How is Flaherty a Diamond?
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@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
He doesn't have 3 full years, similar to Pete Alonso. However, if you have two working eyeballs, you'd understand why both got diamond cards.
Flaherty has had half a season worthy of being a diamond.
Would he have been a diamond this year? Most likely, yes.
Was it premature for them to make him a diamond after having half a season that was good? Yes it was.
You would admit that if you weren’t a homer.
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@DriveByTrucker17 said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
He doesn't have 3 full years, similar to Pete Alonso. However, if you have two working eyeballs, you'd understand why both got diamond cards.
Flaherty has had half a season worthy of being a diamond.
Would he have been a diamond this year? Most likely, yes.
Was it premature for them to make him a diamond after having half a season that was good? Yes it was.
You would admit that if you weren’t a homer.
If you weren't a Cubs fan you wouldn't have such a hard on about it. Half a season, Flaherty threw 150+ innings in 2018 with a 3.34 ERA and 180+ strikeouts. In 2019 the only bad month he had was in June.
Half a season worth of diamond status lmao. Almost 100IP a . 91 ERA with 123 K's to only 23 BB. That was one of the most dominant stretches in a long time. There was no one close to touching him.
So in a system that places the most weight on the recent season, coupled with a good 2018 season, you have yourself a nice shiny diamond.
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@VEGAS__T said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
He doesn't have 3 full years, similar to Pete Alonso. However, if you have two working eyeballs, you'd understand why both got diamond cards.
Pete broke multiple records in his first and only season. Tell me all the records Flaherty broke so far in his 2.5 seasons...I’ll wait. And no one said he played 3 full years just saying you can’t base his rating purely on last year. He doesn’t even have a winning record for his career yet and they handing him a diamond lol. ERA wise yes he was an absolute stud for HALF a season but that doesn’t justify a diamond imo
What does a winning record have to do with anything? I'm not saying Pete doesn't deserve a diamond either, they both do.
ERA wise lmao, go look at his strike out rate, walk rate, HR allowed, or any other measurable stat and try to say it was just "ERA wise"
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Dude was a 6 WAR pitcher last year with a 155 ERA+. Couple that with amazing K/9, low BB/9 and a 3 WAR season in his first go around, plus youth and great projection.. ya, he's a diamond 100%..
My Jays could have traded Donaldson for him after the 2017 season and we didn't... I'll always be upset about that...
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@XxLordKingAcexX said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
I've always wondered how they come up with some ratings. Flaherty is great, but I think there are others that deserve a diamond rating more than he does, like Juan Soto (completely unbiased).
Although I agree Soto is fantastic, he wasn't as valuable as Flaherty last year and about equal the year before. What hurts Soto is his poor fielding. Where I think he should be diamond as well though is because of his postseason performance. That should have bumped him up.
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Juan Soto is a gold so they could generate hype around the roster updates once the season started. Obviously he should be a diamond but they did the same thing with Bellinger and Judge and nobody was expecting the most exciting baseball being played by MLB stars right now to be on Playstation.
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@Nanthrax_1 said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
@XxLordKingAcexX said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
I've always wondered how they come up with some ratings. Flaherty is great, but I think there are others that deserve a diamond rating more than he does, like Juan Soto (completely unbiased).
Although I agree Soto is fantastic, he wasn't as valuable as Flaherty last year and about equal the year before. What hurts Soto is his poor fielding. Where I think he should be diamond as well though is because of his postseason performance. That should have bumped him up.
Soto had a .400 OBP last year and he was a gold glove finalist last year. I think he was the most valuable player to the Nats outside of Rendon who drove him in every time. Again, completely unbiased opinion here.
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@XxLordKingAcexX said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
@Nanthrax_1 said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
@XxLordKingAcexX said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
I've always wondered how they come up with some ratings. Flaherty is great, but I think there are others that deserve a diamond rating more than he does, like Juan Soto (completely unbiased).
Although I agree Soto is fantastic, he wasn't as valuable as Flaherty last year and about equal the year before. What hurts Soto is his poor fielding. Where I think he should be diamond as well though is because of his postseason performance. That should have bumped him up.
Soto had a .400 OBP last year and he was a gold glove finalist last year. I think he was the most valuable player to the Nats outside of Rendon who drove him in every time. Again, completely unbiased opinion here.
I don't think it's fair to compare a pitcher to a hitter. A Gold Glove finalist I don't know, but he rated slightly below average as a fielder. I'm sure getting an 89 FOTF may have had something to do with it as well.
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@VEGAS__T said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
@SaveFarris said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
8th best pitcher WAR last year and just about every projection system has (had) him being Top 10 again this year.
If the game ratings were based solely on last years stats then he would be diamond worthy but it’s supposed to be a three year average. And they dont use projections to determine ratings so it seems a little premature to throw the diamond label on him is all. High rated gold with a diamond upgrade later this year assuming he pitched at the same level would seem more appropriate
Chris Paddock being an 83 seems like projection.
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He might be a diamond, but he plays like a bronze. Gives up dinger after dinger. Just like the game, he's garbage. So much so, he sits on my bench and I can't say that I've ever faced him, so I'm assuming others are doing the same or don't own him.
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@VEGAS__T said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
If I remember correctly from last years streams, the head content guy is a huge cardinals fan. Its the reason they had 2-3x the amount of signature series cards last year than any other team and I think his biased is showing again this year with that Flaherty rating. He’s been good but not diamond worthy, not yet.
Walker Buehler is in that same situation and he is Diamond.
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@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
He doesn't have 3 full years, similar to Pete Alonso. However, if you have two working eyeballs, you'd understand why both got diamond cards.
Same For Buehler
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@TheMayor_44 said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
@VEGAS__T said in How is Flaherty a Diamond?:
If I remember correctly from last years streams, the head content guy is a huge cardinals fan. Its the reason they had 2-3x the amount of signature series cards last year than any other team and I think his biased is showing again this year with that Flaherty rating. He’s been good but not diamond worthy, not yet.
Gotcha. As I said not saying he sucks but just wondered why he’s a diamond. Thanks.
Just like everyone else - stats over past 3 years. And when you have a sub 1 ERA for over half the season I would say that’s diamond level.
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