G-Snarls

Tight tight tight

I always thought Manny was a hopeful good comp for Vladdy but the last two seasons worried me. Now fingers crossed he is back on track. Neither Manny or Vladdy had/have the insane power of Bonds/Canseco/Judge/Ohtani and that's fine. But both have amazing K/BB, contact skills and hard hit rates. I still think Vladdy has some of his best years ahead of him.

Where are you even allowed to be with those tickets?

What GPT tells me about a comp to Manny: - Got it—here’s a FanGraphs-based, apples-to-apples look at Manny Ramírez vs. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. through their age-25 seasons (Ramírez through 1997; Guerrero Jr. through 2024). Snapshot totals (MLB only, through age-25 season) Plate Appearances (PA): Ramírez 2,260; Guerrero Jr. 3,540. FanGraphs Baseball FanGraphs Baseball HR / RBI: Ramírez 112 HR / 372 RBI; Guerrero Jr. 160 HR / 507 RBI. FanGraphs Baseball FanGraphs Baseball fWAR: Ramírez 13.0; Guerrero Jr. 16.7. (Sum of season WAR on FanGraphs pages.) FanGraphs Baseball+1 Season-by-season (key rate stats & value) Ramírez (ages 21–25, 1993–1997) wRC+: 30, 120, 145, 140, 148; WAR: –0.6, 1.5, 3.2, 4.3, 4.6. BB%/K% stabilized quickly near ~12–13% / 16–18% by ages 23–25. FanGraphs Baseball Guerrero Jr. (ages 20–25, 2019–2024) wRC+: 106, 110, 166, 132, 117, 164; WAR: 0.3, 0.3, 6.3, 3.3, 1.2, 5.3. BB%/K% around ~10–12% / 14–16% in best years (2021, 2024). FanGraphs Baseball What it says Peak bat (so far): Both posted elite peak-year production by age 25. Ramírez’s best pre-26 wRC+ was 148 (1997). Vlad has already exceeded that twice (166 in 2021, 164 in 2024). FanGraphs Baseball+1 Cumulative value: Vlad leads in early-career fWAR (16.7 vs. 13.0), aided by more PA (debuted younger, full 2020 counted) and two MVP-caliber seasons. FanGraphs Baseball+1 Discipline profile: Ramírez walked a tick more and struck out a bit more (~12–13% BB, ~16–18% K), while Vlad’s best seasons show similar walks with slightly lower Ks (~10–12% BB, ~14–16% K). FanGraphs Baseball+1 Shape of offense: Ramírez’s ISO settled ~.250–.270 by 24–25; Vlad’s peak ISOs are similar or higher in 2021–24. (See ISO column on each page.) FanGraphs Baseball+1

Another K for Ohtani

Poor Luzardo

Would be amazing if the Phils could find a way to send it to a game 5

He only gets to pitch twice if we don't put them away in 5 or 6 games though :) Edit: Though I can see them pitching him early in a game 6 if they're down 3-2 after 5 games

No man, you're smart and you're RIGHT

Same here Annoying how Ticketmaster makes you hang in there forever just to show you they only have reseller tickets for 3-4 times above list price available.

So excited And I get to be there!! Woohoo

If Bo comes back do you punt IKF to keep Santander? Would the team actually do that?

Do we wish Santander had just stayed off the active roster to end the season? If Bo can DH do we leave Santander out for the ALCS? I mean, he felt on the verge of hitting some hard balls but it just didn't happen

LOL yes That's what you call "saving it up"

Hmmm Two all-time great Dominican players who played for the Red Sox have Vladdy and the Jays backs when we beat the Yankees... Imagine that :)

It happened 2 HR tonight

Especially when they probably can't use Skubal until game 3

He gave up 5 runs ouch

He was fine The rest of the lineup didn't contribute enough in games 1 and 4

That's good for us

So glad they didn't have to use Gausman or Yesavage

MOTY