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[Choomp]

Pls no extras

 

[Chuck]

O's take the first of 4 wins against the nats!

 

[SRTtoZ]

Gardiner puts another one into the seats in right field, Yanks 9-4.

 

[Caja 117]

What an embarrasing way for the Nats to finish the game.

 

[captmcblack]

The Yankees have that 2009 offense right now.

 

[3N16MA]

Bad night in the NHL but much better for MLB.

 

[Chuck]

Jay Bruce time.

 

[Lunar FC]

Rox game cancelled. Double header tomorrow. 🙄

 

[Original Famous Ray]

Mets win!

 

[Choomp]

Walker!

 

[Loco4Coco]

Bout time.

 

[Caja 117]

Yankees needed a way to rest arms after last night and tonight they found that way.

 

[Chuck]

Yo mets

 

[detectiveconan1]

Nice grand slam!

 

[XGRaViSmOrSX]

That was a painless Tommy Layne Experience™️ thank god.

 

[BigAT]

in a row!

 

[jman2050]

Hey Orioles maybe you can lose a game or two kay thanks.

 

[Corran Horn]

yep....

 

[Beckx]

Spotting your opponent 6 runs is what all the cool kids do these days, right? Right?

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

First place!

 

[Malo]

First place!

You're welcome.

Putting in work for the evil alliance.

 

[RBH]

https://twitter.com/grantmcauley/status/861760762162946048

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jackso000ale


Alex Jackson doing great so far

 

[BFIB]

You're welcome.

Putting in work for the evil alliance.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

damn it feels good to be a Yankee right now.

 

[timetokill]

8+ runs for three straight games now

bottom of the lineup doing work tonight

 

[3N16MA]

He was a Gold Glover when he was thin, as well as a good threat to steal bases. He was never a liability in the field even when he was at his heaviest.

I think its less that he is overrated and more that you seem to be underrating how good it is to be almost immune to striking out, much less hitting .350 all the time. Dude finished the 1994 strike season at .394. THREE NINETY FOUR.

.338/.388/.459/.370 wOBA, 132 wRC+, 65.0 fWAR, 135 HR, 543 2B, 85 3B, 319 SB

.291/.395/.475/.378 wOBA, 128 wRC+, 59.2 fWAR, 288 HR, 574 2B, 59 3B, 400 SB

The first line is Gwynn. Can you guess the 2nd without clicking the spoiler tag?

Spoiler

Bobby Abreu

Outside of the BA is there anything that really stands out for Gwynn? Like I said, he is very good and some of the things he did are very impressive. However his high BA and low K stats often get overvalued

 

[rrc1594]

lol WTF happen to D-Backs they were doing so good a week ago.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

All hail Chris Taylor.

 

[timetokill]

Alex Wood put on a clinic tonight. 11 Ks in 5 innings.
First Dodgers pitcher to do so since at least 1913.

 

[Chuck]

Hey Orioles maybe you can lose a game or two kay thanks.

Against the nats?! Ahahaha

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Alex Wood put on a clinic tonight. 11 Ks in 5 innings.
First Dodgers pitcher to do so since at least 1913.

He's having a pretty good year so far. Hope it continues.

 

[3N16MA]

He's having a pretty good year so far. Hope it continues.

He has always been pretty solid. Just needs to stay healthy.

 

[Lunar FC]

Edit: wrong thread. ��

 

[Marvie_3]

Lowrie mashing tonight

 

[HarryDemeanor]

One more for the good guys.

 

[CygnusXS]

Alex Wood put on a clinic tonight. 11 Ks in 5 innings.
First Dodgers pitcher to do so since at least 1913.

Who's that? He sounds good

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

Ugly game yesterday for the Reds.
Rookie Davis has done nonthing for us.

 

[Windu]

Ronald Acuna to AA Mississippi. Three 19 year olds on that team.

edit:

Acuña will be the youngest player in all of Double-A. Next two? Allard and Soroka, respectively.

https://twitter.com/grantmcauley/status/861955048607293440

braves like to be aggressive with their prospects.

 

[Line_HTX]

So Harvey was partying until 4 AM.

 

[BigAT]

So Harvey was partying until 4 AM.

