who's the best baseball player in the MLB right now?

[AMDZen]

Also, if you would have asked

"who's the best team in the MLB right now?"

That would be the Colorado Rockies. Woo!

 

[SP33Demon]

They've played like 3 of their 10 games so far at home. And all of his HR's have come on the road.

Now whats your excuse?

The OP said "who's the best baseball player in the MLB right now?"

And I answered it correctly

Wrong. 2 of his HR's came from Coors.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7850

If he wins the HR crown, then you could make a claim. Guys who hit at Coors should be winning it every year.

 

[AMDZen]

Wrong. 2 of his HR's came from Coors.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7850

If he wins the HR crown, then you could make a claim. Guys who hit at Coors should be winning it every year.

For some reason I thought the LAD series was in LA, I was going off memory. But Tulo just hit another one, thats 3 of his 6 so far (in 11 games) there in NY.

Your argument about Coors field goes both ways, its not always an advantage you know - the other team gets to hit too.

 

[Numenorean]

Also, if you would have asked

"who's the best team in the MLB right now?"

That would be the Colorado Rockies. Woo!

THIS!

They are finding ways to win, even when the starting pitchers don't have the best stuff.

I laughed at the Mets announcers who were talking about if they should intentionally walk Tulo with 1B open and they were like absolutely not and then he hits a 3 run bomb.

 

[Homerboy]

You Homers are horrible.

 

[Numenorean]

You Homers are horrible.

Look who's talking.

 

[Homerboy]

Look who's talking.

I assume that is a joke/pun towards my nick and avatar more-so than my input on who is the best?

 

[Numenorean]

I assume that is a joke/pun towards my nick and avatar more-so than my input on who is the best?

Yes :awe:

I don't even remember what your input on who is the best was.

 

[SP33Demon]

For some reason I thought the LAD series was in LA, I was going off memory. But Tulo just hit another one, thats 3 of his 6 so far (in 11 games) there in NY.

Your argument about Coors field goes both ways, its not always an advantage you know - the other team gets to hit too.

Well, considering Tulo gets the most AB's (81 games) of any other slugger (that's not a Rockie) in the best hitter's park, why shouldn't he win the HR title every year? You're saying he's the best, we'll see if he stays healthy and leads the league in a major (non-adjusted) category like HRs. Then sure, I'd put him as my #1 considering his adjusted stats are at least close to other sluggers (which they should be). Votto and Howard are the same, they bat in bandboxes but in the case of Votto, even adjusted his stats are great by any standard. Hence why only he makes my top 10.

 

[Numenorean]

Well, considering Tulo gets the most AB's (81 games) of any other slugger (that's not a Rockie) in the best hitter's park, why shouldn't he win the HR title every year? You're saying he's the best, we'll see if he stays healthy and leads the league in a major (non-adjusted) category like HRs. Then sure, I'd put him as my #1 considering his adjusted stats are at least close to other sluggers (which they should be). Votto and Howard are the same, they bat in bandboxes but in the case of Votto, even adjusted his stats great.

The only real injury last season which took a lot of time away was because he was hit by a pitch. Not his fault.

I remember one of his injuries was due to immaturity - I think in 08. He was mad and slammed the bat and it messed his hand up.

The only injury was the quad strain which I think has happened twice with the first time being the worst. I'm hoping that he's adjusted his conditioning and how he handles plays so that it doesn't happen again - or at least not as seriously. I think it was as serious because after the injury the first time he pushed himself too hard. They've been learning experiences from him and I'm hoping he stays off the DL this year - at least no more than one stint on a 15 day DL because inevitably, things happen out of your control. The thing is he plays hard and so there can be things that arise out of that due to trying to make a tough play to help the team - he's pretty selfless about that.

 

[soulcougher73]

Pujols right now. No question.

 

[AMDZen]

Tulo got another one, one in each of the double header today. That's 7 HR's in 12 games and 5 away from home. Leads the league just like the rocks, now 10-2. Woo

 

[Numenorean]

Tulo got another one, one in each of the double header today. That's 7 HR's in 12 games and 5 away from home. Leads the league just like the rocks, now 10-2. Woo

One each of the Mets games. One the opposite way in the cold rainy night.

I saw Reyes try to make a play that Tulo makes look routine - Reyes couldn't do it. Just puts into perspective what Tulo can do.

 

[davmat787]

Just to mix things up a bit, of players who were either a rookie last season, rookie this year, or likely to be called up this year, who do you expect to be a star in 3-5 years? For my M's (ugh), I would say Michael Pineda. He is only 21, and in about 400 innings of minor league ball has a 4-1 K-BB ratio, and a WHIP of 1.083. So far this year in the majors he has 11-3 ratio, and a WHIP of 0.98.

