@GODJ2 I think 2001-2010 Ichiro is being punished for 2011-2019 ichiro in this hypothetical. There’s not a team out there that wouldn’t properly rate his first decade
Dansby Swanson has 26 RBI in a 10-game span. The only players to do this in a 10-game span within a season since RBI became official in 1920:
Swanson in 2026
Joe DiMaggio in 1939
Jimmie Foxx in 1933
Lou Gehrig in 1931
Lou Gehrig in 1930
Mel Ott in 1929
All the hitters are WORSE. And somehow so are the pitchers, who are also definitely throwing slower? It’s tough to keep track. I’m sorry the best pitcher in the game isn’t throwing 87 to a 9 foot strike zone. Mariano Rivera should be in prison too
Famously bad players by WAR. Everyone is so stupid. These FOUR hall of famers wouldn’t be able to play today. Do you people hear yourselves
I do agree that you should judge defensive metrics from the past with a grain of salt
THANK YOU!!!!!
Where did the athletic ability go?
Clutch hitting in the 8th and 9th inning?
Starting pitching that goes 8 or 9 innings?
Base stealing-hell just good base running and SPEED?!?
Sac bunts-moving runners over late in a game?
Where’s Tony Gwynn? Rod Carew?
Wade Boggs? Ichiro?
Those guys wouldn’t exist in today’s ridiculous HR or K “launch angle” game!
The game has been dying with the youth of America for YEARS and now is losing the core fanbase as well with this ridiculous product we’ve had to digest for the last 7-10 years.
Bring back Small Ball and athleticism…this shit dreadful!!!
Immediately after the story comes out that Juan Soto gets preferential treatment and is allowed to isolate from his own teammates, this happens. There’s bad looks and then there’s whatever the hell this is. Yikes.