Another way to look at it is that teams who rely on one player for most their offense rarely win it all.
― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 18:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― bnw (bnw), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 01:52 (nineteen years ago) link
edmonds .311/.426/.672, neutral parkbeltre .338/.386/.652, pitcher's park
gotta figure defense is a wash/edge to edmonds. but jimmy doesn't have great clutch/risp numbers.
the trouble of course is that rolen and pujols still loom VERY large...but i'm moving back to undecided.
― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 04:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 04:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Edmonds would likely be my #2 at the moment.
VORP, Sept 1
Bonds 118.9Pujols 82.2Edmonds 78.5
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 14:20 (nineteen years ago) link
"* In terms of EqA, the gap between Bonds and Beltre is bigger than the gap between Beltre and Cody Ransom. Hell, the gap between Bonds and Beltre about as big as the gap between Beltre and Neifarious."
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 17:46 (nineteen years ago) link
If the Yanks win the division despite all those pitching injuries, I think Sheff will win (although Rivera probably deserved equal credit. In a way, they're the Bonds-Schmidt combo of the AL, or at least, that is how they will be perceived).
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 18:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 19:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Last year Manny was also better when he played (he was injured for several weeks last season). But he's got this Albert Belle-esque rep as a "difficult" personality and a selfish player, which the voters hate. Whereas Ortiz has the opposite rep. I think Manny would need vastly superior numbers than any of his competitors to make up that difference in the voters' eyes, and that's just not true this season.
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 16 September 2004 02:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Albert Pujols 2Adrian Beltre 3Jim Edmonds 4Todd Helton 5Lance Berkman 6Bobby Abreu 7Scott Rolen 8Mark Loretta 9J.D. Drew 10
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 15:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 19:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 19:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 19:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 22:42 (nineteen years ago) link
(therefore: NOT a dopey question dave r!)
((helton?))
[and i don't care what you say, rolen should totally have been #4 dude, you've been rash]
― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 01:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 11 June 2005 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Actor Sizemore fails drug test with fake penis (jingleberries), Monday, 13 June 2005 04:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Beltre ($11.4M).244/.279/.361
Boone ($9M).234/.299/.378
Sexson ($6M).244/.353/.507
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 13 June 2005 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Beltre
Sexson
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 16 June 2005 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 16 June 2005 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 17 June 2005 11:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 17 June 2005 11:58 (eighteen years ago) link
I was looking at Beltre's comps on Baseball Reference. As you probably know, there are always three lists: one based on who you'd match up with if your career were to end today, one that compares your numbers to other careers up to your current age (the most useful), and a third list that tracks season by season. Beltre's seasonal comps:
Age 20 -- Manny Machado (952)Age 21 -- Ron Santo (954)Age 22 -- Ron Santo (947)Age 23 -- Ron Santo (976)Age 24 -- Ron Santo (945)Age 25 -- Ron Santo (965)Age 26 -- Ron Santo (946)Age 27 -- Ron Santo (930)Age 28 -- Ron Santo (933)Age 29 -- Ron Santo (918)Age 30 -- Ruben Sierra (916)Age 31 -- Ron Santo (909)Age 32 -- Ron Santo (918)Age 33 -- Ron Santo (921)Age 34 -- Ron Santo (884)
That's pretty remarkable. No surprise that Beltre and Santo match up well over their careers, but I doubt that there have ever been two players in the entire history of baseball more in lockstep on a seasonal basis.
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 June 2014 13:59 (nine years ago) link
Example: even when you look at Ruth, where you're obviously drawing from an extremely limited group of similar players, you get a list that's Williams from age 26-33, a few years of Foxx after that, a few years of Bonds at the end, and Chuck Klein and Manny Ramirez and Will Clark (!--age 23) mixed in.
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 June 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
that's pretty fucking cool clemenza.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 14 June 2014 18:28 (nine years ago) link
en fuego
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Sunday, 6 July 2014 00:13 (nine years ago) link
35, 2519 hits, 387 HR. 3000 hits should be easy--the rest of this year, two more seasons and a bit. 500 HR will be tougher, but he has a pretty good chance to be the fifth 3000/500 guy (assuming A-Rod doesn't find a way to get those last 61 hits). Pujols and Cabrera would be next in line, although I wouldn't be surprised to see one of those guys break down physically first.
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 July 2014 13:17 (nine years ago) link
Nobody cares, I realize, but I'd love to see Beltre win the batting title. If his HOF chances are as close as most people think (again, I see him close to a cinch at this point), a batting title will definitely help. He's about five points behind right now.
― clemenza, Thursday, 28 August 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
Garrett Richards came into the Angels’ clubhouse proudly holding a piece of paper Saturday afternoon. Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre had sent him an invoice for $300 after Richards broke three of his bats Friday night.It was a real invoice, like Beltre went to an office-supply store and bought a pack of them or something. “Cash only, no checks,” he wrote above his signature.
It was a real invoice, like Beltre went to an office-supply store and bought a pack of them or something. “Cash only, no checks,” he wrote above his signature.
http://www.ocregister.com/angels/richards-659454-angels-came.html
― Andy K, Saturday, 25 April 2015 23:47 (eight years ago) link
beltre's got a BBR WAR right now of 5.4, thanks for a productive second half. pretty amazing player.
― nomar, Saturday, 3 October 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
*thanks to
― nomar, Saturday, 3 October 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link
Another great game today. I've been tracking him the last while too. Since July 31: .326/.379/.539, 10 HR, 52 RBI.
― clemenza, Saturday, 3 October 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/adrian-beltre-wont-stand-for-elvis-andruss-lollygagging-1772008206
― nomar, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
<3 <3
― lute bro (brimstead), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 17:43 (eight years ago) link
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--h3L2PQFH--/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_320/873553504808362020.gif
― pandit pran nathalie (sanskrit), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
the Rangers have bigger problems, eg Ian Desmond is their reg LF
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 19:10 (eight years ago) link
Just moved past Chipper Jones and into the Top 50 on Baseball Reference's WAR list (85.3); real longshot to hit 100, but at 37 and signed through 2018, who knows.
― clemenza, Monday, 23 May 2016 13:58 (seven years ago) link
I know it was ultimately that the McCourts were a mess, but letting Beltre walk was pretty dumb by the Dodgers.
― earlnash, Monday, 23 May 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/EdwardEgrosFox4/status/763524922098409472
― nomar, Thursday, 11 August 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
clearer video
https://www.facebook.com/FOXSportsSouthwest/videos/vb.53293384623/10153940073424624/?type=2&theater#
― nomar, Thursday, 11 August 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpltKYQWAAA2g9p.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 August 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CplSYgwVYAQtO5W.jpg:mediumhttp://pbs.twimg.com/media/CplS7-3VUAE-GWO.jpg:mediumhttp://pbs.twimg.com/media/CplS8s6UEAEyFe-.jpg:mediumhttp://pbs.twimg.com/media/CplS9VUUAAA_axq.jpg:medium
― nomar, Thursday, 11 August 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
it seems like just yesterday this guy was a one-season wonder rather than a hopeful HoFer. what a strange career
― ciderpress, Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link