For your team, who would you wager to be contributing at a very high level soon?

 

[Numenorean]

Just to mix things up a bit, of players who were either a rookie last season, rookie this year, or likely to be called up this year, who do you expect to be a star in 3-5 years? For my M's (ugh), I would say Michael Pineda. He is only 21, and in about 400 innings of minor league ball has a 4-1 K-BB ratio, and a WHIP of 1.083. So far this year in the majors he has 11-3 ratio, and a WHIP of 0.98.

For your team, who would you wager to be contributing at a very high level soon?

For us (Rox), Jhoulys Chacin. Called up last year for first pretty much full season. 9-11 with a 3.28 ERA and pitches in Coors. Not too shabby.

Johnathan Herrera was also with us some last season, with the club to start this season. He hasn't been an every day player, but look at his line:

.474/.630/.632, 4 stolen bases. This is in 6 games. There's no way he can keep up that level of production though.

 

[davmat787]

For us (Rox), Jhoulys Chacin. Called up last year for first pretty much full season. 9-11 with a 3.28 ERA and pitches in Coors. Not too shabby.

Johnathan Herrera was also with us some last season, with the club to start this season. He hasn't been an every day player, but look at his line:

.474/.630/.632, 4 stolen bases. This is in 6 games. There's no way he can keep up that level of production though.

Thanks, nice post and exactly what I am after. What positions does Herrera play?

 

[chalmers]

Just to mix things up a bit, of players who were either a rookie last season, rookie this year, or likely to be called up this year, who do you expect to be a star in 3-5 years? For my M's (ugh), I would say Michael Pineda. He is only 21, and in about 400 innings of minor league ball has a 4-1 K-BB ratio, and a WHIP of 1.083. So far this year in the majors he has 11-3 ratio, and a WHIP of 0.98.

For your team, who would you wager to be contributing at a very high level soon?

For my team (Reds), I'd say Drew Stubbs. He's a great defensive outfielder and hits for power. Strikes out a bit too much still but he's progressing nicely.

 

[actuarial]

For your team, who would you wager to be contributing at a very high level soon?

For the Blue Jays - JP Arencibia. Has a ways to go on the defensive side of the C position, but so far this season he's hitting .323/.400/.710 for an OPS of a whopping 1.110! His walk rate is also good for such a young guy. He's really patient at the plate.

Small sample size obviously...but he's a catcher that murders the ball. Was MVP of the PCL last year with a line of .301/.359/.626/.986.

Though last year with the Jays in the same number of at-bats as year-to-date this year he was .143/.189/.343 which is abysmal.

He's also already been intentionally walked this year, which is pretty cool for a rookie.

 

[AMDZen]

One each of the Mets games. One the opposite way in the cold rainy night.

I saw Reyes try to make a play that Tulo makes look routine - Reyes couldn't do it. Just puts into perspective what Tulo can do.

Tulo torches Mets

"Tulowitzki had by far the biggest performance of any player since Citi Field opened in 2009. He homered in each game during the Rockies' four-game series sweep. The previous record was three straight games with a homer by the Mets' David Wright (Sept. 19-29, 2010), the D-backs' Mark Reynolds (July 31-Aug. 3, 2009) and the Mets' Gary Sheffield (May 13-26, 2009).

To boot, Tulowitzki went 10-for-16 (.625) with five runs, a double, four walks and eight RBIs. He also made a signature defensive play -- a backhand stab and jump throw to retire Daniel Murphy at a key moment in the series opener."

 

[AMDZen]

Thanks, nice post and exactly what I am after. What positions does Herrera play?

Second base

 

[Jschmuck2]

The idea that anyone is suggesting anyone other than Albert Pujols is ridiculous.

 

[Numenorean]

Thanks, nice post and exactly what I am after. What positions does Herrera play?

Utility - he can play 2B, 3B and SS. He filled in for Tulo when he was out with the wrist injury last season. This season he has played 2B/3B so far.

He's not a huge power guy (he did hit a homer yesterday) - his main thing is he just finds a way to get on base however he can. Really good bat handling, puts the ball in play not a huge strikeout guy.

 

[AMDZen]

The idea that anyone is suggesting anyone other than Albert Pujols is ridiculous.

The question wasn't "who has been the best baseball player over the last few years". Its "who's the best RIGHT NOW"

Pujols is off to a terrible start this year, he might have a bad year the whole year for all you know.

 

[SP33Demon]

For my team (Reds), I'd say Drew Stubbs. He's a great defensive outfielder and hits for power. Strikes out a bit too much still but he's progressing nicely.

Over Votto? You're crazy.

 

[Numenorean]

Over Votto? You're crazy.

He's answering the up-and-coming players question posed by someone else.