Daniel Fiorentine

I like books, but I can’t read

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

Everything south of the Bagel Station train tracks is “South Jersey”

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Great question, John. For most of baseball history, the walk was sneered at -- a lesser form of getting on base compared to the exceptional skill it takes to swing. The analytical revolution in the game changed that. If the objective of the game is to outscore a team, then the likeliest way to score runs is for people to get on base. Post-Moneyball, on-base percentage replaced batting average as more reliable metric for helping produce runs.

Batting average was almost a victim of its own popularity, though. Because it does matter. It's just not the first determinant of a baseball player's quality. Sometimes I do fear the pendulum has swung too far in the anti-batting-average direction.

Let's take three players as examples, with their batting averages, on-base percentages and slugging percentages:

Manny Machado: .302/.361/.507
Juan Soto: .248/.383/.486
Eugenio Suárez: .248/.319/.572

Three totally different hitters. Machado is balanced and batting average-heavy. Soto’s average is deflated but he’s an on-base savant thanks to the highest walk rate in the major leagues. Suárez is a masher whose high slug is his calling card.

So who’s the best? Well, if you’re judging by a metric called weighted on-base average, which seeks to be a catch-all offensive number that is park-neutral … they are pretty much identical.

It goes to show: Offensively, there are plenty of ways to be really good. A great batting average is never a bad thing. But a poor one, as Soto and Suárez illustrate, does not doom you to mediocrity.

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

@post_sean You’re not allowed to call for your manager’s firing in the World Series. It’s in the bylaws.

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

@NickMang Nora starts soccer on November 4th. Time to rethink those rankings.

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

When they say “There’s no crying in baseball!” are they talking about fans? Asking for a friend

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

yeah we can disagree over stuff like whether or not breaking bad is better than mad men and still be friends we can’t disagree over stuff like should police be able to kill black people or should women have autonomy over their own bodies

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

I love baseball

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

*googles how to unburn a jersey*

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

Known optimist, Daniel Fiorentine, has always believed in Kirk Cousins

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

Four since I applied. You’re welcome Storrs.

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

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[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

@post_sean @Fanatics @Yankees Nothing worse than a flimsy collar. Especially for a CPA.

[Jon Bois @jon_bois]

it’s so awesome that they’re called movies. it’s like calling an album a singy

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

@post_sean no, just a bad person

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

Day 2,014 wishing Anthony Bourdain was still here

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

Newton's Theory of Coldbloodedness #UConn

[Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs]

nobody understood cinephiles like Godard

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

@matthewplaskon @posting_up @post_sean @MrOrr24 Doug pleading to the rest of the family to stop booing his son at the Thanksgiving Day table

[Daniel Fiorentine @DanFiorentine]

When the characters in Friends mention their age it freaks me out. Monica is 26? Go fuck yourself