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Post by klawrencio79 on May 6, 2024 14:32:24 GMT
Man, I'm seeing A LOT of bullshit about Luis Arraez. He's probably the best contact hitter in baseball right now, I'll give him that. But that's kind of it. I'm seeing all this nonsense about him being compared to Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew and Wade Boggs. Let's pump the brakes there a little bit.
Gwynn was one of the best hitters of all time and he wasn't just a singles king. He could hit for power, he could steal bases and he was a plus defender with elite speed (at least during the first half of his career). Arraez can hit singles with the best of them, but he has zero power, surprisingly little speed and he is a liability on defense. Them "both being contact hitters" does not a comparison make and creates a false narrative that woefully inflates Arraez's value in today's game.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 6, 2024 14:55:06 GMT
Man, I'm seeing A LOT of bullshit about Luis Arraez. He's probably the best contact hitter in baseball right now, I'll give him that. But that's kind of it. I'm seeing all this nonsense about him being compared to Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew and Wade Boggs. Let's pump the brakes there a little bit. Gwynn was one of the best hitters of all time and he wasn't just a singles king. He could hit for power, he could steal bases and he was a plus defender with elite speed (at least during the first half of his career). Arraez can hit singles with the best of them, but he has zero power, surprisingly little speed and he is a liability on defense. Them "both being contact hitters" does not a comparison make and creates a false narrative that woefully inflates Arraez's value in today's game. It seems a bit projecting, ppl want him to be like Gwynn because they want another Gwynn in today's game to witness... I guess.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on May 6, 2024 16:46:58 GMT
Man, I'm seeing A LOT of bullshit about Luis Arraez. He's probably the best contact hitter in baseball right now, I'll give him that. But that's kind of it. I'm seeing all this nonsense about him being compared to Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew and Wade Boggs. Let's pump the brakes there a little bit. Gwynn was one of the best hitters of all time and he wasn't just a singles king. He could hit for power, he could steal bases and he was a plus defender with elite speed (at least during the first half of his career). Arraez can hit singles with the best of them, but he has zero power, surprisingly little speed and he is a liability on defense. Them "both being contact hitters" does not a comparison make and creates a false narrative that woefully inflates Arraez's value in today's game. The Carew comparison is closer. I don't remember much about Carew's defense but he was moved to 1b in his age 29 year, usually a sign of a poor defender. Rod stole bases but got thrown out a lot.
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Post by tristramshandy on May 6, 2024 17:55:32 GMT
Man, I'm seeing A LOT of bullshit about Luis Arraez. He's probably the best contact hitter in baseball right now, I'll give him that. But that's kind of it. I'm seeing all this nonsense about him being compared to Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew and Wade Boggs. Let's pump the brakes there a little bit. Gwynn was one of the best hitters of all time and he wasn't just a singles king. He could hit for power, he could steal bases and he was a plus defender with elite speed (at least during the first half of his career). Arraez can hit singles with the best of them, but he has zero power, surprisingly little speed and he is a liability on defense. Them "both being contact hitters" does not a comparison make and creates a false narrative that woefully inflates Arraez's value in today's game. So this connects to a quiz I was going to put out there: Arraez has a lifetime batting average of .325, but he doesn't have enough at-bats to qualify historically (won't get there until next year some time). There are only two active players with 3000+ plate appearances who have a career batting average above .300. Who are they? Second question: there are only three under-30 active players who have a career batting average over .280. Who are they? I was shocked by how low batting averages are anymore. I wonder if Arraez is as proportionally dominant in batting average today as somebody like Gwynn/Carew/Bogg were back in their day (vs league average). Batting average for the league right now is .239.
