The Anthony Rizzo DongFest Thread

[Quality Start Machine]

Anthony Rizzo is currently 5th all-time among Cubs' lefthanded home run hitters with 100, 6 behind Rick Monday.

That lets you know how damn few lefthanded power bats have existed throughout the history of the Cubs.

[R-V]

Read this instead of SKO's tweets bemoaning Rizzo's September slump.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-mvp-debate-bryce-harper-yoenis-cespedes-anthony-rizzo/

[SKO]

Read this instead of SKO's tweets bemoaning Rizzo's September slump.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-mvp-debate-bryce-harper-yoenis-cespedes-anthony-rizzo/

This is awesome. I don't have to worry about Tony being cold then, because these games don't matter. He'll obviously be fine in the playoffs, where everything is clutch.

[thehawk]

Read this instead of SKO's tweets bemoaning Rizzo's September slump.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-mvp-debate-bryce-harper-yoenis-cespedes-anthony-rizzo/

This is awesome. I don't have to worry about Tony being cold then, because these games don't matter. He'll obviously be fine in the playoffs, where everything is clutch.

I think you will find that there is a fatal flaw in that analysis, which becomes apparent when you look at the AL Position Least Valuable Player listings.

[R-V]

Pretty sure this is the thread where we had some good laughs at old Trueblood's expense.

Now he's redefining the Rookie of the Year award to the Rookie with the Best Combination of Performance and Zips Projections award. Or something.

[SKO]

Pretty sure this is the thread where we had some good laughs at old Trueblood's expense.

Now he's redefining the Rookie of the Year award to the Rookie with the Best Combination of Performance and Zips Projections award. Or something.

He's definitely blocked me so care to transcribe?

[PenFoe]

Pretty sure this is the thread where we had some good laughs at old Trueblood's expense.

Now he's redefining the Rookie of the Year award to the Rookie with the Best Combination of Performance and Zips Projections award. Or something.

This is a great first episode of "When Good Stats Go Bad."

[Eli]

Pretty sure this is the thread where we had some good laughs at old Trueblood's expense.

Now he's redefining the Rookie of the Year award to the Rookie with the Best Combination of Performance and Zips Projections award. Or something.

He'd never vote for a pitcher for ROY because they're more likely to get injured in the future? The mind boggles.

[Eli]

Has he blocked Slaky yet?

[SKO]

Pretty sure this is the thread where we had some good laughs at old Trueblood's expense.

Now he's redefining the Rookie of the Year award to the Rookie with the Best Combination of Performance and Zips Projections award. Or something.

He'd never vote for a pitcher for ROY because they're more likely to get injured in the future? The mind boggles.

I love the way he responded "you both asked, here's my methodology!"

Meaning he posted the entire thing in the first place so as to have an excuse to show off his "genius" once some outraged person asked how he came up with such an answer.

[Saul Goodman]

Pretty sure this is the thread where we had some good laughs at old Trueblood's expense.

Now he's redefining the Rookie of the Year award to the Rookie with the Best Combination of Performance and Zips Projections award. Or something.

He'd never vote for a pitcher for ROY because they're more likely to get injured in the future? The mind boggles.

I love the way he responded "you both asked, here's my methodology!"

Meaning he posted the entire thing in the first place so as to have an excuse to show off his "genius" once some outraged person asked how he came up with such an answer.

I have a different paradigm than most for RoY. I look for even mix of best season, best future.

Gosh he's just so precious. I like how he redefines the Rookie OF THE YEAR Award to the Best Future Player In Matthew Trueblood's Subjective Opinion Except for Pitchers And Anyone Else I Arbitrarily Deem Unworthy. Why does BP pay this guy?

[CT III]

Pretty sure this is the thread where we had some good laughs at old Trueblood's expense.

Now he's redefining the Rookie of the Year award to the Rookie with the Best Combination of Performance and Zips Projections award. Or something.

Damn you people, this is all in the wrong thread.

[Saul Goodman]

Pretty sure this is the thread where we had some good laughs at old Trueblood's expense.

Now he's redefining the Rookie of the Year award to the Rookie with the Best Combination of Performance and Zips Projections award. Or something.

Damn you people, this is all in the wrong thread.

This post has nothing to do with Anthony Rizzo. MODS!

[SKO]

Pretty sure this is the thread where we had some good laughs at old Trueblood's expense.

Now he's redefining the Rookie of the Year award to the Rookie with the Best Combination of Performance and Zips Projections award. Or something.

He'd never vote for a pitcher for ROY because they're more likely to get injured in the future? The mind boggles.

I love the way he responded "you both asked, here's my methodology!"

Meaning he posted the entire thing in the first place so as to have an excuse to show off his "genius" once some outraged person asked how he came up with such an answer.

I have a different paradigm than most for RoY. I look for even mix of best season, best future.

Gosh he's just so precious. I like how he redefines the Rookie OF THE YEAR Award to the Best Future Player In Matthew Trueblood's Subjective Opinion Except for Pitchers And Anyone Else I Arbitrarily Deem Unworthy. Why does BP pay this guy?

This. This isn't Most Valuable Player where "valuable" is open to some interpretation and invites the stats vs value to team etc. This is literally "Rookie of the Year", as in singular, as in this year, jackass.

[PenFoe]

Pretty sure this is the thread where we had some good laughs at old Trueblood's expense.

Now he's redefining the Rookie of the Year award to the Rookie with the Best Combination of Performance and Zips Projections award. Or something.

He'd never vote for a pitcher for ROY because they're more likely to get injured in the future? The mind boggles.

I love the way he responded "you both asked, here's my methodology!"

Meaning he posted the entire thing in the first place so as to have an excuse to show off his "genius" once some outraged person asked how he came up with such an answer.

I have a different paradigm than most for RoY. I look for even mix of best season, best future.

Gosh he's just so precious. I like how he redefines the Rookie OF THE YEAR Award to the Best Future Player In Matthew Trueblood's Subjective Opinion Except for Pitchers And Anyone Else I Arbitrarily Deem Unworthy. Why does BP pay this guy?

This. This isn't Most Valuable Player where "valuable" is open to some interpretation and invites the stats vs value to team etc. This is literally "Rookie of the Year", as in singular, as in this year, jackass.

So, on top of everything else, he feels like Kerry Wood was undeserving of Rookie of the Year. 

That's all I need to know.