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Post by manfred on Aug 17, 2019 20:34:03 GMT -5
Awesome!! I have tickets to one other game this season and it's against the Giants. Was hoping that it would be a clinching type game for the Sox. Doubtful now, but it's an opportunity to cheer on Yaz Jr. Jr. I remember I couldn't wait to see Yaz, the great #8, play when I went to my first game - and he got injured running into the Wall the day before. It'll be great to come full circle and see his grandson play. Hopefully the Sox have a righty so that Mike Yaz is playing. I'm going to root for him, and I gotta say, in some shots of him hitting HRs, I do see some resemblance to his grandfather when he was younger. I'm really happy for Mike Yaz Jr. and hope that one day, some way he winds up on the Red Sox and that his grandpa is around to see it and enjoy it. It's great and all, but is it really that special to have 3 of the 12 HR hit in one game? Not nearly as special as it used to be. The baseball is a travesty. Bet it’s special to him. 28-year-old career minor leaguer? Suspect it feels real good.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 17, 2019 22:41:52 GMT -5
Stats By STATS @statsbystats
Mike Yastrzemski of the @sfgiants is the third rookie in the last WEEK to hit 3 home runs in a game (Houston's Yordan Alvarez & Cincinnati's Aristides Aquino).
There had never been more than 2 rookies with a 3-HR game in an entire SEASON entering 2019.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 17, 2019 23:42:28 GMT -5
Awesome!! I have tickets to one other game this season and it's against the Giants. Was hoping that it would be a clinching type game for the Sox. Doubtful now, but it's an opportunity to cheer on Yaz Jr. Jr. I remember I couldn't wait to see Yaz, the great #8, play when I went to my first game - and he got injured running into the Wall the day before. It'll be great to come full circle and see his grandson play. Hopefully the Sox have a righty so that Mike Yaz is playing. I'm going to root for him, and I gotta say, in some shots of him hitting HRs, I do see some resemblance to his grandfather when he was younger. I'm really happy for Mike Yaz Jr. and hope that one day, some way he winds up on the Red Sox and that his grandpa is around to see it and enjoy it. It's great and all, but is it really that special to have 3 of the 12 HR hit in one game? Not nearly as special as it used to be. The baseball is a travesty. For me it's special. Anytime I hear "Home Run Yastrzemski" it's special to me and brings back memories. Yaz was my first baseball hero, even though he was toward the tail end of his career, so yeah I'm rooting like hell for Mike Yastrzemski Jr. Yes, we all know that the HR figures are a joke this season and that everything is super inflated, yet the Red Sox have only turned that trick once this year I believe with Mookie doing the honors against the Yankees in that 19-3 blowout. So despite everybody whacking homers left and right (and dead center) it's still special that Mike Yaz hit 3 in a game. Nobody has managed 4 this season as of yet. And his doing so brings back memories and conversations about the two game stretch where Yaz hit 3 HRs against the Tigers 1 night and then whacked two more against the Yankees in that 1976 brawl game that messed up the rest of Bill Lee's tenure with the Red Sox. And so now it can be said that both Carl Yazstrzemski and Mike Yastrzemski Jr have 3 HR games to their credit. What grandfather/grandson tandem in baseball in our lifetimes will be able to make that claim? It's still freaking cool and again watching Mike Yaz trotting around those bases I do see the resemblance to a young Carl Yastrzemski. And when you think of young Yaz you think of 1967, which is also another great thought to have, too.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 18, 2019 0:00:56 GMT -5
Cool story. Baseball isn't dead yet.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Aug 18, 2019 0:26:37 GMT -5
Awesome!! I have tickets to one other game this season and it's against the Giants. Was hoping that it would be a clinching type game for the Sox. Doubtful now, but it's an opportunity to cheer on Yaz Jr. Jr. I remember I couldn't wait to see Yaz, the great #8, play when I went to my first game - and he got injured running into the Wall the day before. It'll be great to come full circle and see his grandson play. Hopefully the Sox have a righty so that Mike Yaz is playing. I'm going to root for him, and I gotta say, in some shots of him hitting HRs, I do see some resemblance to his grandfather when he was younger. I'm really happy for Mike Yaz Jr. and hope that one day, some way he winds up on the Red Sox and that his grandpa is around to see it and enjoy it. It's great and all, but is it really that special to have 3 of the 12 HR hit in one game? Not nearly as special as it used to be. The baseball is a travesty. Yeah, I'm sure he was sitting in the clubhouse after the game all pissed because the three home runs he hit in a single game were with a different baseball.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 18, 2019 12:25:12 GMT -5
