He’s never playing 162 in a season even counting the playoffs. I’m not sure he’s going to play 162 total the rest of his career.
Playing 162 is no longer common, only 4 players did it last year. But I get your point on Trout who seems to always be injured which is a shame, he had. A chance to go down as one of the all time greats.
He will probably go down as one of the greatest what-ifs in MLB history if not all sports.
As in “What if he didn’t play for the Angels”?
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Something fishy going on?
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I’ll add him to the list
There will be lists? No one told me!
The could have been greats whose careers fell short, though Trout will most likely still be HoF
If Trout never plays another game he’s going to be in the hall of fame. 3 MVPs, 2 2nd place finishes, career OPS+ of 173, 11 time all-star. I think he can start working on his Cooperstown speech now.
But yeah without the injuries he might have been talked about a one of if not the best of all time when his career was over.
Speaking of careers cut short, I heard a couple sports radio guys complaining this week about the lack of Thurman Munson in the HOF. Was he really that special that he merited HOF after a shortened career?
7 AllStar
3 GG
MVP
2 Championships
Team Leader
He and Fisk ( in HoF) were very comparable. Neither was Bench.
HoF trajectory. Most likely best catcher not in without even considering abreviated career. Without considering the tragedy, I would say he is just short
He compares pretty favorably to a lot of catchers in the Hall. He’s not the top tier but he wouldn’t be a pity pick either.
If Munson plays another 5-7 years and is even average, he probably ends up with a career WAR over 60 and is somewhere near 2500 hits. If the Silver Slugger had been a thing, he’d have at least 3 of those.
Munson should be in the HoF, especially if Ted Simmons [who was perpetually underrated because of Johnny Bench] finally got in.
.250 watch heating up again! 27-78 (3 losses off the pace) after this 11 game losing streak. The highlight of the season has been tracking trade rumors.
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It took the San Diego Padres 52 years to finally have someone throw a no-hitter for the team. It only took about 3 years and change for Dylan Cease to double that count. Best part:
Good, we need pitchers throwing longer. Pitch count management is overrated. Ooh, he’s thrown 97 pitches, we gotta get him out. Yeah, he probably threw at least that many between warming up before the game and warming up between innings. Maybe cut that back so he can throw 8, 10 more pitches in game action and you don’t have to have 4, 5, 6 relievers come in after the 5th to close out a game.
Agreed. Pitchers should warm up like the High-Schoolers do: Lob the ball to the catcher. Catchers lobs it back.
And, a “pitch count” is innumerate; it is for players and former players without any education. “One Hundred is a big number,” in a soothing patronizing voice.
No, you check his stuff, see if it is getting wild or a lot slower, using analytics. Or, his head just went kablooey. (Not sure analytics can help identify that, yet.)
Solution: AI pitching machines.
So what exactly is the record? That is, does it go by percentage, total losses, or what? I’d been looking at total losses (and they’re already back on track for that), but what’s the official worst season?
It dawns on me that bad weather has the potential to cause them to lose the loss record. So I"m hoping for no end-of-year rainouts of potential losses.
1899 Cleveland Spiders 20-134.
If you want deep dive on the worst records ever, wiki has a nice quick rundown.
So 38-124 for the lowest winning % in the modern era (1901+) and 40-122 for lowest winning % since 1916.