Mike Trout needs his own thread

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that dave cameron point is weird, i don't think he believes that

dave cameron is also the best baseball writer on the planet

le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 3 April 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link

he's alright, he is just really weird about money things and gets totally anchored down by fangraphs' trademarks, ie using fWAR as an unquestioned be-all end-all thing that never really requires any further analysis beyond the x.x figure. which isn't surprising, he's gotta support the company product, but it's annoying. and in his chats he comes off as possibly the most humorless and irritable human being in the world (and every answer essentially boils down to "just look at the fWAR figure/look at what ZiPS projects the fWAR figure to be")

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 3 April 2014 23:00 (ten years ago) link

that said, this fangraphs article is a fun read that will try to convince you that mike trout will either die horribly or end up as one of the 5 greatest hitters of all time. amazing thing is it doesn't even begin to consider position/defense/baserunning, just pure offense.

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 3 April 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link

you're referring to the one that deals in cumulative standard deviations, right? yeah that line near the end where he (not dave cameron, it was another writer) was like "remember, trout could die in a plane crash tomorrow" or something to that effect was like...ok man you don't really need to cover ALL the bases

surfbort memes get played out, totally (k3vin k.), Friday, 4 April 2014 02:36 (ten years ago) link

Cameron got tot ridiculed by a speaker at a SABR convention a few years ago

images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 April 2014 03:02 (ten years ago) link

to be fair he had to mention "tragedy" cause conigliaro came up as an obvious comp

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 4 April 2014 03:11 (ten years ago) link

http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/trout_zps8d9134c7.jpg

I was more of an APBA guy myself.

clemenza, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 23:10 (ten years ago) link

dude continues to hit really long home runs

k3vin k., Wednesday, 16 April 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link

@Trouty20
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welp

mookieproof, Thursday, 17 April 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link

You found his one weakness.

clemenza, Friday, 18 April 2014 00:42 (ten years ago) link

K'd 3x by Scherzer

Andy K, Sunday, 20 April 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link

4 Ks in the game, first time

images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 April 2014 05:19 (ten years ago) link

seems like he either mashes the ball or whiffs this year. actually include the last month of last year too iirc

k3vin k., Sunday, 20 April 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link

'nother hat trick tonight

k3vin k., Wednesday, 23 April 2014 02:59 (ten years ago) link

He made a point of saying he was going to be more aggressive before the season, so maybe 150 Ks a year will be normal for him now. Everything else seems in order, although you would think it'd be harder to keep his average up in the .325 range the more he strikes out.

clemenza, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 03:31 (ten years ago) link

he's charging toward a 30% strikeout rate...with pujols going gangbusters, he's not going to walk like he did last year. eventually this is going to be a problem

k3vin k., Wednesday, 23 April 2014 18:03 (ten years ago) link

it's been like 3 games

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 24 April 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link

his K rate was >23% the last 2 months of last season too. it's a real trend

k3vin k., Thursday, 24 April 2014 01:26 (ten years ago) link

bring it up again when he isn't leading the league in WAR

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 24 April 2014 01:27 (ten years ago) link

I'M JUST SAYING

k3vin k., Thursday, 24 April 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link

k3vin k0uzmanoff u jus jealous dog

Neckbread (Will M.), Thursday, 24 April 2014 02:05 (ten years ago) link

I enjoy eating one of these while watching an Angels game

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bg2BUBqCIAE-VOW.jpg:medium

images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:26 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/wva9wnI.gif

ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link

btw further research reveals that the game of 7/9/11 I attended (box above) in Anaheim was his 2nd MLB game; saw his first career hit.

images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link

i'm only posting this because i'm superstitious and every time i express concern he breaks out, so: he hasn't had a good game in over 2 weeks

k3vin k., Wednesday, 14 May 2014 03:09 (nine years ago) link

triple high off the wall; good work

mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link

first walk off game winner tonight (3 run shot)

Spottie, Friday, 16 May 2014 05:57 (nine years ago) link

two weeks pass...

12-game hitting streak (slugging over .600 now):

.388/.475/.816, 4 HR, 13 R, 16 RBI.

clemenza, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 03:37 (nine years ago) link

yeah the guy doesn't really hit singles anymore

k3vin k., Wednesday, 18 June 2014 03:43 (nine years ago) link

he hates resl baseball

son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 04:05 (nine years ago) link

*real*

son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 04:06 (nine years ago) link

his isolated power is .299 now

k3vin k., Wednesday, 18 June 2014 04:17 (nine years ago) link

can't even hit .300 send him down

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 05:09 (nine years ago) link

I threw those stats together in a hurry last night--think I shortchanged him one HR (didn't realize he hit two last night). His slugging average is probably closer to .850 through the streak.

Kevin was onto something earlier in the year: the strikeouts were clearly hurting him. He's only struck out six times in 49 AB the past 12 games. Maybe that's tautological, I don't know.

clemenza, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 12:09 (nine years ago) link

.387/.467/.747 in his last 20 games

k3vin k., Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link

that second HR was mighty impressive last night. i'm surprised he made contact at all.

Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link

http://cdn.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Screen-Shot-2014-06-16-at-1.01.24-PM.png

trout is actually hitless this year on balls in the upper third of the zone

k3vin k., Wednesday, 18 June 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link

If it were him against me, I'd definitely bring the high heat. Wouldn't touch me.

clemenza, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link

love that this is off jason vargas

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/0/v34086831/laakc-trout-blasts-solo-home-run-in-the-1st-inning

johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:37 (nine years ago) link

Mike Trout's home run tonight was calculated at 489 (!!) feet. That's the longest HR hit in MLB this season. (via @ESPNStatsInfo)
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ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 14m
Mike Trout's 489-foot HR is the longest by an AL player since ESPN began tracking home runs (2006).
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Adnan Virk, ESPN ‏@adnanESPN 14m
Mike Trout hits 489 foot HR, longest by an AL player in 8 years
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Steve Duncan ‏@steveduncan2013 16m
Angels' Mike Trout hit HR measured at 489 feet - longest ever at KC's Kauffman Stadium - in 1st inning (ESPN) http://ift.tt/1mnYyyM
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johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:38 (nine years ago) link

holy shit

k3vin k., Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:25 (nine years ago) link

@msimonespn
Mike Trout has 5 HR on pitches thrown below the knees in 2014. No one else has more than 2. pic.twitter.com/TmxzXYv0Wq

Andy K, Saturday, 5 July 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link

was disappointed he DH'd last night... then he got thrown out at third to end the inning, down 1-0!

son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 15:25 (nine years ago) link

Just scored from first on a single.

Andy K, Thursday, 24 July 2014 02:25 (nine years ago) link


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