Javier Baez 2014 ROY-MVP-World Series MVP Thread

[Shooter]

What the fuck was the launch angle on that home run?

[flannj]

Anybody that thinks the Cubs would trade this guy is an absolute dolt.

[R-V]

Among all MLB hitters with at least 80 PAs against lefties, Javy is 5th in wRC+. Right in between Goldschmidt and Donaldson, and even better than Bryant. Not a bad guy to have on the playoff roster against guys like Kershaw and Bumgarner.

[SKO]

Among all MLB hitters with at least 80 PAs against lefties, Javy is 5th in wRC+. Right in between Goldschmidt and Donaldson, and even better than Bryant. Not a bad guy to have on the playoff roster against guys like Kershaw and Bumgarner.

It's really cool to watch Javy develop as a player. He's basically going to be a 3 win player this year as a super sub, and you can tell he's only beginning to scratch the surface. He's focused on not striking out so he's making contact with a lot of bad pitches, but he's started walking a touch more of late and you hope eventually he'll learn he can wait for that one pitch to drive and the 40 homer potential we all know is there will start to surface. He's maybe the most exciting player on the team already and I'm daring to let myself dream that in a year or two he could be the 35-40 homer middle infield unicorn everyone said he could but most likely never would be due to the contact issues.

[ChuckD]

Among all MLB hitters with at least 80 PAs against lefties, Javy is 5th in wRC+. Right in between Goldschmidt and Donaldson, and even better than Bryant. Not a bad guy to have on the playoff roster against guys like Kershaw and Bumgarner.

Not a big difference but, for the record, he's 5th in wOBA. He's 4th in wRC+.

[Saul Goodman]

Someone finally remembered they're facing a bum.

[Saul Goodman]

ANTHONY RANAUDO SUCKS!

[SKO]

.287/.327/.474/.801, 113 wRC+, .342 wOBA, 1.9 fWAR in 84 games, all while being the most exciting, flashy player I can remember the Cubs having in my lifetime. He rules.

[D. Doluntap]

Among all MLB hitters with at least 80 PAs against lefties, Javy is 5th in wRC+. Right in between Goldschmidt and Donaldson, and even better than Bryant. Not a bad guy to have on the playoff roster against guys like Kershaw and Bumgarner.

It's really cool to watch Javy develop as a player. He's basically going to be a 3 win player this year as a super sub, and you can tell he's only beginning to scratch the surface. He's focused on not striking out so he's making contact with a lot of bad pitches, but he's started walking a touch more of late and you hope eventually he'll learn he can wait for that one pitch to drive and the 40 homer potential we all know is there will start to surface. He's maybe the most exciting player on the team already and I'm daring to let myself dream that in a year or two he could be the 35-40 homer middle infield unicorn everyone said he could but most likely never would be due to the contact issues.

If Hendry was still the GM, I have a feeling he'd end up going down the Ryan Harvey path. Which I think leads to a Shoney's somewhere. God I love Theo.

[Saul Goodman]

.287/.327/.471/.801, 113 wRC+, .342 wOBA, 1.9 fWAR in 84 games, all while being the most exciting, flashy player I can remember the Cubs having in my lifetime. He rules.

These ... do not add up. But Javy still rules.

[SKO]

.287/.327/.471/.801, 113 wRC+, .342 wOBA, 1.9 fWAR in 84 games, all while being the most exciting, flashy player I can remember the Cubs having in my lifetime. He rules.

These ... do not add up. But Javy still rules.

Sorry. It's .474 slg. Typo.

[Eli]

.287/.327/.471/.801, 113 wRC+, .342 wOBA, 1.9 fWAR in 84 games, all while being the most exciting, flashy player I can remember the Cubs having in my lifetime. He rules.

These ... do not add up. But Javy still rules.

Sorry. It's .474 slg. Typo.

Thank goodness Sterling caught that error and it was corrected.

[SKO]

Among all MLB hitters with at least 80 PAs against lefties, Javy is 5th in wRC+. Right in between Goldschmidt and Donaldson, and even better than Bryant. Not a bad guy to have on the playoff roster against guys like Kershaw and Bumgarner.

It's really cool to watch Javy develop as a player. He's basically going to be a 3 win player this year as a super sub, and you can tell he's only beginning to scratch the surface. He's focused on not striking out so he's making contact with a lot of bad pitches, but he's started walking a touch more of late and you hope eventually he'll learn he can wait for that one pitch to drive and the 40 homer potential we all know is there will start to surface. He's maybe the most exciting player on the team already and I'm daring to let myself dream that in a year or two he could be the 35-40 homer middle infield unicorn everyone said he could but most likely never would be due to the contact issues.

If Hendry was still the GM, I have a feeling he'd end up going down the Ryan Harvey path. Which I think leads to a Shoney's somewhere. God I love Theo.

To be fair to Hendry, it's extremely rare that any organization takes a free swinger like Javy and fixes them to this extent. It's why almost every projection by every system after 2014 basically wrote Javy off. It takes a special organization, coaching staff, and player to make the kind of changes he has made.

To be unfair to Hendry, Theo and Co. also sent Baez back to the minors, kept him there even while he was raking because they knew his swing changes weren't all the way there yet, and only called him up once they felt he could be successful. Contrast that to Corey Patterson getting promoted rapidly through the minors despite never performing well above A Ball and then getting a guaranteed major league job for four years despite never actually making any noticeable adjustments or indicating he even cared to try.

[D. Doluntap]

Among all MLB hitters with at least 80 PAs against lefties, Javy is 5th in wRC+. Right in between Goldschmidt and Donaldson, and even better than Bryant. Not a bad guy to have on the playoff roster against guys like Kershaw and Bumgarner.

It's really cool to watch Javy develop as a player. He's basically going to be a 3 win player this year as a super sub, and you can tell he's only beginning to scratch the surface. He's focused on not striking out so he's making contact with a lot of bad pitches, but he's started walking a touch more of late and you hope eventually he'll learn he can wait for that one pitch to drive and the 40 homer potential we all know is there will start to surface. He's maybe the most exciting player on the team already and I'm daring to let myself dream that in a year or two he could be the 35-40 homer middle infield unicorn everyone said he could but most likely never would be due to the contact issues.

If Hendry was still the GM, I have a feeling he'd end up going down the Ryan Harvey path. Which I think leads to a Shoney's somewhere. God I love Theo.

To be fair to Hendry, it's extremely rare that any organization takes a free swinger like Javy and fixes them to this extent. It's why almost every projection by every system after 2014 basically wrote Javy off. It takes a special organization, coaching staff, and player to make the kind of changes he has made.
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That's correct and all...but I stopped being fair to Hendry ages ago. Sometime around the "Lemons" bench era.

[ChuckD]

Hahahahahahahaha