@msimonespnMike 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
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/7/21/5922537/mike-trout-albert-pujols-mock-fernando-rodney-arrow-celebration
― Andy K, Monday, 21 July 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
Just scored from first on a single.
― Andy K, Thursday, 24 July 2014 02:25 (nine years ago) link
lol it was a foot away from being a homer, only a single because pujols is as slow as pujols and markakis's arm has a reputation
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 24 July 2014 02:30 (nine years ago) link
Oh.
― Andy K, Thursday, 24 July 2014 02:36 (nine years ago) link
in July:
.270 /.336 /.540
man, he sucks
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
Can't say I expected to see Jack Perconte in the top ten here:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/stolen_base_perc_career.shtml
― Andy K, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
Twenty-three facts on his 23rd birthday:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/for-mike-trouts-23rd-birthday-23-superstar-facts?ymd=20140806&content_id=88237504&vkey=news_mlb
22. Trout is one of just four players to hit at least .320 with 50-plus home runs and 200-plus runs scored over his first two big league seasons. Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams and teammate Albert Pujols round out that group.
― clemenza, Thursday, 7 August 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
god 23 already? he's totally boring now
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 7 August 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=cf&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=200&type=8&season=2014&month=0&season1=2014&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=20%2cd
weird how his defensive stats just keep getting worse and worse. FG has him as almost the worst regular center fielder, non-kemp division
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 August 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link
was not expecting that. kinda feel its a sort of aberration, no?
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Monday, 11 August 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
in straight-up CF counting UZR he's 116 out of 123. Cutch is second to last.
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 11 August 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
skeptical as always of advanced defensive stats, particularly for one season, but both systems had him crashing hard back down to earth last year too. plus his base running has definitely regressed, so maybe there is an issue
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 August 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
although you wonder how much his stolen bases in particular have taken a hit due to the confidence he has in the hitters behind him. still, if he steals at 90% he should be going a lot more
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 August 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
he's huge, he's like an elephant crammed into a human body, i think he's just destined to be one of those great hitters who had nice defensive and baserunning stats early on and then stopped
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 11 August 2014 17:39 (nine years ago) link
yeah i mean i figured that would happen in 5-7 years because of his body type, but he just turned 23 and he's always been huge
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 August 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
mega-slumping right now. .223/.305/.420 since the ASB
― k3vin k., Sunday, 17 August 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
by fWAR he's been worth -0.5WAR over the past couple of weeks
― k3vin k., Sunday, 17 August 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
rumors swirling they're gonna DFA him
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Sunday, 17 August 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
the angels are still doing very well, which is the important thing I guess.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 17 August 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
If I had to vote for MVP today, I'd go with Trout. Felix looked like a possibility two or three weeks ago, but his last two starts have been somewhat shaky. Donaldson and Gordon...that's my limitation; I'm much more confident evaluating players offensively than defensively, and the case for Donaldson or Gordon is very defense-dependent. That's today--obviously, Trout has it within him to run away with the award in September.
Having said that, this Posnanski piece gets at something I've been thinking about recently as Trout bounces between first and second on Baseball Reference's WAR list: if Donaldson or someone else ends up first, what kind of debate might come out of that?
http://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/talking-about-the-v-in-mvp-again/#more-2294
― clemenza, Saturday, 30 August 2014 00:52 (nine years ago) link
if you only care about hitting (as has been proven in recent years), abreu has a strong case
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 August 2014 02:50 (nine years ago) link
like that joe pos post
there was a post on fangraphs today looking deeper into Gordon's defensive numbers and the conclusion was basically that he's the exact same defensive player he's always been, but the crop of left fielders is so bad this year that the UZR baseline has shifted way down, making him look elite by comparison, when he's merely very good. i feel pretty ok not considering a legit MVP case
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 August 2014 03:54 (nine years ago) link
If he didn't have MVP clinched already, he does now. He's trailing Trout Mask Replica in ILX threads 13-2, however.
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 September 2014 08:04 (nine years ago) link
In case you missed it from last night:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/27/video-mike-trout-makes-insane-no-look-leaping-catch/
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 September 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
@keithlaw Let's get him fewer at bats! #smrtbaseball “@Alden_Gonzalez: Mike Scioscia looking at the possibility of Trout batting third next year..."
