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re: Joey Gallo is the first player to hit 100 home runs before hitting 100 singles
Posted on 5/8/19 at 3:53 pm to McCaigBro69
Posted on 5/8/19 at 3:53 pm to McCaigBro69
But muh WAR
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Posted on 5/8/19 at 3:54 pm to Jim Rockford
What has sabermetrics done to baseball?
Posted on 5/8/19 at 4:03 pm to boom roasted
quote:
What has sabermetrics done to baseball?
Innumerable pitching changes, shifts, home run swings to the exclusion of hitting for average.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 4:07 pm to Jim Rockford
So someone good at hitting home runs should not try to just so they can have a better average?
WAT LOL
WAT LOL
Posted on 5/8/19 at 4:07 pm to Jim Rockford
in other words. they have figured out what actually matters in baseball and have made the logical conclusion to move away from the stuff that doesnt matter
Posted on 5/8/19 at 4:10 pm to McCaigBro69
and the team is .500 
Posted on 5/8/19 at 4:15 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:
in other words. they have figured out what actually matters in baseball and have made the logical conclusion to move away from the stuff that doesnt matter
In the process they've made it less entertaining
Posted on 5/8/19 at 4:16 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
home run swings to the exclusion of hitting for average.
Gallo's AVG on balls hit over the fence: 1.000
Gallo's AVG on all other balls in play: something less than that
If he can hit home runs at prolific enough clip that he's still a net positive despite high strikeout rates, why would he not swing for a home run every time?
Posted on 5/8/19 at 4:31 pm to McCaigBro69
At first Gallo annoyed me as a player but I'm starting to think that he is kind of turning into the Nolan Ryan of hitters.
Puts up crazy power hitting stats but strikes out a ton and has a mediocre batting average.
Ryan put up crazy power pitching stats but walked a bunch of guys and had a mediocre win/loss ratio.
Advanced stats say both are worth the negatives by a large margin yet traditional baseball fans tend to scoff at their accomplishments as overrated.
Puts up crazy power hitting stats but strikes out a ton and has a mediocre batting average.
Ryan put up crazy power pitching stats but walked a bunch of guys and had a mediocre win/loss ratio.
Advanced stats say both are worth the negatives by a large margin yet traditional baseball fans tend to scoff at their accomplishments as overrated.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 4:46 pm to Jim Rockford
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home run swings to the exclusion of hitting for average.
Well BA is a horrible stat to measure a hitter’s effectiveness anyway.
Regardless, he is slashing .274/.426/.679 this year.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:17 pm to ProjectP2294
quote:
Gallo's AVG on balls hit over the fence: 1.000 Gallo's AVG on all other balls in play: something less than that
fricking science right there, boys.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:37 pm to Jim Rockford
They got smarter about baseball.
And I really don’t see this big difference from a fan perspective. It’s still baseball with some tweaks here and there. Sports evolve. They always have.
And I really don’t see this big difference from a fan perspective. It’s still baseball with some tweaks here and there. Sports evolve. They always have.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:58 pm to Jim Rockford
Interesting take to have
Posted on 5/8/19 at 7:33 pm to Jim Rockford
In your opinion.
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