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what's with the "batting 2nd" thing?



I mean, i'm not big on batting order, beyond giving your best hitters the most ABs, but Pete is a RHed moose, with a lot of swing and miss in his game. That's like the complete OPPOSITE of what a #2 hitter usually looks like --LHed to block the catcher's view and throw, patient with good bat control, to hit&run or move leadoff hitter over or let him steal, and fast to stay out of DPs and score from 1st on xtra base hits by the middle of the order-- otherwise known as McNeil. And its not like Pete's PROVEN he's one of the team's best hitters, deserving of more ABs than McNeil (for example). Is breaking up the lineup with alternating LH/RH hitters more important than than putting the best guys in the best slots? Even with the "3-hitter rule" making that strategy less important?



I don't know. I'm just asking. I mean, i won't lose sleep over it, but is this Calloway trying to look like he understands analytics?


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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

I'm not on the Alonso bandwagon till he drives by my place and forces me into the vehicle like a demented Uber driver.



8 homers and 29 RBI, most after the ASB, 50 games.



Remains a strong MiLB power hitter

Amazingly, he's surpassed the 8 homers before May 1, and the 29 RBI are within close reach also.



Batting Stance Guy never fails.


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Good job. That's another honor that should be retroactively awarded for the years before it's establishment.



April 1984

ROOKIE OF THE MONTH

DWIGHT GOODEN



May 1984

ROOKIE OF THE MONTH

DWIGHT GOODEN



June 1984

ROOKIE OF THE MONTH

DWIGHT GOODEN



July 1984

ROOKIE OF THE MONTH

DWIGHT GOODEN



August 1984

ROOKIE OF THE MONTH

DWIGHT GOODEN



September 1984

ROOKIE OF THE MONTH

DWIGHT GOODEN


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It's funny what we keep track of and what we don't. I think 9 year old me would have found it odd that we give a "rookie of the month" award but no longer track GW RBIs.



I imagine Keith is still kinda pissed that they no longer keep track of that stat. Imagine being awesome at it, setting a record, getting this card in its honor:


https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51NHJoMuihL.jpghttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51NHJoMuihL.jpg>



Thinking that it's something you can brag about, put on your HoF resume, then poof. The stat is gone.


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=Centerfield post_id=8999 time=1556894844 user_id=65]I imagine Keith is still kinda pissed that they no longer keep track of [GW-RBI].

Imagine being awesome at it, setting a record, getting this card in its honor ... Thinking that it's something you can brag about, put on your HoF resume, then poof. The stat is gone.

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Kevin Armstrong offers https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/sports/pete-alonso-mets.html20 facts about Pete Alonso in the Times. No. 5 is kind of unfortunate.


5. He is a former Yankee. Alonso was raised in a house five miles from George M. Steinbrenner Field and played for the Yankees in the Tampa Bay Little League with Steinbrenner's grandson, Joe.



After he won a title in 2002 at age 7, Alonso received a letter from the former Yankees manager Joe Torre congratulating Alonso for “upholding the reputation of our team.” Alonso framed it and hung it on his bedroom wall.


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Joe Malloy was married to Steinbrenner's daughter, but I don't think they had a Joe, Jr. Maybe it's one of Hank's sons.


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'R' or not, I think he does reasonably well out of the gate. .250, 18/50 in a shortened season since they'll hold him down for a bit.


And this, my friends, is why I'm not a major-league GM.


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'R' or not, I think he does reasonably well out of the gate. .250, 18/50 in a shortened season since they'll hold him down for a bit.


And this, my friends, is why I'm not a major-league GM.


LOL. I think we all swung and missed predicting Pete!


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https://www.sicovers.com/fantasy-baseball-degrom-2019-february-28https://www.sicovers.com/fantasy-baseball-degrom-2019-february-28



Wow! Jake deGrom made the cover of SI this year and I just found out. That's how much interest I've lost in that mag. I'd swear that when I was a little boy, my life revolved around SI.



I was hoping Alonso's piece was the cover story but I knew otherwise right away because FAFIF would've said so if Pete made the cover. He'd deserve it, too.


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Frayed Knot wrote:

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=21013 time=1567715533 user_id=68]I was hoping Alonso's piece was the cover story ...


Yeah, a baseball cover from SI in September. That's a good one!

They'll be lucky to get one (and only one) in October.
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:

So is he an absolute shoo-in for Rookie of the Year, or is there some other candidate out there that I'm not aware of who has a decent shot?


NL Rookie of the Year



1. Pete Alonso, Mets

2. Mike Soroka, Braves

3. Fernando Tatis Jr., Padres



Tatis moves down as Soroka continues his pretty incredible run atop the Braves rotation. The second-best ERA in the National League, a top-five WAR among NL pitchers and his importance to a team running away with its division all combine to move him ahead of the phenom who won't play again this season. Alonso is winning this award, though, as we've said through nearly every update.



The young slugger leads the baseball in home runs, along with a top five offensive WAR and top seven OPS in the National League. Even as a first baseman, he's just barely outside the top 10 in overall WAR in the NL. With Tatis down for the count, Alonso is a stone cold lock. The rest is just window dressing.




Voters are polled every week. Alonso's pulled away in these polls only very recently. Soroka was a Cy Young candidate for most of the season. BTW, this piece has Jake deGrom winning the Cy.





https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/nationals/evaluating-state-2019-mlb-awards-races-september-updatehttps://www.nbcsports.com/washington/nationals/evaluating-state-2019-mlb-awards-races-september-update


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Stick him at first base and leave him there - for 15 years.

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Benjamin Grimm wrote:

Not necessarily. It could fail to come true much sooner than that.


Unless he can be replaced with someone better, I cringe at that thought.

Anyhow, I'd like to be around here (or anywhere else) in fifteen years just to find out.

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