Was Pujols' 2017 the worst season ever for a player with 100 RBI's?
Dante Bichette had some bad WAR seasons with Coors-inflated numbers, but according to bWAR his defense was the worst part of his game.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 2 August 2018 10:59 (five years ago) link
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24270231/mlb-how-shift-ruined-albert-pujols
More hard hit outs than anyone in baseball the past four years, blames the shift, thinks RBIs aren't overrated.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
Pujols is one of only eight players who have been active over the past 18 seasons
pujols, beltre, utley, bartolo, ...?
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:17 (five years ago) link
sabathia
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:27 (five years ago) link
fernando rodney? he pitched a few games in 2002
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
ichiro
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:31 (five years ago) link
joaquin benoit
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:34 (five years ago) link
that's 8!
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:35 (five years ago) link
From 2015 to 2018, Pujols has accumulated a whopping 403 hard-hit outs, putting balls in play that travel at least 95 mph. Nobody has more. His average exit velocity is 90.3 mph, ranked fourth among those with at least 1,700 batted balls during that stretch, according to Statcast. His batting average on balls in play is .245, tied for the lowest in the majors among qualified hitters during that time.Pujols shrugs."What can you do, bro?"
Pujols shrugs.
"What can you do, bro?"
wwjvd
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:40 (five years ago) link
yeah that's a pretty pathetic attitude from someone who is too rich to care lol
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:40 (five years ago) link
i like how they paired the article with a sam miller piece explaining how shifts are bullshit
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:42 (five years ago) link
espn, something for everyone
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:42 (five years ago) link
Thinking about that makes Pujols think about all the line drives he has lost up the middle -- guaranteed hits in the baseball game he once knew. He is asked what his batting average would look like if second basemen played their position traditionally and didn't shade toward center field."Between .290 and .300, for sure," Pujols says, who instead sports a .254/.290/.428 slash line "Look at the balls that I'm hitting up the middle, especially this year. Out of those 30 or 40 or 50 balls, give me 25 hits. Add those 25 hits to my .250 batting average, I'd be hitting like .290."
"Between .290 and .300, for sure," Pujols says, who instead sports a .254/.290/.428 slash line "Look at the balls that I'm hitting up the middle, especially this year. Out of those 30 or 40 or 50 balls, give me 25 hits. Add those 25 hits to my .250 batting average, I'd be hitting like .290."
(narrator voice): "he'd be hitting like. 316."
...
(narrator voice): "if you assume he's actually right about losing 25 hits up the middle this year against the shift"
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwZJR3x9xwI
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
right after i posted that, he got injured and then underwent season-ending surgery on his left knee. sorry albert.
his line for 2018:
117 G, .245/.289/.411, wRC+ 90, 19 HR, 5.6 BB%, 13.1 K%, -0.2 fWAR, 0.1 bWAR (positive!!)
― Karl Malone, Friday, 31 August 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link
only 3 years left on his contract, after this season
― Karl Malone, Friday, 31 August 2018 01:36 (five years ago) link
he actually injured his left knee in the hardware store
happy 39th
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
sigh... thread:
He’s listed at 38, but I’m pretty sure Albert Pujols is 40. Today @baseballpro, I lay out new evidence (from Pujols’s own mouth), and then dig into why this happens, and why it matters, and what parts of it *don’t* matter much (Free): https://t.co/HGub38otZd— Matthew Trueblood (@MATrueblood) April 24, 2018
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
or rather link:
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/39462/rubbing-mud-aging-angel/
only 3 years and $72 million left on his contract
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 22:22 (five years ago) link
slowest sprint speed in the majors last year (22.2 ft/s, which, when you put it that way, always seem really fast to me)slowest sprint speed in 2017 (21.8 ft/s)slowest sprint speed in 2016 (22.6 ft/s)8th slowest sprint speed in 2015 (23.5 ft/s)
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 17 January 2019 03:42 (five years ago) link
this will be close when it's all said and done
Pujols career (18 seasons): .302/.382.554Cabrera career (16 seasons): .316/.395/.551
(after 16 seasons Pujols was at .309./.392/.573)
― omar little, Friday, 1 February 2019 20:26 (five years ago) link
wow that's sad
― k3vin k., Friday, 1 February 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
(cabrera obviously a HOFer, but pujols' fall from the inner circle back to the mere mortals has been a long, slow, sad journey)
― k3vin k., Friday, 1 February 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
pujols still a little more valuable overall, on average, due to his blazing speed and impressive defensive skills compared to miggy, but yeah :(
― Karl Malone, Friday, 1 February 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
Pujols w/the Angels: .260/.315/.453
― omar little, Friday, 1 February 2019 20:54 (five years ago) link
to compare to similar "decline phases" from a couple recent HOF guys who fell off a lot from their peak:
Frank Thomas after his MVP runner-up campaign in 2000: .262/.376/.507
Griffey Jr with the Reds/ChiSox/Seattle pt 2: .262/.355/.493
― omar little, Friday, 1 February 2019 20:58 (five years ago) link
that's why Peak Value and Career Value are separate considerations
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 February 2019 21:07 (five years ago) link
prince albert pujols, he broketh free agency
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 February 2019 21:10 (five years ago) link
First I've ever heard that Ruth's and Cap Anson's RBI totals are not considered official. I can maybe see that for Anson, but I don't get it for Ruth.
