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Stanton is ridiculous
Nelson Arenado is also really good at baseball things.
just got back from yankees-mets in citi field. Never had a more miserable experience. We were in the upper deck, and these two old people were behind us, and they smelt like they pissed their pants and sat outside in the sun for 4 hours. It was absolutely HORRIBLE. I spent most of it inside the stadium watching the TV screens and kept peeking my head back into the section till they finally fucking left in the 7th. The entire section started clapping.
Couple that with the fact that for every popup and grounder they'd scream out "THATS A CAN O CORN FOR ---"
Maybe they should of put the fucking corn down stop being a wrinkled fatass and take a fucking shower. Use a rag or something just make an effort.
Gonna be me someday at jays games
The current Royals bullpen really makes me appreciate just how great HGH was even more. Something I didn't think was possible.
HGH? I'm thinking it's Herrera, Davis , Holland, but the G isn't bringing to mind any rp.
Early morning typo.
Or you're juicing. I'm calling Rob Manfred.
Luke gregerson!
I was going through my yearbook and I went to high school with Mark Appel (1st overall pick bust) kinda cool and Steven Piscotty has like 1/3 chance of being in my elementary school yearbooks since we grew up in the same town. Brandon Crawford also may have went to elementary/middle school with me. I'm going to check when I can find my year books.
Nelson Cruz just hit the 100 RBI mark with 40 games left.
A while ago someone in here said he didn't consider Nelson Cruz an elite hitter in this league. Take a look at his numbers over the last 4 seasons. It's crazy, and at 37 he's actually getting better.
Isn't that a sign to check if he's Barry Bonds-ing it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh
Yes. Definitely. It's not a subtle statement he's making. He hit a 482 foot homerun yesterday.
I assume they're checking.
He already got caught with them before, he was suspended 50 games right at the end of his Rangers tenure, which is why the O's got him so cheap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hulky
I don't think I ever said Cruz wasn't an elite hitter, but I think I definitely underrated him a bit on the mariners.
Steroids human growth hormones
Steroids Utilize Inherent Talents & Skills
Oh man rich Hill is such a bitch for sitting out with a blister. Thank goodness the dodgers haven't needed his 11 consecutive starts of allowing 3 runs or less.
Incoming DL stint with blister issues again. Just think if he wasn't a bitch, he could be Alex Wood this year, instead of 11, he could of been 22+. Nope, woman hand mode activate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanosuke
Throwing a 9inning no hitter only to lose on a HR to the first batter in the 10th has to be the worst feeling ever right?
It was a perfect game right up until Logan Forsythe decided otherwise. I can't imagine the Dodgers are going to keep him come September. He's literally been worth negative value across the board in every metric, that's probably the last nail in the coffin for him. I mean christ, Chase Utley made a gold glove play, and he's been a rotting corpse for the past half a decade, when a 39 yo Utley is outperforming you, you're in trouble. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Lex
He crushes lefties and plays a competent 2nd base. Good clubhouse vet too. I'd hang on to him over Utley tbh.
Also: just cause You're extremely talented doesn't mean you aren't a little bitch with vagina hands. :D
I mean, to Sano's benefit, I knew the post was coming, at no point am I saying he's not a good pitcher, but his first DL Stint before his elbow problems was in 2011, which was...a blister issue. It's been 6 years, six. We can all agree he's a great pitcher with no man hands. Hell, George Costanza made a good living for a while until the coffee incident.
Looking at the roster in dodger land, I'd probably keep both. Chris Taylor is too Babippy for me. I like the utley/Forsythe platoon and the leadership they bring in the clubhouse.
You have an ambassador of baseball in Granderson there now, which is what he actually is, look up his off field work, there's a reason why he wins that award almost every year. there's zero reason to have Forsy there as a "veteran presence who hits .100" As for Taylor, there was a podcast with Jeff Zimmermann awhile back on surging babip, breakouts, and sustainability over time. I'm buying into Taylor, literally nothing has regressed for him all season and it's no longer a small sample size, even if he's only 75% of what he did this year into next year, he'd end up being a rich man's Brock Holt. Which can only be a good thing at this point for their team.
I mean, Alex wood is on the DL and Hill just threw 9 no hit innings and was perfect until and error...
Ya the babip trends are interesting, but I'm not sure I'm buying it just yet. Not entirely anyways. I'm more inclined to believe in a batters ability to control his babip then a pitcher, but I think taylor was hanging on to a 400 babip the last time I checked. That's historic and obviously unsustainable. I just read an interesting article that has me tampering my expectations for now anyways. It's obvious something interesting is going on with all the guys hitting over 380 babip this year lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gryph
I cant find the article, but it essentially gathered all the batted ball data in baseball and compared it to prior years and there isn't anything obviously different or funky about this year in comparison to past years.
I know the article you're talking about. This is also the podcast I'm referring to (starts at 3:03) http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/the...akout-metrics/Quote:
Originally Posted by Spencer 555
Cool. I'll take a listen soon.
Holy hell who the fuck is rhys hoskins and why has he been in the minors all year lmfao. 7 days in a row with a dinger.
control time and the lifeless bat of Tommy Joseph lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Spencer 555
Unusual timing though, they could have brought him up months ago and still gotten his super 2 rights
Just listened to this, and ya I've been on the contact quality/batted ball profile train for awhile now (2016 I guess lol) so this wasn't really news to me. I did find it interesting though about the pull% being the most "sticky" and fangraphs trying to figure out exactly how sticky these "late bloomer" batter breakouts are based on swing improvements. On the podcast, they mentioned three guys who I definitely am buying (especially hicks and gonzalez, smoak is interesting but I can't bring myself to trust him entirely). Taylor wasn't mentioned, but if you dive into his stats a little, you'll see that august is his first month with really optimistic gains to plate discipline and contact quality. The increased pull% and moderate increase to FB% is something you can point to consistently over the course of the year, but I would say the majority of his success this year is attributable to his high babip and I don't see anything in his profile that would suggest to me even a 350 babip should be sustainable for him. He's hovering around .400 babip right now so to me it's almost unreasonable to expect him to come back next year and be 75% of the player he was this year. I'm not buying him, not yet anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gryph
My predictions for each player:
Hicks: Will improve next year if given playing time. Would be a crime if the yankees started playing clint frazier and ellsbury over him. Hicks legit could be a star in the making. Very high on him.
Gonzalez: I think the power was definitely something he unlocked here this year, and I think pitchers are adjusting to him here the later we go in the season. But he's gonna come back next year and a useful player especially with the positional eligibility. I don't think he will come close to replicating the year he's had this year.
Smoak: I just don't think he has it in him to be consistent year to year. The dude is gonna get fatter in the offseason and come back with high expectations and be terrible again.
Taylor: The babip is gonna come down next year, it's up to him to prove he can continue to make adjustments to his swing and improve his plate discipline. Of the 4 players, I think next season for him has the 2nd highest ceiling, and the lowest floor. Definitely the most volatile.
Stanton hit number 50.
He's officially projected by steamer to hit 60 bombs. Never seen a conservative projection system expect 60 from someone. He could be the first non steroid user (not caught) to beat Ruth!
That Rhys guy hit another HR today too
Are you forgetting about Maris?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spencer 555
Gotta do it in 154 :p