Bregman needs to have a crazy good statistical game. 3 or 4 home runs in a single game, or 7 rbi's. If that happens it could be real close in the voting. It would also help if the Redsox had a 3-4 game losing streak.
Martinez OPS isn't so much higher than Bregman or Ramirez that it offsets the fact that he plays no defense at all (or bad defense), and he plays in a hitters park. I don't think people should be slaves to WAR, but in this case I think it does a great job of telling the story. His WAR is 7th, well behind the 4 I mentioned, Lindor and Chapman.
I was being sarcastic. He's a great player, but announcers shouldn't talk like he's one of the frontrunners.
MLB Wins Above Replacement - 2018 1. Mookie Betts 9.8 2. Aaron Nola 9.2 3. Mike Trout 9.0 4. Max Scherzer 8.9 5. Jacob deGrom 8.3 6. Matt Chapman 8.0 7. Jose Ramirez 7.5 8. Kyle Freeland 7.2 9. Francisco Lindor 7.1 10. Alex Bregman 7.0
Complete sidebar, but why/how is Kyle Freeland on this list? He's having a good year... but compare him to Gerrit Cole, who's at 4.5 WAR. Cole has a better ERA, FIP, IP, WHIP, and literally 100 more Ks. Cole also has to pitch to a DH. Is this a Coors Field effect?
ESPN uses other metrics for WAR but park factor is a big key component regardless of what site reference is used. i think they count "opponent runs per game against player," which doesn't make sense imo. freeland's at 2.7, cole's at 3.7. that's the biggest discrepancy there. on fangraphs, cole's WAR is higher than freeland's
but but alex wouldn't take pictures with me at da club! how can this be. (referencing twitter guy from 2016 or was is last year?)
Espn respect http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24782521/mlb-why-alex-bregman-houston-astros-new-mr-october
He played 157 this year. Insane respect for the the guys who play 162 with no DH days. Here's the Astro records: Jeff Bagwell • 1992 162 Jeff Bagwell • 1996 162 Jeff Bagwell • 1997 162 Jeff Bagwell • 1999 162 Craig Biggio • 1992 162 Craig Biggio • 1996 162 Craig Biggio • 1997 162 Enos Cabell • 1978 162 Bill Doran • 1987 162 Steve Finley • 1992 162 Carlos Lee • 2007 162
But dat swag doe! https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2018/...offs-alex-bregman-houston-astros-villain-star I, LTERALLY, love Jose Altuve; but I'm starting to believe that when it's all said and done, Bregman retires as Mr. Astro.
It's a travesty that Bagwell was not a 1st ballot HoFer. Dude was an iron-man despite how many times he got plunked on his left hand. Can't believe it took 7 tries for the idiot voters to get it right @Hey Now!