General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[JHBulls]

If only CJ was a 50 HR/50 stolen base threat, then he could gamble all he wants. 

[JHBulls]

So, Ohtani has gone 13 for 17 with five homeruns and 13 RBI in his last four games, together with six stolen bases. Ohtani is currently ranked equal third by fWAR (8.0) behind Judge (10.4) and Witt Jr (10.1), tied with Gunnar Henderson, and Juan Soto is fifth (7.9). By bWAR, Ohtani is only fifth (8.1) behind Judge (10.0), Witt Jr (9.4), Henderson (8.8) and Jarren Duran (8.5).

Crazy how a 50/50 (or possibly 60/60) campaign might not be an MVP campaign. Ohtani does only DH so that would be a big reason why. 

[soccer10k]

1 hour ago, JHBulls said:

So, Ohtani has gone 13 for 17 with five homeruns and 13 RBI in his last four games, together with six stolen bases. Ohtani is currently ranked equal third by fWAR (8.0) behind Judge (10.4) and Witt Jr (10.1), tied with Gunnar Henderson, and Juan Soto is fifth (7.9). By bWAR, Ohtani is only fifth (8.1) behind Judge (10.0), Witt Jr (9.4), Henderson (8.8) and Jarren Duran (8.5).

Crazy how a 50/50 (or possibly 60/60) campaign might not be an MVP campaign. Ohtani does only DH so that would be a big reason why. 

The difference between Ohtani and most DH’s is that they tend to provide negative value with their legs because they’re big lumbering oafs. Assuming I’m looking at the right thing, Ohtani is second in both Fangraphs and B-R in baserunning value in the majors this year. So while he’s not playing the field, he provides value with his legs.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

12 hours ago, JHBulls said:

So, Ohtani has gone 13 for 17 with five homeruns and 13 RBI in his last four games, together with six stolen bases. Ohtani is currently ranked equal third by fWAR (8.0) behind Judge (10.4) and Witt Jr (10.1), tied with Gunnar Henderson, and Juan Soto is fifth (7.9). By bWAR, Ohtani is only fifth (8.1) behind Judge (10.0), Witt Jr (9.4), Henderson (8.8) and Jarren Duran (8.5).

Crazy how a 50/50 (or possibly 60/60) campaign might not be an MVP campaign. Ohtani does only DH so that would be a big reason why. 

On what planet is he not winning MVP this season? Every other guy you mention is in the other league.

[gflore34]

On 9/19/2024 at 8:52 PM, Sammy Sofa said:

A dramatic recreation of how much thought Tom put into it:

I honestly believe Ohtani had no intentions of signing anywhere else, it was always going to be the Dodgers.  The frustrating is Jed stringing us along, just like he'll attempt to do with Soto this coming off-season.  Soto, like Ohtani, has one destination in mind - New York - well, maybe two - Mets or Yankees.

[JHBulls]

3 hours ago, Ding Dong Johnson said:

On what planet is he not winning MVP this season? Every other guy you mention is in the other league.

Right, you are. I somehow missed that. 

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

Was this already posted in another thread?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/oakland-a-s-hat-goes-viral-for-its-all-too-perfect-design-quickly-gets-removed-from-the-store/ar-AA1r8EWH

[JHBulls]

 

Damn.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Shohei reached 400 total bases last night. Hadn't been done since 2001. Judge is at 392.

 

400 total bases and 50 steals in the same year. Absolutely ludicrous.

[imb]

Bum AI prompt 

 

[soccer10k]

Mariano Rivera pitched 19 seasons.
His only season with an ERA above 3.15 was his rookie season when he started 10 games.
His 3.15 ERA in 2007 was his only season as a reliever with an ERA above 3.
In 11 of his 17 full seasons as a reliever (excluding 2012 when he got hurt and made 9 appearances) he had an ERA under 2.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Ohtani's 50/50 ball fetches 4.4M at auction. Not bad for a trip to the ballpark.

[JHBulls]

6 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Ohtani's 50/50 ball fetches 4.4M at auction. Not bad for a trip to the ballpark.

I am thrilled that the dude who caught the baseball didn’t get pressured into giving it back to Ohtani for a signed bat and season tickets for a year. Good for him. 
 

Edit: Actually I was slightly off. The Dodgers offered $300,000 lol. 

Edited October 23, 2024 by JHBulls

[Derwood]

RIP Fernando Valenzuela

[We Got The Whole 9]

7 hours ago, JHBulls said:

I am thrilled that the dude who caught the baseball didn’t get pressured into giving it back to Ohtani for a signed bat and season tickets for a year. Good for him. 
 

Edit: Actually I was slightly off. The Dodgers offered $300,000 lol. 

Deferred over 30 years

[Tryptamine]

7 hours ago, JHBulls said:

I am thrilled that the dude who caught the baseball didn’t get pressured into giving it back to Ohtani for a signed bat and season tickets for a year. Good for him. 
 

Edit: Actually I was slightly off. The Dodgers offered $300,000 lol. 

That guy is currently getting sued by a teenager who is claiming the guy who ended up with the ball, and his buddy, more or wrestled it away from him in the scrum including putting him in an arm bar. I doubt the teenager has any real chance unless it's absurdly egregious, but still scummy behavior. 

[Longhorn20]

I don't care who wins the WS. I just hope it's a 4-game sweep so we can get on with the free-agent signings, releases, and trade, trade, trade.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

On 10/23/2024 at 9:50 AM, Tryptamine said:

That guy is currently getting sued by a teenager who is claiming the guy who ended up with the ball, and his buddy, more or wrestled it away from him in the scrum including putting him in an arm bar. I doubt the teenager has any real chance unless it's absurdly egregious, but still scummy behavior. 

The teenager never had it. He tried to grab it out of the guy’s crotch and then whined about not getting it.

 

https://x.com/SInow/status/1837222886014173515

[We Got The Whole 9]

Imagine (not being Mr. Beast) filming people scrambling for a multi-million dollar object that is right in your vicinity

Edited October 25, 2024 by We Got The Whole 9

[JHBulls]

 

InB4 Ricketts Field.

[Post Count Padder]

Sale wins NL CY and Imanaga finishes 5th. He also got 4th in ROY voting. Does that mean the Cubs collect a bonus pick or something?

[Post Count Padder]

And Skubal wins AL CY unanimously on his birthday. 

[PackLandVA]

[javy knows my name]

The double zeroes!!