yeah BBRef uses DRS and FG uses UZR, i guess they have some different ideas
fwiw pujols has the highest UZR on record for a 1b. i think it only goes back to 2002 but still.
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-stark/post/_/id/769/appreciating-albert-pujols
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:32 (ten years ago) link
just read about this, congrats.
"Only 26 of the thousands of men who have played in the major leagues have ever reached that milestone. At 34, he is the third-youngest to do so."
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:33 (ten years ago) link
not sure about that last part however. :-)
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
i feel like people deal a certain amount of schadenfreude or at least snarkiness about his past two years, or at least LAA's incompetence, but i'm always rooting for him and i still hope he ends up with 700 homers
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:37 (ten years ago) link
he's a lot easier to root for now that he's out of the NL Central ;)
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 02:00 (ten years ago) link
I'd have to figure the HR friendly NL Central Parks probably never hurt Pujols. At least he got to take Minute Maid with him to LA so that every time the Angels go there they can show him hitting that moonshot against Brad Lidge.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmAkwHZCcAEzLUL.jpg
after hitting a walk-off homer to win the 2000 pcl championship
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 April 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
I met Jered Weaver's father-in-law today.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Sunday, 27 April 2014 23:11 (nine years ago) link
father of tacos
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 28 April 2014 00:53 (nine years ago) link
did you ask him if he really wanted his daughter to marry jeff
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 28 April 2014 01:27 (nine years ago) link
i ate 10 tacos next to jeff weaver last night
― Andy K, Monday, 28 April 2014 01:37 (nine years ago) link
2,500th hit, 1,500th run, go-ahead double in the 9th.
― clemenza, Sunday, 7 September 2014 05:22 (nine years ago) link
35 today
seven years, $189m left on contract
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 January 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link
http://images.45cat.com/ike-and-tina-turner-its-gonna-work-out-fine-london.jpg
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 16 January 2015 17:53 (nine years ago) link
Passed Jimmie Foxx on the HR list today, will pass Mantle soon. In other news, a shadow of his former self.
― clemenza, Monday, 8 June 2015 00:26 (eight years ago) link
23 hr now. He's been a pretty impressive shadow lately, against all odds and prognostication.
― nomar, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 00:25 (eight years ago) link
Apr 6 to May 16, 2015 34 games 29/130 16 r 6 hr 14 rbis 18k 9bb .223 .277 .392May 17 to Jun 24, 2015 36 games 43/135 30 r 17 hr 33 rbis 9k 14bb .319 .391 .741
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:57 (eight years ago) link
I think Thomas without the walks is ending up being a pretty apt analogy offensively although everything I see kinda indicates he's still keeping his strong defensive skills (which obv Thomas never had). As long as you don't look at the contract, he's still got value.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 27 June 2015 14:18 (eight years ago) link
aren't the angels uber rich anyway?
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 27 June 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
They are, but even so I'm sure they wish they were paying for Pujols 2000-2009 not the current incarnation.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 27 June 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
He seems to have turned a bunch of doubles into home runs--his doubles are down from '14 and '12 almost in lockstep with the HR surge. Otherwise, he looks to be the same player he's been since arriving in California. Which is fine. He should be able to bulk up his career numbers at a reasonable level of performance for the next few years--3000/600 again looks very reachable, 2000 RBI probably.
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 June 2015 14:53 (eight years ago) link
40th hr
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 4 October 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
trout doubles, pujols homers :/ go Rangers!
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 4 October 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
agreed with the angels four years ago today
only six to go
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
He's been worth around 13 WAR over four years with the Angels, so at $7M/win or whatever the going rate is on the open market, he's earned his salary.
He had a .300 OBP last year and probably will be a marginal hitter by the end of his contract, but he's not been terrible. Though he still might have the worst contract in baseball considering the years and $ value still owed.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
he fell off so badly in the second half of '15 I wonder if he's actually done for real this time tho
― nomar, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 19:10 (eight years ago) link
.249/.324/.416, 101 wRC+, 0.1 fWAR
only 5 and a half left to go
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Friday, 15 July 2016 05:17 (seven years ago) link
ouch. i didn't realize it had gotten that bad or that there was still 5+ years on that contract
― dynamicinterface, Friday, 15 July 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link
Depending upon how much stock you put in the 40 HR last year, he's in his eighth year of almost uniformly straight-line decline. WARs, starting in 2009 (his career high): 9.7, 7.5, 5.3, 4.8, 2.3 (injury year; pro-rated for 155 games), 3.9, 3.1, 0.4 (also pro-rated for 155 games).