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link
kinda interesting article here: http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/balls-in-play-expected-homers-leaderboard/
it calculates expected home runs in 2014, based on batted ball distance/angles, and then compares them to actual home runs.
it finds that mike trout was the unluckiest in baseball, with only 36 HRs in 2014 as compared to the 43 that would be expected based on his contact %, outfield flyball %, etc.
Mike Trout. he's just so unlucky
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Monday, 12 January 2015 22:41 (nine years ago) link
more of the same to start the new season: a dinger and a golden sombrero in his first game
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 7 April 2015 03:57 (nine years ago) link
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2015_04_06_anamlb_seamlb_1&mode=video
semi-robbed one, too
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 7 April 2015 04:05 (nine years ago) link
I thought the golden sombrero was 0-4 4K?
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 04:45 (nine years ago) link
whoops i thought it was 3Ks, it's 4
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 7 April 2015 11:48 (nine years ago) link
FUNhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_sombrero
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 14:26 (nine years ago) link
Future weather man?
http://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/32dmtq/opinion_theory_mike_trout_maybe_secretly_wants_to/
― polyphonic, Monday, 13 April 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
http://www.famouspictures.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/I_want_to_believe5.jpg
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 13 April 2015 23:58 (nine years ago) link
HOUSTON -- Mike Trout hit the 100th homer of his career on Friday, lofting a fly ball over the left-field fence at Minute Maid Park to become the youngest player with 100 home runs and 100 stolen bases.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 18 April 2015 02:48 (nine years ago) link
he's having a really great start
― k3vin k., Saturday, 18 April 2015 03:10 (nine years ago) link
to his career
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 18 April 2015 03:56 (nine years ago) link
arguably
Ben Lindbergh on the career of Jeff "Dad" Trout
http://grantland.com/features/2015-mlb-jeff-trout-mike-trout-father/
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 May 2015 14:33 (eight years ago) link
Sure to be a contentious issue in 2016:
http://www.nj.com/phillies/index.ssf/2015/05/president_barack_obama_petitioned_to_create_mike_t.html
― clemenza, Saturday, 16 May 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
that headline really makes it sound like obama created the petition!
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 16 May 2015 14:31 (eight years ago) link
I read it exactly the same as you did ("Wow, is he ever going to catch flak here for being a little distracted...").
― clemenza, Saturday, 16 May 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link
He's brought down his strikeouts close to where they were his first couple of years, so maybe last year was a blip.
2012 - 21.8%2013 - 19.0%2014 - 26.1%2015 - 22.8%
Passed .300/.400/.600 last night.
― clemenza, Thursday, 9 July 2015 15:05 (eight years ago) link
Two more HR tonight.
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 July 2015 04:46 (eight years ago) link
I suspect Biggio may find his name on the internet a lot for the next 24 hours.
He was asked some questions on Twitter Friday as part of MLB's 'HOF Lounge,' including one from a person who asked which current player reminds him the most of himself. "Mike Trout. He's got a little more power, but the styles are similar as far as speed, power."
He really was a great player for four or five years...
― clemenza, Saturday, 25 July 2015 01:39 (eight years ago) link
damn
― nomar, Sunday, 26 July 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link
Just a slightly thicker neck, too!
― Andy K, Sunday, 26 July 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link
Biggio's career-high SLG was less than .050 Trout's current career SLG.
― Andy K, Sunday, 26 July 2015 23:59 (eight years ago) link
Biggio's Similarity Score list:
Robin Yount (836) *Derek Jeter (825)Joe Morgan (779) *Paul Molitor (778) *Roberto Alomar (773) *Cal Ripken (761) *Johnny Damon (760)Brooks Robinson (739) *Lou Whitaker (739)George Brett (735) *
Pretty fantastic list--eight inarguable HOF'ers, one guy (Whittaker) who most people feel should be in, and Damon, who was a fine player. Trout's way off--maybe sort of, if you ignore power, which would be ignoring a lot.
Actually, with 836 being the highest score, Biggio was relatively unique.
― clemenza, Monday, 27 July 2015 00:39 (eight years ago) link