I think he is a good pitcher. I do. He was good in his one playoff appearance against a good Braves lineup. However, the quality of his regular season opponents was remarkably bad. Obviously he can't control who he faces, but In 11 starts, he faced the Brewers 3 times, the Tigers, Pirates and Cubs 2 times, and the Royals and White Sox once. All of the following is from bbref
The average hitter that Bauer faced in 2020 had a .231 batting average, a .695 OPS and an OPS+ of 88 at the end of the year. All well below league average. Based on those averages, this is like facing Mike Tauchman (aka best Mike T. in MLB, who had a .242 avg, .648 ops, 83 OPS+ ) or Jay Bruce (.198, .721, 88) 278 times.
He faced 278 batters in 2020 and struck out 100 of them. However, not a single team that he faced in the regular season struck out less than league average. Only three of his starts were against teams that were outside of the top 6 in strikeouts.
Awarding the cy young was going to be tricky no matter what because of sample size, and I bet Shane Bieber would have very similar numbers facing most of the same opponents. Bauer is going to get payed a lot of money for 2 months of dominating Jay Bruce.
Also Bauer somehow went 5-4 in these games (lol Reds)

If you've ever been in San Francisco, you're familiar with BART -- Bay Area Rapid Transit, their rail/subway system. So it's fitting the San Francisco Giants have a player named Joey Bart. It would be like the Yankees having a guy named Frankie Subway! It was also pretty cool when Aaron and Austin Nola played for the New Orleans Zephyrs -- New Orleans, Louisiana, is abbreviated as "NOLA". And who can forget Marvin Eugene Throneberry -- M.E.T. -- the man they said was "born to be a Met."
Sometimes the baseball gods get it right... but sometimes they get it so very, very wrong.
Here's the All-Wrong Team Team!
Luis Angeles not only never played for neither the Dodgers nor the Angels... he was a prospect of the San Francisco Giants. Talk about being on the wrong team! The right-hander looked promising in Rookie ball in 2010, going 8-3 with a 1.85 ERA and 0.914 WHIP in 13 starts, but would post an ERA of 6.96 over the next two seasons and was released in 2012. Alas, Los Angeles did not sign Angeles.
Daryl Boston played for four teams in 11 years, but never for the Red Sox. Adding insult to injury, he ended his career in 1994 by getting 77 AB with the Yankees. A 1st Round pick (#7 overall) by the White Sox in 1981, he hit .249/.312/.410 in his career as a platoon outfielder.
Outfielder Angel Bravo was neither an Angel nor a Brave. The Venezuelan made his debut in 1969 with the Chicago White Sox; he'd also play for the Reds and Padres, hitting .248 in 218 career AB. The same goes for Angel Pagan, who never played for the Angels or, if there is a team with this name, the Pagans. He played 11 seasons, seeing time with the Cubs, Mets, and Giants; in 2012 he hit .288/.338/.440 with a league-leading 15 triples in 605 AB.
Of the six players with the last name Bird, not one played for the Orioles, Blue Jays, or Cardinals! Surely that can't be a coincidence. Doug Bird played for the Royals, Phillies, Yankees, Cubs, and Red Sox between 1973 and 1983; Frank Bird played for the St. Louis Browns in 1892; George Bird played for Rockford Forest Citys in 1871; former Yankee Greg Bird has been in the minors with the Rangers and the Phillies; and Kyle Bird was on the Rangers in 2019. But most shockingly of all was the pitcher named Red Bird who did not play for the Cardinals. (Or the Reds.) So many missed opportunities!
There have been nine players with the last name Brewer (and one Breuer) but not one has played for the Milwaukee Brewers! The only Brewer who is currently active in MLB is Colten Brewer, a 28-year-old right-handed reliever who has been in the minors with the Pirates and Yankees and in the majors with the Padres and Red Sox. Brewer has not only never pitched for the Brewers, he's also never pitched against the Brewers. Lift a glass in the hope this Brewer will make it to Milwaukee one day.
Ed Brooklyn was a left-handed pitcher in the Washington Senators farm system from 1949 to 1951. Alas, he never made it to the majors, let alone the Dodgers. We don't have a lot of stats for him, but we do know he went 22-14... but also that he walked 143 batters in 159 innings in 1950. I suppose that's why he never made it to the bigs.
Mike Busch was a third baseman for the Dodgers in the mid 1990s, getting 22 hits in 100 AB. At least he got to play in Busch Stadium, albeit as a visitor, picking up two singles (and three strikeouts) in six at-bats.
Conrad Cardinal pitched in six games for the Houston Colt .45s in 1963, giving up 14 runs (nine earned) on 15 hits and seven walks in 13.1 innings. The 1960s St. Louis Cardinals had better pitching options.
The second-best MLB player born in Saskatchewan is Reggie Cleveland. (Swift Current's Cleveland had 8.9 bWAR in his career, well behind Melville's Terry Puhl's 28.4, but comfortably ahead of the other seven Saskatchewanians to have played in the bigs.) He went 105-106 with a 4.01 ERA in a 13-year career that saw him wear four different MLB uniforms, but alas, never that of the Indians. Reggie's best season came for the Cardinals in 1973, when he went 14-10 with a 3.01 ERA and 1.214 WHIP in 224.0 IP.
Pitcher Alfredo Colorado is a minor league free agent formerly in the Cubs system; he was last seen with the A-ball Eugene Emeralds in 2019, giving up five runs in 5.2 innings. Hopefully Colorado signs Colorado.
Infielder John Dodge was just 19 years old when he made his MLB debut in 1912, but unfortunately, not for the Brooklyn Dodgers. (Were they the Dodgers then? Sort of. The "Trolley Dodgers" nickname was used in print as early as 1895, but it was only one of several informal nicknames used for the team, including the Atlantics, Bridegrooms, Grooms, Robins, Superbas, and Wonders, as the team's official name was simply "the Brooklyn Base Ball Club." The name "Dodgers" was used on and off by the team, including on a program in 1916, but it didn't appear on jerseys until 1932.) Dodge played for the Phillies and then the Reds in 1912 and 1913 before returning to the minors. In 1916, playing for the Mobile Sea Gulls in the Southern Association, Dodge was hit in the face with a fastball (thrown by a former teammate with whom he had remained friends) and died the next day, at the age of 23.
Neither of the two minor leaguers with the name Frisco ever made it to San Francisco. Frisco Roberts was in the St. Louis system in the 1940s, but was out of baseball before the Giants moved out west. Reliever Frisco Parotte was in the Yankees farm system in the 1990s, but never made it out of A-ball.
Tyler Houston played for six teams in eight seasons but never for the Houston Astros. A catcher, third baseman, and first baseman, Houston hit .265/.312/.423 in 1,805 AB between 1996 and 2003. There also was an infielder named Houston Jimenez in the 1980s, who played for the Twins, Pirates, and Indians, but never for the Astros.
Eight-time All-Star Indian Bob Johnson got his nickname because he was born on an Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Bob was a firefighter, but when his big brother Roy made the Tigers, he decided to try to become a ballplayer: "I was always better than Roy," the self-confident Bob told reporters. "When he stuck with Detroit, I knew I was good enough for the big leagues." But at his try-out for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League, he wore borrowed cleats that were too big for him, making him look awkward in the outfield. A local sportswriter described him as a "big-footed Swede." Being called big-footed didn't bother him as much as being called a Swede. “If I knew that writer’s house were burning, I would have let it burn," the former firefighter said. "Me, 'a big-footed Swede.' Me, through whose veins the blood of the Cherokee warriors flowed.” He would play for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1933 to 1942, for the Washington Senators in 1943, and the Boston Red Sox in 1944 and 1945, but Indian Bob never played for the Indians.
Jon Jay is a free agent, so there's still a chance Jay could play for the Jays! A second-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006, Jay has played for six teams in 11 seasons but never for Toronto. His best season was probably 2012 when he hit .305/.373/.400 in 443 AB.
Infielder Al Montreuil was a minor league journeyman with the Red Sox and Cubs in the 1960s and 1970s, but never got a chance with the Montreal Expos. A native of Louisiana, I'm sure he would have fit right in. But at least the Expos had two seasons of minor league outfielder Romel Canada!
First baseman Mike Oakland was in the Colorado Rockies organization from 1992 to 1995, never making it out of A-ball. Oakland missed their chance to sign Oakland.
