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Name a good player quiz

cooby May 15 2018 11:29 PM

I happen to agree with batmags about the folly of resigning Wright to a contract when he may have already had some back issues But being a truly ‘outside the loop’ fan these days , (Mets imposed) I ask you, as a collective baseball fan base, for truly star worthy third base replacements. And then, I ask for the same caliber of every other position. As a fantasy player, I am not seeing it. I think the baseball gene pool is bereft. Agree or disagree as you see fit

Edgy MD May 15 2018 11:57 PM Re: Name a good player quiz

The best thirdbaseman right now for my money is Nolan Arrenado. His numbers may be Coors-inflated, but he's finished eighth, fifth, and fourth in MVP voting the last three years, actually performing better each of those years, and is doing better still this year. Plus he's unquestionably the standard-bearer with the glove, whatever that's worth in an era where folks increasingly strike out, or homer, or walk.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 16 2018 03:57 AM Re: Name a good player quiz

Arenado is arguably the second-best position player in the league. So, yeah, he'll work at third. Machado would almost certainly work there, too. I'm not sure with what we're supposed to be agreeing or disagreeing. Is the premise that there are no, um, good/great players? If this is the case, well... I'll politely point out that you're forgetting a guy who's about 6 seasons in to what may be the best baseball career ever. Like, in history. And even if you leave him off your list... you've got Machados and Harpers and Bettses and Altuves and Correas and Bryants and Goldschmidts and Lindors all OVER the damn place. Kershaws and Klubers and Saleses and Scherzers and Thors, too. And Ohtanis! Oh, the Ohtanis! And reanimated Verlanders! And Bartolo! I mean, you can say you don't see the cool shit... but you'd have to be pretty willfully looking past some pretty obviously cool shit.

Ceetar May 16 2018 01:28 PM Re: Name a good player quiz

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Arenado is arguably the second-best position player in the league. So, yeah, he'll work at third. Machado would almost certainly work there, too. I'm not sure with what we're supposed to be agreeing or disagreeing. Is the premise that there are no, um, good/great players? If this is the case, well... I'll politely point out that you're forgetting a guy who's about 6 seasons in to what may be the best baseball career ever. Like, in history. And even if you leave him off your list... you've got Machados and Harpers and Bettses and Altuves and Correas and Bryants and Goldschmidts and Lindors all OVER the damn place. Kershaws and Klubers and Saleses and Scherzers and Thors, too. And Ohtanis! Oh, the Ohtanis![/bigpurple]And reanimated Verlanders! And Bartolo! I mean, you can say you don't see the cool shit... but you'd have to be pretty willfully looking past some pretty obviously cool shit[/bigpurple].

Centerfield May 16 2018 01:33 PM Re: Name a good player quiz

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Arenado is arguably the second-best position player in the league. So, yeah, he'll work at third. Machado would almost certainly work there, too. I'm not sure with what we're supposed to be agreeing or disagreeing. Is the premise that there are no, um, good/great players? If this is the case, well... I'll politely point out that you're forgetting a guy who's about 6 seasons in to what may be the best baseball career ever. Like, in history. And even if you leave him off your list... you've got Machados and Harpers and Bettses and Altuves and Correas and Bryants and Goldschmidts and Lindors all OVER the damn place. Kershaws and Klubers and Saleses and Scherzers and Thors, too. And Ohtanis! Oh, the Ohtanis! And reanimated Verlanders! And Bartolo! I mean, you can say you don't see the cool shit... but you'd have to be pretty willfully looking past some pretty obviously cool shit. I feel like I should get extra points for awesome hair.

cooby May 16 2018 07:06 PM Re: Name a good player quiz

Ceetar wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Arenado is arguably the second-best position player in the league. So, yeah, he'll work at third. Machado would almost certainly work there, too. I'm not sure with what we're supposed to be agreeing or disagreeing. Is the premise that there are no, um, good/great players? If this is the case, well... I'll politely point out that you're forgetting a guy who's about 6 seasons in to what may be the best baseball career ever. Like, in history. And even if you leave him off your list... you've got Machados and Harpers and Bettses and Altuves and Correas and Bryants and Goldschmidts and Lindors all OVER the damn place. Kershaws and Klubers and Saleses and Scherzers and Thors, too. And Ohtanis! Oh, the Ohtanis![/bigpurple]And reanimated Verlanders! And Bartolo! I mean, you can say you don't see the cool shit... but you'd have to be pretty willfully looking past some pretty obviously cool shit[/bigpurple]. Geez I guess my semi-tipsy rant got to Ceetar!