Ben Zobrist ain't half bad splooge thread

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

An anagram for Ben Zobrist is BRONZE BITS which I assume Ben has chunks of in his stool.

[Yeti]

In his last 22 games, he's got a hit in 21 of them. The one game in which he didn't get a hit was game 2 of the SD Doubleheader where he didn't come in until the 8th inning. He still got a hit that day, so 21 consecutive baseball days with a hit. During this stretch, .438/.515/.688/1.203 slash line. He's decent.

[Tonker]

So, here's a thing.  Anybody want to guess who had the highest bWAR in the whole AL in 2011, and yet finished 16th in the MVP poll, with just 2% of the vote and seven points?

Is it just me that didn't know this?

[Eli]

So, here's a thing.  Anybody want to guess who had the highest bWAR in the whole AL in 2011, and yet finished 16th in the MVP poll, with just 2% of the vote and seven points?

Is it just me that didn't know this?

He's been really, really good for a really, really long time:

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2014&month=0&season1=2009&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=21,d

[ChuckD]

So, here's a thing.  Anybody want to guess who had the highest bWAR in the whole AL in 2011, and yet finished 16th in the MVP poll, with just 2% of the vote and seven points?

Is it just me that didn't know this?

He's been really, really good for a really, really long time:

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2014&month=0&season1=2009&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=21,d

Yep. Even if you expand the timeframe to 2009-current, he's still 4th. Or 5th if you want to include pitchers.

[Eli]

So, here's a thing.  Anybody want to guess who had the highest bWAR in the whole AL in 2011, and yet finished 16th in the MVP poll, with just 2% of the vote and seven points?

Is it just me that didn't know this?

He's been really, really good for a really, really long time:

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2014&month=0&season1=2009&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=21,d

Yep. Even if you expand the timeframe to 2009-current, he's still 4th. Or 5th if you want to include pitchers.

Yeah, I just took out 2015 because it was a pretty injury-riddled year for him.

[Quality Start Machine]

He's been atrocious the last 6 weeks...a .311 OBP since June 1 ain't cutting it.

By comparison, the justly-maligned Jason Heyward has been getting on base at a .370 clip in that same time frame.

[Tony]

He's been atrocious the last 6 weeks...a .311 OBP since June 1 ain't cutting it.

By comparison, the justly-maligned Jason Heyward has been getting on base at a .370 clip in that same time frame.

He had a really bad stretch to start the season too. Maybe he's just streaky. Maybe he and Heyward both need to move down. Maybe Javy needs more playing time so old man Zobrist can rest more.

[Quality Start Machine]

Hopefully Good Zobrist is back for the rest of the year.

[Saul Goodman]

Is World Series MVP good?

[CBStew]

Is World Series MVP good?

My son in Tokyo just Facetimed me.  He knew the final score, but nothing else about the game.  He told me not to tell him anything about it.  All I told him was that he would never guess who turned out to be the hero of the game.

[Oleg]

Is World Series MVP good?

Ain't half bad.

[CBStew]

Is World Series MVP good?

My son in Tokyo just Facetimed me.  He knew the final score, but nothing else about the game.  He told me not to tell him anything about it.  All I told him was that he would never guess who turned out to be the hero of the game.

Now that I think about it, I can't honestly say that there was only one hero.  Zobrist?  Sure.  Schwarber? Sure.  Bryant?  Sure.  Baez, (especially for defense)? Sure.  Hendricks?  Sure.  The whole damn team...?   Don't mind me.  I am still giddy.

[SKO]

Is World Series MVP good?

My son in Tokyo just Facetimed me.  He knew the final score, but nothing else about the game.  He told me not to tell him anything about it.  All I told him was that he would never guess who turned out to be the hero of the game.

Now that I think about it, I can't honestly say that there was only one hero.  Zobrist?  Sure.  Schwarber? Sure.  Bryant?  Sure.  Baez, (especially for defense)? Sure.  Hendricks?  Sure.  The whole damn team...?   Don't mind me.  I am still giddy.

8 runs scored, each one driven in by a different hitter. That's something.

[CT III]

Is World Series MVP good?

My son in Tokyo just Facetimed me.  He knew the final score, but nothing else about the game.  He told me not to tell him anything about it.  All I told him was that he would never guess who turned out to be the hero of the game.

Now that I think about it, I can't honestly say that there was only one hero.  Zobrist?  Sure.  Schwarber? Sure.  Bryant?  Sure.  Baez, (especially for defense)? Sure.  Hendricks?  Sure.  The whole damn team...?   Don't mind me.  I am still giddy.

8 runs scored, each one driven in by a different hitter. That's something.

I'm going to hazard a guess that no previous World Series game has ever seen 3 different catchers drive in runs for one team.