Kolek planning to go pro
This has been a good thread. Keep your ‘stupid’ out of it.
That’s not trivia - it is lunacy.
1999 pitcher tony cloninger hit 2 grand slams in one game. the same year fernando tatis hit 2 in the same inning
I have big doubts on the Sox, but man this Tigers team really sucks.
Absolutely a brutal team. Out of the top 6 guys getting the most ABs, only one is hitting over .200. Tigers have a chance to be the worst hitting team in MLB history. Ever
Oakland says hello. Their TOP hitter is batting .234. I think their team WAR is in the negative (whatever WAR means)
That said, my god did the Tigers draw the short stick for this season at least. Javy Baez stats should have him off the roster and in AAA. Ghastly numbers that have to have him close to among the worst regulars in the league.
I said here in this thread that Baez and bryant were the worst two FA contracts given out this year. I stand by that.Bryant is washed up. Once your back goes out, you are done.Baez because he is just a bad baseball playert. Great skills and pizzaz, but a brutal player. If he can hit a 450 foot HR every couple of weeks, he is satisfied. Doesn't care about the strikeouts. Doesn't make any changes to improve. But, hey, he really knows how to tag guys.
Thats a bit dramatic, its not like he's only a DH that has no fielding value. But I think the ship of Baez becoming a consistent top tier player has probably sailed. He is what he has always been. A very good and incredibly talented fielder, great baserunner and generally very high baseball IQ player...and one of the most undisciplined and incorrigible hitters of the last decade. And unfortunately he's shown zero interest in improving the latter. He's streaky and can get super hot. He was very good with the Mets the back half of last year. But he can also do what he did in 2020 and is doing this year. And as he gets older, he won't have the athletic ability to make up for it.He's one of my fav Cubs of my lifetime, but lets not forget he came up in 2014, had some huge moments...and then was back to AAA until the season was basically over in 2015 cause he couldn't stop striking out.
I guess the part I bolded is what I was saying. I had a friend living in Tennessee about 5 miles from the Cubs AA team stadium. I still remember going to a weekend series while visiting and Baez had 2 walk-off HRs in the 3 games while getting several other hits and playing sparkling defense. I couldn’t wait for the Cubs to bring him up. But while he has certainly had some moments, he has been a disappointment overall (in relation to what I thought he would be) and I think his days of mattering are over.
I don't follow the Twins closely enough to have an opinion, but maybe the Twins brass might be afraid of wrecking Kirilloff? He struggled pretty badly to start the year then had the wrist injury from last year pop back up, which probably will be an issue for at least the rest of '22. I'm typically happy to lead the service time manipulation mob, but maybe seeing him rake again in the minors is just making everyone feel content at the moment? I see he has reverse splits so far in the majors though, so unless that's oddly different from his numbers in the minors, its not like he wouldn't play once he's up. So playing time shouldn't be an issue.
At least Baez was the most exciting baseball player in the history of the sport though.
He was really good at tagging people at 2nd base. I never thought that was enough to merit a bust in Cooperstown but whatever.