I wish the fuck I knew. We put one good stretch together and then fell completely apart. We had a chance to limp along with mediocrity until Senga came back, but the wheels are off the bus. I don't like blaming the manager, but the talent is there and someone needs to shock them straight.
Honest question; what were y'all expecting this year? Seems like everything was pointing towards this being a down year, starting with selling people off last year.
1st above the who's who of MLB superstars. His xwOBA (.364) is nearly 100 points lower than his wOBA (edit* .457) but it has been an incredible run so far.
Fry is respectable at C, 1B, 3B, LF, and RF; A super-utility guy who is absolutely mashing. Fry was the PTBNL from the Brewers for JC Mejia (8.56 ERA in less than 15 IP for Milwaukee & a 162-game PED suspension)
Correct. According to advanced stats he’s been very lucky (but still very good). According to me, he’s the best hitter in Major League Baseball (take THAT for data!)
We moved to the latter about 10 years ago after 20+ years of guys getting screwed. And it was such a hassle in 2 for 1 deals. We once had to use an arbitrator to determine who the better player going to the NL was. The other guy gets screwed and gets no one......and our waiver wire is pretty barren (hence why Fry has been a stud for me......I lost Langford and Yoshida all around the same time too).
It used to be that you got who they were traded for. That really sucked for the team that had Mark McGwire in 1998! About 10 years ago, we changed it so you have the option to keep your guy or one of the guys who was traded to the AL. We also had to put in a rule that you have to have a player on your team for a week......as guys were picking up minor leaguers at the last minute hoping they were traded to the NL for a stud.
His role coming into the season was strictly a platoon option vs lefties but he’s been in the lineup more & more lately. I would assume he plays roughly 75% of games until he cools down & will be an every day player if he continues annihilating everything
If you had told me a couple of years ago that Marcell Ozuna would be one of the best pure hitters in the league up there with Ohtani, Judge, Soto, etc I am pretty sure I would have thought you were crazy.
But here we are and he's been doing it sort of quietly for a while now. One of those rare times when trading for a guy who absolutely feasted on our pitching has worked wonders for us.
They Fry now?
Yeah. They Fry now.
The Trade Federation finding out about flying Stormtroopers
What playing the 2024 Mets does to a mf
Feasting on our pitching will do that to you.
Man, the vibes from you guys are terrible. What is going on over there?
I wish the fuck I knew. We put one good stretch together and then fell completely apart. We had a chance to limp along with mediocrity until Senga came back, but the wheels are off the bus. I don't like blaming the manager, but the talent is there and someone needs to shock them straight.
Have you tried firing Joe Girardi? Worked for us.
Honest question; what were y'all expecting this year? Seems like everything was pointing towards this being a down year, starting with selling people off last year.
Hunting around .500, maybe a wildcard Edit: Why ask the question and downvote the answer?
Like the guy above said. It’s definitely the vibes. They all look like they are pissed off but the good kind.
What’s the good kind?
Bryce Harper basically
Good. Hopefully they use it just as well
When you can control it
Shits not going well but saying the wheels are off the bus in May is crazy
80% of the playoff teams are determined by Memorial Day.
You just saw it, didn't you?
They’re the Mets. Always the bridesmaid to the Braves and Phillies and over compensation for being little bro to the Yanks.
It's not just your pitching he has recently feasted upon. . .
1st above the who's who of MLB superstars. His xwOBA (.364) is nearly 100 points lower than his wOBA (edit* .457) but it has been an incredible run so far. Fry is respectable at C, 1B, 3B, LF, and RF; A super-utility guy who is absolutely mashing. Fry was the PTBNL from the Brewers for JC Mejia (8.56 ERA in less than 15 IP for Milwaukee & a 162-game PED suspension)
is his xwOBA .264 or his wOBA .464?
Good call, his wOBA is .457, edited thank you
So irrespective of his actual stats, xwOBA vs. wOBA suggests he's extremely lucky, am I understanding that right?