Seunghwan Oh pitched for three MLB teams but never for the O's. A stand-out pitcher in both the Korean and Japanese leagues, Oh came to MLB at the age of 33 and had a tremendous rookie season with the Cardinals in 2016, recording 19 saves with a 1.92 ERA and 0.916 WHIP (18 BB, 103 K in 79.2 IP). He would also pitch for the Blue Jays and Rockies before returning to the KBO in 2020.
Another nice addition to Baltimore would have been outfielder Oriol Perez, a prospect in the Seattle Mariners organization in the 1980s. This Oriol's career got off to a soaring start (.281/.391/.552 with the Bellingham Mariners in 1983) but never took flight. He was released two years later and retired without the Baltimore Orioles ever bringing him into the nest.
There's never been a player with the name Pittsburgh, but Gaylen Pitts was a minor league journeyman with the Cardinals, A's, and Cubs -- but never with the Pirates! -- between 1964 and 1977. He finally got to the bigs at age 28 in 1974, going 10-for-41 for the A's; the next season he'd go 1-for-3 (with an RBI!) in another brief call-up. He would later be a minor league manager, coach, and scout with the A's, Cardinals, Brewers, and Yankees, but again, never with the Pirates.
The only player named Ranger in MLB history is... on the Phillies! What? Ranger Suarez went 6-1 with a 3.14 ERA in 37 relief appearances in 2019, but missed most of this season after testing positive for COVID-19. He only made three appearances in 2020, giving up nine runs on 10 hits and four walks in just four innings.
Robbie Ray could have fulfilled his destiny by joining Tampa Bay this off-season, but instead he re-signed with the Toronto Blue Jays. The left-handed starting pitcher has gone 49-51 with a 4.26 ERA in seven MLB seasons.
Dozens of players in baseball history have had the nickname Red, but not one of the three Hall of Famers with the nickname -- Red Faber, Red Schoendienst, or Red Ruffing -- played for the Cincinnati Reds. (Ruffing did play for the Red Sox, at least.) Another prominent Red was Red Rolfe, who spent his entire career with the Yankees. Recent MLB players Mike Redmond, Mark Redman, and Tim Redding never made it to the Reds either. The best Red by bWAR who did play for the Reds was 1920s and '30s pitcher Red Lucas, who went 157-135 with a 3.72 ERA (107 ERA+) in a 15-year career, eight of which he spent with the Reds.
Of the 16 players with the nickname Rocky, not one played for Colorado... including the four who were active while the Rockies were in existence: Rocky Biddle, Rocky Cherry, Rocky Coppinger, and currently, Rocky Gale, a 32-year-old catcher who was with the Padres from 2015-2017, with the Dodgers from 2018-2019, and with the Rays in 2019. He was on the Dodgers' "taxi squad" this summer but didn't see any playing time, and is now a minor league free agent. So there's a chance this Rocky will be on the Rockies!
Gary Royal was an infielder in the Mets minor league system in the 1970s. Alas, he never made it to the bigs... and never made it to the Kansas City Royals either. Gary hit an impressive .310/.375/.424 in the Rookie league in 1974 but was out of baseball by age 24.
Reliever Steve Shea made his pro baseball debut the same years as the New York Mets -- 1962 -- and was in A-Ball two years later when Shea Stadium opened. But he never got to pitch there as a member of the New York Mets. Shea, who started out in the Cubs farm system as a 19-year-old, would find his way to the majors in 1968 as a member of the Houston Astros. The next year he'd pitch in 10 games with the expansion Montreal Expos. He then returned to the minors and never came back, his pro career ending after going 3-6 with a 6.51 ERA in 105 innings for the Triple-A Winnipeg Whips. Shea pitched in two games at Shea Stadium, giving up no runs and striking out three batters in 3.2 innings.
None of the five MLB players with the nickname Snake ever played for the Snakes, but maybe free agent Jake Arrieta will sign with the Diamondbacks? There also was Scott "Snakeface" Downs, who didn't pitch for the D'backs either.
Four players in MLB history have had the nickname Socks, and none of them played for either the White Sox or the Red Sox. Hank "Socks" Perry played for the Tigers, Joe "Socks" Holen played for the Phillies, and Ralph "Socks" Seybold played for the Philadelphia Athletics. A decade later, 20-year-old Harry Seibold joined the Athletics. Philadelphia still had same manager (and owner), Connie Mack, who promptly dubbed the rookie Socks Seibold.
Henry Wrigley was a first baseman for the Rays and Rockies, but never made it to the bigs... and therefore never got to play at Wrigley Field. He hit .257/.297/.424 over eight minor league seasons before retiring in 2015.
Rudy York played 13 seasons, but never with a New York team. The seven-time All-Star played 10 years in Detroit before ending his career with the Red Sox, White Sox, and Athletics.
Bad Timing
These guys never got a chance to play for the "right" team because it wasn't in existence during their careers.
Cub Stricker played for seven teams in 11 years, but never for the Cubs... but as it happened, Chicago's team wasn't called the Cubs in the 19th century anyway. Chicago's National League team was founded in 1870 as the Chicago White Stockings, but by 1890 they were known as the Chicago Colts; when Cap "Pop" Anson left the team after 27 years as a player and manager, local newspapers started calling them the "Orphans" (because they'd lost their "Pop"). A newspaper dubbed them the Cubs in 1902, and the name would become official in 1907. This Cub played for the American Association version of the Philadelphia Athletics, three different Cleveland-based teams (Blues, Spiders, and Infants), the Boston Reds, and the National League versions of the Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Browns, and Washington Senators. I can't find a source on how he got the nickname Cub, but he wasn't a Bear: He was 5'3" and weighed 138 pounds!
Lenny Metz was a long-time minor leaguer who briefly played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1920s, hitting .172 in 58 career AB as a middle infielder. Too bad he was about 40 years too early, because he would have been a perfect fit on the 1962 Mets!
A speedy outfielder born in Kansas City was a late-season rookie call-up in 1912. A teammate dubbed the newcomer "Kansas City", which was shortened to K.C., and eventually transformed into the name we know him by today: Casey Stengel. Alas, young K.C. never got a chance to play for K.C. as his playing career ended in 1925, which was 44 years before the Royals came into existence, though he was still managing when the Athletics were playing there.
Marlin Stuart played for three teams in his six-year career but never for the Marlins... probably because he was 74 years old when they played their first game. "Mott" made his pro debut in 1940, but then lost three years to World War II; he would later throw a perfect game for the Toledo Mud Hens in 1950. In 1954, The Sporting News asked the game's best hitters who was the toughest pitcher they'd faced, and Ted Williams said Mott Stuart. Stuart went 23-17 with a 4.65 ERA in 485.2 innings with the Tigers, Browns, Orioles, and Yankees.
Twink Twining played one game for the Cincinnati Reds in 1916, giving up three runs in two innings. Twining was 67 years old when the Minnesota Twins were founded in 1961, but he'd long switched careers from baseball to dermatology. Twining was the first graduate of Swarthmore College to reach the bigs.
There have been eight players with the last name Washington in MLB history, and not one of them played for either the Washington Senators or the Washington Nationals. The one who came closest was LaRue Washington, who was drafted by the Texas Rangers in 1975... three years after the franchise had relocated from Washington, D.C. LaRue went 5-for-21 (.238) in his brief MLB career, though he would hit .286 in 2,555 minor league at-bats... including two seasons with the Double-A Denver Bears, then an affiliate of the Montreal Expos... who in 2001 would become the Washington Nationals!
Yank Robinson was a 19th century infielder who would have been an OBP favorite had he played today: He led the league in walks three times in his career, posting a career .376 OBP despite a .241 batting average. His best season came with the St. Louis Browns in 1887, when he hit .305/.445/.405 with 75 stolen bases in 125 games! It was probably while he was playing in Missouri that someone gave the Massachusetts resident the nickname Yank. He died at the age of 34 in 1894, nine years before New York City got an American League team and two decades before they would officially become known as the Yankees.
Honorable Mention
Don Aase actually pronounces it "Ah-see", but I always thought it was pronounced "A's". (Or should it be Ass'y?) In any event, Oakland was not one of the five teams he pitched for. Aase came up with the Red Sox, but was traded to the Angels in 1977 for Jerry Remy; he would later be a closer for the Baltimore Orioles.

