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fatbeard said:
That wasn't "Theo tinkering," that was the league figuring him out and Castro failing to adjust. And he hasn't come close to his pre-Theo norms with the Yankees.

https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=4579&position=2B/SS

This take is just all kinds of wrong.
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How do you figure. The only 2 years that his wRC+ fell into the 70’s were under Theo. Even Jed said that they tried to make him into something that he is not.

With the Yanks last year he went to 110. So stop saying that the league just figured him out and he just was not that good.

Starlin is a great hitter. Sometimes you let a player be what they were meant to.

It is the same with Jason. Hits .290+ and all of a suddenly he is captain loopy swing and they wreck his mechanics and rebuild him into what they prefer and he sucks....

Never learn.

But keep up your opinion. Creating myths can make you president some day.
 

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CSF77 said:
How do you figure. The only 2 years that his wRC+ fell into the 70’s were under Theo. Even Jed said that they tried to make him into something that he is not.

With the Yanks last year he went to 110. So stop saying that the league just figured him out and he just was not that good.

Starlin is a great hitter. Sometimes you let a player be what they were meant to.

It is the same with Jason. Hits .290+ and all of a suddenly he is captain loopy swing and they wreck his mechanics and rebuild him into what they prefer and he sucks....

Never learn.

But keep up your opinion. Creating myths can make you president some day.
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What world do you live in that 110 wRC+ with a career 97 wRC+ is a "great" hitter?

I want to live in that world.
 
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Weighted Runs Created Plus (wRC+)
Definition
wRC+ takes the statistic Runs Created and adjusts that number to account for important external factors -- like ballpark or era. It's adjusted, so a wRC+ of 100 is league average and 150 would be 50 percent above league average.

For example, a player who plays his home games at hitter-friendly Coors Field will have a lower wRC+ than a player who posts identical stats at pitcher-friendly O.co Coliseum. The production of the player at Coors Field is deemed less impressive because of his ballpark's hitter-friendly nature.
 
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His highest season was 117 after his first tank. Then he tanked again the next year. But he hovered 99-110 which is league avg to 10% above upto 2012’s turn over. After the turn over he went on a roller coaster ride via the tinkering. With NYY he went back to a 10% above player.

And taking into concideration that he is a MI you take that 10% above. Concidering Baez has never broken 100 and Russell hasn’t either.

D is another story but stop the straw man. Sure if you set your bar really high everyone looks like a midget.
 

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The wRC+ scale is this:

RatingswRCwRC+
Excellent105160
Great90140
Above Average75115
Average65100
Below Average6080
Poor5075
Awful4060

Now tell me again he's a great hitter. Cherry pick a single year if you want to.
 
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CSF77 said:
How do you figure. The only 2 years that his wRC+ fell into the 70’s were under Theo. Even Jed said that they tried to make him into something that he is not.

With the Yanks last year he went to 110. So stop saying that the league just figured him out and he just was not that good.

Starlin is a great hitter. Sometimes you let a player be what they were meant to.

It is the same with Jason. Hits .290+ and all of a suddenly he is captain loopy swing and they wreck his mechanics and rebuild him into what they prefer and he sucks....

Never learn.

But keep up your opinion. Creating myths can make you president some day.
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I thought they reworked Heywards swing AFTER he had his first shitty season here.
 
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fatbeard said:
Welcome to Bell Curves 101. Most players are about average. Outliers are rare.
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Not really a bell curve. The ones that drop below become reserves. The further ones fall into AAA/Japan. Castro was ranked #91 of players above 400 PA’s. Happ was at 113 then Rizzo and Bryant. The rest of the line up was worse then him.

If he was a GG level SS this would be a completely diffrent tone vs a SS that is pushed to 2B due to his lacking.
 

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CSF77 said:
Not really a bell curve. The ones that drop below become reserves. The further ones fall into AAA/Japan. Castro was ranked #91 of players above 400 PA’s. Happ was at 113 then Rizzo and Bryant. The rest of the line up was worse then him.

If he was a GG level SS this would be a completely diffrent tone vs a SS that is pushed to 2B due to his lacking.
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If Castro were a GG-level SS it would add a whole other facet to his value.

And if the queen had balls, she'd be the king.

Reality is we're talking about a player with seasons of 1.9, 1.1, and .8 fWAR the past three years.
 
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