General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Derwood]

Chris Sale already at 200 K's

[Gilby]

Trout are easy for Dusty to catch, so it doesn't surprise me he'd fear Pujols more

[davell]

 

 

Awesome.

[Proven Veteran]

 

 

Awesome.

 

The Ralph thing is hilarious.

[Agony and Ivy]

 

 

Awesome.

 

The Ralph thing is hilarious.

 

I love it when Heyman goes into savage mode

[Bull]

i keep reading that as "i've been beaten by pujols more than i've beaten my trout"

Fishing euphemism >>>> fishing metaphor.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

We haven't talked enough about how horrible the Giants are.

 

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

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I think they are close to driving Brisbee insane. He tweeted this out after their marathon loss on Friday night. He hosts this show, btw.

 

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[We Got The Whole 9]

Jose Altuve is hitting 450/500/700 over his last 150 PA

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Jose Altuve is hitting 450/500/700 over his last 150 PA

 

those are video game numbers jfc

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Scooter Gennett is hitting .316/.365/.607. He's hit 18 homers in 263 PA.

[Derwood]

Scooter Gennett is hitting .316/.365/.607. He's hit 18 homers in 263 PA.

 

His real name is Ryan, so now I'm curious how he got that nickname

[David]

Scooter Gennett is hitting .316/.365/.607. He's hit 18 homers in 263 PA.

 

how annoyed would we be if he were still on milwaukee

[David]

Scooter Gennett is hitting .316/.365/.607. He's hit 18 homers in 263 PA.

 

His real name is Ryan, so now I'm curious how he got that nickname

 

Gennett said he adopted the name as a 5-year-old fan of the Muppets character Scooter and used it as a permanent alias after his mother, Tina, tried to impart a lesson about buckling his seat belt with a trip to a police station for a lecture.

 

"I thought I was going to be arrested,” he said. “So, I told the policeman my name was Scooter. After we left there, I didn’t answer to Ryan because I thought if I answered to my real name I’d get arrested.”

 

He has been Scooter ever since.

[Cubswin11]

Scooter Gennett is hitting .316/.365/.607. He's hit 18 homers in 263 PA.

 

how annoyed would we be if he were still on milwaukee

I mean Sogard, who kinda took his spot, is slashing .324/.429/.427 in 170 PAs. They're both playing at a 3.5-4 win pace.

[David]

cody bellinger is ridiculous

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Scooter Gennett is hitting .316/.365/.607. He's hit 18 homers in 263 PA.

 

His real name is Ryan, so now I'm curious how he got that nickname

 

Gennett said he adopted the name as a 5-year-old fan of the Muppets character Scooter and used it as a permanent alias after his mother, Tina, tried to impart a lesson about buckling his seat belt with a trip to a police station for a lecture.

 

"I thought I was going to be arrested,” he said. “So, I told the policeman my name was Scooter. After we left there, I didn’t answer to Ryan because I thought if I answered to my real name I’d get arrested.”

 

He has been Scooter ever since.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Altuve with a 4-4 night

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Mike Moustakas is having the strangest few years. There were a couple Fangraphs articles that explain why he's so strange.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/the-biggest-change-in-approach-that-weve-seen/

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mike-moustakas-swings-for-the-fences/

 

Basically, he'd always been a dead-pull fly ball hitter, but he never hit for enough power, and made a lot of weak contact and popped the ball up all the time, leading to really low BABIPs and overall just shitty numbers. But, in 2015 he started going the other way a lot and wasn't hitting the ball in the air all the time. And he was hitting over .300 and having his first good season offensively. I remember watching a game and the announcers were talking to him about how hard he worked on changing his approach.

 

But then at mid-season, he went back to being a dead-pull fly ball hitter, except he was actually good at it this time, and he hit for a ton of power. And his first-half numbers and second-half numbers were of similar value; he was just trading some BA and OBP for slugging.

 

Then, he got hurt last year. But, in 113 PA, he was kind of similar to the mixture he had in 2015, not as many fly balls, not as much pulling, with a poor BABIP, and lots of power. But, he also became a lot more selective. Last year, he swung at 22.2% of pitches outside of the zone, which was over 10% less than his previous career low.

 

Then he comes back this year, and he's back to hitting the ball in the air and pulling it at the levels of his most extreme, except he's already hit 29 homers. But, now he is swinging at everything. It's the most extreme shift in approach from year-to-year since they started tracking plate discipline.

