Rizzo

[Clem Fandango]

Who was the first? Sosa?

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Who was the first? Sosa?

 

the 8 hbp is super arbitrary so who cares, but it's not sammy. sosa's career high in hbp for a full season was 6.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

So the movie Draft Day is on right now, and I look it up on imdb. They say Rizzo is in the movie as himself. What scene is that? I must have missed it.

[Guest]

Who was the first? Sosa?

 

the 8 hbp is super arbitrary so who cares, but it's not sammy. sosa's career high in hbp for a full season was 6.

 

yeah the HBP part basically makes that anecdote totally worthless/dumb

[Clem Fandango]

Well excuuuuuuuuse me, princess

[Guest]

Nothing we don't already know but a fun watch anyway

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/7417714/v117843083/the-guys-in-studio-42-break-down-anthony-rizzo

[Clem Fandango]

Saw some meathead on Facebook complaining that Rizzo needs to hit more home runs with runners on base, then he dropped a stat that I could've sworn was nonsense, but it was actually true.

 

The last time Anthony Rizzo hit a home run with more than one runner on base was September of 2012. He's also only hit 3 of that variety in his career, all in 2012. Thought that was pretty crazy. Still a meathead reaction, but a statistic that seemed a bit implausible at the same time considering he's hit over 60 home runs since then.

[Sammys Boombox]

Rizzo's wOBA is literally off of Fangraph's charts vs lefties.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/splits.aspx?playerid=3473&position=1B&page=8&split=lr&type=full

[Guest]

Saw some meathead on Facebook complaining that Rizzo needs to hit more home runs with runners on base, then he dropped a stat that I could've sworn was nonsense, but it was actually true.

 

The last time Anthony Rizzo hit a home run with more than one runner on base was September of 2012. He's also only hit 3 of that variety in his career, all in 2012. Thought that was pretty crazy. Still a meathead reaction, but a statistic that seemed a bit implausible at the same time considering he's hit over 60 home runs since then.

 

Heard that a few weeks ago and didn't seem implausible at all with the lineups he's been hitting in.

[SouthSideRyan]

Saw some meathead on Facebook complaining that Rizzo needs to hit more home runs with runners on base, then he dropped a stat that I could've sworn was nonsense, but it was actually true.

 

The last time Anthony Rizzo hit a home run with more than one runner on base was September of 2012. He's also only hit 3 of that variety in his career, all in 2012. Thought that was pretty crazy. Still a meathead reaction, but a statistic that seemed a bit implausible at the same time considering he's hit over 60 home runs since then.

 

Rizzo probably had like 8 ABs with 2+ runners on before this season.

[Janelle-Alexis]

The last time Anthony Rizzo hit a home run with more than one runner on base was September of 2012. He's also only hit 3 of that variety in his career, all in 2012. Thought that was pretty crazy. Still a meathead reaction, but a statistic that seemed a bit implausible at the same time considering he's hit over 60 home runs since then.

 

His career OPS with runners on first and second is .432. With runners on first and third, it's 1.046. Baseball is a weird game.

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The last time Anthony Rizzo hit a home run with more than one runner on base was September of 2012. He's also only hit 3 of that variety in his career, all in 2012. Thought that was pretty crazy. Still a meathead reaction, but a statistic that seemed a bit implausible at the same time considering he's hit over 60 home runs since then.

 

His career OPS with runners on first and second is .432. With runners on first and third, it's 1.046. Baseball is a weird game.

 

Maybe if the guys on second would stop doing this during his ABs, he'd have more success.

 

[Clem Fandango]

Saw some meathead on Facebook complaining that Rizzo needs to hit more home runs with runners on base, then he dropped a stat that I could've sworn was nonsense, but it was actually true.

 

The last time Anthony Rizzo hit a home run with more than one runner on base was September of 2012. He's also only hit 3 of that variety in his career, all in 2012. Thought that was pretty crazy. Still a meathead reaction, but a statistic that seemed a bit implausible at the same time considering he's hit over 60 home runs since then.

 

Heard that a few weeks ago and didn't seem implausible at all with the lineups he's been hitting in.

 

Touché. That said, I like to think that when Rizzo has more than 1 one runner on base he's become smart enough to know that a home run is not the easiest of outcomes, and his goal is to drive in runs any way possible, so he doesn't go up there looking long ball, which makes me love what he's become even more. Like someone said in the game threads, Rizzo is the player I always dreamed the Cubs would one day have in their lineup. He's the best.

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[Sammy Sofa]

What the hell, man.

[sneakypower]

Rizzo = Trout

 

in WAR

[hawkeyecub]

I love him so much.

[chuckywang]

The last time Anthony Rizzo hit a home run with more than one runner on base was September of 2012. He's also only hit 3 of that variety in his career, all in 2012. Thought that was pretty crazy. Still a meathead reaction, but a statistic that seemed a bit implausible at the same time considering he's hit over 60 home runs since then.

 

His career OPS with runners on first and second is .432. With runners on first and third, it's 1.046. Baseball is a weird game.

 

Maybe if the guys on second would stop doing this during his ABs, he'd have more success.

 

 

I was in the crowd when that happened!

[Geech]

Saw some meathead on Facebook complaining that Rizzo needs to hit more home runs with runners on base, then he dropped a stat that I could've sworn was nonsense, but it was actually true.

 

The last time Anthony Rizzo hit a home run with more than one runner on base was September of 2012. He's also only hit 3 of that variety in his career, all in 2012. Thought that was pretty crazy. Still a meathead reaction, but a statistic that seemed a bit implausible at the same time considering he's hit over 60 home runs since then.

 

Time to reset the "days since" counter on this one.

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[sneakypower]

3rd-best player in baseball for the past calendar year (despite missing 20+ G)

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2015&month=10&season1=2015&ind=0&team=&rost=&age=0&filter=&players=

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yessssssss

[Ding Dong Johnson]

That's one of the best photos I have ever seen.

[ScrubMD]

Russell is skyrocketing up my list of favorite players.