Betts started in the outfield for the National League last year but is on the ballot as a shortstop this time around -- he'd actually be the first player in MLB history to start an All-Star Game at both positions in his career (although Fernando Tatis Jr., eligible in the outfield, ...
Trouttook until he got a strikein the minor leagues. Now take a moment to think about how impressive that is: that a young player -- a teenager, actually -- who is still trying to figure himself out would possess the discipline to do such a thing. Voluntarily. Trout wanted to see as...
Drop each 40 points and you STILL have a very good and very dangerous hitter. So unless everything he's done to this point, including his impressive ML time, is some kind of illusion, he should at least be good, if not really good. Defensively he still needs work, but I saw...
So of course you want to be as good as possible at every aspect of the game.Posistions can dictate the importance of tools. Coaching can dictate the importance put on specific tools. Style of play etc etc. There is a place for every kid that can bring something to the table that can...
In baseball, OPS stands for "On-base Plus Slugging." It's a statistic used to measure a baseball player's offensive performance. The formula for OPS is OPS = OBP + SLG:OBP (On-Base Percentage): This measures how frequently a batter reaches base. It's calculated as (Hits + Walks + ...
Betts started in the outfield for the National League last year but is on the ballot as a shortstop this time around -- he'd actually be the first player in MLB history to start an All-Star Game at both positions in his career (although Fernando Tatis Jr., eligible in the outfield, ...
Betts started in the outfield for the National League last year but is on the ballot as a shortstop this time around -- he'd actually be the first player in MLB history to start an All-Star Game at both positions in his career (although Fernando Tatis Jr., eligible in the outfield, ...