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Jay Gruden: 'I'm not giving up' on RG3
Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden made the decision on Wednesday to bench former No. 2 overall pick Robert Griffin III in favor of veteran backup Colt McCoy. The decision in and itself isn't a major surprise considering how poorly RGIII has performed on the football field since a surprising rookie campaign in 2012. Instead, the surprising aspect of this decision is just...
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It was not that long ago when Robert Griffin III was thought to be the savior for the Washington Redskins. The team had been something of a mess since Joe Gibbs retired for the first time following the 1992 season. Daniel Snyder then bought the team in 1999, ushering in a period of bad football that is yet to be curtailed. Griffin, drafted with the second-overall pick of the 2012...
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Redskins to bench RG3 Sunday, may be the end of the road for him in Washington
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#459569002 / gettyimages.com Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III has been benched, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Washington is planning to start Colt McCoy over Robert Griffin III on Sunday at Indianapolis, per a team source…. http://t.co/o0WZcOitBr — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 26, 2014 Redskins' beat writer...
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Nick Sundberg ticked ESPN got Colt McCoy news before team did
Washington Redskins long snapper Nick Sundberg is ticked off that a media outlet learned the news that Colt McCoy would be starting for the team prior to the players finding out. Here is what Sundberg tweeted not long after Adam Schefter reported that Robert Griffin III was being benched: Boy oh boy I sure love...Read More
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Report: Robert Griffin III benched by Redskins for McCoy
According to ESPN insider Adam Schefter, the Washington Redskins are now planning on starting Colt McCoy over Robert Griffin III Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts. Washington is planning to start Colt McCoy over Robert Griffin III on Sunday at Indianapolis, per a team source…. http://t.co/o0WZcOitBr — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 26, 2014 This comes on...
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Why is RG3 still starting for the Redskins?
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RG3 struggles again, Redskins offense stuck in neutral
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Another week, another loss. It's the going reality of the Washington Redskins and it's fan base. The Redskins fell to the 49ers on the road, 17-13. THUMBS UP RB Alfred Morris: Again, week in and week out, it gets difficult to award Thumbs Up when the team loses, but then again, losing is so frequent with this football team that if we didn't find the positives we...
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Robert Griffin III is losing his VIP privileges within the Washington Redskins organization, which is an indication that his status as the favored child is dissipating. First-year Redskins head coach Jay Gruden has been critical of RG3 and said during the week that the quarterback has been too coddled. Both ESPN and NFL Network report...Read More
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The mighty Pacific Ocean greets the beach along seven gorgeous miles in Lincoln City. The beauty and activities along the seashore change with the seasons, adding spice and variety. There are excellent locations for wave, whale, sunset and storm watching, and the beach is a treasure trove for collecting driftwood, agates, shells and floats. Large rocks emerging from the sea create perfect pockets for tide pooling during low tides, and beach hiking, surfing, windsurfing and fishing challenge adventure seekers. Fifteen public beach accesses welcome those who wish to indulge!
Devils Lake, deep only in terms of historic folklore, is 1/3 mile wide, 3 miles long, and reaches a depth of only 22 feet. Nine species of freshwater fish beckon the fisherman, while water sports such as windsurfing, water skiing, knee-boarding and jet skiing engage other sports enthusiasts. Flowing from Devils Lake is the "D" River, which holds the title of the "World's Shortest River". From its source at Devils Lake, the river reaches its destination of the Pacific in a mere 120 feet.
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John Alexander Connor, 89, of Sarasota, and formerly of Longboat Key, died Sept. 6.
Born Feb. 8, 1923, in Luss, Scotland, Mr. Connor enjoyed worldwide travel for both business and pleasure. He retired from his position as vice president of Bechtel Corp. in Toronto and San Francisco and went on to become active in local government, golf associations, Bird Key Yacht Club and the St. Andrews and Caledonian societies.
Mr. Connor is survived by his wife, Marjorie; daughter, Alison; son, Colin; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
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Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, alz.org, or Plymouth Harbor Foundation, 700 John Ringling Blvd., Sarasota, Fla., 34236.
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DRaysBay - All Posts A Tampa Bay Rays Blog: Ball on a Budget https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48753/drb-logo-fv.png 2014-11-27T11:15:08-05:00 http://www.draysbay.com/rss/current/ 2014-11-27T11:15:08-05:00 2014-11-27T11:15:08-05:00 More analysis of Ernesto Frieri
I think we're all glad there's someone actually joining the team worth writing about.