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Post by klawrencio79 on May 6, 2024 18:05:18 GMT
Man, I'm seeing A LOT of bullshit about Luis Arraez. He's probably the best contact hitter in baseball right now, I'll give him that. But that's kind of it. I'm seeing all this nonsense about him being compared to Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew and Wade Boggs. Let's pump the brakes there a little bit. Gwynn was one of the best hitters of all time and he wasn't just a singles king. He could hit for power, he could steal bases and he was a plus defender with elite speed (at least during the first half of his career). Arraez can hit singles with the best of them, but he has zero power, surprisingly little speed and he is a liability on defense. Them "both being contact hitters" does not a comparison make and creates a false narrative that woefully inflates Arraez's value in today's game. So this connects to a quiz I was going to put out there: Arraez has a lifetime batting average of .325, but he doesn't have enough at-bats to qualify historically (won't get there until next year some time). There are only two active players with 3000+ plate appearances who have a career batting average above .300. Who are they? Second question: there are only three under-30 active players who have a career batting average over .280. Who are they? I was shocked by how low batting averages are anymore. I wonder if Arraez is as proportionally dominant in batting average today as somebody like Gwynn/Carew/Bogg were back in their day (vs league average). Batting average for the league right now is .239. Yeah, batting averages have dipped and it's always jarring when you see what is considered a "good" average these days. I've always been in the camp that batting average is meaningless but I say that flippantly; it still means something, it's just not the end-all, be-all it used to be made out to be. In any event, I believe the >.300 folks are Jose Altuve and Freddie Freeman. Pretty crazy that it's only 2. On the other question, I would guess that it's Juan Soto and Ronald Acuna, Jr. What's crazy there is that Juan Soto is still only 25. The 3rd player, I'm honestly not sure.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on May 6, 2024 18:06:16 GMT
Man, I'm seeing A LOT of bullshit about Luis Arraez. He's probably the best contact hitter in baseball right now, I'll give him that. But that's kind of it. I'm seeing all this nonsense about him being compared to Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew and Wade Boggs. Let's pump the brakes there a little bit. Gwynn was one of the best hitters of all time and he wasn't just a singles king. He could hit for power, he could steal bases and he was a plus defender with elite speed (at least during the first half of his career). Arraez can hit singles with the best of them, but he has zero power, surprisingly little speed and he is a liability on defense. Them "both being contact hitters" does not a comparison make and creates a false narrative that woefully inflates Arraez's value in today's game. So this connects to a quiz I was going to put out there: Arraez has a lifetime batting average of .325, but he doesn't have enough at-bats to qualify historically (won't get there until next year some time). There are only two active players with 3000+ plate appearances who have a career batting average above .300. Who are they? Second question: there are only three under-30 active players who have a career batting average over .280. Who are they? I was shocked by how low batting averages are anymore. I wonder if Arraez is as proportionally dominant in batting average today as somebody like Gwynn/Carew/Bogg were back in their day (vs league average). Batting average for the league right now is .239. Altuve has to be one of part one. Trout is the other ?
Acuna and Soto has to be part two. And Shohei to round it out?
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Post by tristramshandy on May 6, 2024 18:25:57 GMT
So this connects to a quiz I was going to put out there: Arraez has a lifetime batting average of .325, but he doesn't have enough at-bats to qualify historically (won't get there until next year some time). There are only two active players with 3000+ plate appearances who have a career batting average above .300. Who are they? Second question: there are only three under-30 active players who have a career batting average over .280. Who are they? I was shocked by how low batting averages are anymore. I wonder if Arraez is as proportionally dominant in batting average today as somebody like Gwynn/Carew/Bogg were back in their day (vs league average). Batting average for the league right now is .239. Altuve has to be one of part one. Trout is the other ?
Acuna and Soto has to be part two. And Shohei to round it out?
Trout is at .299. Klaw got it: Altuve (.307) and Freeman (.301). Acuna (.291) and Soto (.285) are two of them. Ohtani is .279. The third is Devers at .280.
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Post by klawrencio79 on May 6, 2024 18:47:41 GMT
Altuve has to be one of part one. Trout is the other ?
Acuna and Soto has to be part two. And Shohei to round it out?
Trout is at .299. Klaw got it: Altuve (.307) and Freeman (.301). Acuna (.291) and Soto (.285) are two of them. Ohtani is .279. The third is Devers at .280. Devers! Forgot about him.
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Post by Shane Falco on May 6, 2024 18:58:48 GMT
Man, I'm seeing A LOT of bullshit about Luis Arraez. He's probably the best contact hitter in baseball right now, I'll give him that. But that's kind of it. I'm seeing all this nonsense about him being compared to Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew and Wade Boggs. Let's pump the brakes there a little bit. Gwynn was one of the best hitters of all time and he wasn't just a singles king. He could hit for power, he could steal bases and he was a plus defender with elite speed (at least during the first half of his career). Arraez can hit singles with the best of them, but he has zero power, surprisingly little speed and he is a liability on defense. Them "both being contact hitters" does not a comparison make and creates a false narrative that woefully inflates Arraez's value in today's game. I haven't heard tge Tony Gwynn comps at all. Gwynn could seemingly put the ball wherever he wanted. Like a hitter version of Greg Maddux. Always seemed in control at the plate and rarely if ever fooled. It may be a Marlins thing but Arraez reminds me of prime Juan Pierre. Was a very good single/slap hitter who'd hit over .300 but despite being a CF didn't have a ton of speed to steal a ton of bases. He is a one dimensional player with that one dimension being very very good. Just not that valuable when factoring in the other 4 dimensions of the game.
