Baez impresses Baez

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Now, to get this thread back on track. #32 for Javy:

 

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This is awesome. I'd love to frame this and hang it up someday.

[Sammy Sofa]

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if you consider 2018 Javy Baez a shortstop, he's having the second best SS season by a Cub since 1960 (Ernie Banks had a 7 fWAR season in 1960.)

 

If you consider 2018 Javy Baez a 2B, he's having the 7th best 2B season by a Cub (the first 6 are all Sandberg) since 1960.

[bukie]

Javy with an outside shot at the triple crown in the NL, now up to 10th in BA, 3rd in HR and 1st in RBI.

 

Likely won't catch Yelich/Gennett for the batting title, but it's a great season.

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Javy with an outside shot at the triple crown in the NL, now up to 10th in BA, 3rd in HR and 1st in RBI.

 

Likely won't catch Yelich/Gennett for the batting title, but it's a great season.

 

I'm not great at math, but is it even possible for a swing in batting average that great at this point in the season?

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Javy with an outside shot at the triple crown in the NL, now up to 10th in BA, 3rd in HR and 1st in RBI.

 

Likely won't catch Yelich/Gennett for the batting title, but it's a great season.

But he wins the Javy crown which replaces BA with leading the league in Javy tags, Javy slides, home bases swiped, and forcing throwing errors on the base paths.

[Andy]

Javy with an outside shot at the triple crown in the NL, now up to 10th in BA, 3rd in HR and 1st in RBI.

 

Likely won't catch Yelich/Gennett for the batting title, but it's a great season.

 

I'm not great at math, but is it even possible for a swing in batting average that great at this point in the season?

Theoretically it's possible, but the combination of the difference (Javy is .022 behind Yelich, not a huge margin but not small either) and the fact there are 8 other guys between them makes it in practice pretty much impossible.

[Brian]

I'm hoping that he makes it to 40, imagine in 2015 thinking Javy could beat KB to a 40HR season.

[Banedon]

I'm hoping that he makes it to 40, imagine in 2015 thinking Javy could beat KB to a 40HR season.

 

That would be a helluva tear to end the season.

[Brian]

I'm hoping that he makes it to 40, imagine in 2015 thinking Javy could beat KB to a 40HR season.

 

That would be a helluva tear to end the season.

 

Yeah it would be a shame if he pulled a Puig on the Cardinals

[bukie]

Javy with an outside shot at the triple crown in the NL, now up to 10th in BA, 3rd in HR and 1st in RBI.

 

Likely won't catch Yelich/Gennett for the batting title, but it's a great season.

 

I'm not great at math, but is it even possible for a swing in batting average that great at this point in the season?

Let's assume Javy plays 10 of the remaining 11 games, and gets an average of 4 PA per game, so 40 PA. Given his 5% walk rate, let's say 38 AB. To raise his BA to .315, he'd need to go 23 for 38. To raise it to .320, he'd need to go 28 for 38.

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Javy with an outside shot at the triple crown in the NL, now up to 10th in BA, 3rd in HR and 1st in RBI.

 

Likely won't catch Yelich/Gennett for the batting title, but it's a great season.

 

I'm not great at math, but is it even possible for a swing in batting average that great at this point in the season?

Let's assume Javy plays 10 of the remaining 11 games, and gets an average of 4 PA per game, so 40 PA. Given his 5% walk rate, let's say 38 AB. To raise his BA to .315, he'd need to go 23 for 38. To raise it to .320, he'd need to go 28 for 38.

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i love baez but this is pretty damning

 

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Looking like a dweeb: Yelich

[WrigleyField 22]

i love baez but this is pretty damning

 

Dafuq is that?

[Andy]

i love baez but this is pretty damning

 

Other than being wrong on almost every single thing on that list (how the horsefeathers would he know who has better 'clubhouse leadership'?), that's truly compelling.

[CyHawk_Cub]

White Sox fan taking an opportunity to subjectively dump on a Cubs player? Seems super authoritative to me.

[jersey cubs fan]

i love baez but this is pretty damning

 

¿que?

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9 to nothing. it's simple math.

[Rob]

Yelich has a wet noodle for an arm... I have no idea what that guy was thinking.

 

Truth be told, I'd probably bet on Yelich to be the better overall player next year. He's just an incredibly well-rounded player (aside from his terrible arm strength). But Javy has been roughly as valuable this year (especially if you buy a lot of the arguments about forced errors and his tagging ability that aren't adequately reflected by WAR figures). I don't see either as a bad MVP choice.

[Cubswin11]

That guy is just a troll who somehow has built up a fan base as a White Sox guy on twitter even though most of his tweets are about the Cubs.

 

He totally thinks their rebuild is going 100% great too.

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Yelich has a wet noodle for an arm... I have no idea what that guy was thinking.

 

Truth be told, I'd probably bet on Yelich to be the better overall player next year. He's just an incredibly well-rounded player (aside from his terrible arm strength). But Javy has been roughly as valuable this year (especially if you buy a lot of the arguments about forced errors and his tagging ability that aren't adequately reflected by WAR figures). I don't see either as a bad MVP choice.

No man, Javy has a slight edge in 2B, 3B, HR, and SLG, so clearly Yelich has the better power.

[Tim]

i love baez but this is pretty damning

 

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Only damning if you consider it true.

 

 

Which it isn't.