2018: The Year Of The Venezuelan Trout

mqt said:
Wait a minute, do you mean to tell me Acuña isn't actually Mike Trout 2.0?!
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I’m beginning to think some posters actually (or at least mostly) bought into that facetious sobriquet.
 
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Garmel said:
Pretty cool how you skipped Trout's rookie year. What was the OPS that year, Enscheff? The fact that you feel a need to bully a kid doesn't say much about you. It'd be laughable if it wasn't so pathetic.
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Derrrrp!

His age 20 season was his rookie year.
 
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Garmel said:
Oh, an Enscheff brown-noser. If you think it's cool to harass some kid constantly then good for you. I don't think it's cool and I'll make my opinion known.
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Derrrrp! I pick on you just as much because you two are equally clownish.

Go have another beer and make out with your sister.
 
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Enscheff said:
Derrrrrp!

Trout was 19. Acuna is 20.

You still haven’t paid up for our bet. Do we need to set up a payment plan for the $25?
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Splitting hairs on age... trout was 19 years 11 months when he debuted. Acuna was 20 years 4 months.

When you pay Ivan (ozuna -0.2 fWAR), I'll pay you
 
msstate7 said:
Splitting hairs on age... trout was 19 years 11 months when he debuted. Acuna was 20 years 4 months.

When you pay Ivan (ozuna -0.2 fWAR), I'll pay you
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LOL are you seriously backing out of our bet?

Mine and Ivan's bet is 2 years in duration. He already paid up for our bet on the Braves 2018 payroll.
 
Enscheff said:
LOL are you seriously backing out of our bet?

Mine and Ivan's bet is 2 years in duration. He already paid up for our bet on the Braves 2018 payroll.
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Im not backing out... still lot of season to go. Most likely I will lose and I will pay if that happens. Just saying you aren't quitting on yours. Why should I quit when Camargo was just named starter?
 
Enscheff said:
Derrrrp! I pick on you just as much because you two are equally clownish.

Go have another beer and make out with your sister.
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LOL! You can't be this stupid. I don't have a problem with you going after me. The fact that you pick on a kid and try to actually run him off the board shows what a piece of garbage you really are.
 
Garmel said:
LOL! You can't be this stupid. I don't have a problem with you going after me. The fact that you pick on a kid and try to actually run him off the board shows what a piece of garbage you really are.
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Don't have a dog in this fight, but I don't think anyone here is a little kid.
 
lol

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/expected_statistics?type=batter&year=2018&position=&team=ATL&min=100

Decided to go ahead and just post the thing for Atlanta. It's really incredible from Acuna, like it or not the stats say he's getting a fair amount of bad luck.

Also, as I've said elsewhere before, while he's definitely not going to hit 40+ HR, given that Albies is beating expected stats himself and has for 100+ games, you have to start wondering if you can place him in the category of "beats expected stats" as well, like Inciarte (and others for sure).
 
When Nick decides to take a **** on a thread it'd be great if the mods would start a new one or remove the bull**** from the thread so we can go back through the relevant posts without the nonsense.
 
GeorgiaGirl said:
lol

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/expected_statistics?type=batter&year=2018&position=&team=ATL&min=100

Decided to go ahead and just post the thing for Atlanta. It's really incredible from Acuna, like it or not the stats say he's getting a fair amount of bad luck.

Also, as I've said elsewhere before, while he's definitely not going to hit 40+ HR, given that Albies is beating expected stats himself and has for 100+ games, you have to start wondering if you can place him in the category of "beats expected stats" as well, like Inciarte (and others for sure).
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I definitely don’t like it: I wish all the team’s players would be and remain lucky.
 
I like it when our players get lucky too. And I like understanding what is luck and what is not.

There was this crazy discussion a while back about Acuna's .400+ BABIP numbers in the minors. Led to some weird expectations.
 
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Btw going into this season I liked Albies more as a player, both this season and for his career.

But I'm starting to change my view, luck-inflected outcomes notwithstanding. Acuna looks mighty impressive at the plate to me. A bit disappointing in the field though.

But no...he isn't the next Trout.
 
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