I'm mostly taking the day off, but I imagine y'all want to know everything there is to know about Ernesto Frieri, and you want to know it now. Luckily we've got a great group of writers in this Rays community serving up Frieri takes for Turkey Day (PSA: never deep Frieri a frozen turkey).

The obvious comparison to make is between Frieri, the fly ball pitcher the Rays just signed, and Joel Peralta, the fly ball pitcher they just traded. Jason Hanselman makes that comparison on a more sophisticated level with data that gives proper context. An excerpt:

Moving on to the plate discipline stats we see that Frieri wasn't as good at getting batters to swing out of the zone in 2014, which was a huge strength for Peralta this past season. Additionally, Peralta induced more jelly leg and frozen bats within the zone which may speak to his guile or deeper pitch mix. With Frieri you kind of know what you're going to get, but can you muscle up while Peralta will leave you guessing and chasing. Despite those relatively high levels of zone swings for Frieri he did a tremendous job (99th percentile) of turning those swings into no contact. Both pitchers fared worse at this in 2014, but Frieri went from zone contact being his carrying tool to league average while Peralta merely showed more natural progression.

In a different vein, Frieri has some weird mechanics that he's played with over the past few years. R.J. Anderson shows how Frieri has changed with a series of pictures of his pitching form. It's a good starting point for how the Rays may go about trying to get the former closer back to his previous high level of pitching.

In case you missed it yesterday, I talked about Frieri's struggles with the home run last season, and how that's likely to regress. There's a point of clarification I'd like to make though. Extreme trends like a 17% HR/FB rate are unlikely to continue, and part of that is because they're some percentage luck -- stuff happens outside of the control of the pitcher. That's not to say that they're 100% luck. Here are the locations of Frieri's fastballs last season:

Here's a radical idea that I hope Jim Hickey and the rest of the Rays pitching machine can figure out. See all of those fastballs right down the center of the plate? Don't do that.

Happy Thanksgiving, all.
 http://www.draysbay.com/2014/11/27/7299389/more-analysis-of-ernesto-frieri Ian Malinowski 2014-11-26T17:42:40-05:00 2014-11-26T17:42:40-05:00 Is Ernesto Frieri poised for a rebound?
It depends on the value of a fly ball.

The Rays have signed former closer Ernesto Frieri to an incentive-laden major league contract, making him the next in a long line of talented but flawed pitchers that the Rays have brought on as reclamation projects. Many, but not all, of these pitchers have been successfully reclaimed. Will Frieri be the next? What makes the Rays think it's worth looking past his 7.34 ERA from last season?

Home Run per Fly Ball Regression

This part is simple, but it still has to be said. Last season, fly balls became home runs at a rate of around 9.5%. The league's HR/FB rate is always somewhere around there. Here is Frieri's major league career.

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 Year	 IP	 HR/FB

 2009	 2.0	 0.0%

 2010	 31.2	 4.7%

 2011	 63.0	 3.6%

 2012	 66.0	 12.9%

 2013	 68.2	 11.8%

 2014	 41.2	 19.3%

 Total	 273.0	 10.3%

One of those things is not like the others, and the Rays probably think that the 2014 mark is an aberration, or at least the manifestation of both poor luck and a correctable problem. That's not an uncommon bet for sabermetrically inclined teams to make. When a pitcher posts a HR/FB rate much different than the average (not to mention his average) in a sample size too small to draw firm conclusions from, chances are that he'll regress toward that average rate going forward.

So many fly balls!

Over his career, Frieri has struck out 31.4% of the batters he faced while walking 10.9%. That's a lot of strikeouts but it's too many walks. That means that his fielding-independent-pitching metrics are good but mostly not great. Even if you believe the home runs will stabilize, a 3.72 xFIP isn't much to get excited about.

In the table below, I've shown each year's basic fielding-independent metrics, FIP and xFIP, but have put them next to SIERA, which is a more complex (and more accurate) ERA estimator than FIP or xFIP.

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 Year	 IP	 ERA	 FIP	 xFIP	 SIERA

 2009	 2.0	 0.00	 2.60	 4.57	 4.51

 2010	 31.2	 1.71	 2.92	 3.76	 3.12

 2011	 63.0	 2.71	 3.28	 4.34	 3.39

 2012	 66.0	 2.32	 3.58	 3.36	 2.48

 2013	 68.2	 3.80	 3.72	 3.49	 2.63

 2014	 41.2	 7.34	 5.41	 3.67	 2.96

 Total	 273.0	 3.46	 3.74	 3.72	 2.87

Now usually, SIERA and xFIP mirror each other pretty closely, but Frieri is one of those few unusual cases where they do not. While xFIP thinks of him as a decent pitcher, SIERA views Frieri as a dominating bullpen stopper. Why the disagreement?