― clemenza, Monday, 29 April 2019 04:33 (four years ago) link
Box scores from the teens and '20s are not all absolutely verified/complete.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 April 2019 11:53 (four years ago) link
It's strange though that the pre-1920 RBIs aren't included in the official totals at all. Mistakes aren't too uncommon, and the "official" totals can easily be adjusted.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 29 April 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link
i was trying to think of a solid comparison for Pujols in terms of an all-time great player falling off a cliff. i checked out Frank Thomas, specifically the era after his 2000 MVP runner-up season. During his age 33-39 seasons he accumulated 14.8 bWAR. Albert during that same run (this is his age 39 season, doubt he'll add much to the total and may subtract some, he's at 0.0 bWAR now) has accumulated 8.5 bWAR.
Griffey Jr. put up a 7.1 bWAR during those same seasons.
Beltre, on the other hand, put up 37.6 bWAR. And it's probably not fair to include Barry Bonds but...63.1 bWAR from his age 33-39 seasons.
― omar little, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
when i think of falling off a cliff, i think of andruw
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
🙌 Mr. 2,000 RBIs 🙌 @PujolsFive tacked on the two-thousandth RBI of his Hall of Fame career with a solo shot in #Detroit! He joins Hank Aaron & Alex Rodriguez as the only #MLBPlayers to ever reach the milestone. Congrats to The Machine! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/jgjvwD9Xvz— MLBPA (@MLB_PLAYERS) May 9, 2019
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 May 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
1,329 of those RBIs with the Cardinals, 2001-2011
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 May 2019 19:32 (four years ago) link
he is the Aged Compiler :/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 May 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
his fWAR w/LA is a lot lower than his bWAR (6.6 vs 13.3)
even by bWAR's generous standards he's put together a WAR of 3.1 since the beginning of 2015, which is i think equal to what Cody Bellinger did in April.
― omar little, Thursday, 9 May 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
The stories of fans doing right by players and being rewarded with autographs and such are nice. But Pujols has long been a humble fellow who gets to the heart of the matter. https://t.co/256RvmhZCC— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) May 9, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
saw people being really weird about that on twitter -- like 'how selfish!' or 'what an idiot; he didn't get it authenticated so now it's worthless'
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 May 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
Ignore the headlines you'll read about this being Albert Pujols' first time back in St. Louis since 2011. Truth is, he never left at all.How Pujols' impact on those with Down Syndrome has continued to grow in STL even as he took a new uniform. https://t.co/5zNJNBtTBL— Jenifer Langosch (@LangoschMLB) June 20, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 June 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
pujols gets a curtain call in STL after homering to deep left
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Saturday, 22 June 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
Ricky Horton speaks for us all when he said “of the 20 great moments he had - we’re gonna have to get another piece of paper”
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Saturday, 22 June 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
scandal: albert pujols' wife diedre says cardinals fans truly are "best in baseball", it's like they never left, and that the HR ranked as the greatest moment in his career.
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Saturday, 22 June 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
he passed pete rose for 8th place all time in total bases with that HR
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Saturday, 22 June 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
just a little guy named steve sax up next on that list
jk, next up is babe ruth
2019 is almost in the books.
wrC+ 98, .249/.310/.449, -0.1 fWAR.
since the start of the 2015 season, he's been worth +0.1 fWAR overall, with his 1.6 WAR 2015 season balanced out by his -2.0 2017, and near-zero value for the other 3 years.
only 2 years and $59M left on his contract.
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
Prince Albert Pujols, he collecteth.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 September 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
One key factor is the owners’ increasing use of analytics—sophisticated statistical metrics—to calculate a player’s value to the team and negotiate his salary accordingly. While many players believe that analytics can help improve their on-field performance, others remain skeptical.
“Put a computer on the mound and see if it will throw strikes, or put it at the plate and see if it can hit a fastball,” said future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols in the Los Angeles Angels’ locker room after a Labor Day weekend game.
https://www.thenation.com/article/mlb-moneyball-labor-unions/
not sure if he realizes that pitching machines are computerized, or that a computer-controlled bat with motion sensors could probably hit a fastball, if someone bothered to make it. not that is has anything to do with the point he was trying to make
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link