2019-20 MLB Running Hot Stove Thread

Excellent pitching (as opposed to a replacement level player) > Excellent hitting (as opposed to a replacement level player).

 

There’s pressure on Altuve and others to prove their success isn’t largely garbage-can related.

 

Other than @Moderator1, I can't think of anybody.

 

Ooops. Red Sox suddenly have buyer's remorse on Graterol. "We didn't know he was a reliever!" Way to do your due diligence, since it was in the Minneapolis paper a month ago.

Trade of Brusdar Graterol called into doubt because of medical records

 

It's not odd at all. Bryce Harper is in large part a media creation. He isn't a player to lead a team to a world series. The Cardinals went to the world series the year after Pujols left.

 

Imagination ...

Babe Ruth in his hitting prime at the plate against Randy Johnson in his prime.

What happens?

 

some poor bird dies

 

Worlds apart.

 

Well, the difference in his OPS vs. lefties as opposed to righties was about 0.030. So, I imagine he's as fine as anyone is against Randy Johnson. He probably strikes out, but its not like Johnson went undefeated in his career.

 

You overrate Harper. Vastly.

 

Absent his MVP season 5 years ago, he's 'just' an All Star caliber player. There are about 10-12 All Star Caliber OFers each season?