Baez impresses Baez

[ConstableRabbit]

Okay I didn’t read the responses. It’s very cool.

 

Yeah, didn't mean it as a comparison really. Just was looking at Manny's stats and remembering how good he was and it's crazy to me that Javy is on that level overall this year.

Speaking of crazy stats, I also saw something on Twitter comparing Bryant’s first 100 or so games in 2015 to Javy’s this season. I was struck by two things:

1. Javy is just about as good as Bryant was over that stretch which is amazing

2. Bryant K-ing a lot is but a distant memory. I can’t believe he was that good and just got better.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Okay I didn’t read the responses. It’s very cool.

 

Yeah, didn't mean it as a comparison really. Just was looking at Manny's stats and remembering how good he was and it's crazy to me that Javy is on that level overall this year.

Speaking of crazy stats, I also saw something on Twitter comparing Bryant’s first 100 or so games in 2015 to Javy’s this season. I was struck by two things:

1. Javy is just about as good as Bryant was over that stretch which is amazing

2. Bryant K-ing a lot is but a distant memory. I can’t believe he was that good and just got better.

who?

[itisallpartoftheplan]

 

Yeah, didn't mean it as a comparison really. Just was looking at Manny's stats and remembering how good he was and it's crazy to me that Javy is on that level overall this year.

Speaking of crazy stats, I also saw something on Twitter comparing Bryant’s first 100 or so games in 2015 to Javy’s this season. I was struck by two things:

1. Javy is just about as good as Bryant was over that stretch which is amazing

2. Bryant K-ing a lot is but a distant memory. I can’t believe he was that good and just got better.

who?

 

Some guy who played 3rd before Bote

[Sammy Sofa]

Okay I didn’t read the responses. It’s very cool.

 

Yeah, didn't mean it as a comparison really. Just was looking at Manny's stats and remembering how good he was and it's crazy to me that Javy is on that level overall this year.

Speaking of crazy stats, I also saw something on Twitter comparing Bryant’s first 100 or so games in 2015 to Javy’s this season. I was struck by two things:

1. Javy is just about as good as Bryant was over that stretch which is amazing

2. Bryant K-ing a lot is but a distant memory. I can’t believe he was that good and just got better.

 

Until he was tragically lost at sea a couple of months ago.

[David]

Man, I really miss watching Manny Ramirez hit.

[ConstableRabbit]

 

Yeah, didn't mean it as a comparison really. Just was looking at Manny's stats and remembering how good he was and it's crazy to me that Javy is on that level overall this year.

Speaking of crazy stats, I also saw something on Twitter comparing Bryant’s first 100 or so games in 2015 to Javy’s this season. I was struck by two things:

1. Javy is just about as good as Bryant was over that stretch which is amazing

2. Bryant K-ing a lot is but a distant memory. I can’t believe he was that good and just got better.

 

Until he was tragically lost at sea a couple of months ago.

Leads all 3B in BsR*

 

*Buoyancy Rating

[imb]

Man, I really miss watching Manny Ramirez hit.

 

this is cracking me up

[David]

Man, I really miss watching Manny Ramirez hit.

 

this is cracking me up

 

one of my favorite players ever :dontknow:

[Regular Show]

Man, I really miss watching Manny Ramirez hit.

 

Ah, I miss watching Ken Griffey Jr. (in his prime) hit, but what's the point in mentioning it lol. Also, Ichiro when he first came over was something else.

 

Manny was a great hitter, but I never felt that awe-inspired watching him hit.

[Regular Show]

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They do make some awesome baseball products. Highly recommend checking it out. A tad expensive though...

[David]

Man, I really miss watching Manny Ramirez hit.

 

Ah, I miss watching Ken Griffey Jr. (in his prime) hit, but what's the point in mentioning it lol. Also, Ichiro when he first came over was something else.

 

Manny was a great hitter, but I never felt that awe-inspired watching him hit.

 

manny was a goofy horsefeathers who, to steal from your old sig, approached an at bat like mozart while everyone else was salieri

[ConstableRabbit]

Man, I really miss watching Manny Ramirez hit.

 

Ah, I miss watching Ken Griffey Jr. (in his prime) hit, but what's the point in mentioning it lol. Also, Ichiro when he first came over was something else.

 

Manny was a great hitter, but I never felt that awe-inspired watching him hit.

[Regular Show]

Man, I really miss watching Manny Ramirez hit.

 

Ah, I miss watching Ken Griffey Jr. (in his prime) hit, but what's the point in mentioning it lol. Also, Ichiro when he first came over was something else.

 

Manny was a great hitter, but I never felt that awe-inspired watching him hit.

 

manny was a goofy horsefeathers who, to steal from your old sig, approached an at bat like mozart while everyone else was salieri

 

 

WAT?

 

I've never had a sig in my profile so I'm a little confused? It's a good analogy I guess...

[Aaron_Kennelly]

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/some-of-my-favorite-javier-baez-statistics/

[UMFan83]

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/some-of-my-favorite-javier-baez-statistics/

 

They need to hire a writer solely assigned to write about Javy already.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

If you consider Javy's biggest plate discipline problem to be picking up sliders, those adjustments seem pretty shrewd. Clearly he's able to pick up curveball spin and punish it, and jumping on pitches less likely to be chase pitches makes it easier to find pitches he can drive.

[Bertz]

While Javy is objectively swinging at more pitches both in and out of the strikezone, I would guess that if we had the numbers we'd find that the quality of pitches he's swinging at is a lot better. To me it seems like he's swinging at far fewer "what the horsefeathers are you doing" type pitches. He has also gotten rid of that weird quirk where he would swing at literally anything during a full count. That's resulted in far fewer noncompetitive at bats and with his bat speed that's been enough.

[Rex Buckingham]

Saw some Cards fans griping on Twitter that an announcer said Javy has the edge in the MVP race because he plays 3 positions. They argued “so does Carpenter”. It amazes me that they think Carpenters defense at 1st, 2nd and 3rd is even in the same stratosphere as Javy at 2nd, 3rd, and SS.

[stitchface]

Saw some Cards fans griping on Twitter that an announcer said Javy has the edge in the MVP race because he plays 3 positions. They argued “so does Carpenter”. It amazes me that they think Carpenters defense at 1st, 2nd and 3rd is even in the same stratosphere as Javy at 2nd, 3rd, and SS.

yea, but without carpenter, the cards would be like 8 or 9 games out.

[imb]

yeah but carpenter is amazing this year

[Rex Buckingham]

yeah but carpenter is amazing this year

 

Absolutely. It’s just laughable to me that they think his defense would be a positive in any way.

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[imb]

http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/imported_assets/2150253/oL6JmlJ.gif

 

i just laughed so hard lmao

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Matt Carpenter is having a more valuable season than Javier Baez, but that'd just make it even funnier to listen to the bitching if Baez wins MVP.

[Derwood]

http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/imported_assets/2150253/oL6JmlJ.gif

 

i just laughed so hard lmao

 

If one gif could encapsulate the entire city of St. Louis, that's it