2023 MLB (non-Tigers) catch all thread

[chasfh]

Major league baseball is hard.

[LongLiveMaroth]

Wil Myers DFA'd. I remember some wanting us to sign him over the offseason. 

[Jim Cowan]

46 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

Wil Myers DFA'd. I remember some wanting us to sign him over the offseason. 

Yes, and a couple of years ago some wanted to take his bad contract to get a prospect (which wasn't a terrible idea).

[RatkoVarda]

Marisnick has looked good defensively, but Myers would offer a lot more than Jake as a short side platoon hitter

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

Wil Myers DFA'd. I remember some wanting us to sign him over the offseason. 

The Reds just going to show that when you're a good team, or things are going good, you don't need players like Wil Myers.

Edited June 20, 2023 by chasfh

[chasfh]

On 6/10/2023 at 9:29 PM, chasfh said:

Just remember that Luis Arraez must hit .400 to deliver roughly the same run production as .272-hitting Yordan Alvarez.

Luis Arraez is back up to a .400 batting average hit across his first 67 games of the season. People talking about we're gonna have a .400 hitter for the first time in 80+ years. That would be super cool.

Here are some more players who hit .400 over a 67-game stretch just this century:

• Jose Altuve, 112 hits in 273 at bats, .410 batting average, 2017
• Joey Votto, 99/240, .413, 2016
• Jose Altuve, 107/264, .405, 2016
• Andrew McCutchen, 102/255, .400, 2012
• Josh Hamilton, 109/264, .413, 2010
• Manny Ramirez, 96/240, .400, 2008
• Dustin Pedroia, 117/292, .401, 2008
• Chone Figgins, 112/276, .406, 2007
• Ichiro Suzuki, 130/293, .444, 2004
• Tood Helton, 100/250, .400, 2003
• Albert Pujols, 105/255, .412, 2003
• Larry Walker, 98/241, .407, 2002
• Johnny Damon, 120/290, .414, 2000
• Todd Helton, 96/240, .400, 2000
• Nomar Garciaparra, 104/248, .419, 2000
• Carlos Delgado, 96/234, .410, 2000
• Todd Helton, 98/242, .405, 2000

Edited June 20, 2023 by chasfh

[Tenacious D]

Old friend alert. (He’s been tearing it up at AAA

Nationals Select Derek Hill, Place Victor Robles On Injured List

[RandyMarsh]

I think if you look up AAAA player in the dictionary Derek Hill would have his picture there. 

[gehringer_2]

On 6/20/2023 at 5:57 PM, chasfh said:

Luis Arraez is back up to a .400 batting average hit across his first 67 games of the season. People talking about we're gonna have a .400 hitter for the first time in 80+ years. That would be super cool.

Here are some more players who hit .400 over a 67-game stretch just this century:

• Jose Altuve, 112 hits in 273 at bats, .410 batting average, 2017
• Joey Votto, 99/240, .413, 2016
• Jose Altuve, 107/264, .405, 2016
• Andrew McCutchen, 102/255, .400, 2012
• Josh Hamilton, 109/264, .413, 2010
• Manny Ramirez, 96/240, .400, 2008
• Dustin Pedroia, 117/292, .401, 2008
• Chone Figgins, 112/276, .406, 2007
• Ichiro Suzuki, 130/293, .444, 2004
• Tood Helton, 100/250, .400, 2003
• Albert Pujols, 105/255, .412, 2003
• Larry Walker, 98/241, .407, 2002
• Johnny Damon, 120/290, .414, 2000
• Todd Helton, 96/240, .400, 2000
• Nomar Garciaparra, 104/248, .419, 2000
• Carlos Delgado, 96/234, .410, 2000
• Todd Helton, 98/242, .405, 2000

I thought for sure Pudge would have 67 games at 400 bracketing his month at 500, but his best 67 game stretch fell  a bit  short - 384, and that's not starting at the 1st game of the season either..

[Tenacious D]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

I thought for sure Pudge would have 67 games at 400 bracketing his month at 500, but his best 67 game stretch fell  a bit  short - 384, and that's not starting at the 1st game of the season either..

I recall that stretch.  He was en fuego

[Tiger337]

On 6/20/2023 at 5:57 PM, chasfh said:

Luis Arraez is back up to a .400 batting average hit across his first 67 games of the season. People talking about we're gonna have a .400 hitter for the first time in 80+ years. That would be super cool.

