Oh man,you're right,but to be fair it's not all his fault.Better put on your steel helmet though :)

You are a stat man.I am not.I think OPS is the second least important of them all next to the W-L records of starting pitchers.Let's leave it at that,I don't type very well and don't want to get into a big discussion.

All players have a flaw of sorts.....But Castro has more
good and bad about him.....If we had eight clones of him
playing we may have some errors but we would score some
runs and win some games........

There are very very few flawless players. Castro's defense is no good, but still he is very young. Anyways if he doesnt cut it at ss they can always move him to a different position.

Clevenger will probably be getting plenty of starts, more depending on soto, till soto heats up or fails to, or gets traded.

As for barney sitting one day... guys get off days. You have to keep you bench players active.

Most good players have flaws.

You do know that OPS correlates well with runs scored, right?

allan doesn't use stats, he is a professional scout who goes by what his eyes tell him. Just like RCS

Ewwww

It's called an experienced eye.

remember that our Cubs are rebuilding. Can't wait til that new TV contract kicks in! Should be worth $150M/year which will cover MLB roster payroll annually, like Boston.

No,but feel free to enlighten me.

Well,OPS correlates very well with runs scored, so it is a very useful tool to evaluate players.

lol, you have to explain that OPS comment. It's a combination of productive hitting and how often he's on base. Neither of those things are even close to "meaningless".

I asked him to explain to me why OPS is so significant.I am still waiting.I get BA,OBP,ERA and WHIP,but OPS means....what?

I did explain it to you, what more do you need?

No you didnt. You just made a statement.

You might want to show the realtionship between OPS and runs scored, and why they are a valid measurement to consider.

Actually, the relationship is between team RS and team OPS.

You did NOT.You simply said that it relates to runs scored.Exactly what does it mean? O ? P? S?