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08-04-2021 , 02:54 PM

#2126

txdome

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I don't agree with the doing something wrong, but here's your future speaking truthbombs.

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08-04-2021 , 05:39 PM

#2127

Ungoliant

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What the hell is a Johneshwy Fargas?

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08-04-2021 , 06:37 PM

#2128

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Something like 70% of pitches he's been getting are out of the strike zone. Teams just realized Mike Trout isn't hitting behind him.

True that. He was a bit Bondsian in that first half, at least the homer pace .. .so why throw him a strike? He's still going with the XBHs though. Still a good shot at a 50/40 homer-double/triple season. Shot at 100 XBHs. Looks like there has only been about 15 of those in history, only a handful of them modern (most of them dramatically park aided).

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08-04-2021 , 10:09 PM

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The two best players in MLB over the last 10 years:

Trout and Kershaw?? Cabrera? Who else?

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08-04-2021 , 10:25 PM

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Cabrera has been garbage for 5 years

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08-04-2021 , 10:27 PM

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2010s top WAR (article below published in 2019 so not complete for the decade):
Mike Trout, 64.3
Robinson Cano, 53.8
Adrian Beltre, 51.1
Joey Votto, 50.6

From: https://www.latimes.com/sports/mlb/l...405-story.html

So Kershaw or Scherzer is likely the answer along with Trout.

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08-04-2021 , 10:56 PM

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Well, we're in August and Ohtani has 16 games started as pitcher with one loss. That's pretty good.

(In May he had 4 starts, about a 2.4 ERA, gave up 6 runs all month, 13 hits all month ... he went 0-1 and the Angels lost every game.)

This guy should be battling for Cy Young and 50 homers.

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08-04-2021 , 11:06 PM

#2133

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Cabrera has been garbage for 5 years

Did you hear about the 5 before that?

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08-04-2021 , 11:26 PM

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Did you hear about the 5 before that?

obviously which is why i mentioned the last 5.

pretty hard for someone to be the best player for 10 years when they were worthless for half of it.

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08-04-2021 , 11:32 PM

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I'd like to report SHATS fired.

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08-05-2021 , 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by borg23

obviously which is why i mentioned the last 5.

pretty hard for someone to be the best player for 10 years when they were worthless for half of it.

I was being facetious a bit. See Ruth, Bonds, Ted Williams, Tom Watson, Koufax, Tiger, etc. There is such a thing as dominance to the point where it averages out even into the zero years as still awesome. Miggy had that.

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08-05-2021 , 12:53 AM

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He's 36th in fWAR over the last 10 seasons including this one. His peak decade was 2005-2014, so 7 years ago at this point.

Last 10 years it's Trout in a landslide, then Scherzer/Kershaw/Posey/Votto in the next tier.

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08-05-2021 , 02:30 AM

#2138

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What the hell is a Johneshwy Fargas?

Its a nice name, is what it is.

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08-05-2021 , 01:53 PM

#2139

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RIP J.R. Richard

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08-05-2021 , 02:04 PM

#2140

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The Padres are donezo. They've been playing ~.500 ball for 2 months and their starting rotation has been awful outside of Musgrove. No way they're catching SF or LA and Cincy has a pretty easy schedule going forward so will likely catch them for the 2nd wildcard.

SD plays 19 more games against LA/SF. They did fairly well against those teams earlier in the season so I guess there's still a glimmer of hope but if they keep splitting series with the likes of Colorado and Atlanta they're cooked.

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08-05-2021 , 03:21 PM

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Arizona gonna sweep 'em.

Cannot say I'm not happy to see Machado, Snell and Hosmer fail

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08-05-2021 , 03:28 PM

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WotPeed

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I can see disliking Machado and Snell but why Hosmer?

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08-05-2021 , 03:51 PM

#2143

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RIP J.R. Richard

I just read about him. He had a rather distinguished career, I couldn't have told you that name belonged to a baseball player yesterday.

Started an ASG, had 313 Ks one season. Number likely retired by the Astros, there were a few there I didn't recognize when I was at the park.

His career came to an end at age 30, when he suffered a stroke during pregame warmups. Real Shitty.

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08-05-2021 , 03:51 PM

#2144

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I can see disliking Machado and Snell but why Hosmer?

Schlitzy loves the Royals. Likely related.

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08-05-2021 , 04:08 PM

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RIP J.R. Richard

Before my time, but cray career.

As a Royals fan wouldn't you like Hosmer, for lucking into WS and what not? If he would have signed again with the Royals it would have ****ed the team for another 20 years.

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08-05-2021 , 04:25 PM

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Cosign all of this. I am usually pretty good about knowing old baseball players but he somehow never hit my radar.

Had almost the same HOF % as Johan Santana did.

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08-05-2021 , 04:35 PM

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I remember Richards from when I was a kid. He and Nolan Ryan were my two favorite pitchers, aided by the fact that my little league team was the Astros (baby blue and white unis, wtf?). I remember when his career ended even though I didn't really grasp the severity and unusual nature of a stroke in someone so young, I just knew that something happened to him that put him in the hospital. Very sad.