Three and a half games ahead of the White Sox now, plus still got a chance to win 75 this year.
Bannister is 12-7 with a 3.16 ERA.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 3 September 2007 01:44 (seventeen years ago) link
I tried watching today's game, but man, I hate the Metrodome.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 3 September 2007 01:52 (seventeen years ago) link
HD makes a Metrodome game MORE difficult to watch.
― Andy K, Monday, 3 September 2007 02:06 (seventeen years ago) link
still don't know why the mets got rid of bannister..... hope it's not some amos otis redux
― gershy, Monday, 3 September 2007 02:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Bannister going from the largest market to one of the smallest is a potentially big difference though. Not so much pressure on him in KC.
The Mets end of the bargin wasn't a total loss. Burgos could still work out, and Ruben Gotay is very promising.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 3 September 2007 02:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Bannister is ROY-eligible, yes? 38 IP w/ Mets last year, how many roster days? He outVORPs Pedroia by a lot and Matsuzaka by a hair.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link
He is apparently.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link
if you had asked me yesterday how old Salvador Perez is I would have guessed like 38 or 39 ... he's only 33?!?! i didn't realize he was so young when he got started, plus he was a high-profile player immediately
the Royals are a fun dark horse team so far this season. they've got some good pitching.
― na (NA), Monday, 15 April 2024 13:43 (five months ago) link
I was probably thinking 36 or 37--that is a surprise. I'd say there's one glaring thing that will hold him back from HOF consideration: never walks, so his lifetime OBP is .301. If you could add even 30 or 40 walks a year, I bet he'd have a decent shot. (Missing a full season followed by the COVID year right in his prime hurt him too.)
― clemenza, Monday, 15 April 2024 15:37 (five months ago) link
Timely as he's about to hit the IL for pulling his groin running out a single.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 15 April 2024 16:13 (five months ago) link
oh i thought he got hurt tagging a runner out at home
― na (NA), Monday, 15 April 2024 16:21 (five months ago) link
if Perez plays another few seasons and builds up some numbers, the argument against him becomes more difficult. he's got a world series MVP, eight time All Star, five gold gloves, his bWAR profile isn't dissimilar to possible future HOFer Yadier Molina (who is just slightly superior on defense per 162 games, and pretty inferior on offense.)
― omar little, Monday, 15 April 2024 18:26 (five months ago) link
i enjoy watching bobby witt jr. i assume he's a good player?
― 龜, Monday, 15 April 2024 18:49 (five months ago) link
just posted, relevantly: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/can-the-royals-pull-off-an-al-central-upset/
(the answer: probably not, though their odds have improved)
― na (NA), Monday, 15 April 2024 19:23 (five months ago) link
You see - if he’d have walked that wouldn’t have happened! *taps head*
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 15 April 2024 19:23 (five months ago) link