Before I get to the 2020 Mets, let’s address the elephant in the room: The Mets are finally under new ownership. Extremely rich man Steve Cohen bought the team from the long-cursed Wilpons for $2.4 billion, finalizing the sale on November 6. Not only is he ludicrously wealthy - he once bought a bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti for about the same amount of money as Patrick Corbin’s contract - he’s a long-time Mets fan, revealing late in November that he owns the ball that Mookie Wilson hit through Bill Buckner’s legs in the 1986 World Series, and intends to move it into the Mets Museum at Citi Field.
Now, onto the actual baseball programming. The 2020 Mets were… kinda lousy, not going to lie. Noah Syndergaard underwent Tommy John surgery and Marcus Stroman opted out of the season, and the thinned-out pitching staff had the 12th-best ERA in the National League, at 4.98 (86 ERA+). The offense had the best batting average, second-best OBP, and fourth-best SLG in the NL, but thanks to an agonizingly unclutch first half, they wound up seventh in runs scored. They missed the expanded playoffs by three games and tied for last in the NL East.
But they still had their moments.
Opening Day, July 24: Jacob deGrom and three relievers combined on a 1-0 shutout of the Braves, with Yoenis Céspedes mashing a solo homer in his first major league game since 2018 to provide the only run of the game.The Mets’ Opening Day record improved to 39-20, the best winning percentage of any team - even more impressive when you consider the Mets lost their first eight Opening Days from 1962-1969.
August 28: On the same day that Steve Cohen entered exclusive negotiations to buy the Mets (bye-bye A-Rod and J-Lo), the Mets swept the Yankees in a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. In game one, a trio of late homers from Pete Alonso, Dom Smith, and Jake Marisnick gave the Mets a 6-4 victory. In game two, Amed Rosario hit a walk-off two-run homer off Aroldis Chapman, and may I repeat this happened at Yankee Stadium. Beautiful.
September 3: In the team’s first game after the passing of Mets legend Tom Seaver the team took the field to play the Yankees with dirt on their right knees to honor The Franchise. In the ninth inning, with the Mets trailing 7-6, J.D. Davis took Chapman deep to center field to tie it; in the tenth, Pete Alonso blasted a walk-off homer.
September 9: Trailing the Orioles in the late innings, Michael Conforto made an absurd catch to save three runs; Andrés Giménez popped an opposite-field homer to tie it, and Alonso gave the Mets the lead for good with a homer to center field.
Players:
Infield prospect Andrés Giménez finished seventh in Rookie of the Year voting, splitting his time between shortstop and second base and posting a 102 OPS+ to go along with solid defense and baserunning. Very enjoyable to watch. (update: see below)
Pitching prospect David Peterson posted a 3.44 ERA in 49.2 innings, flashing impressive poise and quality stuff in his first taste of the majors.
Jacob deGrom threw a 102-MPH fastball. By 2025 he’ll be throwing Mach 7. He also had another outstanding season, as he pitched to a 2.38 ERA, led the NL in strikeouts, and finished third in the Cy Young voting. On September 6, he induced 35 swinging strikes in a game against the Phillies, tying the most in a game since pitch tracking began in 2008.
Michael Conforto hit .322/.412/.515, the best numbers of his career to date. I can actually hear newyorkmets shouting EXTEND CONFORTO as I type this.
Edwin Díaz bounced back from his career-worst 2019 season to pitch to a 1.75 ERA/2.18 FIP, including a preposterous 45% strikeout rate (25.2 IP, 110 batters faced, 50 strikeouts). (Kindly do not ask about how his co-acquisition’s doing.)
Dominic Smith hit .316/.377/.616, with a whopping 32 extra-base hits (second in the NL behind Freddie Freeman’s 37, except in 63 fewer plate appearances). He finished fourth in the NL in OPS. That, combined with his blossoming as a leader in the wake of the summer’s Black Lives Matter protests, earned him a 13th-place MVP finish and the hearts of the Mets fanbase.
Offseason:
As of this writing, the Mets have re-hired Sandy Alderson as president of baseball operations, hired Jared Porter Zack Fox as GM. They have also signed reliever Trevor May (2 years, $15.5 million), catcher James McCann (4 years, $40.6 million), and Marcus Stroman accepted the qualifying offer after opting out of the 2020 season.
AND THEN THEY TRADED FOR FRANCISCO LINDOR AND CARLOS CARRASCO HOLY $&@%-
(Going back to CLE: Andrés Giménez, Amed Rosario, Isaiah Greene, and Josh Wolf.)
So, the 2020 Mets. We said farewell to Tom Seaver, said hello to Steve Cohen AND FRANCISCO LINDOR, and chucked the Wilpons out the door. 2021, here we come.

