Baseball Tangents S2E3 Recently Rizzo: Somebody start banging for me (https://twitter.com/espn/status/1234592376288686083?s=20) Trevor Bauer Purposefully tipping his pitches (https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2878912-video-trevor-bauer-intentionally-tips-pitches-to-dodgers-after-astros-cheating) Trevor Bauer on pine tar and more (https://blogs.fangraphs.com/trevor-bauer-might-have-conducted-an-experiment/) Center Fielders Jackie Bradley (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bradlja02.shtml) Alex Verdugo (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/verdual01.shtml) Episode 1 of S2 featured a discussion of Alex Verdugo, I am not a time traveler as much as I wish I was. Mike Trout (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/troutmi01.shtml) George Springer (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/springe01.shtml) Ronald Acuna Jr (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/acunaro01.shtml) Victor Robles (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roblevi01.shtml) CF/SS Kiké Hernández (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hernaen02.shtml) Ketel Marte (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marteke01.shtml) Ketel Marte in 2019 (https://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/bqbyV) Scott Kingery (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kingesc01.shtml) OPS+ (http://m.mlb.com/glossary/advanced-stats/on-base-plus-slugging-plus) More Center Fielders Jason Heyward (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/heywaja01.shtml) Manuel Margot (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/margoma01.shtml) Real or Not? Burton Williamson (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/untrue) or Bill Bruton (William) (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brutobi01.shtml) SABR Bio (https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/66910bf0) Career 26.1 WAR & OPS+ of 96 4th in ROY voting, Jim Gilliam )won that year, career 40.7 War) | Year | League | Stolen Bases (rank)| |:----:|:--:|:-------:| | 1953 | NL | 26 (1st) | 1954 | NL | 34 (1st) | 1955 | NL | 25 (1st) In 1954 also led NL in CS! | Year | League | Errors as CF (rank)| |:-----:|:--:|:--------:| | 1953 | NL | 9 (2nd) | 1954 | NL | 7 (3rd) | 1955 | NL | 14 (1st) | 1956 | NL | 13 (1st) | 1957 | NL |  4 (4th) | 1958 | NL | 5 (4th) | 1960 | NL | 5 (4th) | 1961 | AL | 5 (5th) | 1962 | AL | 7 (1st) | Career | | 77 (28th) | Year | League | Putouts as CF (rank)| |:-----:|:--:|:--------:| |1953 | NL |  389 (4th) |1955 | NL | 382 (3rd) |1956 | NL | 395 (3rd) |1959 | NL | 297 (5th) |1960 | NL | 352 (3rd) |1961 | AL | 406 (1st) |1962 | AL | 396 (1st) |1963 | AL | 342 (2nd) | Career | | 3,808 (33rd) Bill Bruton’s Obscure Record - Most innings in a game without an opportunity Box score from the record day (https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET196206240.shtml) Further Reading from SABR (https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/june-24-1962-yankees-outlast-tigers-22-inning-game) Fangraphs (https://www.fangraphs.com) “The Game” ✅ Cincinnati Reds RF (https://www.fangraphs.com/players/nicholas-castellanos/11737/stats?position=3B/OF) ✅ Cincinnati Reds LF (https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jesse-winker/13590/stats?position=OF) ✅ Colorado Rockies SS (https://www.fangraphs.com/players/trevor-story/12564/stats?position=SS) ✅ Ian Desmond (https://www.fangraphs.com/players/ian-desmond/6885/stats?position=SS/OF) ✅ Colorado Rockies 1B (https://www.fangraphs.com/players/daniel-murphy/4316/stats?position=1B/2B) Projected WAR for Rockies 1B is 0.4 (not 1.5 per Kyle's guess) ? Baltimore Orioles SS (https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jose-iglesias/10231/stats?position=SS) Bonus rambling: Nationals SS (https://www.fangraphs.com/players/trea-turner/16252/stats?position=SS) is not Avisaíl García (https://www.fangraphs.com/players/avisail-garcia/5760/stats?position=OF) Boston SS: Xander Bogaerts (https://www.fangraphs.com/players/xander-bogaerts/12161/stats?position=SS) Phillies SS: Didi Gregorius (https://www.fangraphs.com/players/didi-gregorius/6012/stats?position=SS) San Diego Padre OF/1B: Wil Myers (https://www.fangraphs.com/players/wil-myers/10047/stats?position=1B/OF)

Baseball Tangents

Someone Bang for Me

 Azuza Pacific Draftees Azuza Pacific University Wayne Edwards or Ed Wayne Mason Saunders Duke Silver Puig 2019 Pitching leaders 2009 Pitching Leaders Hurricanes backup goalie story Blackhawks backup goalie “The Game” ? Chicago White Sox RF ? Detroit Tigers RF On a serious note ✅ Atlanta Braves RF Not the Braves RF

