JUAN SOTO seems like a big deal

No--he's talking about something happening now, and not especially insightfully. I'm drawing the comparison to what Votto went through 15 years ago.

Massive if true. I'm gonna pay more attention to Sal Licata from here on out.

You see how incredibly timely my post was? In the midst of a Jays meltdown today, Soto came up with two out, runners on second and third, score 4-4. He had the discipline to work a full-count walk, including a called strike that wasn't even close. Which brought Judge up, who knocked in two (also shook off a terrible strike call). If Soto isn't Soto, he probably chases and makes the third out.

Anyway, is this a new ILX policy, that we shouldn't be posting about stupid stuff people say? There goes 63% of all posting.

We prefer to run with "in-house" stupidity round these parts

That's some real, the-antagonist-scouts-in-moneyball, type logic tho! You can see that exact thought coming from the round table drafting scene at the beginning of the movie

https://i.imgur.com/sBUf3od.png

Terrible baserunner and fielder, I agree!

he is so good

4-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI today. With Judge and Stanton warming up, that's pretty daunting.

Soto's .421 career OBP puts him at #19 all-time (tied with Mickey Mantle) if he were to retire tomorrow.

Only other active players in the top 100 are Trout (.411), Votto (.409) & Judge (.396).