Originally posted by J Geoff: Who's delusional?? Gimme the 300 pts lead any day! Who's to say your extra 10 pitching starts are gonna be any good?? You think Cap is gonna give you 41 pts every time out?? I know who's delusional now... :p :rolleyes:
And if you're 40 games back in offense, then good luck making them up!
Raw points are EVERYTHING. THAT is what determines the winner. You either have them (like JL & myself) or you don't (like you). :p
1- My 10 extra starts could be worth nothing, and they could be worth 200+ points. We have no way of knowing.
That's what makes it a projection.
But what so you think they're worth?
If you have a 40 point lead on someone, and they have 10 extra starts coming, most of them from Guys like Halladay and Santana and Capuano, are you gonna tell me that you think your 40 point lead is gonna hold up?
Where do you draw the line?
Based on what my pitcher have been averaging, I figure those ten starts are worth about 140 points.
Surely they're worth something, so how can someone with a 300 point lead think they really have a 300 point lead if I have 10 extra starts coming?
You're being a little silly if you do, don't 'ya think?
You said Gimme the 300 pts lead any day!
So you'd rather have a 300 point lead than have my SPs with, say, 30 starts in hand?
(I don't expect to make up my raw pointsdeficit just from the 10 starts, you know)
Whether I would rather have the lead in raw points, or the extra starts depends on how many points the lead is and how many starts are involved.
2- As far as the 40 games that I have to make up in offense goes, the way I have it figured it's not gonna be a problem.
I'm not gonna tell you why I don't think it should be a problem because it involves a bit of strategy and I don't want to give you any ideas, but take my word for it.
BTW, I said that I was 40 games behibd JL in offensive games. For all I know - since I didn't check - he may be way ahead of himself at every position, and in reality I may be only 20 games behind him.\
Raw points are EVERYTHING. THAT is what determines the winner. You either have them (like JL & myself) or you don't (like you). :p
Um, yeah, we know that.
But the season ends in October, not next week.
As I've said enough times already, if you really believe - and I know you don't, because you're not a stupid man - that the lead you or JL has in raw points represents what your actual lead is, then this is a pointless discussion since I'm obviously overestimating you. :p