 

He is swinging at 57.3% of pitches overall and 42.3% on pitches out of the zone. Javy, for his career, has swung at 42.3% of pitches out of the zone. Moustakas was at 22.2% the year before. Ben Zobrist is at 22.7% for his career. He went from having Ben Zobrist's approach to having Javy's over one off-season.

 

The really strange thing to me is that he was a horrible hitter for years while singing for the fences, then changed his approach and became a good hitter. And he changed back to what made him horrible, except he did it basically right at the All-Star break in 2015, which is when the juiced balls were introduced. What kind of serendipity is that?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Also, his wRC+ was 122 in 2015 and it is 122 this year. So, basically, he's made all of these huge changes and he's no better or worse, he's just doing things completely differently.

[Post Count Padder]

cody bellinger is ridiculous

Anymore ridiculous than me recently realizing he is Clay Bellinger's kid?

[We Got The Whole 9]

Mike Moustakas is having the strangest few years. There were a couple Fangraphs articles that explain why he's so strange.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/the-biggest-change-in-approach-that-weve-seen/

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mike-moustakas-swings-for-the-fences/

 

Basically, he'd always been a dead-pull fly ball hitter, but he never hit for enough power, and made a lot of weak contact and popped the ball up all the time, leading to really low BABIPs and overall just horsefeathers numbers. But, in 2015 he started going the other way a lot and wasn't hitting the ball in the air all the time. And he was hitting over .300 and having his first good season offensively. I remember watching a game and the announcers were talking to him about how hard he worked on changing his approach.

 

But then at mid-season, he went back to being a dead-pull fly ball hitter, except he was actually good at it this time, and he hit for a ton of power. And his first-half numbers and second-half numbers were of similar value; he was just trading some BA and OBP for slugging.

 

Then, he got hurt last year. But, in 113 PA, he was kind of similar to the mixture he had in 2015, not as many fly balls, not as much pulling, with a poor BABIP, and lots of power. But, he also became a lot more selective. Last year, he swung at 22.2% of pitches outside of the zone, which was over 10% less than his previous career low.

 

Then he comes back this year, and he's back to hitting the ball in the air and pulling it at the levels of his most extreme, except he's already hit 29 homers. But, now he is swinging at everything. It's the most extreme shift in approach from year-to-year since they started tracking plate discipline.

 

He is swinging at 57.3% of pitches overall and 42.3% on pitches out of the zone. Javy, for his career, has swung at 42.3% of pitches out of the zone. Moustakas was at 22.2% the year before. Ben Zobrist is at 22.7% for his career. He went from having Ben Zobrist's approach to having Javy's over one off-season.

 

The really strange thing to me is that he was a horrible hitter for years while singing for the fences, then changed his approach and became a good hitter. And he changed back to what made him horrible, except he did it basically right at the All-Star break in 2015, which is when the juiced balls were introduced. What kind of serendipity is that?

I bet that's the largest jump in Oswing over 2 seasons you will find possibly ever. That's absolutely crazy. And for a guy right in his prime, not past it. He basically said, horsefeathers it, I'm not letting so many possibly hittable pitches go by this year, and ended up with the same results LOL

 

Good stuff

 

Shoot, sorry, you actually said it's the most extreme shift in PD since they started tracking it. This is fascinating.

[David]

cody bellinger is ridiculous

Anymore ridiculous than me recently realizing he is Clay Bellinger's kid?

 

i knew that, but i didn't really know who clay bellinger was before cody blew up

 

pretty crazy that he's off to a historic start at 22 when his dad was basically a career minor leaguer who didn't sniff the bigs til he was 30

[jersey cubs fan]

cody bellinger is ridiculous

Anymore ridiculous than me recently realizing he is Clay Bellinger's kid?

 

i knew that, but i didn't really know who clay bellinger was before cody blew up

 

pretty crazy that he's off to a historic start at 22 when his dad was basically a career minor leaguer who didn't sniff the bigs til he was 30

Mike Trout's dad didn't sniff the bigs until his son got there.

[David]

Anymore ridiculous than me recently realizing he is Clay Bellinger's kid?

 

i knew that, but i didn't really know who clay bellinger was before cody blew up

 

pretty crazy that he's off to a historic start at 22 when his dad was basically a career minor leaguer who didn't sniff the bigs til he was 30

Mike Trout's dad didn't sniff the bigs until his son got there.

 

well yeah

 

i'm just saying the extreme opposite of major league career types basically