It's all about the extremes. You can think of SIERA as a version of xFIP that, rather than throwing out balls in play, attempts to learn something from them. Whereas xFIP simply looks at strikeouts and walks and then assumes a league average HR/FB rate and a league average BABIP, SIERA tries to guess what those numbers should be based on all of the data available (strikeouts, walks, and batted ball data mainly). The most interesting finding is that extremes matter:

Pitchers who strike out an extreme percentage of batters are also better at creating weak contact, so they often enjoy a better BABIP and a better HR/FB. This makes intuitive sense because the same skills that allow a pitcher to fool hitters into striking out allow him to fool them into not making solid contact.

Pitchers who produce an extreme number of ground balls tend to also produce weaker ground balls overall, so they often enjoy a better BABIP. This makes intuitive sense because if batters are consistently swinging over the pitch, they're also likely swinging over it by a greater amount (choppers pounded into the turf).

Pitchers who produce an extreme number of fly balls tend to also produce weak fly balls overall, so they often enjoy a better BABIP and smaller HR/FB. This makes intuitive sense because if batters are consistently swinging under the pitch, they're also likely swinging under it by a greater amount (sky-high fly balls coming down in the short outfield).

And now back to Ernesto Frieri. Over the 273 innings of his career, he's posted a 54.9% fly ball rate. Last season, the average was 34.4%. When I limit the FanGraphs leaderboards to pitchers with only 30 innings pitched last season, I see that there were only three pitchers who had a higher mark: Sean Dolittle, Chris Young, and our own Juan Carlos Oviedo. If I try to do away with the small sample size issue and look at players who have logged at least 250 innings since 2009, we get the same result. There are only two players on the list ahead of Frieri (Chris Young and Tyler Clippard -- with Joel Peralta a few spots down on the list).

Extreme groundball pitchers have long been recognized as a valuable commodity, and that means that they're not really undervalued. Extreme fly ball pitchers, on the other hand, are less highly prized, although by linear weights, a fly ball and a ground ball are roughly equal in value (fly balls go for hits less often, but for extra base hits more often than ground balls).

Frieri is basically the most extreme fly ball pitcher in all of baseball, and if you believe that being an extreme fly ball pitcher is a good thing (particularly when pitching in a park that suppresses home runs, in front of an outfield patrolled by both Desmond Jennings and Kevin Kiermaier), then he's a prime candidate for a rebound.

All statistics from FanGraphs.
 http://www.draysbay.com/2014/11/26/7296661/ernesto-frieri-rays-rebound Ian Malinowski 2014-11-26T13:39:32-05:00 2014-11-26T13:39:32-05:00 Rays sign RHP Ernesto Frieri, Designate Sean Rodriguez
The Rays surprised this afternoon by designating bench stalwart Sean Rodriguez for assignment to clear room for RHP Ernesto Frieri.

#Rays have signed RHP Ernesto Frieri to a one-year contract and have designated INF/OF Sean Rodriguez for assignment.
 — Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) November 26, 2014

Rodriguez was in the last year of his rookie contract and was considered trade bait for the winter. He's been the back up at every position on the field for the Rays, save catcher, since his acquisition from the Angels in the Scott Kazmir trade prior to the 2010 season.

Ernesto Frieri is the reason for the designation, on a major league contract with an $800K base salary, which allows him to earn a total of $3.15 million through performance incentives.

A product of the Padres system, and later the closer for the Angels in 2013, this 29-year old right hander is the answer to the veteran presence the Rays have been looking for in the bullpen.

Frieri was traded mid-season last year to the Pirates for their own down-on-his-luck closer Jason Grilli. Frieri topped out his save count at 37 in 2013, but managed only 11 for the Angels last season before he was sent off.

In his excellent 2013 campaign, Frieri struck out 33.6% of batters faced. In 2014 that dipped to 26% as a problem with the longball skyrocketed his ERA to a gaudy 7.34. He would be designated for assignment by the Pirates before the season's end.

