jpx7 (05-11-2021)
Here are the tweets that are being referred to. For whatever reason, he seems like the type of guy to just name random sources without having any actual info. So I wouldn't buy into this.
Last edited by NYCBrave; 05-11-2021 at 10:54 AM.
jpx7 (05-11-2021)
To embed tweets you take the tweet number so 1390758346140098564 and 1391200634238537729 and put them between [ TW ] [ /TW ] tags without the spaces in there.
jpx7 (05-11-2021)
I can assure you I am NOT Bill Shanks, and it was on his twitter feed. I did say take it with a grain of salt.
more like RoBILL1967
curiously 1967 is the year Bill was born
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
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jpx7 (05-11-2021)
Freeman may be unhappy, but it isn't affecting his production. Of the 179 MLB players with 100+ PAs in 2021, Freeman ranks 12th in xwOBA at .404.
FG just did an article about BABIP outliers, and obviously Freeman made the list of guys getting hosed by expected production on balls in play: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/mike-tro...abip-outliers/
So....Bill Shanks is still an insufferable moron nobody should ever pay any attention, and Freddie Freeman is still an elite hitter being held down by a horrid .193 BABIP that is guaranteed to go up. And it's still a bad idea to give him Goldy money. While I would love to see him extended for 2-3 more years, I completely understand him not willing to settle for that when a team like the Angels will pay him 2x the money an intelligent team would.
Last edited by Enscheff; 05-11-2021 at 12:47 PM.
I don't know if Shanks is still plugged in, but he used to be very plugged in (mostly with the minor league and player development guys) so I wouldn't just dismiss his tweets out-of-hand.
I doubt he gets 5 year offers. Teams are going to roll the dice they can likely get a lot of production from 1B without a long term commitment
Ivermectin Man
Bryse Wilson starting tonight, white flag
jpx7 (05-11-2021)