san diego is where stars go to die― Spottie, Friday, September 16, 2022 1:41 PM (seven months ago)
― Spottie, Friday, September 16, 2022 1:41 PM (seven months ago)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 21 April 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
Probably no surprise, in view of the fact Soto again leads the league in BB; Posnanski (with some numbers for support) thinks Soto has become too selective.
I've got to believe he'll come back--if not all the way, at least to an All-Star level. Mostly I liked the Ted Sizemore reference in that quote.
― clemenza, Friday, 21 April 2023 18:06 (one year ago) link
Finally, finally--having a player-of-the-month May:
.346/.485/.680, 11 doubles, 5 HR
I don't know if there was any validity to that "too selective" theory (always a dicey proposition). Has he become more aggressive? Twenty-one walks for the month would suggest otherwise. Tim?
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:31 (one year ago) link
(Will be seeing them/him in July.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
MVP already locked up.
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 March 2024 21:43 (two months ago) link
Is this the Yankees thread now?
― calstars, Sunday, 31 March 2024 22:56 (two months ago) link
I hope he's a Yankee forever
― H.P, Sunday, 31 March 2024 23:10 (two months ago) link
At least for as long as they're playing the asstros
― H.P, Sunday, 31 March 2024 23:13 (two months ago) link
kinda weird to see the team happy tho ngl
― H.P, Sunday, 31 March 2024 23:14 (two months ago) link
I don't know who Sal Licata is, but he's taken it upon himself to revive the whole Joey Votto thing from 15 years ago, complaining about Soto being selective when there are runs that need to be knocked in. (From what I've seen in a cursory look around, he gets lots of pushback via comments.)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:50 (two months ago) link
so to clarify, some guy is talking about something that happened 15 years ago
― na (NA), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:58 (two months ago) link
No--he's talking about something happening now, and not especially insightfully. I'm drawing the comparison to what Votto went through 15 years ago.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 18:26 (two months ago) link
Massive if true. I'm gonna pay more attention to Sal Licata from here on out.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 22:12 (two months ago) link
You see how incredibly timely my post was? In the midst of a Jays meltdown today, Soto came up with two out, runners on second and third, score 4-4. He had the discipline to work a full-count walk, including a called strike that wasn't even close. Which brought Judge up, who knocked in two (also shook off a terrible strike call). If Soto isn't Soto, he probably chases and makes the third out.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 22:20 (two months ago) link
Anyway, is this a new ILX policy, that we shouldn't be posting about stupid stuff people say? There goes 63% of all posting.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 22:24 (two months ago) link
We prefer to run with "in-house" stupidity round these parts
― H.P, Thursday, 18 April 2024 00:05 (two months ago) link
That's some real, the-antagonist-scouts-in-moneyball, type logic tho! You can see that exact thought coming from the round table drafting scene at the beginning of the movie
― H.P, Thursday, 18 April 2024 00:09 (two months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/sBUf3od.png
― z_tbd, Sunday, 12 May 2024 15:29 (one month ago) link
Terrible baserunner and fielder, I agree!
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 May 2024 15:40 (one month ago) link
he is so good
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 12 May 2024 15:46 (one month ago) link
4-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI today. With Judge and Stanton warming up, that's pretty daunting.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 May 2024 20:12 (one month ago) link
Soto's .421 career OBP puts him at #19 all-time (tied with Mickey Mantle) if he were to retire tomorrow.
Only other active players in the top 100 are Trout (.411), Votto (.409) & Judge (.396).
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 20 May 2024 20:28 (one month ago) link
According to Baseball Reference, first player to draw 700 walks before turning 26.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 18:45 (yesterday) link