― clemenza, Friday, 15 July 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
His worst nightmare turns out to be...R.A. Dickey: including an 0-3 tonight, 13 AB, no hits, no walks, one sacrifice fly. (Kluber, too.)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 03:02 (seven years ago) link
so R.A. has that going for him.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
not too difficult to get albert out these days
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
it was a good run
http://i.imgur.com/Zury8rd.png
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 17:36 (seven years ago) link
his career arc at this point kinda reminds me of griffey jr's
― nomar, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
pujols probably more consistently great at his peak, but yeah. doesn't have griffey's injury excuses, either
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
13 seasons with at least 25 homers and 100 RBI
it's a shame (you know, apart from the money) that he's signed to such an absurd contract that he's become a joke
because good lord he hit some baseballs
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 August 2016 01:38 (seven years ago) link
eh, he earned that contract, Angels were foolish if they thought they were getting more than 3 decent years out of him
― frogbs, Saturday, 27 August 2016 02:51 (seven years ago) link
This could be Cabrera's 12th such season if he picks up the pace a bit in RBI. Never thought any contemporary of Pujols' would surpass his basic slash stats, but Cabrera might.
Pujols: .309/.393/.573Cabrera: .321/.398/.561
(And just so nobody complains)
Trout: .306/.402/.558
Cabrera still has to tack on three extra years of decline, though, so maybe not. And of course, that's two great fielders and one guy with no defensive value.
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 August 2016 02:55 (seven years ago) link
Pujols hasn't remained otherworldly, but he isn't aging too bad for such a big built guy. I can't see why any of these clubs sign anyone for a 10 year guaranteed contract, but if you are going to do such a deal a guy like Pujols or say Votto are probably the better type of players to invest that much cash and time. Hamilton's long deal was the one that was really stupid, as the guy was an injury risk beyond the off the field issues. The big thing to me is that the Angels minor league system completely fell apart and they had a couple of tough injuries with their young pitchers. Their pitching has been their weakness the past few years even last year when they won a bunch of games.
― earlnash, Saturday, 27 August 2016 04:13 (seven years ago) link
― clemenza, Friday, August 26, 2016 10:55 PM (yesterday)
wow, i just checked and the two have just about identical career wRC+. i figured even with pujols's disastrous last few years he would still have him beat
that said despite cabrera being arguably one of the best...5-7 RH hitters ever, pujols has already attained inner-circle status and cabrera will have to have a bonds-like finish to his career to sniff that
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 August 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
miggy has yet (i think) to single-handedly destroy a pitcher's career the way pujols did with brad lidge
or bartolo did with james shields
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 August 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
Albert this season kinda proving how empty the RBI can be, statistically speaking:
.238/.276/.3635 HR5 2B12 runs30 RBI (2nd in AL)-0.3 WAR
it takes a lot to go from the best player in MLB to the worst but he's trending well...
― nomar, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
only 4 more years left on his contract. after this year.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link
was he an actual "questionable birthday" guy or was that just good ol'-fashioned racism?
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:33 (six years ago) link
his ISO is .125, woof
looks like he's going to end up generating around +10 WAR over his 10 year contract
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
http://www.sbnation.com/2011/11/21/2577356/how-old-is-albert-pujols
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
ah, 2011:
Well, if you squint hard enough, you might catch a glimpse of early decline in his numbers. His OPS+ has decreased every year since 2008. But I wouldn't want to make too much of that, because he's still playing at a superstar level, and really, who needs statistics when you've got a lot of rumors and hearsay evidence?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:41 (six years ago) link
proving how empty the RBI can be, statistically speaking
Phrased that way, absolutely agree: "can be," not "is." If you look at the rest of the combined-leagues RBI leaderboard, it's one guy, Travis Shaw, having a good year, and nine other guys having very good to great years, including Zimmerman, Harper, and Goldschmidt (a couple in Colorado, mind you). And there's no mystery to Pujols' bogus total.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:44 (six years ago) link
Grand slam:
http://m.mlb.com/video/v1462152183
More productive than Thome when he hit his 600th, less productive than Sosa.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 June 2017 04:36 (six years ago) link