significantly less state tax, too.

With this particular Clips team, where they really don’t have many (any) reliable bench options, you’re kind of bailing them out by giving their first unit extra rest. I don’t think the Clips’ numerous 4Q foibles are due to “choking” nearly as much as they are from their starters just being completely gassed.

I don’t…

Paramount’s a rock’s throw from BART, too. Pretty easy to get to.

Regardless of how well I understand advanced stats, you did rely on ERA and W-L to back up your contention that Petit had not pitched well in 2014. If my child doesn’t understand how a combustion engine works, I try to simplify it so it’s easier for her to understand, I don’t say it just depends on how fast the elves…

It’s pretty well-settled at this point that W-L and ERA are pretty terrible indicators of a pitcher’s true value. Petit’s K/BB ratios the last few years have been terrific. His xFIP last year was 2.84.

He is more prone to HR’s (by virtue of being a flyball pitcher, his career HR/FB rate is league average), but that…

He was great as a starter in 2014 and a bit of 2013 (as well as part of the year in AAA), both with SF. And yet, he got demoted to mop-up man this year. He had a pretty lousy 1st half, but his k and bb rates are back to being great in the second half. Maybe he was fighting another injury earlier this year, I dunno.

That…

Bochy was right then, but the way the Giants buried Yusmeiro Petit in mop-up/long relief duty this year was utterly appalling. He’s not exactly a wizard himself.