OT: MLB Discussion Thread: Part XXIV

[One Winged Angel]

Yeah he’s really, really good.

They really should give the platinum glove to andrelton Simmons every year though.

Yeah, I do agree, although it's close with him and Manny. I don't disagree with Arenado winning it back to back years though. He's just incredible.

 

[One Winged Angel]

Chapman's better and Arenado is right there with him. The player you are describing is Andrelton Simmons.

Simmons is great. Arenado is amazing too. They're all right there on that level. You can't go wrong giving it to any of them.

 

[Cassano]

Every tweet that comes out says something to the effect of "the Yankees have talked but it didn't really go anywhere because they won't agree on a price."

We're prospect hugging again.

Luxury Tax and Prospect Pool Hoarding champs

 

[SA16]

Simmonds is better because he does it as at a tougher position. Machado tried to play SS and it went poorly

 

[Machinehead]

Luxury Tax and Prospect Pool Hoarding champs

Can't wait for Florial to be a 5.0 WAR player....right after the Sox win three more titles.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Can't wait for Florial to be a 5.0 WAR player....right after the Sox win three more titles.

Lol.

Sox window is basically slammed shut after but I get what you’re saying.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Simmonds is better because he does it as at a tougher position. Machado tried to play SS and it went poorly

Right and relative to other SS, he's better than MM is to other 3B. Baseball ref says he's 184 fielding runs above average since coming into the league. I don't think any SS is close to that. And I don't think that includes a positional adjustment in that number either.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Simmons is the best defensive player I’ve ever seen.

Machado/arenado are great and Chapman is phenomenal as well, but they’re not Simmons level because no one is.

 

[darko]

Would you want Stanton at the plate in a crucial spot in the playoffs?

Yes.

 

[RGY]

A for Effort Mets

 

[LeetchisGod]

Same things were said about arod with a much larger body of work.

Then 2009 happened

A-rod is a much better player than Stanton.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Same things were said about arod with a much larger body of work.

Then 2009 happened

A-rod is a much better player than Stanton.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Same things were said about arod with a much larger body of work.

Then 2009 happened

A-rod is a much better player than Stanton.

 

[Thirty One]

@LeetchisGod curious as to your thoughts on how Stanton compares to A-Rod.

 

[LeetchisGod]

@LeetchisGod curious as to your thoughts on how Stanton compares to A-Rod.

My computer is a piece of shit.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

He knows. Hears it from his wife all the time.

@Brooklyn Rangers Fan

O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-uch.

 

[RGY]

Thank the lord

 

[RGY]

This is music to the ears:

 

[ecemleafs]

A-rod is a much better player than Stanton.

alright bro...we get it.

 

[One Winged Angel]

Simmons is the best defensive player I’ve ever seen.

Machado/arenado are great and Chapman is phenomenal as well, but they’re not Simmons level because no one is.

Omar Vizquel. No one I've ever seen was on his level. He was automatic.

 

[RGY]

 

[nyr2k2]

Omar Vizquel. No one I've ever seen was on his level. He was automatic.

That was my thought as well. Though, I feel like there was about a five-year period where Rey Ordonez was as good as Omar or Ozzie or anyone. He didn't have the longevity, of course. But for that peak...he was something else.

Also, Keith Hernandez, I had the pleasure of seeing the end of his career. He was amazing, as far as 1B go. Great range, and man could he pick them. The Metsies also had John Olerud who was an all-time great with the glove, IMO.

That whole Mets infield of Ventura, Ordonez, Alfonzo, and Olerud grades out by many metrics as being the best-ever defensively.

 

[darko]

Every tweet that comes out says something to the effect of "the Yankees have talked but it didn't really go anywhere because they won't agree on a price."

We're prospect hugging again.

Or teams are asking ridiculous returns. If we overpay people would be quick to bitch and moan.

 

[darko]

Stanton was a pretty good right fielder wasn't he? I never got the impression that he was poor....it's just that judge is better.

Stanton is good but 3B Machado is a beast.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Hate it less.

How the F are they going to add another arm? Send CC to the pen?

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

2 plus an earned option is the right structure. I also like the fact that he wants to be here.

Would still like a trade for a(nother) stud pitcher like Thor or Kluber, however...