tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380946854105905251.post5229248979250045369..comments2024-03-05T02:32:55.943-08:00Comments on AlmostSideways.com: MLB Year in Review: ASG-to-ASG 2014AlmostSideways.com Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672858658801711392noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380946854105905251.post-25416713783255508912014-07-19T20:48:33.496-07:002014-07-19T20:48:33.496-07:00OK I wrote you a much longer comment but my stupid...OK I wrote you a much longer comment but my stupid computer deleted it, so here is the abridged version of what I can remember:<br /><br />1. Scooter Gennett!! Wow. He's the best illustration of how your compiled stats can predict a teams success (along with the return of Braun and the resurgence of K-Rod, although that team seems primed for a second-half collapse allowing God's Team to take control). Nice to see Chuck Nazty on that list too.<br /><br />2. Lots of San Diego Padres on that list. Good comparison between them and the Ms. Tyson Ross is a little like Felix -- lifetime 10-18 record on SD, but a 3.00 ERA. Maybe illustrative of the meaninglessness of the wins stat. Also, De La Rusa and the Dodger pitchers may have seriously benefited from playing in the same division as the Padres, who may have the worst offense I've ever seen in the modern major leagues. As of today, they're worst scoring offense and the NL, and the next-lowest scoring (God's Team) has 80 more runs. Yikes.<br /><br />3. Pitcher I'm most surprised to not see anywhere in this article: Scott Kazmir. Strong finish with Cleveland last year matched with an unbelievable campaign on God's Team (AL Version) so far in 2014. All this for a guy who I honestly didn't realize was in the league a few months ago (I remember him on the Devil Rays!) Definitely wins the 2014 Bartolo Colon award for random pitcher from the mid-2000s going through a completely unexpected career resurrection for no apparent reason (except steroids). <br /><br />4. It's also a little amazing that there are only 6 players in the entire league hitting above .320. It feels like that's what the entire Colorado Rockies lineup this year is hitting.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609216822742178580noreply@blogger.com