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Post by klawrencio79 on May 6, 2024 19:35:01 GMT
Man, I'm seeing A LOT of bullshit about Luis Arraez. He's probably the best contact hitter in baseball right now, I'll give him that. But that's kind of it. I'm seeing all this nonsense about him being compared to Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew and Wade Boggs. Let's pump the brakes there a little bit. Gwynn was one of the best hitters of all time and he wasn't just a singles king. He could hit for power, he could steal bases and he was a plus defender with elite speed (at least during the first half of his career). Arraez can hit singles with the best of them, but he has zero power, surprisingly little speed and he is a liability on defense. Them "both being contact hitters" does not a comparison make and creates a false narrative that woefully inflates Arraez's value in today's game. I haven't heard tge Tony Gwynn comps at all. Gwynn could seemingly put the ball wherever he wanted. Like a hitter version of Greg Maddux. Always seemed in control at the plate and rarely if ever fooled. It may be a Marlins thing but Arraez reminds me of prime Juan Pierre. Was a very good single/slap hitter who'd hit over .300 but despite being a CF didn't have a ton of speed to steal a ton of bases. He is a one dimensional player with that one dimension being very very good. Just not that valuable when factoring in the other 4 dimensions of the game. Good hitting comp on Pierre, but Pierre stole over 600 bases in his career. It's just weird that's it not remotely a part of Arraez's game. Similarly, you know who simply hates stealing bases? Our shared favorite player Brandon Nimmo. He has all of 28 (17 CS) across 9 season. Weird for such a great on-base guy who does have a lot of speed.
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Post by Shane Falco on May 8, 2024 2:44:21 GMT
Wilson Contreras with a fractured arm. Took a backswing from JD Martinez. He has been seemingly the lone bright spot in a struggling Cardinals offense. I was more concerned with their pitching this year but the bullpen has been solid and Lance Lynn has been far better than expected and Gray has been excellent. Meanwhile Jordan Walker has already been demoted, Arenado and Goldschmidt aren't hitting to their salaries. Wynn who started off hot has cooled down. John Mozaliak getting boo'd by the home fans. I dont see the Cards getting out of this slump anytime soon with Contreras injury. My dads already tired of watching them this year.
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Post by klawrencio79 on May 8, 2024 14:05:37 GMT
Wilson Contreras with a fractured arm. Took a backswing from JD Martinez. He has been seemingly the lone bright spot in a struggling Cardinals offense. I was more concerned with their pitching this year but the bullpen has been solid and Lance Lynn has been far better than expected and Gray has been excellent. Meanwhile Jordan Walker has already been demoted, Arenado and Goldschmidt aren't hitting to their salaries. Wynn who started off hot has cooled down. John Mozaliak getting boo'd by the home fans. I dont see the Cards getting out of this slump anytime soon with Contreras injury. My dads already tired of watching them this year. The Contreras injury is devastating for the Cards. The dude who plays CF for them now though, he looks pretty great out there. Goldschmidt, man, he waved at an Ottavino slider that was 5 feet outside in the 9th. That was brutal.
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on May 8, 2024 15:43:27 GMT
Will the Tigers make the playoffs?
