2018: The Year Of The Venezuelan Trout

Carp said:
To be fair, he is pacing pretty close to those numbers over a 162 game span. Currently pacing 42 homers and 22 stolen bases.
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To be fair...and accurate...

I believe folks said 20/20 was possible. Many also said 30 HRs was possible.

The bet was for 30/30. Too bad the bets already been reneged. Typical...
 
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For whatever reason, he didn't try to steal many bases before the AS Break. May be the FO wanted him to focus on other parts of his game. May be he didn't feel comfortable. Who knows. But he's stepped up since the break with 8 SB's, placing him 6th in all of baseball since then.
 
Carp said:
For whatever reason, he didn't try to steal many bases before the AS Break. May be the FO wanted him to focus on other parts of his game. May be he didn't feel comfortable. Who knows. But he's stepped up since the break with 8 SB's, placing him 6th in all of baseball since then.
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Cool.

The bet was for 30/30.

It was not “on pace for 42/22”.

It was not “he’s stealing more often now”.

It was simple....30/30. I knew all the factors going into the probability of that happening.

The bet was lost and not paid. Also very simple.
 
I'm not saying you shouldn't win the bet if the details were clear. Just pointing out that he could very easily have had a 30/30 season if he was healthy and had been playing since day 1.
 
Carp said:
I'm not saying you shouldn't win the bet if the details were clear. Just pointing out that he could very easily have had a 30/30 season if he was healthy and had been playing since day 1.
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This is why you make bets on rate stats instead of counting stats
 
Ronald enters tonight with an OPS of .920.

20 HR in 322 PA. That is a HR every 16 PA.

10 stolen bags. (I don't think we are being aggressive enough with him)

He is walking 8.4% of the time while striking out 27% of the time.

Interested to see what Ronald's final numbers are.

Everyone knows he's a star.
 
SJ24 said:
Ronald enters tonight with an OPS of .920.

20 HR in 322 PA. That is a HR every 16 PA.

10 stolen bags. (I don't think we are being aggressive enough with him)

He is walking 8.4% of the time while striking out 27% of the time.

Interested to see what Ronald's final numbers are.

Everyone knows he's a star.
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Imagine where he would be if he didn't miss almost a month of the season.
 
When the clock strikes 0 on the season and Ronnie doesn't have 30/30, I will live up to my end of the bet.

Even though he was called up late and was injured for a month.

I will never post again.

Just quit going around and posting about it incessantly. Let the board enjoy these last 36 games you sub-6 foot nerd.
 
SJ24 said:
Ronald enters tonight with an OPS of .920.

20 HR in 322 PA. That is a HR every 16 PA.

10 stolen bags. (I don't think we are being aggressive enough with him)

He is walking 8.4% of the time while striking out 27% of the time.

Interested to see what Ronald's final numbers are.

Everyone knows he's a star.
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Can't steal second base when you've already rounded all the bases and touched home.
:fredi:
 
SJ24 said:
When the clock strikes 0 on the season and Ronnie doesn't have 30/30, I will live up to my end of the bet.

Even though he was called up late and was injured for a month.

I will never post again.

Just quit going around and posting about it incessantly. Let the board enjoy these last 36 games you sub-6 foot nerd.
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Cool.

You probably need to focus on those community college courses, you...nothing of a "man".
 
sturg33 said:
I get the sense that if Acuna finished the year 40/29, enscheff would be on here bragging about being right
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The bet was 30/30. I did not say Acuna isn't amazing...I said he wouldn't go 30/30. Period. Simple.

It is very rare to go 30/30 for many reasons, which is why I was confident he would not do it. The vast majority of amazing players don't go 30/30. It doesn't make them any less amazing. I would rather see a 40/20 season than a 30/30 any day.

I knew he would start in AAA. I knew he would go through slumps as a kid. I knew the Braves don't steal much. I knew injury was a possibility. I knew he would move all over the lineup and limit his PAs a bit. We told that to Taylor over and over, yet he continued to derp on and on.

I'm not the one who was so ignorant as to blabber on and on about 30/30 and then enter into a bet about it.

The lesson here: don't be ignorant and enter into bets with folks who know more than you do.
 
Enscheff said:
The bet was 30/30. I did not say Acuna isn't amazing...I said he wouldn't go 30/30. Period. Simple.

It is very rare to go 30/30 for many reasons, which is why I was confident he would not do it. The vast majority of amazing players don't go 30/30. It doesn't make them any less amazing. I would rather see a 40/20 season than a 30/30 any day.

I knew he would start in AAA. I knew he would go through slumps as a kid. I knew the Braves don't steal much. I knew injury was a possibility. I knew he would move all over the lineup and limit his PAs a bit. We told that to Taylor over and over, yet he continued to derp on and on.

I'm not the one who was so ignorant as to blabber on and on about 30/30 and then enter into a bet about it.

The lesson here: don't be ignorant and enter into bets with folks who know more than you do.
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Taking the under on a 30/30 bet is basically the easiest bet to make in the world.

I think the point - which Taylor got right and you and I both got wrong - was the Acuna would be a stud this year. I was with you that he would struggle... but frankly Taylor was closer to being right than we were.

I'm glad.

I enjoyed the posts about all the comps to Trout. I thought they were crazy and think he is still crazy. But they are fun.

What's not fun is endlessly talking about wanting to kick a poster off of a board bc he made a dumb bet that nobody cares about while the Braves are marching to the playoffs on the back of Acuna.
 
sturg33 said:
Taking the under on a 30/30 bet is basically the easiest bet to make in the world.

I think the point - which Taylor got right and you and I both got wrong - was the Acuna would be a stud this year. I was with you that he would struggle... but frankly Taylor was closer to being right than we were.

I'm glad.

I enjoyed the posts about all the comps to Trout. I thought they were crazy and think he is still crazy. But they are fun.

What's not fun is endlessly talking about wanting to kick a poster off of a board bc he made a dumb bet that nobody cares about while the Braves are marching to the playoffs on the back of Acuna.
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This is correct: I was way closer than Enscheff. Ronald may get 30 dingers even with missing a month. Lol.

But Enscheff is right, too: a bet is a bet.

I'm just happy we're going to the playoffs and that Ronald is, as I predicted, a star.
 
sturg33 said:
Taking the under on a 30/30 bet is basically the easiest bet to make in the world.

I think the point - which Taylor got right and you and I both got wrong - was the Acuna would be a stud this year. I was with you that he would struggle... but frankly Taylor was closer to being right than we were.

I'm glad.

I enjoyed the posts about all the comps to Trout. I thought they were crazy and think he is still crazy. But they are fun.

What's not fun is endlessly talking about wanting to kick a poster off of a board bc he made a dumb bet that nobody cares about while the Braves are marching to the playoffs on the back of Acuna.
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Ehhh I don't know its pretty fun from the sidelines. :popcorn:
 
SJ24 said:
This is correct: I was way closer than Enscheff. Ronald may get 30 dingers even with missing a month. Lol.

But Enscheff is right, too: a bet is a bet.

I'm just happy we're going to the playoffs and that Ronald is, as I predicted, a star.
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You were right that Acuna would be really really good. But it was a clear lapse in judgement to make a bet based on counting stats. If you would have made a .900+ OPS bet with Enscheff, he seriously may have taken that and you might have won.
 
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