Addison Russell's Barry Larkin-esque 2040 HOF Primer Thread

[SKO]

Honestly I didn't realize Bryant was on pace for 9 WAR. I just assumed he was doing marginally better than last year and thinking ~6.7-7.5. That's awesome.

[SKO]

Take that, Eli.

[Saul Goodman]

'Sup.

[Quality Start Machine]

So fucking good.

[InternetApex]

So fucking good.

I forgot there was a Cubs game on. I'm sitting her working and fucking around talking about 2004 again.

[Saul Goodman]

Awful nice perfect game you got here. Be a shame if something were to happen to it.

[Quality Start Machine]

Awful nice perfect game you got here. Be a shame if something were to happen to it.

That was one of the best at-bats we'll see all year.

[SKO]

Awful nice perfect game you got here. Be a shame if something were to happen to it.

That was one of the best at-bats we'll see all year.

Really glad to see that from Addison. He needed that.

[R-V]

No splooge for his first grand slam? And I'm as much of a saberweenie as the next guy, but I'll be damned if Addison getting to 100 RBIs wouldn't make my dingle tingle.

[SKO]

No splooge for his first grand slam? And I'm as much of a saberweenie as the next guy, but I'll be damned if Addison getting to 100 RBIs wouldn't make my dingle tingle.

K% down to 23.7% (28.5% last year), BB% up to 10.8% (8% last year), ISO up to .169 (.147 last year), average, OBP, SLG all up, and his wRC+ is now at 101. He's improved in basically every department while still running a BABIP that, while not bad at all (.303) is still lower than the .324 last year and where was at in the minors, so you could argue he's been somewhat unlucky. His line drive % is up, flyball % is down, infield flyball % is down, and his infield hit % is up so you'd assume that BABIP and his BA will keep rising.

He's just a damn good baseball player and he's still just scratching the surface.

[Yeti]

No splooge for his first grand slam? And I'm as much of a saberweenie as the next guy, but I'll be damned if Addison getting to 100 RBIs wouldn't make my dingle tingle.

We slack-discussed something similar. It's perfectly fine to enjoy the aesthetics of an RBI total as long as that's not dictating the decision of the quality of a player

[SKO]

No splooge for his first grand slam? And I'm as much of a saberweenie as the next guy, but I'll be damned if Addison getting to 100 RBIs wouldn't make my dingle tingle.

We slack-discussed something similar. It's perfectly fine to enjoy the aesthetics of an RBI total as long as that's not dictating the decision of the quality of a player

I was legitimately bummed when Bryant got stuck at 99 at the end of last season because those landmarks are still nice, plus whenever I argue with a  moron I like to be able to have the old school stats on my side too so they can't just get all angry and dismissive of WAR and crap.

[Quality Start Machine]

No splooge for his first grand slam? And I'm as much of a saberweenie as the next guy, but I'll be damned if Addison getting to 100 RBIs wouldn't make my dingle tingle.

We slack-discussed something similar. It's perfectly fine to enjoy the aesthetics of an RBI total as long as that's not dictating the decision of the quality of a player

He's actually the team leader in RBI at Wrigley, and it's not by a small margin.

[Armchair_QB]

Whatever happened to that guy who was playing shortstop at the start of last season.... ?

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

No splooge for his first grand slam? And I'm as much of a saberweenie as the next guy, but I'll be damned if Addison getting to 100 RBIs wouldn't make my dingle tingle.

We slack-discussed something similar. It's perfectly fine to enjoy the aesthetics of an RBI total as long as that's not dictating the decision of the quality of a player

I was legitimately bummed when Bryant got stuck at 99 at the end of last season because those landmarks are still nice, plus whenever I argue with a  moron I like to be able to have the old school stats on my side too so they can't just get all angry and dismissive of WAR and crap.

The fact that that he was sitting at 99 RBI and twice walked while a teammate was tantalizingly stationed at second base in a completely meaningless 162nd game simply makes me tingly in my man parts.