Felix, Mac and Kenji

by johnbai on May 16, 2008 12:13 PM PDT Comment 28 comments

Brad Evans, sports douche over at Yahoo Fantasy Baseball has this to say about Felix: "STRONG SELL in all leagues."

Evans mostly is complaining about the escalating walk rates and the porous M's defense.

He then goes on to report that Johnny Mac is blaming Kenji and his poor ability to get in sync with pitchers. I haven't been following too closely... has anyone else heard Mac say this?

Personally, I've always thought that a catcher's influence on "calling the game" was important, but a little overrated. What do you think about this possible issue?

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Ugh

He might be the only idiot in the fantasy world saying to sell Felix, give me a break!

I haven’t heard anything about Mac blaming Kenji, I had only read the Washburn quotes. If that is true then why play him ?

by ASUBoyd on May 16, 2008 12:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nobody cares about Brad Evan's Fantasy team.

:).

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on May 16, 2008 12:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Beat me to it.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on May 16, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brad Evan's mom probably does

by ASUBoyd on May 16, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's not what she said to me last night.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on May 16, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Donkeys.

you forgot the word “donkeys” at the end there. Classic mistake.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on May 16, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nobody cares about.....ah fuck

by OlSalty on May 16, 2008 12:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

A catcher can have a ton of influence or none

Depending on the pitcher. Pitchers who are US born in particular do not throw as much growing up as they do in Japan.

Because of this the set up and target are more important to the success of an American born pitcher, in general. Most of the really good Japanese pitchers can hit their spots with their eyes closed on the other hand.

by Sec 108 on May 16, 2008 12:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Case Study #1: Hideki Okajima

by Alex B on May 16, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Ooooo a penny"

by Graham on May 16, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought I lost that luggage in Greece.

Hey, I’m flying.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on May 16, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, this is a great picture.

He’s really not looking at all.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on May 16, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn, that's insane.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on May 16, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mike MacDougal says, "You have awesome form."

by Gomez on May 16, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Fernando Valenzuela

used to keep his eyes rotated back in his head through his delivery.

by johnbai on May 16, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just in his windup, they came back forward before his release if I remember correctly.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on May 16, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nook Laloosh

did the same thing and he turned out alright.

by AZSEAfan on May 16, 2008 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He could have been a one-year wonder,

they never really told you how his career turned out. I’m guessing he went on the DL with “flu-like symptoms” and VD at least once.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on May 16, 2008 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The question

was not about Fantasy sports. I acknowledged that Brad Evans is a douche in my very first sentence.
Just wondering if anyone thinks Kenji is part of the problem, or if this is a case of Kenji getting thrown under the bus. And if so… is Mac really dogging him, or was it just a Washburn quote… or what?

by johnbai on May 16, 2008 1:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I am not a fan of Kenji behind the plate, but he has improved every year.

I’ll give credit to him for working his butt off to get better, so the blame thing seems unfair.

I really do think catching is a vastly different thing in Japan compared to here. So yes, in some ways I think he style has hurt our pitchers, but Jarrod Washburn would suck no matter who was behind the plate.

by Sec 108 on May 16, 2008 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You'd have to think that if it is a valid issue

it would have come up before the extension was signed.

Don’t listen to Johnny Mac, he throws everyone under the bus – remember how he blamed Hargrove for winning too many games last year? What a fuckhole.

by Jordan of Boise on May 16, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's a valid question

I just think none of us have anything to offer as far as an answer.

by Matthew on May 16, 2008 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of your PITCHf/x database...

by Jeff on May 16, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know

The only statistical information I can use, is that opposing hitters have about .100 points higher OPS (or was it just avg?) when Kenji is catching, opposed to any other backup catcher over the past three seasons. Small sample size for the backups? Bad luck? who knows.

by AtomicGarden on May 16, 2008 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs