Even though his team's out, and even though Aroldis Garcia stole much of his postseason thunder, he just might be.
He's not eligible for leaderboards yet, but here's where he'd sit on the active OPS+ list if he were:
1. Trout - 1732. Alvarez - 165 (14th all-time)3. Judge - 1644. Soto - 1575. Votto - 1446. Goldschmidt - 1437. Harper - 1438. Freeman - 1429. Acuna - 14110. Betts - 138
Removed Cabrera, which gets Betts on there.
He's not the all-around force that Acuna and Betts are, doesn't have Judge's power, isn't as metronomically consistent as Freeman or Goldschmidt. But it feels like he's just entering his prime now, and I wouldn't be shocked if he were to win a Triple Crown in the next few years. An Astro that I think even Astro-haters like. The beauty of his swing and his postseason heroics add to his stature.
https://i.postimg.cc/Fsw0t5X7/yordan.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 18:09 (ten months ago) link
I don't know if Votto's done or not; if you take him off, Matt Olson and Giancarlo Stanton are both at 137.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 18:14 (ten months ago) link
Sotto Voce...Soto Votto!
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:06 (ten months ago) link
He is a massive injury liability.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:19 (ten months ago) link
Always a risk with big DH/1B-types (even though he's in left when he plays the field). Has already lost at least 50 games to injuries.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:27 (ten months ago) link
I mean, probably could have started the same thread about Stanton after his MVP year. So I get that.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:31 (ten months ago) link
read this as "best hitler" every fucking time
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 09:17 (ten months ago) link
Your favourite misread ILX thread titles!
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 09:24 (ten months ago) link
well I don't know about "favourite"
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 09:31 (ten months ago) link
I have nothing to add except my general agreement that the man is a stud and I fear his bat
― #1 García Fan (H.P), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 10:18 (ten months ago) link
You gave me a start--I do leave typos all over the place here.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 11:35 (ten months ago) link
Also, I left out Ohtani from the Top 10, duh, similarly not enough AB for bREF lists. He's at 148, which would put him fifth.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 11:38 (ten months ago) link
Following up on the WS thread, where I compared Alvarez to Frank Thomas, the gap is a wider than I thought at first, tribute to how unbelievable Thomas was his first few years. Alvarez will still get better, though, I think.
Through age-26 season:
Alvarez: .295/.390/.588, 165 OPS+, 43 HR/162 games, 6.1 bWAR/162 gamesThomas: .326/.449/.591, 184 OPS+, 36 HR/162 games, 6.6 bWAR/162 games
Ted Williams' OPS + through his age-27 season (including 1941, and extended by a year because of the war) was 195. Frank Thomas was closer to Ted Williams than Yordan Alvarez is to Frank Thomas.
― clemenza, Saturday, 28 October 2023 23:10 (ten months ago) link
Omg this thread title
― Preach The Crapen (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 28 October 2023 23:19 (ten months ago) link
Gushing fan hyperbole, based on a famous description of Kevin Youkilis. Alvarez is actually about as quiet and modest as it gets, from what I've seen.
― clemenza, Saturday, 28 October 2023 23:35 (ten months ago) link
Brutal start--just dipped under .100.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 April 2024 00:52 (four months ago) link
He's a notorious slow starter but yeah that's not pretty.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 3 April 2024 02:18 (four months ago) link
Didn't know that...His April numbers aren't too bad for his career, but definitely his worst month: .272/.361/.517 (June and September his best).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 April 2024 02:42 (four months ago) link
.272/.361/.517
lol this is an all-star-type line
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 April 2024 03:00 (four months ago) link
he's lurking...
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 4 April 2024 02:36 (four months ago) link
You guys woke him up. Hope you’re happy.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 4 April 2024 02:51 (four months ago) link
Apropos that they were playing the Rockies:
https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-mexico-city-series-win-over-rockies
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 April 2024 04:26 (four months ago) link
Cycle! They're kind of gimmicky--one of the two Jays who've done it, either Gruber or someone else, pulled up at first base on a clear double to complete it--but cool nonetheless. Guessing he's one of the greatest hitters ever to pull it off, assuming that many of the greatest never did.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 July 2024 04:06 (one month ago) link
Well...Scanned the full list quickly, and let's say Top 35. Gehrig, Williams, DiMaggio, Musial, and Mangle all hit for the cycle, plus lots of other inner-circle guys. Ruth, Mays, and Aaron didn't. (Hank, that is--Aaron Hill did it twice.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_to_hit_for_the_cycle
― clemenza, Monday, 22 July 2024 05:05 (one month ago) link
Sir, mangle was his liver
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 22 July 2024 12:35 (one month ago) link
Morky Mangle
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 22 July 2024 12:52 (one month ago) link
Clem: three jays have done it now. The Grubermeister, Jeff Frye (who did indeed pull up short on what could have been a 2nd double)(also Gruber was randomly at the game) and Cavan Biggio
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 22 July 2024 12:54 (one month ago) link
Jeff Frye blocked me on Twitter for making fun of that, which was easily my second best baseball Twitter block. He’s a total prick on there, constantly complaining about younger players.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 22 July 2024 12:55 (one month ago) link
Ha ha amazing
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 22 July 2024 13:12 (one month ago) link
I'm looking at those Mangle posts trying to figure out what I'm missing...oops. Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin once blocked me at the doorway as I tried to get into Toots Shor's.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 July 2024 13:17 (one month ago) link
I hope this is a lot better researched than the last stat-meme I posted:
https://i.postimg.cc/xCw3pbT3/yordan.jpg
― clemenza, Thursday, 22 August 2024 03:07 (one week ago) link
3 HR/4-4 game vs. the Phillies today; two of the HR, dead-CF.
https://www.mlb.com/news/spencer-arrighetti-yordan-alvarez-lead-astros-to-win
― clemenza, Thursday, 29 August 2024 01:27 (three days ago) link