It's great and all, but is it really that special to have 3 of the 12 HR hit in one game? Not nearly as special as it used to be. The baseball is a travesty. Yeah, I'm sure he was sitting in the clubhouse after the game all pissed because the three home runs he hit in a single game were with a different baseball. I wasn't saying anything about his feelings. Obviously he's thrilled and I'm thrilled for him. But still, it's no longer a special thing when everyone is hitting HR like it's MLB The Show 2019.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 18, 2019 16:24:07 GMT -5
Joe Posnanski has been following the now 35-day stretch of someone in MLB having a multi-HR game. Today he pointed out this: It's now four straight days - thanks, again, to the Nats and Brewers. Milwaukee hit 4 and Washington hit 8. Something that has happened 27 times in baseball history has now happened 4 days in a row. For context, there have been 259 no-hitters in the modern era. Something that happens roughly 1/10th as often as a no-hitter has now happened four days in a row. Oh, and three different guys had 2 homers in this game alone.
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Post by manfred on Aug 18, 2019 19:14:07 GMT -5
Joe Posnanski has been following the now 35-day stretch of someone in MLB having a multi-HR game. Today he pointed out this: It's now four straight days - thanks, again, to the Nats and Brewers. Milwaukee hit 4 and Washington hit 8. Something that has happened 27 times in baseball history has now happened 4 days in a row. For context, there have been 259 no-hitters in the modern era. Something that happens roughly 1/10th as often as a no-hitter has now happened four days in a row. Oh, and three different guys had 2 homers in this game alone. Thanks for this... it puts stuff in amazing perspective. It is interesting that despite the explosion, we aren’t seeing the McGuire/Sosa-style individual record races... yet, at least.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 18, 2019 20:51:18 GMT -5
Joe Posnanski has been following the now 35-day stretch of someone in MLB having a multi-HR game. Today he pointed out this: It's now four straight days - thanks, again, to the Nats and Brewers. Milwaukee hit 4 and Washington hit 8. Something that has happened 27 times in baseball history has now happened 4 days in a row. For context, there have been 259 no-hitters in the modern era. Something that happens roughly 1/10th as often as a no-hitter has now happened four days in a row. Oh, and three different guys had 2 homers in this game alone. Thanks for this... it puts stuff in amazing perspective. It is interesting that despite the explosion, we aren’t seeing the McGuire/Sosa-style individual record races... yet, at least. It's just a matter of time before someone no one ever heard of hits 5 HR in a game. Baseball has become a joke.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 19, 2019 1:29:04 GMT -5
Joe Posnanski has been following the now 35-day stretch of someone in MLB having a multi-HR game. Today he pointed out this: It's now four straight days - thanks, again, to the Nats and Brewers. Milwaukee hit 4 and Washington hit 8. Something that has happened 27 times in baseball history has now happened 4 days in a row. For context, there have been 259 no-hitters in the modern era. Something that happens roughly 1/10th as often as a no-hitter has now happened four days in a row. Oh, and three different guys had 2 homers in this game alone. Thanks for this... it puts stuff in amazing perspective. It is interesting that despite the explosion, we aren’t seeing the McGuire/Sosa-style individual record races... yet, at least. That's something that's occurred to me - despite the ridiculous number of homers, no individual is really challenging even the Maris record. Goes to show, I reckon, that the ca. 2000 guys really were just super steroidy. If McGwire is the face of that home run era, then like Franmil Reyes is the face of this one - on pace for 38 homers despite a 98 wRC+. As recently as 2014 38 homers would've been second in the majors and now some random league-average hitter is doing it.
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Post by kevfc89 on Aug 20, 2019 21:08:26 GMT -5
this is the reliever the Rays traded for from the Marlins at the deadline, who they now control for years. Can we hire away some of the smart guys in the Rays FO to replace old school DD, Wren, and La Russa?