Here are some more players who hit .400 over a 67-game stretch just this century:

• Jose Altuve, 112 hits in 273 at bats, .410 batting average, 2017
• Joey Votto, 99/240, .413, 2016
• Jose Altuve, 107/264, .405, 2016
• Andrew McCutchen, 102/255, .400, 2012
• Josh Hamilton, 109/264, .413, 2010
• Manny Ramirez, 96/240, .400, 2008
• Dustin Pedroia, 117/292, .401, 2008
• Chone Figgins, 112/276, .406, 2007
• Ichiro Suzuki, 130/293, .444, 2004
• Tood Helton, 100/250, .400, 2003
• Albert Pujols, 105/255, .412, 2003
• Larry Walker, 98/241, .407, 2002
• Johnny Damon, 120/290, .414, 2000
• Todd Helton, 96/240, .400, 2000
• Nomar Garciaparra, 104/248, .419, 2000
• Carlos Delgado, 96/234, .410, 2000
• Todd Helton, 98/242, .405, 2000

The biggest surprise is probably Damon.  

[lordstanley]

I remember Rod Carew's chase of .400 which I believe carried on into August one season in the late '70s was a really big deal at the time. I wonder if it would get as much attention in this analytics age. You know what MLB needs? A long, long hitting streak to challenge Dimaggio, I think that would draw a following once it hits 40 games.

[Tiger337]

21 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

I remember Rod Carew's chase of .400 which I believe carried on into August one season in the late '70s was a really big deal at the time. I wonder if it would get as much attention in this analytics age. You know what MLB needs? A long, long hitting streak to challenge Dimaggio, I think that would draw a following once it hits 40 games.

I think it would get lots of attention, much like Cabrera's Triple Crown. 

The .400 chase I remember the most is George Brett in 1980.    

[Tigermojo]

8 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I think it would get lots of attention, much like Cabrera's Triple Crown. 

The .400 chase I remember the most is George Brett in 1980.    

John Olerud was on the news everyday here in Canada in 1993.

[oblong]

When I played fantasy baseball in the late 90's/early 2000's, it was a 5 player keeper league.  I snagged Helton right before he got good and was a stud for me for a couple of years.

 

[Biff Mayhem]

23 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

John Olerud was on the news everyday here in Canada in 1993.

Ricky don't know him.

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I think it would get lots of attention, much like Cabrera's Triple Crown. 

The .400 chase I remember the most is George Brett in 1980.    

Tony Gwynn was also in the center of the radar before the strike happened in 1994.

[RandyMarsh]

Their last sweep was a two game sweep in August of 2021.

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, RandyMarsh said:

Their last sweep was a two game sweep in August of 2021.

That is a remarkable streak.  If we assume they have a 35% chance of winning any game and they play 90 consecutive three-game series, there would be a < 2% chance that they never sweep a series.  

Edited June 26, 2023 by Tiger337

[LongLiveMaroth]

Yikes. Crazy the drop off from last year.

[RandyMarsh]

One of the biggest drop offs I can remember. Looked like one of the top young pitchers in the league last year and was their opening day starter, now a couple months later he is getting shelled in rookie ball. 

I think this is even worse than Dontrelle Willis who is always the poster boy in my eyes for young promising pitchers that absolutely collapsed without some career ending injury or something. 

[Tiger337]

29 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

One of the biggest drop offs I can remember. Looked like one of the top young pitchers in the league last year and was their opening day starter, now a couple months later he is getting shelled in rookie ball. 

I think this is even worse than Dontrelle Willis who is always the poster boy in my eyes for young promising pitchers that absolutely collapsed without some career ending injury or something. 

The true poster boy is Steve Blass.  He went from 2nd in Cy voting in 1972 to an 8.5 BB9 rate in 1973.  He had the same problem as Rick Ankiel, but the drop was even more extreme.  

[RandyMarsh]

3 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

The true poster boy is Steve Blass.  He went from 2nd in Cy voting in 1972 to an 8.5 BB9 rate in 1973.  He had the same problem as Rick Ankiel, but the drop was even more extreme.  

Yeah that is remarkable, I didn't know about him since he was before my time but in my lifetime Willis and as you metioned Ankiel are the two guys that always come to mind. 

[RatkoVarda]

gave up 1 run, then 4 runs, and I assume they brought him back out looking for a solid 3rd inning give him something to build off of, but then he got shelled for 6 more runs. yikes!

 

[LongLiveMaroth]