Diamondbacks acquire Addison Reed for Matt Davidson

[ettin]

I think if our pitching was even just league average, we would have coasted into the playoffs. The offend is elite if everyone is healthy.

I think that's what we are banking on this year. Average to above average pitching and ride the trout wave

 

Was that an extremely early Trout-Reports-To-Camp-Overweight joke?

[Stradling]

RISP isn't necessarily a clutch stat though.

I consider almost any hit with runners in scoring position as a clutch hit, depending of the inning and the score. Now I could see where people would disagree and say, if we are trailing by 12 and someone gets a single and an RBI, that isn't clutch and I guess I would agree. But even if you are down four or five a rally has to start somewhere.

[tomsred]

Clutch is when your team does something that makes the opposing team's fans shut their pie holes, and sit quietly in terror.

[jshep]

Clutch is when your team does something that makes the opposing team's fans shut their pie holes, and sit quietly in terror.

 

Does that mean there's no such thing as a clutch hit against the Red Sox?

[Tyler]

Aaron Boone disagrees.