2013 San Francisco Giants Thread | Page 1321

Sep 21, 2012 at 7:42 AM

#19801

Rubberneck36
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Originally posted by WookieOftheYear:
isnt posey leading the league with the most amount of Stolen Bases given up? I thought I heard that somewhere

Quite a few of the giants pitchers are horrible at holding on runners. That stat is misleading if true. You have almost no shot at throwing someone out with Timmy on the bump. Posey throws out a lot of runners in spite of this though.

Sep 21, 2012 at 7:46 AM

#19802

dcsham
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Originally posted by Rubberneck36:

Originally posted by WookieOftheYear:
isnt posey leading the league with the most amount of Stolen Bases given up? I thought I heard that somewhere

Quite a few of the giants pitchers are horrible at holding on runners. That stat is misleading if true. You have almost no shot at throwing someone out with Timmy on the bump. Posey throws out a lot of runners in spite of this though.

Posey has thrown out more runners than any catcher in MLB I believe.

Sep 21, 2012 at 8:08 AM

#19803

valrod33
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Originally posted by dcsham:

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:

Originally posted by WookieOftheYear:
isnt posey leading the league with the most amount of Stolen Bases given up? I thought I heard that somewhere

Quite a few of the giants pitchers are horrible at holding on runners. That stat is misleading if true. You have almost no shot at throwing someone out with Timmy on the bump. Posey throws out a lot of runners in spite of this though.

Posey has thrown out more runners than any catcher in MLB I believe.

Found it. Posey has given up the 2nd most Stolen Bases in the Majors and has thrown out the most base runners
http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=mlb&tcid=mm_mlb_stats#elem=[object+Object]&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+fielding&sectionType=sp&statType=fielding&page=1&ts=1348239984754&position=%272%27&sortColumn=sb&sortOrder=%27desc%27&extended=0

Sep 21, 2012 at 8:48 AM

#19804

Rubberneck36
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MVPosey

Sep 21, 2012 at 9:08 AM

#19805

Snider8706
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MVP posey and batting champ melky lol

Sep 21, 2012 at 9:11 AM

#19806

Ninerjohn
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I agree with 99 on this one. If we didnt know about Braun's Peds (which is supposed to be confidential) then he would be an easy winner. His is leading the NL is virtually every important category. However, given that we DO know, Posey should win the award. He is having one of the greatest post all star years for a catcher in the history of the game and elevated the entire team when it counted.

Right now I would vote it this way:
1) Posey
2) Braun
3) McCutchen

Sep 21, 2012 at 9:12 AM

#19807

Ninerjohn
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Originally posted by Snider8706:
MVP posey and batting champ melky lol

I am hopeful that McCutchen gets hot over the final 13 games and wins the batting title. Screw Melky.

Sep 21, 2012 at 9:27 AM

#19808

pdizo916
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Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
I am hopeful that McCutchen gets hot over the final 13 games and wins the batting title. Screw Melky.

meh. I don't care if melky wins or not. He ultimately loses due to his next contract and his tarnish reputation.

Sep 21, 2012 at 9:27 AM

#19809

TheSixthRing
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I'd rather Posey gets hot and hits .500 for the next 12 games and takes the batting title for himself.

Sep 21, 2012 at 9:35 AM

#19810

SFrush
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Melky's winning the batting title. I've pretty much just accepted it.

Posey winning NL MVP puts a big smile on my face. Screw that cheater Ryan Braun.

Sep 21, 2012 at 10:05 AM

#19811

Rubberneck36
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Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
I'd rather Posey gets hot and hits .500 for the next 12 games and takes the batting title for himself.

That would be the sweetest thing ever. And screw Melky

Sep 21, 2012 at 10:36 AM

#19812

itlynstalyn
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Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
I'd rather Posey gets hot and hits .500 for the next 12 games and takes the batting title for himself.

This, someone do the math NAO!

Sep 21, 2012 at 10:49 AM

#19813

YungAce
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Originally posted by SFrush:
Melky's winning the batting title. I've pretty much just accepted it.

Posey winning NL MVP puts a big smile on my face. Screw that cheater Ryan Braun.

Is Posey now the favorite? I know he's been red hot during the second half, but I haven't kept up with McCutchen

Sep 21, 2012 at 11:04 AM

#19814

TheSixthRing
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Originally posted by itlynstalyn:

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
I'd rather Posey gets hot and hits .500 for the next 12 games and takes the batting title for himself.

This, someone do the math NAO!

Melky needs one AB to qualify. If you add an that AB, his average sits at .3456

Posey's averaging 3.3 AB's per game. Assuming he plays in 11 of the next 12 games, that means he has approx. 36 AB's left. If he got 18 hits in those 36 AB's, that'd put him at .3465 and the batting title.

So yeah, he'd literally have to hit .500 from here on out to have a chance.

Sep 21, 2012 at 11:48 AM

#19815

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Andrew Baggarly ‏@CSNBaggs BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE: Melky Cabrera ruled ineligible to win NL batting title. Our story: http://www.csnbayarea.com/baseball-san-francisco-giants/giants-talk/EXCLUSIVE-Melky-Cabrera-ruled-ineligible?blockID=777029&feedID=10850