This is part 3 of my "How much WAR would ________ get?" series. You can find How much (negative) WAR would I accrue playing on a Major League team for a full season? here and How much (negative) WAR would a potato accrue playing centerfield for a Major League team for a full season? here.

That's right, boys and girls. We're back with a new conundrum. Let me set the stage. Speedy McHitterson has been discovered to be a perfect leadoff hitter. He makes every play in center, he steals second at every opportunity, he has a perfect eye, and when he's thrown a strike, he gets a hit every time. However, he's incredibly shy and afraid to overstep his bounds. This means he'll never swing at a pitch outside the zone, even if he knows he can hit it. He also will never go past first base on a hit, so every his is a single. Speedy is afraid of stepping on teammates toes, literally and figuratively, so he won't make any plays in the field that weren't meant for him. He's also fearful of being perceived as too overconfident, so stealing third is out of the question, let alone stealing home. But for the things he does do, he has a 100% success rate.
To the categories!

Positional Adjustment

Speedy, like Tate, will be manning center for a full season. 162 games of CF is worth 2.5 runs.

Replacement Level

As previously established, the average leadoff hitter would have ~761 PA per 162 games. But Speedy is no average leadoff hitter. Speedy will have a 1.000 OBP. Meaning compared to the average 255 on-base events for an average leadoff man, Speedy will have 761, which is an extra 506. Following the logic from last time, getting on base an extra 506 times will result in another 56 PA (If one out of every nine extra on-base events result in an extra PA). Which, in turn, will result in an extra 4 PA (I think). So in the end of the day, Speedy will end up with 821 PA on the season.
So if Replacement Level Runs = (570 x (MLB Games/2,430)) x (Runs Per Win/lgPA) x PA then 821 PA will be (570x(2430/2430))x(10.296/186516)x821 coming out to 25.8 Runs.
28.3 Runs

Fielding

This one, it turns out, is quite simple. Similar to how we determined a potato's fielding runs, we compare this perfect player to the 2020 Cincinnati Reds centerfielders. To recap, in 2020, 227 balls were fielded by Reds center fielders. 86 of them went for singles, 22 went for doubles, 3 went for triples. There were no inside-the-park home runs. There were 109 catches made, plus 7 sac flies. This gives opponents a .490 wOBA on balls hit to Reds center fielders. Speedy, being perfect, would allow a 0 wOBA (his middle name is Fielder). Home run robberies are out of the question because, you know. So we'll compare them the same way we did last time, with the same formula we use to determine batting runs batting runs. First we determine the amount of opportunities a center fielder would get in a full season. In 2019, center fielders made 20962 plays. That's about 700 per team over a full season. So the calculation would go thusly:
((.000^wOBA -.490^{lg wOBA} )/1.1857^{wOBA Scale} )x700^{Opportunities} = 289.3 runs
I just realized something really cool. I actually calculated Tater to have this precise number of negative runs, because his wOBA allowed would be exactly double the average. This means if Speedy and Tate were to alternate games, they would average to a league average fielder.
317.6 Runs

Batting

We've already established a few facts. Speedy McHitterson will get about 821 PA in a season. He does not swing at balls outside the strikezone. He hits every ball in the strikezone for a single. This would result in a 1.000/1.000/1.000 slash line, but we would still need to determine how many walks and hits he'd get. So I put together a little table to figure that out.

Count	Frequency	Zone	Out of Zone	Strike odds	Ball odds	Strike overall odds	Ball overall odds
0-0	1.000	95745	89033	.518	.482	.518	.482
0-1	.518	39460	53598	.424	.576	.220	.298
0-2	.220	14985	33022	.312	.688	.069	.151
1-0	.482	37702	33833	.527	.473	.254	.228
1-1	.552	35402	38838	.477	.523	.263	.289
1-2	.415	25414	44600	.363	.637	.150	.264
2-0	.228	13872	10640	.566	.434	.129	.099
2-1	.418	21098	17739	.543	.457	.227	.191
2-2	.491	37457	33526	.528	.472	.259	.232
3-0	.099	4573	2930	.609	.391	.060	.039
3-1	.251	9652	6289	.605	.395	.152	.099
3-2	.384	21163	16146	.567	.433	.218	.166

So to explain: the "Frequency" column is the overall frequency of the count, assuming no swings (which is important, as I'll explain in a second). This was determined by the following columns. "Zone" is pitches in the strikezone on that count. "Out of zone" is pitches outside the strikezone on that count. The next two columns are the percentages of a ball/strike in each count. Knowing that, we can tell the frequency of each count, if the batter never swung. 0-1 is going to be the odds of a strike on 0-0. 0-2 is going to be the odds of a strike on 0-1, times the odds of 0-1 occurring in the first place. 1-1 is the overall odds of a ball on 0-1 plus the overall odds of a strike on 1-0. We can use this chart to work out the number of walks of Mr. McHitterson. If he swings at every ball in the zone, and they all go for hits, the only way for him to get walked is if he's thrown four straight balls. According to this chart, that only happens 3.9% of the time, which we can now use as his walk rate. A 3.9% walk rate with 821 PA comes out to 32 walks in a season. Which leaves him with 789 hits, all for singles. Let's plug that into our wOBA formula. (32^walks x.69^{walk constant} +789^singles x.870 ^{single constant} )/821^PA =.863 wOBA
And from wOBA to wRAA: ((.863^wOBA -.320^{lg wOBA} )/1.157^{wOBA Scale} )x821^PA = 385.3 wRAA
702.9 Runs