Will Jim Hickey be able to turn The Big Ern into the next Fernando Rodney?
 http://www.draysbay.com/2014/11/26/7295341/rays-sign-rhp-ernesto-frieri-designate-sean-rodriguez Daniel Russell 2014-11-26T11:48:52-05:00 2014-11-26T11:48:52-05:00 Are the Rays targeting a Padres catcher?
With the release of Jose Molina and the loss of an expert pitch framer, the Rays are back on the market for a new backup. Capable prospect Curt Casali is around and waiting for his chance at the show, but his bat didn't play as nicely as it did in the minors last season, and by Marc Topkin's account, the Rays would like more depth at the position for the MLB level.

That brings us to the trade market, where Casali or the acquired catcher could possible be stashed in Durham and cycled through. This is particularly helpful when your starting catcher is injured as often as Derrick Rose.

We already know the the Rays braintrust loves Padres players, with multiple recent trades bringing in several of their drafted players -- Cesar Ramos, Brandon Gomes, Cole Figueroa, Logan Forsythe, Matt Andriese, Matt Lollis, Maxx Tissenbaum -- as well as free agent signings in Allan Dykstra, Jose Lobaton, and last year's Durham depth at catcher Ali Solis and Eddy Rodriguez.

Perhaps the Rays are now targeting more catchers from the Padres system.

Sources: #Padres getting "ton of inquiries" on their catchers - Grandal, Rivera and top prospect Austin Hedges. Talks active.
 — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 26, 2014

Yasmani Grandal is under team control through 2018. From an offense perspective he's useful, as he posted a wRC+ of 144 in 60 games in 2012, and 111 wRC+ in 128 games in 2014. He's more of a full time catcher, so the fit with Hanigan may not be ideal, but you'd want him if you could get him.

Rene Rivera is under team control through 2017, and though he's played at the big league level for multiple clubs, burst onto the scene last year with a 114 wRC+ in PetCo Park with a bat that suddenly clicked like never before. That could be a flash in the pan, but the glove is legit.

Here's how each of their framing numbers stacked up with the Padres, courtesy of StatCorner:

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 Player	 Year	 Sample	 zBall%	 oStr%	 +Calls	 PerGame	 RAA

 Rene Rivera	 2014	 6135	 10.2	 9.7	 138	 1.75	 18.3

 Yasmani Grandal	 2012	 3950	 10.1	 8.8	 97	 1.92	 12.9

 Yasmani Grandal	 2014	 5224	 10.4	 9	 96	 1.43	 12.8

 Yasmani Grandal	 2013	 2017	 11.2	 11.3	 76	 2.93	 10.1

 Rene Rivera	 2013	 1504	 8.1	 10.3	 62	 3.23	 8.3

For reference, Jose Molina put up a 16.9 RAA last season, and Ryan Hanigan is his last full season of play (2012) put up a 21.1 RAA.

Austin Hedges is a top prospect, as far as catchers are concerned, but with the Padres catcher situation stabilizing last season, he's trade bait. Already considered among the best defensive catchers you'll ever see, the Padres promoted him full time to Double-A last season and his offense struggled at a 67 wRC+, making him both far off and uninspiring offensively, which brings us back to the first two.

The Padres are said to have looked into acquiring Matt Joyce, and that's probably the logical fit if we're structing a deal. Joyce is not up to snuff for a great defensive prospect like Hedges, but it could be a building block for Rivera, who is out of options.

Let the Rays take a lotto ticket on Rivera repeating his impressive 2014 performance, while Casali returns to Durham to develop the bat and wait for the inevitable catcher injury.

Rivera is a short term fix at back up, but holding down the fort until Curt Casali or Luke Maile proves themselves, Justin O'Conner bangs down the door, or later when Oscar Hernandez and Nick Ciuffo approach The Show, is all the Rays really need.

One expiring contract for a guy that may or may not have suddenly had his stars aligned. Why not?
 http://www.draysbay.com/2014/11/26/7293685/tampa-bay-rays-san-diego-padres-trade-rumor-rene-rivera-matt-joyce-yasmani-grandal Daniel Russell 2014-11-26T09:43:28-05:00 2014-11-26T09:43:28-05:00 Twins hire Neil Allen as Pitching Coach
Neil Allen, pitching coach for the Triple-A Durham Bulls since 2011 and responsible for working with each of the Rays' front line starters, has taken the same position at the major league level, joining the Minnesota Twins.

