@DodgerBlue1958 For sure got the wind knocked out of him just hope there’s no rib fractures or anything like that 🙏 haven’t seen a collision like that in awhile
Like I literally don’t give a shit if you field 27 straight ground balls and record every single out. There’s literally 0 percent chance the position at SS is more taxing than being a Catcher. So stupid.
I was listening to a coach talk about player evaluation for baseball and they were saying that offensive numbers at shortstop and centerfield are okay being below average because the position is harder. What in the absolute fuck? At any level I played the best hitters played SS and CF. Whoever came up with this is an absolute joke and probably wanted their son to move up another level.
Hell, the Padres philosophy is convert shortstops to other positions. I have no idea when we started excusing piss poor performance offensively in exchange for average defense. Catcher is the only position I make this exception. All these moneyball analytic nerds can go fuck themselves man.
Andy Pages contract is absolutely insane, MLBPA gotta find a way in the next contract to prevent that from happening. I feel like he’s almost a vet at this point (obviously he isn’t but)
This is why I hate all this metrics and numbers bullshit, I could tell watching Jalen Brunson at Villanova that he was an absolute dawg, killer, winner. I wonder if by today’s metrics if there will be more guys who fit that prototype or if he’s just different which he is.