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Ben Clemens
9:38
Otherwise, just hit
Wraith
9:38
A run that didn't come from a dinger? I think I'd like to submit a bug report
Ben Clemens
9:38
He was just thinking SO HARD about all the people who don't believe in him
Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes
9:38
As someone who never played above middle school and is skeptical of old men calling young players lazy, was that actually a careless play?
Tony Wolfe
9:38
hahahaha
Ben Clemens
9:38
I would say careless but not lazy
sadtrombone
9:40
So, uh, Framber probably should not throw high heat to Arozarena here?
Lzfreak
9:40
They keep mentioning the Betts comp with Arozarena, but is he as fast as Betts actually?
Ben Clemens
9:40
Nah, Betts is not a good comp I don't think
He's not the kind of freakish natural athlete that Mookie is
Derek
9:41
"He's not the kind of freakish natural athlete that Mookie is" - evidenced by the fact he is DH-ing rather than playing an 80-grade right field
Kevinthecomic
9:41
I love it when random guys win the WS MVP -- Pat Borders, Steve Pearce...
AvatarDavid Laurila
9:41
Marty Barrett was going to be named WS MVP in 1986 before John McNamara opted not bring in Dave Stapleton as a defensive replacement at first base in the ninth inning.
Ben Clemens
9:41
Yeah exactly
Hugh Duffy
9:41
Mookie Betts sprint speed: 28.1Arozarena's sprint speed is higher
Ben Clemens
9:42
That's interesting, but I don't think that's really why a Mookie/Randy comparison fails
Derek
9:42
Does it make me a bad person to have felt a brief moment of joy when Correa f'ed that up?
AvatarDavid Laurila
9:42
Probably.
Mike
9:43
Sprint Speed and athleticism are not 1/1
Ben Clemens
9:43
The way I think about it is that if you picked a totally random sport they'd never played
and they each trained for two weeks
I'd take Mookie in pretty much anything?
sadtrombone
9:43
Betts has either a 70 or 80 grade hit tool. He gets to his power in a totally different way that Arozarena.
Ben Clemens
9:44
The reason for the comp is just height, right?
Arozarena is short but strong for an outfielder without being super bulky
Guest
9:45
Which player has the biggest disparity (either positive or negative) between his sprint speed and his baserunning skill?
Tony Wolfe
9:46
I know Goldschmidt's baserunning was always viewed as shockingly good, but that was more because of his position than his foot speed. He was a comfortably above average runner according to Statcast until the last couple years
Ben Clemens
9:47
By UBR, which measures your skill on the bases alone, Albert Pujols has been worth 12 runs below average for his entire career
I think I could beat him in a footrace
He's a FAR better baserunner than his speed would suggest
9:48
As a comp, Nelson Cruz is at about -30
In a much shorter career
Derek
9:48
There was an Effectively Wild segment where Sam had Ben try to guess players' sprint speeds, and some of them are incredibly unintuitive, in both directions
sadtrombone
9:48
Albert Pujols, as far as I can tell, is at the moment the slowest runner in the history of baseball. I am not sure if his foot is even attached.
staz
9:49
Herb Washington
Mike
9:49
Miguel Cabrera is like Pujols speed these days, where teams play their shortstops shifted onto the outfield grass because they have so much time.
Ben Clemens
9:49
And Cabrera is at -37 UBR
It's just wild to me that Pujols continues to be an okay baserunner
He must just have perfect reads
bosoxforlife
9:50
Have you seen Wilson Ramos run?
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