A fan favorite for some hen he was pitching in the majors for the Mets, Neil took on the role of bullpen coach for the Yankees in 2005 before joining the Rays system.

Allen helped lead the Bulls to three division titles and a Governors' Cup Championship during his four year tenure. He joined the Rays in 2007, coaching with Double-A affiliate Montgomery until 2009, and High-A affiliate Port Charlotte in 2010 before landing in Durham.

"We are beyond excited for Neil and wish him the absolute best," Bulls GM Mike Birling told Milb.com. "His admired work with our pitching staff has helped lead to unprecedented success on the field, but we'll remember him most for the infectious positivity and energy that have made our ballpark a better place these last four seasons."

The hiring is bold for the Twins, as they traditionally promote from within the organization, but the team that was last in strikeouts last season is hoping to tap into what the Rays have accomplished.

Tampa Bay owns the second highest number of strikeouts over the last five years, and the third highest for starting pitchers. Allen isn't solely responsible for that work, but he's surely been part of the machine that made it happen.

"Coming from the Tampa Bay organization, certainly Neil's got a resume and a reputation over there," Twins GM Terry Ryan told reporters on yesterday's conference call. "Not only has he helped them become who they are, individually there are some very impressive guys that have come through him. ... I liked the tone. I liked the energy. I liked his answers."

Allen followed Ryan by saying, "I think I'm very well-groomed and ready for this opportunity. I've been a pitching coach for almost 20 years now and have been on bus rides all around the country, so I've learned a lot."

Congrats to our good friend Neil Allen, who has been hired as the @Twins' new pitching coach! pic.twitter.com/lO12OgHhKO
 — Durham Bulls (@DurhamBulls) November 25, 2014

Allen was adept at teaching the sinker, per reports of his work, and has coached many Rays pitchers that have gone on to success at the major league level, including Alex Cobb, Matt Moore, Chris Archer, Jake Odorizzi, and Alex Torres.

It's reasonable to suspect that Neil would have been a top candidate to replace current Rays pitching coach Jim Hickey, should he decided to follow Dave Martinez through the open door; however, there's been no indication that Hickey is intent on leaving any time soon.
 http://www.draysbay.com/2014/11/26/7292651/twins-hire-neil-allen-as-pitching-coach Daniel Russell 2014-11-25T17:18:43-05:00 2014-11-25T17:18:43-05:00 Dave Martinez releases statement on departure from Rays
Dave Martinez is departing the Rays in a move that seemed rather likely.

Here's his statement via team spokesman Rick Vaughn:

"I informed the Rays this week that I have chosen to move forward and consider other opportunities that may present themselves outside the organization. It was a hard decision that I think is best for myself and the Rays. I want to thank our fans for their overwhelming support. It has meant the world to my family and me. For the past nine years, the players and staff have been an extension of my family and the memories that we have all shared and the relationships that have been built will stay with me forever. I can't thank them enough for all they have meant to me."

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Continuity has been something we, as fans, have been looking forward to seeing in the clubhouse, and that's understandable. This has been a very good Rays team for seven seasons, all with Martinez on the bench.

However, it's entirely probable that Martinez felt burned when the Rays did not include him as a finalist for Joe Maddon's old job, instead giving the three slots to Kevin Cash, Don Wakamatsu, and Raul Ibanez. If they wanted to go in a new direction, Martinez would too.

It's yet to be determined if Joe Maddon would be interested in a reunion with his right hand man in Chicago.
 http://www.draysbay.com/2014/11/25/7284025/dave-martinez-releases-statement-on-departure-rays Daniel Russell 2014-11-25T11:31:01-05:00 2014-11-25T11:31:01-05:00 Rays place Jose Molina, master pitch framer, on release waivers
The Rays' primary catcher since 2012 was placed on release waivers, along with Rays utility infield prospect Cole Figueroa. The former is without a home on a crowded Rays bench and I wish him the best, but he's not the surprising release by Tampa Bay.

Yes, the Rays have not only designated their catcher for assignment, they have released Jose Molina.

Either player could be claimed by another team for the price of $1. That team would then assume the player's salary for 2015 and need to add him to the 40-man roster. Otherwise, each can accept an assignment to Triple-A and keep his salary, or opt for free agency and forsake his contract with the franchise.

In the case of 39-year old Jose Molina, the difference here is $2.75 million, a hefty chunk of change for the Rays to pay for an expiring contract sitting as depth in Durham.

