Interesting. Kershaw will end this year just shy of 2,000 innings--who knows if he ends up being Randy Johnson or Roy Halladay in terms of longevity. Harper's been kind of unpredictable thus far.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 02:15 (six years ago) link
kershaw's five years older and a pitcher, easy decision imo
― qualx, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 02:24 (six years ago) link
Ah yes, I was thinking more who are you taking at draft age.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 02:26 (six years ago) link
sort of feel like people forget about bryant in these discussions
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 30 May 2017 03:16 (six years ago) link
This goes back to Monday's home run:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2712422-carlos-correa-becomes-4th-fastest-shortstop-to-50-career-home-runs
Loved Garciaparra; hopefully Correa won't break down physically.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
or mentally. that wouldn't be nice either.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
I want to counter with a player who was both long-term great and crazy (not flaky, crazy), and I can't think of anyone.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 21:57 (six years ago) link
hoping correa follows the a-rod path so we get some good photoshoots out of it
― qualx, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 23:51 (six years ago) link
Hurt his thumb again tonight.
http://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Astros-Carlos-Correa-exits-game-with-injury-11295307.php
― clemenza, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 03:39 (six years ago) link
correa has been very, very good. lindor has been even better. correa has always been a bit ahead of lindor, offensively, but lindor provides so much surplus defensive value that he's been worth more WAR, overall. and this year, lindor's offense has been better as well, even though correa is still raking.
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Thursday, 17 May 2018 01:57 (five years ago) link
Definite edge to Lindor at the moment.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 May 2018 04:38 (five years ago) link
He's kind of lousy this year.
― clemenza, Friday, 21 September 2018 11:50 (five years ago) link
With the usual caveats about opportunities:
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/EHIamhvWsAESZt3.jpg:large
― clemenza, Friday, 18 October 2019 12:46 (four years ago) link
Follow-up to some Astros-cheating talk on the post-season thread:
https://dodgersnation.com/dodgers-fans-not-on-board-with-la-pursuing-shortstop-carlos-correa/2022/10/21/
Just a fan survey, so meaningless, but I could see this kind of thing following some of 2017/18 Astros for years. Springer, for some reason, seems to have dodged this.
― clemenza, Sunday, 23 October 2022 14:49 (one year ago) link
I might put a pre-season bet down on him for MVP. The odds won't be great--I could even seeing him being a slight favourite--but I think he'll have a great season. Counter-intuitive, I know--guys are supposed to play better going into free-agency, not after they land the big contract--but there are exceptions (Maddux and Bonds come to mind), and it feels like he still hasn't had that one iconic season commensurate with how good he is. He was on his way in 2017 before he got hurt.
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 December 2022 22:24 (one year ago) link
^^Carnac the Magnificent...He's really had a miserable season, hasn't he? Not counting abbreviated seasons, career lows in virtually anything that matters.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 21:50 (seven months ago) link
Aye, there's a reason all those teams saw his film/physical results and hard-passed.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 03:44 (six months ago) link
“I don’t understand the Mets," Boras said. “I gave them all of the information. We had them talk to four doctors. They knew the issue the Giants had. And yet, they still call the same doctor the Giants used for his opinion.
The #MNTwins announce that Carlos Correa exited the game due to an aggravation of the plantar fasciitis.— Do-Hyoung Park (@dohyoungpark) September 18, 2023
― ydkb (gyac), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 10:15 (six months ago) link