Including Pete Crow-Armstrong, there are 21 players with a 140 wRC+ or higher this season.
PCA’s Fielding Run Value is 27 runs better than the other 20 players combined.
His ability to impact the game at an elite level both at the plate and in the field is truly remarkable.
There have been over 5 million total 18-game spans by players in MLB's modern era.
In none of them did a player have as many hits, doubles, triples, homers & steals as the @Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong over his last 18 games:
34 hits
5 doubles
2 triples
9 home runs
6 stolen bases
Barely mentioned in the Sorsby discourse: Almost everything he did was illegal.
-- Underage gambling
-- Using other peoples' identities/accounts
-- Sending money to friends out of state to place bets for him.
The latter 2 could incriminate others as well. (Continued.)
Sorsby's Lawyer:
"In conclusion, Your Honor, was my client betting on his own sport? Yes.
Was my client making bets on his own team, including bets AGAINST his own team? Yes.
Did my client's actions undermine the integrity of college athletics as a whole? Yes.
And would reinstating him jeopardize the future of ALL of college athletics by making the public question whether anything they see in any game going forward is actually legitimate? Yes.
But you should still reinstate him, because if you don't, he'll be reawwy sad 😢."
Instances of active players caught betting on their own team:
Pete Rose (MLB): Banned for life
8 White Sox players (MLB): Banned for life
Jontay Porter (NBA): Banned for life
Tucupita Marcano (MLB): Banned for life
Brendan Sorsby (college football): Suspended for 2 games
There really aren’t any rules. You just go to court. If it fails, go to court again until a judge says you’re all set.
Want a 7th year?
Sure
Broke rules?
Ahhhh, it’s fine.
There AREN’T any rules.
So Brendan Sorsby bet at least 40 times on his own team, while underage, and then paid people to make bets for him when he moved to a state where gambling is illegal.
Two game suspension.
Not a good precedent we're setting here, my friends.