Legend
― ✖, Friday, 12 March 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
had no idea he had so many hits! someone on reddit said he was "hall of very good", which i didn't think i agree with, but damn was he good at a lot of things and consistent af.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
he was a good player! and i think we can afford to be generous with our hall of very good bids
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 March 2021 06:17 (three years ago) link
heyrookie_youweregood.jpg
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 13 March 2021 08:41 (three years ago) link
big respect to markakis for busting out his 2nd best season in 162 games in 2018 with the barves, at 35, 10 years after his young heyday with the orioles
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 13 March 2021 08:46 (three years ago) link
sorry, 3rd best (by fWAR)
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 13 March 2021 08:47 (three years ago) link
I think it was his only all star season?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 13 March 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
wow, yeah so i looked into that a bit. 2018 was his all-star year, but 2007/2008 (his 2nd/3rd year) were his best years as a young man in Baltimore. In 2008 he lost out to Red Sok J.D. Drew who was ok, but well behind in fWAR in 2007/2008 (4.8 to 11.7). There were 6 Red Sox on the AS team that year. In conclusion the all-star game is stupid
― francisF, Saturday, 13 March 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
Yeah, Kansas City All-Stars from a few years ago was a stain on the all-star brand as well
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 13 March 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
led the AL in bWAR in 2008 and didn't get a single MVP vote
― ✖, Saturday, 13 March 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
was both a doubles machine and an outfield assist machine, the two funnest kinds of machinery
― ✖, Saturday, 13 March 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
gio gonzalez
― na (NA), Thursday, 25 March 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
he was pretty bad last year and has always walked too many guys but i guess i'm a little surprised. possibly a victim of the three-batter rule? (not that his splits are that vast)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 March 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
jay bruce, after today’s game
― mookieproof, Sunday, 18 April 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link
is this a prediction?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 18 April 2021 15:10 (three years ago) link
I see, he’s retiring after the game. Odd timing.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 18 April 2021 16:32 (three years ago) link
pittsburgh’s own neil walker
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
jordan zimmermann
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
Guy I thought was playing--Edwin Encarnación--isn't; has he retired? Guy I thought was retired--Aaron Sanchez--is in San Francisco, pitching reasonably well so far.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 23:24 (three years ago) link
edwin hasn’t retired, but no one has signed him. he was pretty bad last year, and the lack of NL DH hurts him
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
Give him a month.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
Tyler Flowers has decided to retire. He played the past few seasons with two degenerative discs in his back and developed another while preparing to resume his career with the Braves in a few weeks. He’ll always be remembered for revolutionizing the art of pitch framing.— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) May 14, 2021
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 May 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
Chris Davis. O's will still pay the remainder of his salary though. Worst contract ever?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 12 August 2021 15:29 (three years ago) link
7-year peak WAR: 18.8career WAR: 11.7
amazing
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 August 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
i feel like we did the math at one point - and it was a yes.
xpost
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 12 August 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
i guess mike leake is done? opted out last year; this year no one was apparently interested in a 33yo with terrible strikeout numbers
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 August 2021 19:52 (three years ago) link
Came across Justin Smoak's name this morning and wondered where he was, if anywhere. Baseball Reference says he played his last game Sept. 17, 2020, age 33. We could probably have a separate thread for Invisible COVID-era Retirements.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link
whoa
BREAKING NEWS: Sources tell The Athletic that Buster Posey will announce his retirement tomorrow. More to come...— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) November 3, 2021
― have you considered that there are 1 shades of gray (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
i don't understand?
― have you considered that there are 1 shades of gray (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:41 (two years ago) link
is it because of joey bart? but even then, couldn't posey play 1B/DH (and C when bart isn't playing, if that's the idea)?
― have you considered that there are 1 shades of gray (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:43 (two years ago) link
I feel old with this news!the impression I get with Joey Bart is that he’s not developing as they’d like him too? And he’s starting to get old for a prospect….
― brimstead, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
Just reading about Joey Bart for the first time, but unless Posey's banged up more than we know--or he's just lost interest--that's hard to understand.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link
He'd definitely be leaving on a Costanza high-note, and he's not a guy who needs to stick around for a title, but I don't know, his HOF status might be precarious without a little more bulk--or would it, I don't know.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
I think Buster is automatic for the Hall.
It's worth remembering that he opted out of playing last year.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
2020: "If these babies hadn't been born right now and weren't premature, I probably would be playing," Posey said. "I do think it's very much an individual decision because we're all trying to decipher information that's changing rapidly."
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
whatever he misses for shortness of career i think he easily makes up for with mvp/roy/batting title/three-time champ (and it's not like having his leg broken or there being a pandemic was his fault)
bart appears to be a perfectly serviceable mlb catcher at worst -- on most other teams i imagine he'd have been in the majors this year
too bad, though -- i like busty
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 22:18 (two years ago) link
I had to look up that quote--didn't know about his twin daughters.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 22:20 (two years ago) link
Maybe after that meh 2019 and then covid, he’d made up his mind about retiring and had a sort of final hurrah adrenaline rush.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 22:41 (two years ago) link
Honestly I’m on the fence about his HoF situation. 45 career WAR is awful low for the hall.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 22:48 (two years ago) link
He’s Mauer with slightly more power and a much shorter career.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 22:50 (two years ago) link
Trying to think of the last under-35 retiree who was still playing very well.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall)
worth mentioning that fWAR has him at 57.6. he greatly benefited from their adding some sort of catcher framing value a year or two back.
― have you considered that there are 1 shades of gray (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 23:05 (two years ago) link
and even just going by bWAR, i imagine that catchers have a lower overall average HOF WAR than any other position (other than relief pitcher)
― have you considered that there are 1 shades of gray (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 23:06 (two years ago) link
JAWS has him as the 14th-best catcher of all time, which is good enough for me
(the top 11 are in the hall; 12 and 13 are thurman munson and gene tenace)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link
yadi molina is in the hall of fame
― have you considered that there are 1 shades of gray (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link
just staying
sigh
― just staying (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 23:17 (two years ago) link
i fuckin love gene tenace
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 23:17 (two years ago) link
Mauer vs Posey is interesting!
https://stathead.com/baseball/player-comparison.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=mauerjo01&player_id2=poseybu01&type=b
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 23:17 (two years ago) link
for some reason i do too, never having seen him play. i had baseball card and i liked the cut of his jib, i liked his stats, and i liked the name gene tenace
― just staying (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 23:20 (two years ago) link