Around Baseball 2024 edition
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But it's constant. He missed at least 4 starts every year since 2020. Some years he's missed a lot.
cajunrevenge
Well-known member
I would bet money on Fried having TJ during his next contract.
zbhargrove
Well-known member
Would there be any value in a parameter that computes the percentage of homers a player hits that would be homers in all 30 parks... or half of the parks? Maybe it would be kind of unnecessary with all the direct statcast data, average HR distance, etc... but it could provide a snapshot about just how dominate of a power hitter a power hitter is.
Well the old format would be the same in the NL. Except the Braves would be on the outside looking in instead of the Mets.
CrimsonCowboy
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Aaron Judge just hit #50
And #51.
Judge has the 7th highset career SLG of all time. Considering the era he plays in there is a valid argument that he's the best power hitter ever.
CyYoung31
Shift Leader
An era in which, before this year, slugging was at an all-time high?
Quality of players my guy
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
It's always difficult to compare across eras, but I tend to agree with you. One doesn't know how power hitters in earlier eras would have fared if they trained year-round and had better coaching. That said, there is little doubt that pitching has improved immensely over the past few decades, which makes Judge's accomplishments pretty special.
Yeah. He's having an MVP type year but it's nothing 'special'.
It also highlights just how damn good Bonds was
CyYoung31
Shift Leader
That's racist
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Ruth clearly changed the paradigm. When he first led the AL in HRs in 1919, he hit almost triple the number of HRs (29 to 10) of the guy behind him--John Baker--whose nickname was "Home Run."
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Probably true, but Ohtani's piss probably doesn't glow.
I hate this argument. The best pitcher of the last 75 years threw 89 MPH during the steroid era and still dominated the **** of hitters. And according to him (and several other HOF pitchers) the best hitter he ever faced was some 5'11 guy with 135 career homers over a 20 year career.
Great hitters are great hitters. Great pitchers are great pitchers. Stop with era non-sense. Put Ruth on diet plan and let him hit the first 4 years of his career and he might have had 900 homers
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50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
As long as his diet doesn't include booze. How Ruth managed to imbibe as much as he did during Prohibition is almost as impressive as his feats on the field.
Ruth is not hitting 900 homers if he played right now. Get that BS out of here
CyYoung31
Shift Leader
Even if it did, he’d just say that he wasn’t the one doing the pissing.