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« Reply #200 on: August 13, 2024, 07:03:18 pm »
I'm dumb, but was that what the a-hole in the stands was yelling at him?

Yeah, it was, in a horribly grating tone and accent.  Duran was having a bad day at the plate.  The incident would have been hilarious if he'd just called him a freaking moron, because Duran's tone was perfect for just dismissive contempt.

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« Reply #201 on: August 15, 2024, 10:14:31 am »
Aaron Judge hit his 300th last night. He's the fastest to 300 in major league history. More impressive, of his 988 hits, 300 of them have been home runs (~30%). For comparison, 20% of Aaron's hits were homers.

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« Reply #202 on: August 15, 2024, 02:03:31 pm »
Aaron Judge hit his 300th last night. He's the fastest to 300 in major league history. More impressive, of his 988 hits, 300 of them have been home runs (~30%). For comparison, 20% of HANK Aaron's hits were homers.

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« Reply #203 on: August 15, 2024, 05:11:52 pm »
FIFY
Thanks, I should have been more clear.

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« Reply #204 on: August 21, 2024, 07:24:09 pm »
Joey Votto announces his retirement...


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« Reply #205 on: August 21, 2024, 08:01:03 pm »
Joey Votto announces his retirement...


bummer. Was hoping he’d get an AB in Toronto.

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« Reply #206 on: August 21, 2024, 08:33:14 pm »
So, I guess his signing in Toronto does count against "most years only played in the majors with one team." Tops Zim in that category for careers ending this decade.

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« Reply #207 on: August 21, 2024, 09:57:31 pm »
Is Votto a HOF'er? I would vote for him. He had like 7 OBP titles or something stupid like that.

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« Reply #208 on: August 21, 2024, 10:10:52 pm »
Is Votto a HOF'er? I would vote for him. He had like 7 OBP titles or something stupid like that.

The HOF standards seem to be going down lately. In that sense I would say he'll get in but in standards of the past I would say no. I think the HOF should have really high standards so I would say no if it were me voting.

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« Reply #209 on: August 21, 2024, 10:44:12 pm »
The HOF standards seem to be going down lately. In that sense I would say he'll get in but in standards of the past I would say no. I think the HOF should have really high standards so I would say no if it were me voting.

In my mind though if someone were to win 7 batting titles they would have a slam dunk case, and we now know that OBP titles are even more valuable.

If you look at JAWS (which takes a player's top 7 years by WAR averaged with their total career WAR, balancing peak with longevity) he is 12th all time amongst first basemen (using Baseball Reference WAR) and is above the average HOF first baseman. Every player ahead of him is in the HOF except for Pujols and Miggy. Behind him you have players like Killebrew, Helton, and Ortiz (Greenberg too but he missed several seasons due to WWII and would be much higher otherwise).

I actually disagree that HOF standards are going down lately, at least compared to the entire history of the HOF. I think standards are lowering compared to what they were the past few decades, but that was more of an exception rather than the norm.

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« Reply #210 on: August 22, 2024, 08:13:39 am »
Is Votto a HOF'er? I would vote for him. He had like 7 OBP titles or something stupid like that.

Yes...maybe not first ballot, but he certainly earned it...

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vottojo01.shtml

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« Reply #211 on: August 22, 2024, 03:06:10 pm »
Jason Heyward DFA'd. Might be the end of an era.

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« Reply #212 on: August 22, 2024, 03:30:18 pm »
Jason Heyward DFA'd. Might be the end of an era.
Rizzo probably has his eye on Heyward for 2025.

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« Reply #213 on: August 22, 2024, 03:55:49 pm »
When you talk about the teens (2010-2019) , you can’t not talk about Joey Votto. What a marvelous hitter.

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« Reply #214 on: August 22, 2024, 04:23:21 pm »
The Rangers' AA (Frisco Rough Riders) affiliate currently features a rotation of Scherzer, deGrom, and Kumar Rocker (who is putting up incredible numbers right now - 0.46 ERA).

I saw earlier that their payroll right now would be higher than several MLB teams.

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« Reply #215 on: August 22, 2024, 04:26:09 pm »
I guess Yadi's 19 seasons with only the Cards tops Votto's 16 with only the Reds. RZ was 16+ with the Nats, and Wainwright was 17 (2 appearances in 2005).

Anyone I'm forgetting with 1 team longer all in this century?

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« Reply #216 on: August 22, 2024, 04:28:13 pm »
I guess Yadi's 19 seasons with only the Cards tops Votto's 16 with only the Reds. RZ was 16+ with the Nats, and Wainwright was 17 (2 appearances in 2005).

Anyone I'm forgetting with 1 team longer all in this century?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_who_spent_their_entire_career_with_one_franchise

Yadier leads in this century. Edgar Martinez was with the Mariners from 1987-2004 (18 seasons).

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« Reply #217 on: August 22, 2024, 04:35:03 pm »
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_who_spent_their_entire_career_with_one_franchise

Yadier leads in this century. Edgar Martinez was with the Mariners from 1987-2004 (18 seasons).
Yaz and Brooks top all-time with 23.

Walter Johnson tops for Washington baseball. Second is Ossie Bluege at 21.

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« Reply #218 on: August 22, 2024, 05:36:19 pm »
When you talk about the teens (2010-2019) , you can’t not talk about Joey Votto. What a marvelous hitter.
Good defensive 1B also. 

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« Reply #219 on: August 22, 2024, 05:55:06 pm »
They show Zimmerman not being with the Nats on 2020 since he took a Covid-related leave of absence.

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« Reply #220 on: August 23, 2024, 04:54:27 pm »
Danny Jansen will become the first player in MLB history to play for both teams in the same game when Boston and Toronto resume a suspended game on Monday.

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-red-sox-danny-jansen-mlb-history/

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« Reply #221 on: August 23, 2024, 05:43:04 pm »
Danny Jansen will become the first player in MLB history to play for both teams in the same game when Boston and Toronto resume a suspended game on Monday.

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-red-sox-danny-jansen-mlb-history/

They were talking about this on Effectively Wild a few episodes back. It's a nightmare scenario for the record keepers at Baseball Reference lol

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« Reply #222 on: August 23, 2024, 06:35:09 pm »
He was at bat when the game was suspended to make it crazier. 

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« Reply #223 on: August 24, 2024, 06:35:15 pm »
He was at bat when the game was suspended to make it crazier.

How can he resume his at bat? He can’t so he’d have to be pinch hit for, thus removed from the game. There’s no re-entry in baseball. Seems pretty cut and dried to me.

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« Reply #224 on: August 24, 2024, 06:43:29 pm »
How can he resume his at bat? He can’t so he’d have to be pinch hit for, thus removed from the game. There’s no re-entry in baseball. Seems pretty cut and dried to me.
If there were two strikes, it counts as Jansen's at-bat if the pinch-hitter strikes out. Otherwise, the outcome (hit, walk, fielded out) is charged to the pinch hitter.