Since the start of the 2016 season, Mike Trout has surpassed 67 Hall of Famers in career WAR. https://t.co/Z5udhbpXkJ— Ted Berg (@OGTedBerg) April 30, 2018
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 April 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
Willie Stargell played parts of 21 seasons in the Majors, hit 475 homers, made seven All-Star teams, won the NL MVP in 1978, made the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, and was just surpassed in WAR by Mike Trout.— Ted Berg (@OGTedBerg) May 9, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
with that 3.3 WAR in 35(!) games, he's on pace to pass another twenty guys in WAR before the All-Star break. not to mention being on pace for a WAR over 14(!!)
― omar little, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link
mike trout: just a fad?
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
Tim: Mike Trout is 0 for his last 19. What’s going on? Is the world about to blow up?
Jeff Sullivan: I like how he’s hitless over 22 plate appearances and his OBP is .318
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 May 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
welcome to the HOF (by rights)
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mike-trout-is-now-an-average-hall-of-famer/
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 May 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
So he will most likely pass Utley this year, and if Pujols retires this year or the next, he would stand atop the active WAR leaderboards.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 25 May 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
don't forget Beltre!
― omar little, Friday, 25 May 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
or Cabrera and Cano...
― omar little, Friday, 25 May 2018 16:04 (six years ago) link
goddamn 'active player' on fangraphs that take away the DL or suspensed when i want to look at whole careers.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 25 May 2018 16:11 (six years ago) link
He's already passed Cano on FG, Cabrera he might do it by the end of 2019. Beltre he is still relatively far from it.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 25 May 2018 16:13 (six years ago) link
what's crazy is that despite being ~ 25 WAR behind beltre, that's like about 3 seasons of trout away, maybe even less
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 25 May 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
The way Pujols is playing, if he sticks around he might meet Trout halfway between Mike’s current WAR and his own.
― omar little, Friday, 25 May 2018 16:39 (six years ago) link
career-high four XBH tonight in the bronx
― mookieproof, Sunday, 27 May 2018 01:25 (six years ago) link
jumped up into the top 200 in rWAR last night
currently hitting .313/.461/.687
― k3vin k., Sunday, 27 May 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
Mike Trout noted that defensive metrics didn't like him much over the last few years, decided he wanted to get better, and.. did. He got better. He's always getting better.MORE -> https://t.co/Dm6RkCAHI9— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) May 30, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 21:48 (six years ago) link
this guy
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 30 May 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
important to keep in mind how volatile these defensive numbers are in small samples tho
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 30 May 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
Predicting 11 new posts on this thread tomorrow.
― clemenza, Sunday, 3 June 2018 03:30 (six years ago) link
oh god don’t scare me
― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 June 2018 03:42 (six years ago) link
Lindbergh on the latest Improved Trout
https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2018/6/4/17423738/mike-trout-defensive-improvement-best-season-ever
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 June 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
a pair of two-HR games in a row
― omar little, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
If you're wondering, a full season like Trout's past three games would apparently be a 37-WAR season— Sam Miller (@SamMillerBB) June 14, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 June 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
this guy man
― k3vin k., Thursday, 14 June 2018 16:17 (six years ago) link
too bad the angels lost all three games
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 June 2018 16:17 (six years ago) link
I’ve been watching him a lot lately. That swing of his, it’s so fast and compact and he just destroys everything.
― omar little, Thursday, 14 June 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
projections on fangraphs officially have him at 11.0 or 11.1 for the season...and those are the 50th percentile numbers
― k3vin k., Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
Mishmash of 1000-game markers:
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23800260/how-mike-trout-stacks-mlb-greats-first-1000-games
― clemenza, Saturday, 23 June 2018 12:27 (six years ago) link
can’t find a leaderboard of WAR through 100 career games anywhere, not sure if it exists for the older guys
― k3vin k., Saturday, 23 June 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
read this in a deadspin comment, haven't verified but i believe it:
the difference in fWAR between the #1 player and #2 player from 2012-present (Mike Trout and Josh Donaldson) is the same as the difference between #2 and #118 (Carlos Ruiz)
― omar little, Thursday, 5 July 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/cut4/mike-trout-shirt-night-prints-face-on-angels-fans/c-285275214
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 July 2018 11:35 (six years ago) link
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manfred isn't exactly wrong, but what a dick. the angels had two off-days in may (both of which were probably spent traveling). when is he supposed to 'do marketing'? what exactly is in it for him?
and fwiw 'off-days' aren't always actual days off, depending on an owner's priorities
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
Rob Manfred: Mike Trout limits his popularity because he won't market himself
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24125053/mike-trout-bigger-marketed-rob-manfred-says
Mike Trout, consensus best baseball player on planet and incredibly wealthy man, should do more things to promote himself
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
i wonder what percentage of mike trout's plate appearances have taken place after midnight eastern
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
I've often mulled over a variation on the same thing (haven't read the piece): baseball needs to do a better job of marketing Mike Trout. When I mentioned to my class in the spring that I was going to see the Jays play the Angels that night, not one kid had heard of Trout. There are mitigating factors there, primarily that we're in Canada, but still--they all know LeBron James, they all know the most famous soccer players, and most of them know Tom Brady. For starters, they should turn the year-end awards into a big televised production like the NHL does. I was watching that a few weeks ago, wondering why baseball doesn't do that. (Baseball saves their big production for the HOF induction, which, much as I might enjoy that, doesn't help market the game today.)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
the game just doesn't lend itself to that kind of thing. lebron's on the floor for 40 minutes a game; trout gets to bat once every 45 minutes
but yeah, it's baseball's responsibility, not his. and maybe if baseball hadn't spent the last 15 years promoting the yankees-red sox show, people would care about the angels*
*probably not, but still
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
Today, the #Angels released the following statement on OF Mike Trout: pic.twitter.com/xFLURtZ4bT— Angels (@Angels) July 18, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 21:34 (six years ago) link
damn right imo, fuck being a workaholic esp for your bosses
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 18 July 2018 21:37 (six years ago) link
update btwhttps://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/betts-ramirez-trout-and-the-blistering-pace/
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 18 July 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
Love that Angels statement, that's a real fuck-you to Manfred.
― a shomin-geki poster with some horror elements (WilliamC), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
Weather enthusiast!
― Andy K, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 23:04 (six years ago) link
that statement rules. manfred seems like a complete ass.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 23:13 (six years ago) link
The heck Mike Trout can do more really? More commercials? More twitter beefs? He's everything baseball fans ever wanted from a player, dude is the Ty Cobb of this century, that can't be insufficient.
The majors could do with a less 'unwritten rules' and pitching clock, sure but the voices that wish baseball was more like basketball are infuriating, I want baseball to be baseball (and basketball to be basketball).
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 19 July 2018 03:53 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dib6XDvWkAAXS8V.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
let normies be normies imo
― k3vin k., Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
should have ended it with #FlyEaglesFly
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 July 2018 17:20 (six years ago) link
otm. not only that but the difference between an average player and a superstar is what, 2 extra hits a week?
other thing is that the Angels have not yet made the postseason w/ Trout and aren't exactly an exciting team in any other aspect (the injured Ohtani aside). baseball's really the only sport where the best player in the league can fail to make the postseason year in and year out.
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
they lost a division series to KC in 2014
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
Trout went 1-for-12 with a homer
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link