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― k3vin k., Sunday, 27 August 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link
votto had a 195 wRC+ in august with a 26% BB rate and a 12% K rate
― k3vin k., Friday, 1 September 2017 09:25 (seven years ago) link
One of the Reds beat writers brought up that teams are pretty much not pitching to Votto yet seemingly still throwing strikes into Stanton.
― earlnash, Friday, 1 September 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
yesterday i saw him, with two strikes, choke up on the bat more than i've ever seen a major leaguer do. later he hit his 34th homer and high-fived (and gave his bat to) a sick kid behind home plate
i'm not sure if it's good or not that a) he and his contract are stuck on a bad team that's largely out of view b) our concentration on WAR makes us overlook how incredible a hitter he is. i mean the fuckin guy wasn't even an all-star in 2015 or 2016 despite remarkable numbers
when i was a kid, the 1986 sports illustrated baseball preview
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51KnelcLWEL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
featured a conversation about hitting between don mattingly, wade boggs and ted williams. (i re-read it each spring until i stopped playing.) but good lord i would watch/read *anything* joey votto had to say about hitting, all by himself
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 September 2017 00:48 (seven years ago) link
now YOU want to marry him!
― k3vin k., Saturday, 2 September 2017 00:52 (seven years ago) link
but yeah he's a savant and seemingly a cool dude. hopefully we get another 5 good years out of him
― k3vin k., Saturday, 2 September 2017 00:53 (seven years ago) link
lol maybe
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 September 2017 01:14 (seven years ago) link
1b is such a loaded position, you could make an argument he might not have deserved All Star team for the previous two years. Keep in mind, JV was pretty much terrible the first two months of last year and THEN hit nearly .400 for the rest of the way. I think even Votto would also agree his defense has not been as good those two seasons either.
I do think Votto is a wizard at the plate in a similar way to Boggs and Gwynn with more power, even more so that he seems to have become so hard to strike out. Frank Thomas at his peak was also similar in that he was hard to strike out, had big power and drew walks left and right.
Looking at him, I kinda think Yaz is perhaps the most similar player in style out there. Yaz was much better at an early age, but they both play the same position and had a similar outlook and results. Definitely hope that Votto can continue to play well like Yaztremski did later in his career.
― earlnash, Saturday, 2 September 2017 01:17 (seven years ago) link
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaderssplits.aspx?splitArr=&strgroup=season&statgroup=2&startDate=1900-03-01&endDate=2017-11-01&filter=K%25%7Clt%7C0.12,BB%25%7Cgt%7C0.18,PA%7Cgt%7C400&position=B&statType=player&autoPt=true&sort=16,1&pg=0
― k3vin k., Friday, 15 September 2017 03:59 (seven years ago) link
i'm sure that link would have me very impressed with joey votto if it worked
― qualx, Friday, 15 September 2017 04:14 (seven years ago) link
hmm, it's working for me, try to copy & paste?
votto is having the 8th season ever with a BB% > 18 and a K% < 12 (bonds 5x, helton, brian giles the others)
― k3vin k., Friday, 15 September 2017 04:42 (seven years ago) link
oh for some reason fangraphs in its entirety was down for me
― qualx, Friday, 15 September 2017 05:21 (seven years ago) link
BRONSON ARROYO POST-GAME CONCERT SEPT. 23
― Andy K, Friday, 22 September 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link
Deck McGuire is a good baseball player name
― na (NA), Sunday, 1 October 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
they also have homer bailey and rookie davis
it's seriously like a 1988 baseball videogame in Cincinnati
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 1 October 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
Votto played all 162 games this year, wow.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 1 October 2017 23:16 (six years ago) link
First Red to start all 162 since Pete Rose back in the mid 70s. Votto had a season a few years back he played in every game, but he pinch hit in a few of them.
― earlnash, Monday, 2 October 2017 00:22 (six years ago) link
Billy Hamilton's yearly stolen base totals are my favorite pattern in baseball now. 2014: 562015: 572016: 582017: 59— Michael Clair (@michaelsclair) October 2, 2017
― Andy K, Monday, 2 October 2017 02:11 (six years ago) link
he just wants to keep setting personal records without making it too hard the next year, v smart
― qualx, Monday, 2 October 2017 02:57 (six years ago) link