Baserunning

To start, we give Speedy the same boost we gave Tate for never hitting into a double play. Over 821 PA, that comes up to 5.9 Runs. But the real value will come from stealing bases. To refresh, Speedy will steal second every time it's available. Afraid of looking like he's showing off, he will never attempt a double steal or a steal of third or home. We'll make the assumption that overall, the situations he's on base (always) will look like the league averages of occupied bases. There were 55998 plate appearances with men on first in 2019. Of those, 34240 (61%) were just a man on first. 12347 (22%) were first and second. 5026 (9%) were first and third. 4385 (8%) were bases loaded. This means that in 70% of situations with a man on first, second base was open. With a SB rate of 100% of the 70% of times on base (which is identical to the number of PAs) McHitterson had, this puts him at 575 steals for the season (that would be a record, by the way). Fangraphs gives .2 Runs per SB. This adds 115 Runs to our count, which comes out to a total of 121.8 baserunning runs. 824.7 Runs

Conclusion

824.7 is a lot of runs. If we do the 10.296 Runs/Win conversion it comes out to 80.1 WAR. As I said, that's a loooooooot. [Speedy could split time with Tate and they'd still combine for 32.5 WAR. It would take over five Taters to cancel out a Speedy.] EDIT: In my excitement, I accidentally confused myself with a potato. I'm the one who'd combine for 32.5 WAR. I'm the one who would need to be cloned five times to cancel out a Speedy. Tate and Speedy would actually combine to have a 17.6 WAR, which is still better than the best single-season WAR of all time. Two Taters would more than cancel out a Speedy. If you put Speedy on a team that literally did nothing else, he'd still make them roughly a .500 team.
TL;DR 80.1 WAR - Holy Fuck
Coming soon.....If Shohei Ohtani were actually Superman, how much WAR would he get?

BASICS:
Born: October 11, 1991
Jersey Number: 39 (Cleveland), 3 (Blue Jays), 29 (Yankees)
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Position: 3B/SS
Drafted: 2008 by Cleveland as an international free agent
MLB Debut: June 9, 2015 for Cleveland
Teams: Cleveland (2008-2018), Blue Jays (2018), Yankees (2018-present)
Twitte Instagram: Urshela10
2020 STATS:
Games: 43
Batting Average: 0.298
OBP: 0.368
SLG: 0.490
OPS: 0.858
Runs: 24
Hits: 45
Doubles: 11
Triples: 0
Home Runs: 6
RBIs: 30
Stolen Bases: 1
CAREER STATS:
Games: 342
Batting Average: 0.273
OBP: 0.322
SLG: 0.432
OPS: 0.753
Runs: 143
Hits: 289
Doubles: 61
Triples: 1
Home Runs: 35
RBIs: 143
Stolen Bases: 2
CAREER AWARDS:
MiLB All Star - 2014
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
He played on Team Columbia for the 2013 WBC qualifier and in the 2017 WBC.
He has a son.
He is the fifth player with a last name starting with U to play for the Yankees.
He has a dog.
HIS BEST 2020 MOMENTS:
He got a grand slam in the wildcard series
He also got a grand slam in a regular season game
There was a game where he got four hits
This was a good play
OTHER GREAT MOMENTS:
He had a strong 2019 ALCS
He had a two homer game in 2019
WHY I LIKE HIM:
Even if he's not with Cleveland anymore, it's nice to see a guy I watched in the minors doing so well.
PAST PLAYERS:
11/9: Mike Trout 11/10: Clayton Kershaw 11/11: Shane Bieber 11/12: Trevor Bauer 11/13: Freddie Freeman 11/14: Francisco Lindor 11/15: Jose Abreu 11/16: Kyle Lewis 11/17: Devin Williams 11/18: Randy Arozarena 11/19: Framber Valdéz 11/20: Rhys Hoskins 11/21: Kris Bryant 11/22: Willians Astudillo 11/23: Carlos Carrasco 11/24: Anthony Rizzo 11/25-11/27: Break 11/28: Mike Yastrzemski 11/29: Chris Taylor 11/30: Josh Naylor 12/1: Stephen Souza Jr 12/2: Joc Pederson 12/3: Hanser Alberto 12/4: Wil Myers 12/5: Christian Yelich 12/6: Nick Ahmed 12/7: Franmil Reyes 12/8: David Fletcher 12/9: Max Muncy 12/10: Mookie Betts 12/11: Brandon Nimmo 12/12: Chadwick Tromp 12/13: Corey Seager 12/14: James Karinchak 12/15: David Peralta 12/16: Sean Doolittle 12/17: Trey Mancini 12/18: Cody Bellinger 12/19: Nolan Arenado 12/20: Juan Soto 12/21: Aaron Civale 12/22: Rich Hill 12/23: Xander Bogaerts 12/24-12/26: Break 12/27: Jeff McNeil 12/28: Zach Plesac 12/29: Matt Chapman 12/30: Ke'Bryan Hayes 12/31-1/1: Break 1/2: Adam Wainwright 1/3: Joey Votto 1/4: Jordan Luplow 1/5: Alex Gordon 1/6: Miguel Cabrera 1/7: Jesús Aguilar 1/8: Joey Gallo 1/9: Vladimir Guerrero Jr 1/10: Aaron Judge 1/11: Oscar Mercado 1/12: Ronald Acuña Jr 1/13: Buster Posey 1/14: Stephen Strasburg 1/15: Joe Kelly 1/16: Seth Lugo 1/17: John Means 1/18: Adam Plutko 1/19: Anthony Santander 1/20: Mike Moustakas 1/21: Whit Merrifield 1/22: Walker Buehler 1/23: Josh Donaldson 1/24: Miguel Rojas 1/25: Triston McKenzie 1/26: Trevor Story 1/27: Matt Olson 1/28: Tim Anderson 1/29: Kiké Hernandez 1/30: Cole Tucker 1/31: Dexter Fowler 2/1: César Hernández 2/2: Andrew McCutchen 2/3: Kyle Seager 2/4: Rougned Odor 2/5: AJ Pollock 2/6: Fernando Tatis Jr 2/7: Daniel Norris 2/8: Roberto Perez 2/9: Hyun-Jin Ryu 2/10: Tyler Glasnow

