

Average: $17.16 million.

Average:

W L ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO
1 3 5.33 14 5 5 0 0 3 32 33 20 19 6 13 0 30

Total between all 6:

$130.1 million.

Average: $21.68 million.
Median: $20 million.

Wish I got paid $20 million to suck at my job. The union must be laughing all the way to the bank.

[Lefty Specialist]

Well, like they say, it's always darkest before it goes pitch black.

[Edgy MD]

Why would you write that?

The $20 million man is hitting .216 this year.

I can read numbers. That's not what you wrote.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Why would you write that?

The $20 million man is hitting .216 this year.

I can read numbers. That's not what you wrote.

What's so hard to understand? He wrote this:

Nimmo is playing like he signed a $160 million contract last year and now he doesn't have to care anymore.

You responded:

Why would you write that?

And he answered your response:

The $20 million man is hitting .216 this year.

What's the problem?

[Edgy MD]

I think it's obvious to everyone else posting in the thread, and I hope that includes yourself, but listing a statistical indicator of the player's success is not evidence in support of the poster's characterization of the player's effort, which is what the poster criticized.

I don't know why we have to have semantic conversations, indulging a poster who is simply playing stupid as a way to avoid accounting for himself.

It's really, really easy to do better.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!