AL MVP....Donaldson or Trout???

[Jimcanuck]

wut

 

(I know I'm new and all but this guy is full-on retard)

 

you won't last long

[Boxcar]

At the game last night I was yelling MVP a lot for JD (even though at this point its Trout imo). I was just givin' it to em' a little for my amusement. JD was money yet again last night.

 

Angels fans in the area didn't seem it like it much and dismiss JD's candidacy. pfft.

 

It's actually pretty funny that they dismiss JD when he and Trout are very close but were perfectly OK with Cabrera winning when Trout was much better. Angels fans are just a bunch of dumb surfer bros.

[Boxcar]

http://cdn.soundandvision.com/images/styles/600_wide/public/090914_Signals_promo.png?itok=_ldGivqv

 

Hahahaha

 

I like this guy

[AA1]

you won't last long

 

Oh well, s*** happens.

[Followthelight]

Do you know what OBP is?

 

Obi Wan Penobi? Obi Wan Kenobi's cousin?

[GD]

Obi Wan Penobi? Obi Wan Kenobi's cousin?

 

nice

[Krylian]

The question is 'who will win'... Not who do I think should win, or who do I want to win.

 

I think Trout "WILL" win.

[RealAccountant]

+infinity

 

Donaldson hasn't been IBB once this year, but 5 times last year, says a lot about the protection behind him.

 

Pretty much jays aren't intentional walked. No point. The guy behind the guy batting is just as destructive

[IronLadle]

wut

 

(I know I'm new and all but this guy is full-on retard)

 

Me! Half this board has never seen a baseball game. You don't hit your light hitting high average speedy guys behind your power hitters.

[AA1]

Me! Half this board has never seen a baseball game. You don't hit your light hitting high average speedy guys behind your power hitters.

 

lol

[Boxcar]

Put IronLadle on ignore. He is stubborn and contributes nothing but dated clichés and attacks on people who are more baseball savvy than he is.

[Zacman]

Donaldson. What a series so far

[JPArenshitia]

A's fans think they won this trade lol

 

http://www.athleticsnation.com/2015/8/20/9185311/why-the-as-won-the-donaldson-trade-so-far

[Followthelight]

Starting to get interesting...JD making a strong case.

[KingKat]

A's fans think they won this trade lol

 

http://www.athleticsnation.com/2015/8/20/9185311/why-the-as-won-the-donaldson-trade-so-far

 

Only a minority of them I would think. There's a poll with the article and it's 52% lost and only 13% won.

[AA1]

JD is prob now tied or surpassing Trout in WAR after tonight's game.

[Jimcanuck]

JD is prob now tied or surpassing Trout in WAR after tonight's game.

 

yes, pass confirmed

[GD]

Trout still ahead of him in wRC+ But I doubt that will change. Its going to be close. Pretty exciting times.

 

Trout is down to 170 and Donaldson is up to 161. Someone check at 3:30 AM!

[AA1]

Who cares what his wRC+ is... more dingers, more RBIs, more runs, but most importantly...

 

MOAR WAR

[Maahfaace]

Trout still ahead of him in wRC+ But I doubt that will change. Its going to be close. Pretty exciting times.

 

Do you think it's because teams can pitch around Trout without fear as opposed to pitchers not afforded that same luxury with JD? I'm referencing his BB rate being the difference in his wrc+

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Rofl at the apologists in here who say Jd is nowhere near trout. Just give him the award already.

[RealAccountant]

Lmao

 

It's not hard to imagine that graveman and nolin can be the next Sonny gray and kazmir. Lol I don't know where gray was ranked but Kazmir at one time was the best pitching prospect in baseball

[RealAccountant]

+infinity

 

Do you think it's because teams can pitch around Trout without fear as opposed to pitchers not afforded that same luxury with JD? I'm referencing his BB rate being the difference in his wrc+

 

Ummm pujols bats after Trout

[Maahfaace]

Ummm pujols bats after Trout

 

Pujols is a shell of his former self

[RealAccountant]

+infinity

 

Pujols is a shell of his former self

 

Pujols and Bautista are basically the same hitters now. Not much difference. I'm pretty sure pitchers fear pujols more

[Maahfaace]

Pujols and Bautista are basically the same hitters now. Not much difference. I'm pretty sure pitchers fear pujols more

 

Lol not even close. Pujols last 3 years combined sub .800 ops. He averaged over 1.000 ops before that.

 

I bet your rebuttal will involve" but 33 homerz"

[WryNGinger]

Easy peasy...we should just trade for Trout in the off season so the discussion is more even next year. Make it a happen A.A.! (as sad as it seems...I feel like I need a sarcasm smiley here....)

[Inklink]

When someone said fish had it in the bag, JD's reaction in the video.

 

[43211234]

Trout is down to 170 and Donaldson is up to 161. Someone check at 3:30 AM!

 

You can just change the "Split" field on the leaderboard to "Live Stats - Full Season"

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2015&month=33&season1=2015&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

Bryce Harper just a few hundredths of a win ahead of Donaldson for most in the league. Not that such a small difference should be given meaning, just that it would be fun seeing Donaldson on top.

[Spanky__99]

Rofl at the apologists in here who say Jd is nowhere near trout. Just give him the award already.

 

It's close man, real close.