So, I have been told that I am a font of optimism in this sub (which I promise isn't even intentional), so I would feel icky if I didn't provide some of that optimism during these dreary days. This morning, without even looking for anything in particular, I found some pretty strong reasons for optimism when perusing Baseball Savant (MLB's user-friendly treasure chest of Statcast data).
We have lamented the Reds' BABIP since what seems like the first week of August, and that's a valid lament. However, BABIP isn't exactly created equal across all situations. Flyballs generally have a pretty low BABIP, as flyballs are often quite easy for fielders to get to (and HRs don't count as balls-in-play); grounders have a higher BABIP than flyballs; and liners have far and away the highest BABIP (for obvious reasons). That led to me checking Savant for information more or less regarding just how unlucky the certainly unlucky 2020 Reds batters were. While Statcast does not, to my knowledge, produce an expected BABIP stat, it does produce stats such as expected batting average (xBA), expected slugging (xSLG), expected weighted on-base average (xwOBA), and xwOBA on contact (xwOBACON).
For those who aren't aware, basically what these stats are is that Statcast analyzes the position of the fielders, the exit velocity of the ball off the bat, the launch angle, and the park that the game is played in. Using this info, it calculates -- on mountains of empirical evidence that makes these stats pretty reliable -- the expected outcomes of every batted ball. Thus, I referenced these stats to see what hypothetically should have happened for the 2020 Reds.
Below are the Reds' actual team-wide offensive outcomes by league rank:
- BA: 30th
- SLG: 18th
- wOBA: 17th
-wOBACON: 21st
(and of course a distant 30th in BABIP)
Now, looking at the Reds' expected outcomes in those stats, we see a picture that is a bit rosier (although still not perfect):
- xBA: 27th
- xSLG: 12th
- xwOBA: t-10th
- xwOBACON: 12th
Basically, these stats confirmed that the Reds were legitimately very unlucky in 2020 and, in expectation were an above-average offense. Also, for those unaware, wOBA is the driving factor behind wRC+ (where it is normalized by park factors and league averages). So if you prefer wRC+, just know that results of wOBA should map to wRC+ pretty well, albeit not perfectly.
Now, additional optimism comes from the fact that the Reds' expected offensive stats look above-average already, and we must consider all of these confounding factors at play:
- Nick Senzel getting COVID and being awesome pre-COVID but the worst hitter in the league post-COVID
- Shogo taking half the shortened season to adjust
- Moose being on and off the field with COVID concerns and injury
- Suarez recovering from shoulder surgery
- Starting an overmatched Jose Garcia for about a third of the year (although I realize that this situation isn't exactly remedied at the moment...sigh)
So, while things aren't going to work perfectly (they never do), I think a lot of those issues from 2020 should be remedied in the 2021 season, and we're already working with a framework of above-average expected stats. Standard projection systems (which are pretty low on the Reds) don't really reflect expected stats -- which, again, are based on mountains of empirical data, not some mumbo-jumbo -- so it makes sense that the Reds' terrible luck last year nerfed their projections. Big things could potentially be in store for the Reds' offense in 2021 (and if you play fantasy baseball, I urge you to buy low on a bunch of Reds hitters).
But wait, THERE'S MORE!
We all know the Reds' pitching was beyond awesome in 2020. But for all the bad luck that the Reds' hitters had, did the Reds' pitchers get carried by any luck? Hmm, let's check the xStats again:
- xBA: 1st
- xSLG: 1st
- xwOBA: 1st
- xwOBACON: 2nd
And the actual outcomes:
- BA: 2nd
- SLG: 3rd
- wOBA: 4th
- wOBACON: 12th
So, to answer that question of if the Reds' pitchers got lucky...the answer is actually no! By pretty much every expected measure, the Reds had the best pitching in all of baseball last year, and they actually got unlucky (although admittedly only marginally).
Now, I know the elephant in the room is that the Reds lost Trevor Bauer -- a modern-day Hercules of xStats -- and Raisel Iglesias (Disco weighed them down in these metrics, and Archie's sample wasn't meaningful). However, it is very clear that the Reds' pitching was legitimately elite last year, and they had some room to give (and I would point out that specifically when referring to xStats, Disco offsets some of Bauer's greatness).
I know we're all very upset with how the offseason has played out, but we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that even though the Reds were "only" 31-29 last year, they were significantly better in expectation. I'm not going to tell people how to feel, but I just wanted to provide real reasons for optimism.
Now, I wouldn't take this and say "oh the Reds should be the favorites in the NLC" (I would personally give that title to the Brewers, but it's tight). It's just that the actual results we saw last year paled in comparison to what should have been, so there's a lot more upside with this Reds team than traditional projection systems would tell you.
Sorry for the long read and the gross optimism, but let's go Reds!

