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