Post by Admin on Feb 8, 2021 15:32:06 GMT
A lifetime Angels fan gave us some good roster feedback on another board, saying:
"Just a comment regarding the Halos' 40-man roster from a lifetime of following the team: Mike Witt was hands-down the best pitchers on the team for nearly the entire 1980's. His 1986 season was probably one of the top 10 best of any starter in franchise history. He's #4 on the list of all-time franchise leaders. Only Finley, Weaver and Ryan have more franchise pitching wins than Witt.
How Ohtani makes the team - and even the starting 25 (!), after 4 wins and a quarter of a good season (51 innings), while Mike Witt, with over 100 franchise wins, doesn't even make the 40-man squad, I simply cannot fathom."
Our response:
"DZ, I appreciate the feedback. We are never going to know any team better than their die hard fans. Ohtani is benefiting from a small sample size - really small (10 starts). His hitting aside, Ohtani's numbers (mostly) top the average of the best three years in Witt's career (1984-86 by WAR anyway).
Ohtani: 4-2, 3.31 ERA, 1.161 WHIP, 2.86 K/BB ratio
Witt: 16-10, 3.28 ERA, 1.212 WHIP, 2.29 K/BB ratio
If that was just "Player A" vs. "Player B" and Player A also hits .270 with 30 homers, 94 RBI and 19 steals (over a 162-game season) I think it's clear which player in the sim is going to be more valuable.
Crunching the numbers a bit and it's clear that Witt belongs on the active roster - he's slotted as the sixth starter behind Ohtani. He moves Mark Langston to the inactive roster, and in a close call I kept John Lackey on the inactive roster and released George Brunet."
What do Angels fans think of those roster moves?
"Just a comment regarding the Halos' 40-man roster from a lifetime of following the team: Mike Witt was hands-down the best pitchers on the team for nearly the entire 1980's. His 1986 season was probably one of the top 10 best of any starter in franchise history. He's #4 on the list of all-time franchise leaders. Only Finley, Weaver and Ryan have more franchise pitching wins than Witt.
How Ohtani makes the team - and even the starting 25 (!), after 4 wins and a quarter of a good season (51 innings), while Mike Witt, with over 100 franchise wins, doesn't even make the 40-man squad, I simply cannot fathom."
Our response:
"DZ, I appreciate the feedback. We are never going to know any team better than their die hard fans. Ohtani is benefiting from a small sample size - really small (10 starts). His hitting aside, Ohtani's numbers (mostly) top the average of the best three years in Witt's career (1984-86 by WAR anyway).
Ohtani: 4-2, 3.31 ERA, 1.161 WHIP, 2.86 K/BB ratio
Witt: 16-10, 3.28 ERA, 1.212 WHIP, 2.29 K/BB ratio
If that was just "Player A" vs. "Player B" and Player A also hits .270 with 30 homers, 94 RBI and 19 steals (over a 162-game season) I think it's clear which player in the sim is going to be more valuable.
Crunching the numbers a bit and it's clear that Witt belongs on the active roster - he's slotted as the sixth starter behind Ohtani. He moves Mark Langston to the inactive roster, and in a close call I kept John Lackey on the inactive roster and released George Brunet."
What do Angels fans think of those roster moves?