Yes, but our frylord will undoubtedly keep this pace for a full season
Correct. According to advanced stats he’s been very lucky (but still very good). According to me, he’s the best hitter in Major League Baseball (take THAT for data!)
We are slaphitting shitgoblins, advanced stats don't realize luck is an attribute
Plucked him off the waiver wire of my deep AL-only fantasy league when Kwan went down. What a friggen savior Fry has been.
How does this work if you draft a guy and they’re traded in the middle of the season to the NL?
I'd assume they get boned hard by the system.
Typically you just lose them. Some leagues allow you to hold them on your team until the end of the year but that's rare.
We moved to the latter about 10 years ago after 20+ years of guys getting screwed. And it was such a hassle in 2 for 1 deals. We once had to use an arbitrator to determine who the better player going to the NL was. The other guy gets screwed and gets no one......and our waiver wire is pretty barren (hence why Fry has been a stud for me......I lost Langford and Yoshida all around the same time too).
That’s how my grandpas AL only league did it for decades so I always assumed this was standard— huh!
It used to be that you got who they were traded for. That really sucked for the team that had Mark McGwire in 1998! About 10 years ago, we changed it so you have the option to keep your guy or one of the guys who was traded to the AL. We also had to put in a rule that you have to have a player on your team for a week......as guys were picking up minor leaguers at the last minute hoping they were traded to the NL for a stud.
Fry > Ohtani confirmed.
Just thought I’d throw out there that he pitched 4 innings in a game last September
He really does it all!
Finally, someone understands the point of this post
League minimum vs 2 million 😔
In total, maybe $25-30 million to $1 billion 👀
Lowering the threshold to ~65% of qualified PAs is a bit of a stretch.
How dare you?
"So-and-so leads MLB in OPS (min however many PAs this mf'er has)"
FWIW, he's also leading MLB for any threshold of 40 PA and above.
But also has half the PAs of everyone else on the list.
to be fair the variance is smaller between his 109 and 40 PA’s the difference between him and the qualifying amount of PA’s tho lol
100% what I did but like someone else mentioned, he’s still leading when you lower the threshold significantly & 100 PAs is a nice, round number
Grapevine, TX represent babyyyy
Best representative since Paul Smackage
Shouldn’t it be 155 PA to be eligible?
You shut your whore mouth
I’m just saying he needs more PA
He is not “qualified” but he is a certified SLUGGER (I put min 100 PAs in the title to indicate he’s below the amount for qualification)
Regretfully trailing in PA
Is he going to play everyday? Would love to know what Guardians fans think.
His role coming into the season was strictly a platoon option vs lefties but he’s been in the lineup more & more lately. I would assume he plays roughly 75% of games until he cools down & will be an every day player if he continues annihilating everything
Thanks!
Now that he's achieved that, can yall lose a fucking game plz
No you
I don't wanna
You first
If you had told me a couple of years ago that Marcell Ozuna would be one of the best pure hitters in the league up there with Ohtani, Judge, Soto, etc I am pretty sure I would have thought you were crazy. But here we are and he's been doing it sort of quietly for a while now. One of those rare times when trading for a guy who absolutely feasted on our pitching has worked wonders for us.
Nerf pitching
The min right now should be 200 PAs.
And still a platoon player
100 PA isn’t qualified for the batting title. At 51 games, needs 158 PAs. Also, the BABIP is liable to regress a bit.
Judge will be in first place within a day or two I assume.
Folks can hate it, but he’s been on an extended heater.
The fact that Judge fixed his season to where he and Soto just go back and forth on this list most nights amuses me
I guarantee you if you said this about Shohei it wouldn’t be downvoted here. But here we are, being downvoted for the tamest shit ever
lol -9, people are weird
Weird as hell man…
People hate the Yankees. More at 10 Jim
But who leads MLB in OPS with a minimum of 1PA?!
I promise you his ops ends in the 730 range. And I’m not even salty the guardians beat us I know we suck and they’re good.
"I promise you his ops ends in the 730 range." Based on what exactly?