Likely destinations for Molina, should he opt for free agency, could be St. Louis to join his brother Yadier, to the Rangers behind former Rays prospect Robinson Chirinos, or possibly to another team that would be comfortable ditching their current back up.

Joining other former Rays in Los Angeles is not out of the question, as Friedman's new catcher tandem is questionable, with starting man A.J. Ellis's glove below average, and back up Drew Butera's bat 40% below average.

Maybe Molina's career is truly over, though. There have been two Fangraphs articles drawn to the gravity of Jose Molina's release this week. The first reminding us how valuable framing can be. The second detailing how historically bad his offense has been. He may have reached a level of offense that his glove can no longer carry, and frankly that's a little bit sad. Perhaps that is what led the Rays to release him, but let's re-live the glory days.

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A long, long time ago, friend of the site Bradley Woodrum published his case for Molina to have been the most valuable player on the 2012 Rays, speculating that Molina's framing skills saved the Rays possibly 25 runs. This was before the the framing runs calculation became readily available at Baseball Prospectus and other stats outlets, and Woody was generally laughed out of town by readers and commenters.

Later on, Joe Maddon himself had this to say about why the Rays were using the former back-up catcher in a primary role:

Well, I could reveal to you a stat that I just got today that I think would really blow some people's minds up. I don't know exactly how it's calculated or formulated, but it was concluded that [Molina] saved us 50 runs this year. And that's highly significant.

[Rays Radio]

Fifty! Double what Woodrum had so appallingly suggested.

In response, Ben Lindbergh published an article called The 50-run Receiver confirming these numbers, adding all the favored GIF analysis that makes a smile broaden on your face, but missing this favorite:

"Add 50 runs, or five wins, to his tally," Lindbergh wrote, "and his total rises to 5.2, which would make him the most valuable Ray and tie him with Adam Jones and Giancarlo Stanton at 12th overall."

The Rays found that value shortly after the initial studies on framing were published by Mike Fast. They're releasing that value, possibly out of fear the glove can't sustain the other aspects of his game. That's their call to make, but it's also a shame.

Molina's greatest talent was recognized in the twilight of his career, and though the stat nerds have been championing him since the Rays brought him on three years ago, he'll likely go down in history under appreciated.

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Watching the sunset of Molina's career has been a joy.

The anticipation would build with every at bat, waiting to see which player would be baffled by the widening strike zone that the umpire never intended. Sure, the rest of his defense was shoddy, and balls would skip past his glove on the ground, but that's nothing compared to that skill with the glove in the air.

It's for that reason I truly hope his career is not done. I want more of the gifs and videos of slamming bats and helmets, and all the futile umpire arguments that have made watching Molina a joy for three seasons.

Here's to hoping.
 http://www.draysbay.com/2014/11/25/7281123/rays-place-jose-molina-cole-figueroa-on-release-waivers Daniel Russell 2014-11-24T13:00:04-05:00 2014-11-24T13:00:04-05:00 Five questions for Matt Silverman about the Rays managerial search
Are the Rays getting the process right?

Late last week, the Rays announced the three finalists to be their next manager. The finalists are Don Wakamatsu, the former manager of the Seattle Mariners, Kevin Cash, a former Rays catcher and Cleveland's current bullpen coach, and the not-yet-retired Raul Ibanez. Conspicuously absent are the two internal candidates: bench coach Dave Martinez and Triple-A coach Charlie Montoyo.

A majority of people here, myself included, assumed that given the success the team has enjoyed over the past seven seasons, the Rays front office would value continuity and would end up simply promoting Martinez. The most common reaction to this recent news is that it's a bad move to exclude Martinez as a finalist. I'm not sure.

The truth is that we here know very little about this manager search. I have some idea of what Joe Maddon did and who he was, because being the manager of a major league baseball team is a public position with plenty of media exposure. For that same reason, I have a few ideas about Don Wakamatsu. But Cash? He was a worse hitting catcher than Jose Molina. Ibanez? He takes pride in his defense. That's about all I've got.

In the absence of knowing answers, we ask questions. Here are a five.

1. Why are the Rays so good at getting production out of their pitchers? We fans attribute it to pitching coach Jim Hickey, and that's almost certainly part of the story, but how much? Was a significant portion of it the catchers too? How about PITCHf/x innovator Josh Kalk, who works on the research team? Or maybe someone else we know nothing about?

Matt Silverman must figure out exactly what it is that makes the Rays pitching machine tick, and retain that.