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Post by Horselover Fat on May 8, 2024 17:07:36 GMT
Wilson Contreras with a fractured arm. Took a backswing from JD Martinez. He has been seemingly the lone bright spot in a struggling Cardinals offense. I was more concerned with their pitching this year but the bullpen has been solid and Lance Lynn has been far better than expected and Gray has been excellent. Meanwhile Jordan Walker has already been demoted, Arenado and Goldschmidt aren't hitting to their salaries. Wynn who started off hot has cooled down. John Mozaliak getting boo'd by the home fans. I dont see the Cards getting out of this slump anytime soon with Contreras injury. My dads already tired of watching them this year. I was listening to night games on the radio but I've already moved on to 70s and 80s movies on the free Youtube channel and on Tubi. thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/thief-1981.html
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Post by Shane Falco on May 8, 2024 17:16:35 GMT
Wilson Contreras with a fractured arm. Took a backswing from JD Martinez. He has been seemingly the lone bright spot in a struggling Cardinals offense. I was more concerned with their pitching this year but the bullpen has been solid and Lance Lynn has been far better than expected and Gray has been excellent. Meanwhile Jordan Walker has already been demoted, Arenado and Goldschmidt aren't hitting to their salaries. Wynn who started off hot has cooled down. John Mozaliak getting boo'd by the home fans. I dont see the Cards getting out of this slump anytime soon with Contreras injury. My dads already tired of watching them this year. The Contreras injury is devastating for the Cards.Β The dude who plays CF for them now though, he looks pretty great out there.Β Β Goldschmidt, man, he waved at an Ottavino slider that was 5 feet outside in the 9th.Β That was brutal.Β Β Goldschmidt has been lost. Like a week ago he went 0-4 with 4 strike outs just swinging at the ugliest pitches. They keep pitching the narrative that he is a slow starter but not this bad. He is hitting .195 and we're like 6 weeks in. He is a free agent after this season and I thought it was risky not giving him an extension in the offseason but they might have dodged a bullet there. I haven't seen much of the CF. They had Victor Scott who is one of their top prospects there with Tommy Edmund on IL. Scott wasn't hitting so demoted him. The guy they've had since I wanna say is named Siani or something? Plays good defense but I dont think is hitting either. They just activated Dylan Carlson this past weekend but the Cards have always talked him and Nootbaar up far more than they actually produce. Carlson currently without a hit yet. Arenado has started to hit better but he hasn't shown any power with just 2 homers. Its grim in STL now. They lost 2 of 3 to the damn White Sox and are 28th in runs scored ahead of White Sox and Rockies. It honestly pleases me to see them struggling but I gotta hide it around my dad.
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Post by klawrencio79 on May 8, 2024 21:11:26 GMT
Paul Skenes getting the call! He'll make his major league debut on Saturday against the Cubbies. His numbers in AAA are video game like - 27.1 innings, 3 ER, 45 Ks, 8 BB. He turns 22 in 3 weeks.
With him and Jared Jones, the Pirates have the makings of a formidable front of their rotation. Yeah yeah, it's early, but Jones has crazy good stuff and if Skenes is half as good as advertised, watch out NL Central. It'll be really interesting to see how Jones does after teams start getting used to him, he wasn't particularly dominant in the minors but his stuff is just insane.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on May 8, 2024 22:34:51 GMT
Paul Skenes getting the call! He'll make his major league debut on Saturday against the Cubbies. His numbers in AAA are video game like - 27.1 innings, 3 ER, 45 Ks, 8 BB. He turns 22 in 3 weeks. With him and Jared Jones, the Pirates have the makings of a formidable front of their rotation. Yeah yeah, it's early, but Jones has crazy good stuff and if Skenes is half as good as advertised, watch out NL Central. It'll be really interesting to see how Jones does after teams start getting used to him, he wasn't particularly dominant in the minors but his stuff is just insane. I've been saying Skenes is a Cy Young Award waiting to happen since last year's WS. He's has disturbingly filthy stuff and looks mature enough to be in a playoff rotation. Too many great pitching prospects has been wrecked by rushing them to the Show. Paul Wilson, Steve Strasburg, Todd Van Poppel. Even Kevin Gausman, who got his shit together, just not in Baltimore. Especially true of college pitchers. College coaches will burn a starter up, they don't give a shit for the future. But there's Too much hype to keep him at Indianapolis. I'm sure he's on a strict pitch count and will be shut down before the season is over. And that will pose a dilemma if the Buccos are in the playoff hunt in September.
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Post by Rufus-T on May 13, 2024 5:53:18 GMT
Brandon Nimmo walk off HR on Mother's Day to beat the Braves
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on May 13, 2024 14:11:51 GMT
The Paul Skenes Era begins with...
4 IP, 6 H. 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 6.75 ERA, 2.000 WHIP
The ERA could be laid on the pen. He left with two runners and watched six of the next seven batters walk. He averaged 101+ mph and threw it effortlessly. He did miss often outside. He also pitched out of a bases loaded jam. He didn't throw his secondary pitches as much as he should. He has a split finger sinker, a "splinker" that's nasty. Yeah, the hype makes you think David Clyde or Todd Van Poppel. And he could fall apart, like Stephen Strasburg or Matt Harvey. He could be the next Tom Seaver or Tom Glavine, the cornerstone of a franchise glory days.
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on May 14, 2024 1:47:53 GMT
Cubs trying to rally against the Braves in the 9thβ¦
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