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 21, 2019 5:05:38 GMT -5
Royals DFA Billy Hamilton. Playoff teams will snatch him up in a minute as a backup outfielder/pinch run option for the rest of the year.
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 21, 2019 10:52:25 GMT -5
Nothing on the former MLB players who got arrested in the drug ring? The same drug ring that may have put a hit out on Ortiz...
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 21, 2019 21:24:01 GMT -5
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 22, 2019 7:33:35 GMT -5
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Post by James Dunne on Aug 22, 2019 9:06:27 GMT -5
I'd missed that Adley Rutschmann got the boost to Delmarva. He hit .325/.413/.481 in 20 games with Aberdeen, which is even more impressive when you consider that he started 3 for 22 there.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 23, 2019 7:41:55 GMT -5
Really annoying how the Astros can turn Justin Verlander from a declining 30+ year old into a even better, but slightly older Verlander.
Then they turn a number 3 starter in the NL in Cole and transform him into 1999 Pedro or 2001 Randy Johnson.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 23, 2019 7:45:34 GMT -5
Really annoying how the Astros can turn Justin Verlander from a declining 30+ year old into a even better, but slightly older Verlander. Then they turn a number 3 starter in the NL and transform him into 1999 Pedro or 2001 Randy Johnson. Well, if Cole can put up another 5-6 wins before the end of the season, he'll be in that conversation. Not before.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 23, 2019 7:46:23 GMT -5
Really annoying how the Astros can turn Justin Verlander from a declining 30+ year old into a even better, but slightly older Verlander. Then they turn a number 3 starter in the NL and transform him into 1999 Pedro or 2001 Randy Johnson. Well, if Cole can put up another 5-6 wins before the end of the season, he'll be in that conversation. Not before. What?
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 23, 2019 7:48:01 GMT -5
Well, if Cole can put up another 5-6 wins before the end of the season, he'll be in that conversation. Not before. What? 5-6 WAR. Pedro had 11.6 fWAR, Johnson had 10.4, Cole has 6.0.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Aug 23, 2019 7:49:36 GMT -5
5-6 WAR. Pedro had 11.6 fWAR, Johnson had 10.4, Cole has 6.0. Point taken, still the Astros turn mediocre into dominant all the time. Like the Sox need to get into whatever program they're running down there in Texas. Add- I feel like if Price was in Houston, he'd be pumping in 95 and be in the conversation for Cy Young awards right now.
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Post by James Dunne on Aug 23, 2019 7:53:23 GMT -5
Yeah, and the idea that Cole was a #3 or that Justin Verlander was on his way out are kinda revisionist. Verlander had finished second for Cy Young in 2016, and the Astros acquired him at the 2017 deadline. Cole kinda sputtered coming off injury in '17, but his '15-'17 bWAR was 8.9 and his fWAR was 10.9. Verlander and Cole ranked 8th and 15th in baseball in fWAR from 2015 to 2017. Both have overachieved what I'd have guessed they would, but they certainly aren't Martinez/Johnson territory and this isn't the Rangers getting ace production out of Lance Lynn and Mike Minor. They were both 1B guys when they acquired them who have pitched like 1A guys.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 23, 2019 7:56:12 GMT -5
Not sure how this is possible, but Cole has a LOB% of 99.3% since the All Star break, including 100% in July and 97.8% in August. Don't think that's sustainable.
Can anyone explain why Fangraphs states that he has a LOB% of 100% when he gave up 7 earned runs while giving up 5 home runs? Two baserunners did score.
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Post by James Dunne on Aug 23, 2019 7:58:50 GMT -5
Cole is in this weird spot where he's giving up a pretty high HR/FB but also most of those have been solo homers so his strand numbers are great. It's a very Curt Schilling type of season.
He's about 1/4 of a run ahead of his FIP but only .02 off of his xFIP, so I'd say the luck is balancing.
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Post by mobaz on Aug 23, 2019 9:47:59 GMT -5
It's a very Curt Schilling type of season. I miss that dude. He had such a unique career and profile. What ever happened to him after he left baseball?
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