On Fridays, I feature guys who were on the WS winning Dodgers, and even though Turner might not be on the Dodgers this year, I still felt like he deserved a feature.
BASICS:
Born: November 23, 1984
Jersey Number: 83, then 6 (Orioles), 2 (Mets), 10 (Dodgers)
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Position: 3B, has also done 2B and SS and been a DH
Drafted: 2005 by the Yankees, then 2006 by the Reds (Round 7, Pick 204)
MLB Debut: September 8, 2009 for the Orioles
Teams: Reds (2006-2008), Orioles (2008-2010), Mets (2010-2013), Dodgers (2014-2020)
Twitte Instagram: RedTurn2
2020 STATS:
Games: 42
Batting Average: 0.307
OBP: 0.400
SLG: 0.460
OPS: 0.860
Runs: 26
Hits: 46
Doubles: 9
Triples: 1
Home Runs: 4
RBIs: 23
Stolen Bases: 1
CAREER STATS:
Games: 1114
Batting Average: 0.292
OBP: 0.369
SLG: 0.469
OPS: 0.838
Runs: 504
Hits: 1029
Doubles: 234
Triples: 9
Home Runs: 124
RBIs: 495
Stolen Bases: 35
CAREER AWARDS:
All Star - 2017
NLCS MVP - 2017
NL Player of the Month - August 2018
NL Rookie of the Month - May 2011
Dodgers Heart and Hustle - 2017
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
He played baseball for Cal State Fullerton.
He founded the Justin Turner Foundation, which has a goal of helping homeless veterans and children with life-altering illnesses.
He is involved with the LA Dream Center.
He was on the 2004 College World Series winning team.
He hit 0.514 as a high school senior.
He has two dogs.
He is a Miami Dolphins fan.
HIS BEST 2020 MOMENTS:
He went 4 for 5 in Game 4 of the World Series
With twelve postseason homers this year, he broke a Dodgers record
Game 3 of the WS was a good one offensively and defensively
He had a two homer regular season game
OTHER GREAT MOMENTS:
He definitely deserved the MVP award in the 2017 NLCS
Here's his first hit with the Dodgers
WHY I LIKE HIM:
I've heard Dodgers players say he was a great teammate and a leader on the team, and it's hard to think of the Dodgers without thinking of him. I also like his red hair and beard.
PAST PLAYERS:
11/9: Mike Trout 11/10: Clayton Kershaw 11/11: Shane Bieber 11/12: Trevor Bauer 11/13: Freddie Freeman 11/14: Francisco Lindor 11/15: Jose Abreu 11/16: Kyle Lewis 11/17: Devin Williams 11/18: Randy Arozarena 11/19: Framber Valdéz 11/20: Rhys Hoskins 11/21: Kris Bryant 11/22: Willians Astudillo 11/23: Carlos Carrasco 11/24: Anthony Rizzo 11/25-11/27: Break 11/28: Mike Yastrzemski 11/29: Chris Taylor 11/30: Josh Naylor 12/1: Stephen Souza Jr 12/2: Joc Pederson 12/3: Hanser Alberto 12/4: Wil Myers 12/5: Christian Yelich 12/6: Nick Ahmed 12/7: Franmil Reyes 12/8: David Fletcher 12/9: Max Muncy 12/10: Mookie Betts 12/11: Brandon Nimmo 12/12: Chadwick Tromp 12/13: Corey Seager 12/14: James Karinchak 12/15: David Peralta 12/16: Sean Doolittle 12/17: Trey Mancini 12/18: Cody Bellinger 12/19: Nolan Arenado 12/20: Juan Soto 12/21: Aaron Civale 12/22: Rich Hill 12/23: Xander Bogaerts 12/24-12/26: Break 12/27: Jeff McNeil 12/28: Zach Plesac 12/29: Matt Chapman 12/30: Ke'Bryan Hayes 12/31-1/1: Break 1/2: Adam Wainwright 1/3: Joey Votto 1/4: Jordan Luplow 1/5: Alex Gordon 1/6: Miguel Cabrera 1/7: Jesús Aguilar 1/8: Joey Gallo 1/9: Vladimir Guerrero Jr 1/10: Aaron Judge 1/11: Oscar Mercado 1/12: Ronald Acuña Jr 1/13: Buster Posey 1/14: Stephen Strasburg 1/15: Joe Kelly 1/16: Seth Lugo 1/17: John Means 1/18: Adam Plutko 1/19: Anthony Santander 1/20: Mike Moustakas 1/21: Whit Merrifield 1/22: Walker Buehler 1/23: Josh Donaldson 1/24: Miguel Rojas 1/25: Triston McKenzie 1/26: Trevor Story 1/27: Matt Olson 1/28: Tim Anderson 1/29: Kiké Hernandez 1/30: Cole Tucker 1/31: Dexter Fowler 2/1: César Hernández 2/2: Andrew McCutchen 2/3: Kyle Seager 2/4: Rougned Odor 2/5: AJ Pollock 2/6: Fernando Tatis Jr 2/7: Daniel Norris 2/8: Roberto Perez 2/9: Hyun-Jin Ryu 2/10: Tyler Glasnow 2/11: Gio Urshela