Mike WAR had a 1.3 Trout

I Wouldn’t Bet(ts) Against Him   Current Happenings: Trades Current Happenings: New Rules https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-rule-changes-for-2020-season http://m.mlb.com/glossary/idioms/three-true-outcomes https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lorenmi01.shtml Micheal Lorenzen   Interesting and Unexpected Madison Bumgarner https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/diamondbacks-nearing-agreement-with-madison-bumgarner.html Stephen Vogt    Looking forward: Angels @ dodgers 2/26   Bold Predictions: Angels more likely to get to WS than Dodgers Average weather 7/4 Phx Average weather 7/4 Can   The Game ✅ Cincinnati Reds SS  ? Kansas City Royals SS ✅ Houston Astros CF Houston Astros CF Sprint Speed Article Sprint Speed Leaderboard Effectively Wild Tim Locastro Cincinnati Reds C Real Player or Not?

I Wouldn’t Bet(ts) Against Him

Baseball Tangents Episode 9: A Robot That Swings a Club Rich Hill throws a beautiful curveball that people seem to like writing about  Effectively Wild Mark Melancon vs Sam Dyson Sam Dyson is who Mark Melancon should have been this year Mark Melancon salary Cincinnati Reds Catchers Devin Mesoraco doesn’t play much baseball these days Hip Labral Tear The Greatest Show on Turf Extension for Tucker Barnhart 2014 NL Catchers sorted by WAR (Baseball Reference subscription required) Scooter Gennett 4 Grand Slam season Topic: NL Centerfielders Billy Hamilton is not good, but is playing again!  Denard Span Looking at CF this year Terrible Players in 2015 Angel Pagan Andres Torres Pablo Sandoval  Hanley Ramirez Drew Stubbs drew stubbs trade with indians and diamondbacks 1 good year choo terrible shin soo choo Good Players and more Willie Mays T206 Honus Wagner Barry Bonds National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Roberto Clemente and his Baseball Reference Page Gaylord Perry 11 WAR Season 1972, but since 1969, there are actually 5 better pitcher seasons! 17 pitchers with season WAR > 10 since 1969 Which Leaves You with 7 Seasons by 5 Total Players with 10 War or Greater  Post Show: Jeff tells a story with very little context

9: A Robot That Swings a Club

Baseball Tangents Episode 2: Joey Votto Appreciation Part 1 of ___ A joey Votto rarity Joey Votto Votto Pop Up or struck by lightning, what’s more likely? Mariano Rivera and his wearing #42 Jackie Robinson Day Cutter all time career save leaders Kimbrel K-rod Kenley Jansen  The Hidden Game Of Baseball Save Winning Pitcher - how to determine winning pitcher in baseball Andrew miller WAR Andrew miller post season stats FIP The Traditional Role of the Closer The Flawed Importance of the Closer Raisel Iglesias Michael Lorenzen batting average on 3rd time through order - info and more Joey Votto Z-Rate vs Miguel Cabrera Another Fun Joey Votto Article 

2: Joey Votto Appreciation Part 1 of ___

Baseball Tangents Episode 1: Who is this Miguel and Where does he live? Giants chat Kerhsaw vs Giants for his career Kyle Hendricks (who actually did not win the) NL cy young 2016 Scherzer lead league in HR allowed and SO Miguel Sano vs Max Scherzer Reds Chat Nortsiders of Chicago  Cozart 5 HR in consecutive games at Wrigley Slugging Percentage (SLG) OBP OPS Joey Gallo My Cousin Vinny Kyle gets confused Trout Harper Machado (Needs Play Index access) Bryce Harper Mike Trout Manny Machado Chris Davis salary Orioles Salary cap 2016 2017 Barry Sanders LA Angels team salary Scherzer Contract Giancarlo Stanton contract Stump kyle Game  Rajai Davis (missed) Trevor Plouffe (missed) Mike Napoli (correct) Jarrod Dyson gets HBP (missed) Yonder Alonso 

1: Who Is This Miguel and Where Does He Live?

Episode 8: Not That Billy Hamilton 9 September 2017 pablo sandoval 0-38 streak Justin Morneau  vs Dustin Garneau Streaks craig counsell hitless streak wikipeida article of streaks Old Billy Hamilton new billy hamilton Major Lazer  Eric Davis Consecutive batters without a strikeout record Consecutive perfect innings Yusmeiro Petit indians win streak article/graphic Moneyball (film) 04 mariners 116 wins All time home run leaders Sadaharu Oh or Barry Bonds (asterisk) Darvish vs. Verlander Playoff picture AL then NL Kydlo Audio

8: Not That Billy Hamilton

Baseball Tangents is Jeff Hayward and Kyle Louis discussing the minutia of baseball, often through the lens of statistics, with the (more than) occasional rant about a related (or not) topic.

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