2. Joe Maddon was one of the first of what has become the new model of manager: a Baseball Man who's comfortable working closely with the statisticians in the front office. The modern manager must have a foot in both worlds, and be able to translate the information from the research team into something the players can use on the field. Of the remaining candidates, who can do that?

3. Managing isn't just about translating between the nerds and the jocks. You also have to be a leader. By most accounts, Maddon was successful in this regard, and he did this by keeping a loose clubhouse which Grantland called "The Most Fun Team in Baseball."

Chemistry is really difficult to discuss objectively, so I really don't want to get into it. Your opinion on whether you liked the Tampa Bay clubhouse under Maddon probably says more about you than it does about Joe, but one thing is clear: players wanted to play for him. They voted Maddon the most popular manager in a Sports Illustrated poll. Joel Peralta and Yunel Escobar made decisions based on their preference for Tampa Bay over all other teams. Regardless of what you think of those two players, the fact that they wanted to be here is a valuable competitive edge for a small-market team. How do we keep that edge?

4. Silverman said that he thought a "new voice" in the clubhouse would be good for this team. If that's just talking around not picking Dave Martinez, then fine. But if it's a real thought process of Silverman's then let's question it. Say Maddon didn't sign with Chicago. What if his contract had simply expired and he reapplied for the job along with Don Wakamatsu, Kevin Cash, and Raul Ibanez? Would a new voice in the clubhouse be warranted then? If so, that's a bold statement by Silverman. If not, then it's at best meaningless talk and at worst fuzzy and illogical thinking.

4a. Furthermore, is a new voice in the clubhouse generally a good thing? There's been some research on this, and I'm sure (read: I hope) that Silverman and Co. have read it, and perhaps done a bit of their own.

Allard Bruinshoofd and Bas ter Weel studied manager changes in the Dutch football league, and found that while superficially it appears that manager changes improve the fortunes of teams, those results are actually just the regression that should be expected whether or not the manager were to be changed. Teams going through a tough stretch are more apt to change their manager, and at the same time are more apt to improve. There is essentially no difference in the future performance of teams on losing streaks that fire their manager and teams on losing streaks that do not.

Scott Adler, Michael J. Berry, and David Doherty studied coaching changes in college football. They found that, broadly speaking, for bad teams, changing the coach didn't improve their performance. For good teams, changing the coach resulted in (or preceded, if you're not comfortable attributing causation) worse performance. Right now, the Rays would qualify as a "good team," despite last year's poor record, so a move away from continuity makes me nervous.

 David J. Berri, Michael A. Leeds, Eva Marikova Leeds, and Michael Mondello studied the affect of Basketball coaches on team performance. Their basic conclusion, oversimplified grossly, is that there is very little difference between the top coaches and other coaches. Because of the way they constructed (for valid reasons) their sample, though, they've limited themselves to studying coaches with a reasonably long tenure in the league. So really, they're saying that of the coaches who are good enough to remain coaches are all pretty similar to each other in ability. Those that are not able to establish themselves are not necessarily as good. This interpretation of the study should give the Rays pause if they're considering hiring an unknown like Raul Ibanez: there may not be great upside in choosing a manager, but that doesn't mean that there isn't downside.

Similar studies (Kosowski and Cuthbertson) have found that among mutual fund managers, there is little difference between the pool of "skilled managers" in picking stocks, but these managers are much better at it than the general population.

5. This managerial decision comes down to a decision between different balances of the known and the unknown. Matt Silverman and the rest of the Rays front office should have a pretty good idea of who Dave Martinez would be as a manager, because they've already worked with him for years. I imagine that the same is true regarding Montoyo. For the other guys on the list, Silverman is is dealing with a greater degree of the unknown, and that means risk.

If Silverman says that Martinez should be the next manager, it's tough for us on the outside to argue otherwise, but I understand why we all had such a knee-jerk reaction to the news that Martinez wasn't a finalist. We would have felt better Silverman had said, "I've had a chance to see Dave in action for years, I've worked with him before, and I'm sure he's the guy for this job." That would be a high-percentage hiring.

He didn't believe that, though, so we're left with three candidates that each carry higher levels of uncertainty/risk regarding how they'd perform as Rays manager. Wakamatsu has been a manager before. Cash has been a bench coach. Ibanez has no coaching experience. So the question for Silverman is, how much risk are you willing to take?
 http://www.draysbay.com/2014/11/24/7272669/manager-questions Ian Malinowski


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