Saysumthinfunnymike
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why? the '93 Giants won 103 games and didn't make the playoffs because the Braves won more. You gotta win your division or risk being in a compromising position
The 2018 MLB Random Thoughts Thread
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why? the '93 Giants won 103 games and didn't make the playoffs because the Braves won more. You gotta win your division or risk being in a compromising position
Trojan 24
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Chubby Muncy 
I think Christian Yelich deserves the NL MVP this season but I don't buy him as an elite player for a second.
This is a groundball hitter that rode a great BABIP to an elite season. And sure, his lineup did help him. But he's an .800-.850 player, and that's really good. But he is most definitely not a 1.000 OPS perennial MVP type talent.
This is a groundball hitter that rode a great BABIP to an elite season. And sure, his lineup did help him. But he's an .800-.850 player, and that's really good. But he is most definitely not a 1.000 OPS perennial MVP type talent.
Groundball hitters usually don't have 77 extra base-hits and nearly win the Triple Crown. This might be an aberration season, but he's also just about to enter his prime.
Would you make the same statement about Mookie Betts? This is the first time he's had an OPS above .900 himself and he was usually in the low .800s.
Average GB rates in the majors is roughly 44% or so.
Yelich hasn't ever posted a season below 51.5% and he did that this year.
At his best he's a line drive hitter. And those guys seldom put up the kind of year Yelich did this year. And almost never consistently.
I expect Yelich to be a solid player moving forward, but he's not in that top tier.
And let's be honest.
36 homers and 109 RBI are fairly weak numbers for a Triple Crown winner. Yeah I know (and agree) that there are better gauges of performance, but I'm just saying. It's not like he put up an A-Rod 2007.
Saysumthinfunnymike
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in fairness A-Rod was juiced out of his fukking mind in those years.. not taking anything away from A-Rod but he was and the pitching is better right now
god shamgod
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I didn't expect the cubs to win, the offense has been in a 2nd half slump, when baez or rizzo don't hit they struggle to score & chachin has shut them down 3-4 times this year.
and the bullpen full of bums.Not trippin cuz theo about to go ham for his fukk ups traded the good prospects and kept schwarber blockhead ass now go sign harper or machado and watch us run the whole league :cubsumad:
and the bullpen full of bums.Not trippin cuz theo about to go ham for his fukk ups traded the good prospects and kept schwarber blockhead ass now go sign harper or machado and watch us run the whole league :cubsumad:
FloorGeneral
I don't even know anymore...
It's all about the launch angle, and the park(s) he played in. He went from pitching friendly Marlins Park to hitting friendly Miller Park. Everyone wondered if he'd adjust his swing to take advantage of playing here, and I'm sure he did a bit. He hit 22 HRs at home this year, while he hit 15 combined the past 2 years with the Marlins. He hit 14 on the road this year, 11 last year, 13 the year before that. So practically the same.
Yeah, he was/is a line drive hitter, but that was while he played in Miami. He came here, adjusted, and you see what happened. Who knows if he can keep up his 2nd half pace. I mean, that would be insane, right? His 2nd half HR-to-flyball rate is 48%. That means nearly half of his flyballs have been home runs. That's not something that should be sustainable. But he will keep hitting more HRs due to playing 81 games here, and he'll still get his 2Bs and 3Bs. So his OPS should be pretty high for the foreseeable future.
Yeah, he was/is a line drive hitter, but that was while he played in Miami. He came here, adjusted, and you see what happened. Who knows if he can keep up his 2nd half pace. I mean, that would be insane, right? His 2nd half HR-to-flyball rate is 48%. That means nearly half of his flyballs have been home runs. That's not something that should be sustainable. But he will keep hitting more HRs due to playing 81 games here, and he'll still get his 2Bs and 3Bs. So his OPS should be pretty high for the foreseeable future.
god shamgod
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Gotta deal with arenado in do or die game 
dude destroys the cubs I'm walking him every rip
dude destroys the cubs I'm walking him every rip
NYChase718
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So cubs and brewers could possibly face eachother again and cubs can get revenge
That’s what October beisbol is all about cabrònSo cubs and brewers could possibly face eachother again and cubs can get revenge
Super Cheech
I Feel So Westcoast
Was at the Dodger game today, what a win.
THASTUNNA
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we going to use this thread for the playoffs?
Canada Goose
Pooping on your head :umad:
I hope not. Usually posters make threads for each playoff series. Oakland/Yankees wildcard game needs it's own thread
