Said it on the main thred but watching soto flip HR oppo looks sooooooooo easy
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 September 2021 03:25 (two years ago) link
130 walks ties him with Harper (2018) for fourth-highest single-season total among active players; Votto holds the top three spots with seasons of 143 (2015), 135 (2013), and 134 (2017). Ten games left--should take second on that list, but hard to overtake the top spot.
― clemenza, Thursday, 23 September 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
Votto is a man-god
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 23 September 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
Soto took over the BA lead for both leagues today.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 September 2021 02:48 (two years ago) link
(And must have a big OBP lead.)
also leading in CS weirdly enough
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 24 September 2021 03:26 (two years ago) link
I noticed that too. Weird: 23/28 his first three years, 9/16 this year. He got bolder and slower simultaneously.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 September 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
juan soto in 67 second-half games: .369/.542/.682, 18 HR, 81 BB, 34 K
juan soto in 26 september games: .430/.590/.744, 7 HR, 34 BB, 8 K
now leads the NL in both fWAR and bWAR for position players (the latter by quite a bit). envisioning a pujols-like run here
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
wow, by fWAR he's ahead of everyone in the AL too, including vlad and semien, by just a smidge.
by pujols-like run do you mean his consistency in the 2000s? seems right to me, just watching him. even his lesser stretches (first half 2021) are still very, very good by almost any other measure other than himself
― typo hell #5: maybe you get an idea of what went into, or (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
yeah, basically where he's a top-five mvp candidate for the next seven years in a row. more fun soto splits (this season):
he's hitting .469/.463/.813 on first pitches, so don't throw him a first-pitch strike. but then he's hitting .588/.600/1.147 on 1-0 pitches, so
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
Juan Soto turned down a 13-year, $350 million contract from the Washington Nationals before the lockout, according to this @Enrique_Rojas1 report. In the story, Soto confirms the offer.More from Enrique at @ESPNDeportes: https://t.co/zNnlWTb9Rd— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 16, 2022
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 19:22 (two years ago) link
He has 6 home runs this year, and a total of 7 RBIs.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 6 May 2022 20:12 (one year ago) link
juan soto is in one of the worst slumps of his career.
https://i.imgur.com/SYsTbAb.png
juan soto is batting 25% better than the average MLB hitter (wRC+ 125, .214/.265/.432 with 14 HRs)juan soto's babip is .207, more than 100 points below any other season. juan soto has 20.0 fWAR and is 23 years old.
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 23 June 2022 16:40 (one year ago) link
Turned down a 15 year/$440M extension. My guess is that no amount would have been sufficient.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 16 July 2022 20:30 (one year ago) link
That sounds crazy but I honestly can't blame him for thinking he could get more, possibly a lot more, if he hits FA, and he wouldn't have to spend some of his best years on a rebuilding team. Would really only need to get like 10/400 at 26 to beat it and possibly even leave an opportunity for another decent payday at 36.
― ✖, Saturday, 16 July 2022 20:45 (one year ago) link
$440M seems like a big deal.
― clemenza, Saturday, 16 July 2022 23:59 (one year ago) link
he's gonna be a yankee, isn't he
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 July 2022 00:58 (one year ago) link
With six playoff teams per league, "rebuilding" doesn't mean what it used to.
Can't blame Soto for wanting to bet on himself though.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 17 July 2022 12:17 (one year ago) link
i feel bad for nats fans
― na (NA), Monday, 18 July 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
I can’t believe there seems to be a growing consensus that he will be traded in a week or two. My guess is that it probably costs a team their top 3-5 prospects plus some of their current starters. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/with-juan-soto-available-the-nationals-have-upended-the-trade-market/
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 18 July 2022 23:06 (one year ago) link
Goofy trade scenarios (skimmed--I think the writer's just making them up).
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/exploring-juan-soto-trades-no-matter-how-far-fetched/
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 July 2022 03:18 (one year ago) link
whats going on here.
