UNCBlue012 (09-12-2018)
The only other things Acuna could do to impress me more is get to 30 homers and improve his batting average to .300. Dude is amazing.
JohnAdcox (09-12-2018)
This needed a seperate thread outside of the RoY one?
Ivermectin Man
Soto has the runs from drinking his prune juice from his sippie cup.
Coppy
Tapate50 (09-12-2018)
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
Soto's 14 year old son is going to be thrilled.
"Donald Trump will serve a second term as president of the United States.
It’s over."
Little Thethe Nov 19, 2020.
drewdat (09-12-2018), UNCBlue012 (09-12-2018)
I didn't realize Soto could run at his age. That's impressive.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Acuña’s Bat Flip (09-12-2018), The Chosen One (09-12-2018)
This race wasn't really over if you go by the "Soto's a 19 year old kid" stuff (even though the memes have long begun about him looking older than his age). The hope in our case is a few different things like winning team, most of the traditional stats, etc bumps Acuna over Soto.
Although that's a little crazy since we're talking about a 20 year old.
Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.
Soto likes to play checkers at the park on his off days.
Coppy
Acuña’s Bat Flip (09-12-2018), Tapate50 (09-12-2018)
It's not like Soto is going up against a 26 year old rookie like Judge
jpx7 (09-12-2018)
Can they both win it?
No such thing - the numbers tell it all.
The "funny thing" about this particular amazing race is that in a "normal" year Dereck Rodriguez may very well have run away with the bling already - tough to beat somebody coming from as far out of nowhere as he has and doing what he's done.
Last edited by clvclv; 09-12-2018 at 09:10 PM.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Acuña’s Bat Flip (09-12-2018)
jpx7 (09-12-2018)
bravesfanMatt (09-12-2018), jpx7 (09-12-2018), thewupk (09-12-2018)
"It depends on which stats you look at."
This is always the point - if you want to eliminate the *itching when the "wrong guy" wins an award, specify the statistical categories you're using and end all arguments - MVP, Cy, ROY, whatever. Let the numbers be your guide if you're going to eliminate value that can't be measured. If clutch-hitting really doesn't exist, quit tracking the stat, and so on for "value" contributions. If the guy that wins the MVP is supposed to be the "best" player in the game, give it to the guy with the highest WAR (or whatever metric the numbers-crowd agrees is the best measurement) and give it to him even if he's on a team that loses 100 games.
I think many of us would argue that the ROY debate is pretty much a waste of time since Acuna's accomplishments have been the difference that make the Braves a playoff team instead of Soto's really nice stat line for a team going nowhere. Does that mean Trout should be eliminated from MVP consideration until he's on a team that makes the playoffs? Where's that line, and who decides?
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?