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Clem Fandango

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That Mike Trout guy is pretty good, too bad he's being overshadowed by Harper despite having a better rookie season so far.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/mike-trout-is-pretty-good-too/

 

FWIW, Harper has a lower K rate, higher BB rate, and Trout is benefiting from a somewhat high .356 BABIP. And Harper doesn't turn 20 until after this season.

 

Both are awesome, though.

 

i think trout has always had a high babip in the minors, though, and given that he's blazing fast and hits a lot of line drive, .356 doesn't seem too crazy. maybe a little high, but i'd expect him to be a high babip guy.

 

Good hitters generally have high BABIP's, though. Trout's could very well be a byproduct of just being a damn good hitter.

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Clem Fandango

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He was bad ass after his recall last year. Got off to a bit of a slow start this year, but he's really tapping into that potential. One of my favorite players right now.
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Tom Wilhelmsen breaks Alexei Ramirez's knees and other goodies:

 

http://i.imgur.com/8hRwn.gif

 

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http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1138804/LiddiDive1.gif.opt.gif

 

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Dexter Fowler's hitting .300/.400/.600 right now

 

 

(well, .296/.400/.586 to be exact)

Fowler also has a chance to be the 8th member of the 20-20-20 club, with a 19-19-25 pace

 

Bryce Harper's 162-game pace right now is 35-20-25, but he won't get enough AB to be able to reach that this season

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What the F happened to Adrian Gonzalez??? I went to look at box scores and saw he was hitting 6th so I clicked on his name to see his stats this year, his line is .270/.321/.416/.737 and he only has 4 HR's. He's only striking about 1% more than his career average and his BABIP is only .010 points down. It appears he has lost all power, ISO is .143 and he has a career .216 ISO.
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What the F happened to Adrian Gonzalez??? I went to look at box scores and saw he was hitting 6th so I clicked on his name to see his stats this year, his line is .270/.321/.416/.737 and he only has 4 HR's. He's only striking about 1% more than his career average and his BABIP is only .010 points down. It appears he has lost all power, ISO is .143 and he has a career .216 ISO.

 

That's insane.

TruffleShuffle Cooperstown

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What the F happened to Adrian Gonzalez??? I went to look at box scores and saw he was hitting 6th so I clicked on his name to see his stats this year, his line is .270/.321/.416/.737 and he only has 4 HR's. He's only striking about 1% more than his career average and his BABIP is only .010 points down. It appears he has lost all power, ISO is .143 and he has a career .216 ISO.

 

That's insane.

 

yeah his home runs were down last year too. everyone figured that he'd be a big power source with the short porch in fenway.

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Cubswin11

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I also forgot to add, regarding Gonzalez. His LD% is higher this year than for his career (23.3 v. 21.1), GB% is lower (39.4 v. 41.2) and his FB% is nearly the same (37.2 v. 37.7). HR/FB rate is way down as you would imagine (6.2 v. 16.4). So it really looks like he just really has lost his power.
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Local radio guys had some unbelievable facts about Joey Votto. For example, he has only popped a ball up in the infield once over the past 2 seasons (and none this year). Also, he has only pulled a fly ball foul into the stands ONCE in his entire career (his rookie year).
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Local radio guys had some unbelievable facts about Joey Votto. For example, he has only popped a ball up in the infield once over the past 2 seasons (and none this year). Also, he has only pulled a fly ball foul into the stands ONCE in his entire career (his rookie year).

I read that foul ball fact in the local paper the other day and found it very hard to believe.

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Also, he has only pulled a fly ball foul into the stands ONCE in his entire career (his rookie year).

I read that foul ball fact in the local paper the other day and found it very hard to believe.

 

Yeah it repeats that claim in the SI article but I just can't imagine that's true. So I guess we're supposed to believe that in the entirety of his MLB career he's never gotten out in front of a breaking or offspeed pitch....

Derwood GOAT

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Also, he has only pulled a fly ball foul into the stands ONCE in his entire career (his rookie year).

I read that foul ball fact in the local paper the other day and found it very hard to believe.

 

Yeah it repeats that claim in the SI article but I just can't imagine that's true. So I guess we're supposed to believe that in the entirety of his MLB career he's never gotten out in front of a breaking or offspeed pitch....

 

Sure, they've just been grounded or line drives, not fly balls

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Also, he has only pulled a fly ball foul into the stands ONCE in his entire career (his rookie year).

I read that foul ball fact in the local paper the other day and found it very hard to believe.

 

Yeah it repeats that claim in the SI article but I just can't imagine that's true. So I guess we're supposed to believe that in the entirety of his MLB career he's never gotten out in front of a breaking or offspeed pitch....

 

He could have hit a grounder or linedrive that way.

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