Around Baseball 2024

[wilko]

How much is the 50th HR worth? $1m EASY, right? Has to be

 

Ask this guy.

 

[Stangstag]

Ask this guy.

 

 

Biggest dweeb on the planet

[Orgfiller]

Brent Rooker has a 168 wRC+ this season with 4.8 WAR. That's a better hitting line than Vlad (barely) and equal WAR in in about 80 PAs fewer. Guy is legitimately one of the best hitters in baseball, and the projections believe it too.

[wilko]

Brent Rooker has a 168 wRC+ this season with 4.8 WAR. That's a better hitting line than Vlad (barely) and equal WAR in in about 80 PAs fewer. Guy is legitimately one of the best hitters in baseball, and the projections believe it too.

 

Still boggles my mind he wasn't an All-Star this year.

[Brownie19]

Still boggles my mind he wasn't an All-Star this year.

 

Neither was Lindor - and he's a Top 3 candidate for NL MVP

[G-Snarls]

Not much for races left in the AL

 

The 6 post season teams 90% likely are already set

 

Barring a strange collapse out of nowhere it's pobably just a matter of who wins the AL East and who finishes WC2 vs WC3

[L54]

[Pendleton]

Brent Rooker has a 168 wRC+ this season with 4.8 WAR. That's a better hitting line than Vlad (barely) and equal WAR in in about 80 PAs fewer. Guy is legitimately one of the best hitters in baseball, and the projections believe it too.

 

Every failed power hitter should be studying video of his swing adjustments. He went from taking big looping HR cuts to just letting his hands explode through the ball, way shorter path to the baseball.

 

Found my post from last year that showed a side by side comparison https://www.bluejaysmessageboard.com/threads/10601-Around-Baseball-2023?p=1695031&highlight=Rooker#post1695031

[Spanky__99]

Every failed power hitter should be studying video of his swing adjustments. He went from taking big looping HR cuts to just letting his hands explode through the ball, way shorter path to the baseball.

 

Found my post from last year that showed a side by side comparison https://www.bluejaysmessageboard.com/threads/10601-Around-Baseball-2023?p=1695031&highlight=Rooker#post1695031

 

Joey Bats 2.0

[connorp]

Wow. SF got aggressive with Bryce Eldridge. Just seeing he’s at AAA already. Haven’t paid attention since he’s not on my new team but a pick of mine in both my leagues last year.

[jaysblue]

Joey Bats 2.0

 

Good possible comparison. Looks like he could be!

[Pendleton]

[Brownie19]

Has anyone been to Globe Life Stadium in Texas? It looks really interesting. I haven't heard a lot about it (being that's it's so new). Just curious.

[Brownie19]

How many PA's will it take for us to conclude that Victor Robles can sustain this success? 143 wRC+ in 261 PA's this season. Crazy, given what he's show in the majors to this point in his career.

[Laika]

He has a near .400 BABIP with the Mariners, a lot of this is luck

 

One thing that isn't said very often is that when fast guys who are good baserunners get lucky, they get REALLY lucky because that bloop single turns into a SB and other value on the bases as well.

[Brownie19]

He has a near .400 BABIP with the Mariners, a lot of this is luck

 

One thing that isn't said very often is that when fast guys who are good baserunners get lucky, they get REALLY lucky because that bloop single turns into a SB and other value on the bases as well.

 

That's fair - but speed also creates some of that luck (not .400 BABIP worth, but some)

[Terminator]

Orioles fanboys in tears after Jenny Craig Kimbrel, the biggest FA signing in club history, was DFA'd today

[wilko]

Orioles fanboys in tears after Jenny Craig Kimbrel, the biggest FA signing in club history, was DFA'd today

 

He sucks this year.. And that stupid pose..

[Terminator]

He sucks this year.. And that stupid pose..

 

If it weren't for the stupid pose I'd say let's sign him for 4 mil with incentives next year.

 

But he's going to get a HARD PASS from me because I can't watch that pose for a full season.

[John_Havok]

If it weren't for the stupid pose I'd say let's sign him for 4 mil with incentives next year.

 

But he's going to get a HARD PASS from me because I can't watch that pose for a full season.

 

Far more annoying than Pigf***er McGee.

[connorp]

Orioles fanboys in tears after Jenny Craig Kimbrel, the biggest FA signing in club history, was DFA'd today

 

They’d be in tears if they weren’t going to playoffs like us

[Brownie19]

If it weren't for the stupid pose I'd say let's sign him for 4 mil with incentives next year.

 

But he's going to get a HARD PASS from me because I can't watch that pose for a full season.

 

Velo is down, but Kimbrel has rebounded in the past. He's probably a solid target if you can get him for $4M next year. I've always been a big fan of Kimbrel.

[connorp]

If it weren't for the stupid pose I'd say let's sign him for 4 mil with incentives next year.

 

But he's going to get a HARD PASS from me because I can't watch that pose for a full season.

 

This is not racial. Talking baseball to other sports.

But baseball players are much more likely to say it’s time to spend time with my family. They typically don’t hang on too long or look to play in China and 3x3 leagues as long they can get paid. Baseball players are more likely to have made wiser investments and the astonishing amount of broke players after they retire in other leagues is proof of this.

 

I expect he’ll hang it up

[Terminator]

They’d be in tears if they weren’t going to playoffs like us

 

They need to advance past the WC round or it doesn't count (according to the Orioles fanboys)

[jaysblue]

Velo is down, but Kimbrel has rebounded in the past. He's probably a solid target if you can get him for $4M next year. I've always been a big fan of Kimbrel.

 

Yeah if he came on a one-year deal worth $4-5M, he would be a decent target.

[Spanky__99]

Go Tigers Go!

[Spanky__99]

lol... what a terrible brain-cramp from J-Rod, cost them the game.

[jaysblue]

Go Tigers Go!

 

They're making some noise. Would be fun to see them make the WC.

[Olerud363]

Orioles fanboys in tears after Jenny Craig Kimbrel, the biggest FA signing in club history, was DFA'd today

 

We'll see what happens. Orioles have a new owner and this off season will be the first one for him I believe. They are in incredible payroll shape. Attendance is trending up. With some playoff success and/or a run of 90 win seasons they will approach 3 million again.

 

And what is this about the Oriole fan boys? I know of no Oriole fans on this board, just people who think the Orioles have done a great job... which is different than being a fan. When Donald Trump got Kanye West and Jim Brown and Kim Jong Un together for a multi-racial-multi-national peace conference (I may be mixing 2 events together), I said 'Donald is doing a good job'... did it mean I was an alt-right nut-MAGA fan? No. I am to the left of Ralph Nader, just when Donald did good I acknowledged it, just as when the Orioles do good I acknowledge them... nothing to do with being a fan of either. (not political, just an example needed to explain why praising Orioles, does not mean you are an Orioles fan).

 

Anyway Orioles are about where Astros were in 2016... we'll see how they play this going forward.

[Jimcanuck]

This is not racial. Talking baseball to other sports.

But baseball players are much more likely to say it’s time to spend time with my family. They typically don’t hang on too long or look to play in China and 3x3 leagues as long they can get paid. Baseball players are more likely to have made wiser investments and the astonishing amount of broke players after they retire in other leagues is proof of this.

 

I expect he’ll hang it up

 

You have something to back this up? If not, it's simply your bias talking