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MLB 2023
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Wow best I've seen is back to back to back at a Phillies Game my dad and I went to a while back. Remember Schmidt and Kruk but forget the third.
Yeah, but in his two subsequent seasons for Philly he slashed…
2022 .218 with 46 HRs and 200 strikeouts in 155 games
2023 .197 with 47 HRs and 215 strikeouts in 160 games
His home run rate is pretty good, but with that average and strikeout rate he doesn’t have the overall impact that he should, his WAR was 2.2 in 2022 and 0.7 in 2023.
Take for example Aaron Judge who produces similar elite numbers of HRs but with an average of around .280, his WAR is about 5.5 yearly. A much more well rounded hitter.
He's a very good manager. I'm happy to have him. The last time the Giants hired away a former backup catcher turned manager from the Padres, it worked out well.
Speaking of Boch, I'm so pleased for him. I have to look up if any other manager in history has won a pennant with three different teams, but he's done it now.
Perdomo, Marte, Walker and Moreno...
D-Backs Slug 4 Homers in Record-Setting Barrage, Sweep Dodgers With 4-2 Win in Game 3 of NLDS
The hard-hitting Arizona Diamondbacks rode a record-setting barrage of solo homers in the third inning to a 4-2 win in Game 3 of the NL Division Series on Wednesday night, sweeping the 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers out of the playoffs
Pulling for Texas... But man, the D-Backs look good, really good.
Even thought I am pulling for Texas... I just hope it isn't a sweep and it goes the distance and we get a nail biter at the end. Just want it to be a good series.
It should be a good WS. I think it was safe to say that the Rangers would get to the PS in some form but I didn't have them reaching the WS. The D-Backs never entered into the PS equation for a lot of people but here we are lol.
I'm torn over what would be more dramatic though...
I'm torn over what would be more dramatic though...
- Bochy, Seager and Eovaldi getting another WS ring but the Rangers first trophy?
- D-Backs getting their second ring in 22 years?
To be completely honest, I don't know much about the Texas Rangers this year...
The Diamondbacks are a young, scrappy group of guys who love to play the game. They've been through a lot this season - ups and downs... just have to love their gutsy brand of CHAOS, and the havoc that it can cause - like the last two games in Philly... and for the most part, their pitching has been solid... Torey Lovullo has managed to push the right buttons and pull the right lever at pretty much the right time throughout the playoff run...
The Diamondbacks are a young, scrappy group of guys who love to play the game. They've been through a lot this season - ups and downs... just have to love their gutsy brand of CHAOS, and the havoc that it can cause - like the last two games in Philly... and for the most part, their pitching has been solid... Torey Lovullo has managed to push the right buttons and pull the right lever at pretty much the right time throughout the playoff run...
They were all 3 Phillies in '89...
hmmm yeah... As a SF Giants fan I reserve the right to hate them.
I think it will go the distance…
Arizona in 7.
Arizona in 7.
Yes, this please! Austin Hedges can get a ring (and WS MVP), then Cleveland can bring him back as player-manager next year 🤣.
Seriously, I'll throw out TEX in 6 and then wait to see how wrong I am
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Texas to go ahead first, then the Diamondbacks to stage a comeback and win in 6.
It's a good thing I'm not putting any money on this. Rangers in 5 IF the D-backs dont get hot. If the D-backs get hot, they go 7
I’ll go Rangers in 6 too, and if we’re wrong we can form a support group after the Series 🤣Yes, this please! Austin Hedges can get a ring (and WS MVP), then Cleveland can bring him back as player-manager next year 🤣.
Seriously, I'll throw out TEX in 6 and then wait to see how wrong I am