The #Padres, barely clinging to the final wild-card berth, are still awaiting dividends on their blockbuster trade:Juan Soto is hitting .063 (3-48) without an extra-base hit in his last 15 games; .202 with 7 RBI in 35 games since his arrival.Josh Bell is hitting .204/.319/.307.— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) September 16, 2022
― Spottie, Friday, 16 September 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
And that's not even to mention Josh Hader's 4-digit ERA as a Padre. What's going on?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 16 September 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link
san diego is where stars go to die
― Spottie, Friday, 16 September 2022 20:41 (one year ago) link
It’s fascinating to me how bad the deadline deals have worked out so far to the Padres. And I say that as a person who wants them to do well.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 16 September 2022 23:52 (one year ago) link
I was gonna post that Drury's been great but I see he only has a 700 OPS too!
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Saturday, 17 September 2022 00:12 (one year ago) link
just a poorly timed slump
― ciderpress, Saturday, 17 September 2022 01:31 (one year ago) link
Haven't read it yet, but Posnanski has a column on Soto today:
What gives? At ages 21 and 22, Soto was channeling Ted Williams. Now, all due respect, he’s channeling Ted Sizemore. How can we make sense of any of this?
― clemenza, Friday, 21 April 2023 17:30 (one year ago) link
san diego is where stars go to die― Spottie, Friday, September 16, 2022 1:41 PM (seven months ago)
― Spottie, Friday, September 16, 2022 1:41 PM (seven months ago)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 21 April 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
Probably no surprise, in view of the fact Soto again leads the league in BB; Posnanski (with some numbers for support) thinks Soto has become too selective.
I've got to believe he'll come back--if not all the way, at least to an All-Star level. Mostly I liked the Ted Sizemore reference in that quote.
― clemenza, Friday, 21 April 2023 18:06 (one year ago) link
Finally, finally--having a player-of-the-month May:
.346/.485/.680, 11 doubles, 5 HR
I don't know if there was any validity to that "too selective" theory (always a dicey proposition). Has he become more aggressive? Twenty-one walks for the month would suggest otherwise. Tim?
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:31 (ten months ago) link
(Will be seeing them/him in July.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:32 (ten months ago) link
MVP already locked up.
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 March 2024 21:43 (three weeks ago) link
Is this the Yankees thread now?
― calstars, Sunday, 31 March 2024 22:56 (three weeks ago) link
I hope he's a Yankee forever
― H.P, Sunday, 31 March 2024 23:10 (three weeks ago) link
At least for as long as they're playing the asstros
― H.P, Sunday, 31 March 2024 23:13 (three weeks ago) link
kinda weird to see the team happy tho ngl
― H.P, Sunday, 31 March 2024 23:14 (three weeks ago) link
I don't know who Sal Licata is, but he's taken it upon himself to revive the whole Joey Votto thing from 15 years ago, complaining about Soto being selective when there are runs that need to be knocked in. (From what I've seen in a cursory look around, he gets lots of pushback via comments.)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:50 (one week ago) link
so to clarify, some guy is talking about something that happened 15 years ago
― na (NA), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:58 (one week ago) link
No--he's talking about something happening now, and not especially insightfully. I'm drawing the comparison to what Votto went through 15 years ago.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 18:26 (one week ago) link
Massive if true. I'm gonna pay more attention to Sal Licata from here on out.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 22:12 (one week ago) link
You see how incredibly timely my post was? In the midst of a Jays meltdown today, Soto came up with two out, runners on second and third, score 4-4. He had the discipline to work a full-count walk, including a called strike that wasn't even close. Which brought Judge up, who knocked in two (also shook off a terrible strike call). If Soto isn't Soto, he probably chases and makes the third out.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 22:20 (one week ago) link
Anyway, is this a new ILX policy, that we shouldn't be posting about stupid stuff people say? There goes 63% of all posting.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 22:24 (one week ago) link
We prefer to run with "in-house" stupidity round these parts
― H.P, Thursday, 18 April 2024 00:05 (one week ago) link
That's some real, the-antagonist-scouts-in-moneyball, type logic tho! You can see that exact thought coming from the round table drafting scene at the beginning of the movie
― H.P, Thursday, 18 April 2024 00:09 (one week ago) link