Yasiel Puig: I Can't Even Think of a Word That Rhymes!

Pitching to Puig, Abreu, Springer

"...The statistics of Cuban baseball are beset by issues ranging from inaccurate records to inconsistently maintained fields.

Even with that difficulty, scouts noticed a flaw in Puig’s game. Athletically superb, Puig could catch up to any in-zone fastball and drive it a long way. His perceived weakness was in recognizing and chasing breaking balls. The thought went that by placing lots of breaking balls at the edges of the plate, Puig could be induced to hack wildly at them as they faded away. If this report was to be believed, then the best way to defeat Puig was to challenge his patience by forcing him to watch as outside, breaking pitches laced the edges.

Accordingly, early efforts against Puig consisted of a steady diet of pitches well away from the center of the zone (a metric I measure and call “zone distance”). Zone distance varies by the quality of the hitter: An average hitter sees his median pitch 1.04 feet from the center of his zone, but the top 10 hitters (by TAv) of 2013 saw pitches 1.1 feet from the center of their zones. In the initial 500 pitches that Puig saw, his zone distance was 1.2 feet from the center of the zone, indicating both a healthy fear of Puig’s bat and a lack of confidence in Puig’s plate discipline. Examine the trend in Puig’s zone distance, however, and a downward progression emerges."

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23846

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puig uribe and ryu's friendship is the best thing about this current dodgers team

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goodtime #goribe #goodday #iseeyou i like this picture haha

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v33676413/puigs-great-catch-tracked-by-mlbams-tracking-tech

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this might be lol huge but it was funny as hell. chone was being interviewed about how much he loves dee gordon's play and puig rolls up 'hey papi eat this..'

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thank you sir for giving me the opportunity to learn the history of this great baseball player this will be another inspiration to keep fighting hard in my career #baseball #clemente #21 #3000 #mlb #mlbfancave #thanks #goodday #goodtime #goodbless

Yasiel Puig hit three triples tonight, that was impressive.

that is an oddly yasiel puig thing to do

His slash stats are almost identical to last year's:

2013 -- .319/.391/.534
2014 -- .315/.402/.543

Walks, doubles, and, um, triples up, homers down. His drop in WAR is attributable to defense.

4-for-4, needs a homer for the cycle

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At least he didn't throw it at the pitcher, right?

You have scouts, right San Francisco? And televisions and eyeballs?

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/9/23/6833061/yasiel-puig-dont-run-on-him-whats-wrong-with-you

Puig also got a very similar out in SF in the last series...

Giants should complain to the league office.

going to Japan with the touring "all-star" team

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/11/7/7174537/mlb-announces-japan-all-star-series-roster

Dodgers' Yasiel Puig wants to cut down on bat flips

noooo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1uZKuCyPm4&index=25&list=PLL-lmlkrmJanIT2TIr5S3KNM8sYBIqRYp

but how will he make madison bumgarner irrationally angry now?

oh wait, nvm, there are like 93,872,691 other ways he can do that

DL'd

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/yasiel-puig-placed-on-dl-after-latest-hamstring-setback-181603309.html

@McCulloughTimes
The Dodgers have told Yasiel Puig he can not, theoretically, fly a helicopter to Dodger Stadium. Federal law prohibits it, the FAA says.

"theoretically"

MLB concludes dom violence investigation, finds no grounds for discipline

OMG this slide http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/04/12/video-dodgers-yasiel-puig-slide-avoids-tag

<3

incredible

https://twitter.com/YasielPuig/status/726110591769665536

#PuigYourFriend #PuigNotLate

seems to have burned his bridges in Dodgerland

http://www.espn.com/blog/los-angeles/dodger-report/post/_/id/20883/yasiel-puig-so-what-happens-next

an 'unknown team' has claimed Puig off waivers

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/198549100/dodgers-yasiel-puig-claimed-off-waivers/

i can confirm that it was my trivia team

I'd figure Atlanta, but I wouldn't be surprised if Cincy also took a shot at trading for him as I think they might have tried to get him a few months ago.

please don't be the padres

Jim Bowden:

"Dodgers will not be trading Puig after being claimed on trade waivers at least until the off-season. The claiming team had more interest in blocking than making an earnest attempt to trade for him according to source"

looking good so far. if you aren't rooting for him you're a punk

tonight, i just realized he is wearing glasses on the field now. v. cool look. love it.

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@BNightengale
Dodgers OF Yasiel Puig has received 1-game suspension and fine for his obscene gesture last night, but has elected to appeal.

<3 http://deadspin.com/the-mets-are-pissed-at-yasiel-puig-for-admiring-his-hom-1796325948 <3

love this dude

Puig should've worn the Mr. Met outfit on his day off

Flores said he told Puig to “run the bases.” Puig responded, according to Flores, “Fuck you.”

pretty much the best possible response

respect to reyes and cespedes for trying to deal with this like grown-ups, even though i think they're still wrong

On his home run, Yasiel Puig said he thought he got enough to hit it out, but then "I saw the outfielder saying 'I got it.' I guess the wind helped me a little tonight," he smiled. Then asked if this is the most fun he's had playing baseball, he joked, "I've had fun since 4 years old."

Sounds like the words of someone who doesn’t know how to play the game the right way

i don't think that last sentence was a joke, either

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/demonstrative-takes-by-yasiel-puig/

^^came to post this

ha love it

“Fucking baby Stadium.” Yasiel Puig as he bangs balls over the railroad at Minute Maid Park