"You! Strawberry! Hit a home run!!" -- pick your ringers: Judge/Soto/Stanton vs Ohtani/Betts/Freeman

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Imagine that your favourite team (let's assume it's not the Yankees or Dodgers) is about to compete for a World Series title this week. You can draft three ringers RIGHT NOW to replace three scrubs on your team. Which trio do you pick? (if you ignore Freddie Freeman's bum ankle it will be more fun, although even with it he's been OK so far in the playoffs)

Poll Results

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Ohtani/Betts/Freeman 5
Judge/Soto/Stanton 1


NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 22 October 2024 08:10 (two months ago) link

i'm loyal to my scrubs tbh

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 22 October 2024 09:17 (two months ago) link

I assume you mean hitting-only and Ohtani not pitching. If everyone's 100% healthy, Stanton included, I'd probably go for the three Yankees. If Ohtnai's pitching, of course the three Dodgers.

clemenza, Tuesday, 22 October 2024 13:42 (two months ago) link

The way things are right this minute, the three Yankees, only because Stanton seems more functional than Freeman.

clemenza, Tuesday, 22 October 2024 13:43 (two months ago) link

Freeman's 2024 postseason OPS (.442) is almost as high as Soto's OBP (.439)... but Volpe's is higher (.459)

Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 22 October 2024 13:50 (two months ago) link

but how many games did freeman actually play in compared to stanton?

na (NA), Tuesday, 22 October 2024 13:58 (two months ago) link

Just out of curiosity, totalled each group's WAR/162 games (no pitching WAR for Ohtani), then divided by three--so pro-rated for injuries, but not weighted by AB:

Judge/Soto/Stanton - 6.4
Ohtani/Betts/Freeman - 6.1

clemenza, Tuesday, 22 October 2024 17:14 (two months ago) link

Freeman has an .848 OPS in his postseason career with ten HR. He's a future HOFer, that's the guy you're getting (if he's healthy).

Judge is jusr 5-for-31 in the playoffs this year (but with two HR), but he's still Aaron Judge.

Clem: i meant Ohtani now, so Ohtani the hitter only.

NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 22 October 2024 17:19 (two months ago) link

Thought so. So my intuitive feeling--slight edge to Yankees--is matched by the numbers above. The difference is MVP-level Stanton instead of albatross-contract Stanton.

clemenza, Tuesday, 22 October 2024 17:24 (two months ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Thursday, 24 October 2024 00:01 (one month ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Friday, 25 October 2024 00:01 (one month ago) link

Surprised.

clemenza, Friday, 25 October 2024 01:58 (one month ago) link


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