01-22-2020, 04:45 PM
Another example of why SBNation articles are not worth the paper they are printed on.
So that OBP is nice--and certainly the Cubs could use at the top of their line-up. But the next sentence is deceptive and just plain wrong. If we are to consider "never" as literal, that would include his 2015 (the year in which Machin was drafted and had his first work in the minors) BA, which was .179. If we are to apply the "beginning in the 2016 season condition", that "never" would span exactly 4 seasons, which reduces the impressiveness a tad and makes 2016 a little larger blip. Reducing it more is the fact that Machin actually had a composite .267 BA across the 3 levels of minors he played at in 2016, and last I checked, .267 is below .274. So a more honest version of that sentence would read "In his 5 seasons in the minors, Machin had a BA of .274 or higher 2 times."
I like Machin and thought he might make a good utility guy in the majors, despite that he's already 26. But I haven't even read past the quoted passage in the SB Nation article to see if they acknowledge his age simply because of how transparently crappy that passage is.
Quote:Beginning in the 2016 season Machín has not posted an OBP below .343. With the exception of the blip on the radar that was his 2018 season, he’s never had a batting average below .274.
So that OBP is nice--and certainly the Cubs could use at the top of their line-up. But the next sentence is deceptive and just plain wrong. If we are to consider "never" as literal, that would include his 2015 (the year in which Machin was drafted and had his first work in the minors) BA, which was .179. If we are to apply the "beginning in the 2016 season condition", that "never" would span exactly 4 seasons, which reduces the impressiveness a tad and makes 2016 a little larger blip. Reducing it more is the fact that Machin actually had a composite .267 BA across the 3 levels of minors he played at in 2016, and last I checked, .267 is below .274. So a more honest version of that sentence would read "In his 5 seasons in the minors, Machin had a BA of .274 or higher 2 times."
I like Machin and thought he might make a good utility guy in the majors, despite that he's already 26. But I haven't even read past the quoted passage in the SB Nation article to see if they acknowledge his age simply because of how transparently crappy that passage is.
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