Yeah, that will certainly cause a "migraine" alright.

 

[Windu]

So Harvey was partying until 4 AM.

Worked for the 1980s Mets.

 

[BFIB]

So Harvey was partying until 4 AM.

The Keith Hernandez schedule.

 

[RBH]

Ronald Acuna to AA Mississippi. Three 19 year olds on that team.

edit:

https://twitter.com/grantmcauley/status/861955048607293440

braves like to be aggressive with their prospects.

Wow, we may possibly see him on the MLB team by next year at this rate

 

[Caja 117]

.338/.388/.459/.370 wOBA, 132 wRC+, 65.0 fWAR, 135 HR, 543 2B, 85 3B, 319 SB

.291/.395/.475/.378 wOBA, 128 wRC+, 59.2 fWAR, 288 HR, 574 2B, 59 3B, 400 SB

The first line is Gwynn. Can you guess the 2nd without clicking the spoiler tag?

Spoiler

Bobby Abreu

Outside of the BA is there anything that really stands out for Gwynn? Like I said, he is very good and some of the things he did are very impressive. However his high BA and low K stats often get overvalued

Huh? I mean when you leave out that Tony Gwynn has more than 3,000 hits, belonging to an exclusive club, then yeah, even Bobby Abreu should be a legend. I guess hitting more than 3,000 hits is overrated.

The only thing you showed here is that Gwynn was not a power hitter.

 

[17 Seconds]

bobby abreu was an amazing player

 

[BumRush]

If I was starting on a Sunday, there's no way I'd be out until 4:00 AM on Friday, then golfing on Saturday. The fuck is the matter with athletes?

 

[Windu]

Tony Gwynn is "overrated" in the sense that he isn't Ted Williams. Which is nothing to be ashamed about. WIlliams did what Gynn did, but had power as well. Perhaps if Williams played in the same era as Gwynn he would have had to sacrifice some power to keep his average up or vice versa. /shrug.

Gwynn, is still a hall of famer, probably one of the best pure hitters of his generation. Just that his walk rate wasn't amazing because of his great contact skills and low power. Pitchers knew they could keep him in the ballpark and his speed dimished the second half of his career.

Anyway, great hitter, but low power numbers limit his All Timeness.

love this Maddux Quote about Gwynn:

You just can't do it," Maddux said. ”Sometimes hitters can pick up differences in spin. They can identify pitchers if there are different release points or if a curveball starts with an upward hump as it leaves the pitcher's hand. But if a pitcher can change speeds, every hitter is helpless, limited by human vision.
”Except for that (expletive) Tony Gwynn."

 

[jbug617]

More on the Harvey stuff is coming out.

“The Dark Knight” reportedly had a late night before he went AWOL.

According to the New York Post, Matt Harvey was spotted partying with friends at Meatpacking District hot spot 1Oak until 4 a.m. Saturday. Witnesses told the newspaper the suspended Mets pitcher was drinking Champagne, tequila and vodka.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/05/09/matt-harvey-1oak-nightclub-suspension/

 

[Caja 117]

Tony Gwynn is "overrated" in the sense that he isn't Ted Williams. Which is nothing to be ashamed about. WIlliams did what Gynn did, but had power as well. Perhaps if Williams played in the same era as Gwynn he would have had to sacrifice some power to keep his average up or vice versa. /shrug.

Gwynn, is still a hall of famer, probably one of the best pure hitters of his generation. Just that his walk rate wasn't amazing because of his great contact skills and low power. Pitchers knew they could keep him in the ballpark and his speed dimished the second half of his career.

Anyway, great hitter, but low power numbers limit his All Timeness.

love this Maddux Quote about Gwynn:

I mean sure, If you go on to compare him to Ted William is different, but Gwynn in no way is an overrated player, what he is celebrated for is been one of the best if not the best contact hitter in modern baseball. He isnt celebrated for his power or his glove or his speed, is was his abbility to hit, and more so doing it in one team , a team that was irrelevant during most of his carreer.

 

[Beckx]

Witnesses told the newspaper the suspended Mets pitcher was drinking Champagne, tequila and vodka.

i got dry heaves just reading that combination