Kolek planning to go pro
OF course it is a different narrative, but he is still a first ballot HOFer. He is 6th all time in hits. 6th. In baseball history. This is a silly discussion. Only 5 guys in history have more hits and people think he is only good becuase he was a Yankee? What planet is this. The 5 guys with more hits are Rose, Cobb, Aaron, Musial and Speaker. If anything the stupid Yankee narrative makes people overlook what a tremendous hitter he was. Over a 20 year career he averaged more than 200 hits per 162. And he hit some HRs, and drove in runs, and stole bases, and walked and hit doubles. He was a great hitter, and a very complete offensive player at the most important defensive position in the game.
Ok, so is the problem with Jeter that he is more famous because he was on the Yankees? That is certainly true. Molitor is an interesting comparison. Another first ballot HOF player, and a great hitter, and a long and distinguished career. He also had the exact same career OPS as Jeter. And if you want to talk defense, the plurality of Molitor's games were played as DH. So Jeter had basically the same offensive output as a guy that played almost 1200 of his games as a DH. Even if he was a below average SS, that is still adding more value than a guy playing DH and putting up the same numbers. To me, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to compare guys that aren't middle infielders to the middle infielders. Molitor player a little middle infield, but was quickly moved to 3rd, then of, then DH. That doesn't scream plus defender to me.Jeter is also likely more revered because he was the catalyst to a team that played in 7 World Series and won 5 of them. That certainly adds to his legend and the reverence he is given. It is completely true that being on MLB's marquee franchise adds to his legend. But he is a legend regardless.
I think we ALL agree that Jeter is a HoF’er. Many also think he would not be a legend if he had played for KC, Miami, SD, etc.
Ruh-roh.Astros used an outfield camera in 2017 to steal signs.https://theathletic.com/1363451/2019/11/12/the-astros-stole-signs-electronically-in-2017-part-of-a-much-broader-issue-for-major-league-baseball/
Astros are a sham and should have their world series stripped.
Correct. And the only just thing to do is to award the '17 Series Championship to the winners the previous season. So, congratulations to the back-to-back World Series Champion 2017 Chicago Cubs!
Doesn't sound like the Giants are too thrilled about their new manager.
As expectected, Bellinger and Trout win MVPs
It's bad enough giving MVP to a guy on a team that never sniffs being in contention all season, but now he gets it even if he can't play the last month of another lost season?I appreciate how supremely talented Trout is. Who knows? Maybe by the time he's done he's one of the top 5 players in the history of baseball. But if you're gonna give it to a guy who plays 5 months for a crap team, change the name of the award to something like the Willie Mays Player of the Year Award. Because these last few years, Trout has been no more "valuable" in helping his team contend for anything that matters than you or I have been.
LOL.Mike Trout, best player on planet. Period. Turn in your Erin Andrews cars with the drivel above you wrote.
Your second sentence ... huh?As for Trout's status of greatness, I said nothing different. In fact, I said he could end up being one of the 5 best players of all-time. But he is so "valuable" to the Angels that they might never be able to contend without him. Oh wait ...
Allegedly you were a baseball writer at one point in time.Tell me, how much one position player can do if the pitching staff is horrible and the surrounding position players are mostly average?Have you seen the number lately of MVPs in baseball that didn’t make the playoffs? I realize back in your day it was sacrilege to have someone be MVP and not be on a contending team until Dawson. That has changed...as it should.Did you ever take a moment to think without him how much worse that team would be? If you were to start a team today, who is the first pick? That’s your MVP...glad I am 10 minutes away to see him play so often. Hopefully the team shores up the pitching to help him out, and yes he is the most valuable player in baseball bar none.
I love saber metrics, advanced stats, etc. They're generally much better at determining a player's value than traditional (batting average, rbis, wins, etc.) statistics. That said, I think just giving the MVP to the player with the highest WAR is ridiculous. I think there is real value (and pressure) involved in being the leader of a team that actually accomplishes something. Most valuable is not synonymous with "best". But arguing with people who don't understand that is fruitless.
If Trout (or anybody) is head and shoulders above everybody else I could see voting for him even though he is on a bad team. This year the difference between Trout and Bregman was small enough that I would have given it to the guy who finished the season and made the playoffs. Not going to lose any sleep over it, however, as Trout was tremendous this year.Most valuable is tough to quantify because I think the Astros still would have won the division with an average third baseman.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ChristianYelich/status/1195462269594812417Yeli just absolutely owned Yu.Also, the person who originally made the claim needs to learn positions on a baseball field before he makes claims of Yeli stealing signs.1) Yeli looks out to right field.2) The camera immediately changes to the wide view and Yu is already off the rubber, so clearly he didn’t step off as a result of seeing Yeli’s eyes look for a signal from...3) The Cubs, not Brewers, bullpen is in right field. So the Cubs bullpen is giving Yeli signals? Awesome. No wonder they stunk this year.
To be fair, this is Bleacher Nation and this Spencer clown trying to start something. Yeli focused on the wrong tweet, cause Darvish literally says it doesnt mean the Brewers are stealing signs. Just explained why he stepped off. Was ready to groan at Darvish being salty, but at worst it comes off as clumsily worded from an ESL tweeter.