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/why-mlb-teams-might-start-changing-how-they-value-high-contact-hitters/
Is a high-average renaissance coming in baseball? By Matt Snyder
"Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" was published in 2003. Michael Lewis' book was then turned into a movie that was released in 2011. And yet, in 2021, there are still so many people out there with the misconception that playing "Moneyball" was about a specific stat ("Moneyball is on-base percentage!" the ignorant will cry out) or even some sort of "sabermetrics" revolution to make people hate the stats they long held near and dear in favor of "newfangled" stuff.
I'll pause for laughter.
No, it's actually about finding market inefficiencies. That is, what skillsets are other teams undervaluing and how can we acquire players -- mostly cheaply -- to exploit this for our gain. There have been several iterations since the initial movement from average to OBP and slugging. Defense is certainly up there, a combination of shifting/positioning and getting undervalued defensive players. Things have obviously been done on the pitching side, such as shortening the game with super bullpens and using openers, among other things.
In light of where things are headed right now in baseball, I'm wondering if we're coming full circle very soon with what type of hitter is undervalued.
That is to say, while the initial "Moneyball" movement set baseball on a path, where average was less important than the other two main rate stats (meaning more emphasis was put on drawing walks -- and, in related matters, working deep counts -- and hitting for power). In the process, we have seen a great shift toward the so-called Three True Outcomes (home runs, walks, strikeouts).
As a result, who got left a bit behind? The high-average, high-contact hitters, possibly with low power.
I said I'm wondering if we're about to come full circle because not only do I believe there's a chance at a market inefficiency in there, I also think the forces of the game are swinging toward this type of hitter being undervalued.
Strikeouts continue to rise. More and more, it seems like whichever team each game hits "the big home run" is the one that goes on to win. Here are the lowest batting averages in MLB since World War I:
1968: .237 1967: .242 1972: .244 2020: .245 If we're wondering about the small sample or want to blame the pandemic, the 2019 average was .252 and the league hit .248 in 2018.
If some of those years above jumped out, it's for good reason. After 1967-68, the pitcher's mound was lowered. After 1972, the American League added the DH.
Meanwhile, in 2020, strikeouts per team game actually dropped -- to the second-most all-time -- from 2019, but 2020 marked the first year it wasn't a new strikeouts per game record since 2007.
It's gotten to the point that it isn't just a small subset fans or curmudgeon broadcasters whining. Many baseball fans acknowledge the game needs more on-field action. At this point, pretty open-minded and even-keel people are discussing that something has to change. Home runs are great. Walks were far too long an underappreciated part of the game. Big strikeouts are excellent to watch. It's just that we should have more than those things along with groundballs and fly balls going right at nearly perfectly positioned defenders.
On one hand, the pitchers and defense are very good. On another, maybe the shift in philosophy left too many different types of hitters behind. Maybe things should tilt back a bit the other way?
After stepping down from his perch as Cubs president, Theo Epstein took a job with the commissioner's office and said something along these lines (emphasis mine).
"As the game evolves, we all have an interest in ensuring the changes we see on the field make the game as entertaining and action-packed as possible for the fans, while preserving all that makes baseball so special. I look forward to working with interested parties throughout the industry to help us collectively navigate toward the very best version of our game."
He had recently sort of lamented his own role in shaping the game, too. Via The Athletic:
"There are some threats to it because of the way the game is evolving," Epstein said. "I take some responsibility for that. Executives like me who have spent a lot of time using analytics and other measures to try to optimize individual and team performance have unwittingly had a negative impact on the aesthetic value of the game and the entertainment value of the game in some respects."
The hunch here is Epstein will have commissioner Rob Manfred's ear pretty strongly in the next few years. We've also already seen Manfred discussing things like either banning or limiting the shift along with something to curtail strikeouts, such as lowering and/or moving back the mound.
Zeroing in on the possibility of shifts going away, and low-strikeout guys become even more valuable. It doesn't take an Epstein-savvy front office member to figure out the chances of finding a hole without the defense perfectly crafted to a spray chart increase.
Further, after seeing so many strikeouts in huge spots with runners on base over the past several years, I can't help but think that even if a hitter that sits something like .230/.340/.500 can be valuable, evening that out with a high-average contact hitter to keep the line moving at times would be beneficial in creating a more well-rounded lineup.
The poster boy here is D.J. LeMahieu. Believe it or not, Epstein actually inherited him with the Cubs, but traded him away his first offseason with Tyler Colvin for Ian Stewart and Casey Weathers. Stewart looked like the high-walk, high-power guy teams coveted at the time (important update: He wasn't). Despite winning a batting title, winning three Gold Gloves and making two All-Star teams, LeMahieu only got a two-year, $24 million deal with the Yankees after the 2018 season as mostly an afterthought in a huge offseason. He went on to finish fourth in AL MVP voting. Then he finished third last season, leading the majors with a .364 average while also pacing the AL in OBP, OPS and OPS+.
Finally heavily sought after, LeMahieu got six years and $90 million to stay with the Yankees this offseason. Yes, he's developed his power, but he only struck out 90 times in 655 plate appearances in 2019 and 21 times in 195 plate appearances in 2020.
With everything conspiring in this direction anyway, I think LeMahieu is starting a wave.
Here are some others (in a non-exhaustive list) who could become increasingly valuable moving forward into the next decade of baseball evolution.
Tommy La Stella - A broken leg cost La Stella half the 2019 season in what looked like his career year. He already had 16 homers, yet had still only struck out 28 times in 321 plate appearances. Last year, he had the lowest strikeout percentage in baseball while hitting .281 with a .370 OBP.
Ketel Marte - Pay too much attention to the loss of power in just 45 games last year at your peril. He still hit .287 and was tough to strikeout. I'm not expecting a full bounce-back to MVP-caliber levels of 2019, but his bat-on-ball skills have pretty steadily improved for five years straight.
David Fletcher - He's improved all three years in all three rate stats and sports a career .292 average with just 123 strikeouts in 1,190 plate appearances. He also ranks near the very bottom of the league in stuff like barrel percentage, exit velocity and hard-hit percentage. Sending some conventional 2019 people running for the hills is a good trait for someone to have when looking for market inefficiency, right?
Jeff McNeil - Why pick between McNeil and a Pete Alonso type when you have both? McNeil in 248 career games is a .319 hitter with only 123 strikeouts in 1,024 plate appearances. Like Fletcher, his "batted ball profile" leaves a lot to be desired, too.
Trea Turner - We've seen former Turner teammates Bryce Harper and Anthony Rendon strike it very rich in free agency while his current teammate Juan Soto rightfully will garner a ton more attention here in the short term. Just don't forget about Trea. His strikeout percentages aren't excessive -- remember, as a leadoff man he takes tons of plate appearances -- and he's a career .296 hitter. He makes consistent contact, has some power and can fly.
Kevin Newman - Newman had a dreadful 2020 season, but it was only 45 games in the middle of a pandemic. I'm not going to harp on that when we've got 130 games of a .308 hitter in 2019 who only struck out 62 times in 531 plate appearances. Don't sleep on him.
Jean Segura - Segura became a different hitter in 2020. His strikeout percentage jumped from 11.8 to 20.7. Along with it went his previously high average. But he walked a lot more and his OBP went up. It was weird. Regardless, keep in mind what a fluky season 2020 was. Segura was in the top five percent of toughest hitters to strikeout in 2018 and 2019 while topping a .300 average 2016-18. He's 30. I have faith in him being productive with a good average and lower strikeout rate in 2021. And hey, maybe he'll even keep walking. I never said it was bad.
Jake Cronenworth - As a rookie last year, Cronenworth put together a season in which he would've struck out around 90 times in a full year while hitting .285. His minor-league and amateur profile has long shown someone with good contact skills capable of a higher average. He was never a top-100 prospect in the minors, but he now heads into territory where he can have an impact simply by being differently valuable than the 2010s prototype.
To be clear, this premise isn't even remotely saying teams should load up on only these types of players. The best lineups are the most well-rounded. Get you a few of these types to pair with some big boppers and things would be looking pretty damn nice. The conditions are ripe for a bit of a sea change in how hitters are valued in these next few years. Watch LeMahieu, La Stella and company for a guide while someone like Cronenworth carries the torch to the next generation.

BASICS:
Born: January 2, 1999
Jersey Number: 23
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Position: SS
Drafted: 2015 by the White Sox as an international free agent
MLB Debut: March 28, 2019 for the Padres
Teams: White Sox (2015-2016), Padres (2016-present)
Twitter: tatis_jr
Instagram: fernando_tatis21
2020 STATS:
Games: 59
Batting Average: 0.277
OBP: 0.366
SLG: 0.571
OPS: 0.937
Runs: 50
Hits: 62
Doubles: 11
Triples: 2
Home Runs: 17
RBIs: 45
Stolen Bases: 11
CAREER STATS:
Games: 143
Batting Average: 0.301
OBP: 0.374
SLG: 0.582
OPS: 0.956
Runs: 111
Hits: 168
Doubles: 24
Triples: 8
Home Runs: 39
RBIs: 98
Stolen Bases: 27
2020 AWARDS:
Silver Slugger
NL Player of the Month - August
NL Player of the Week - 8/9/20
CAREER AWARDS:
Padres MVP - 2019
Padres Heart and Hustle - 2019
MiLB All Star - 2017, 2018
Futures Game - 2018
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
His father played in the majors for 11 years and once hit two grand slams in one inning.
He has two dogs, Nala and Pumba.
His favorite show is Friends.
In 2019, he was the 8th youngest position player in history to start on opening day.
He will be on the cover of MLB The Show 21 and is the youngest ever to appear on the cover.
HIS BEST 2020 MOMENTS:
Here's the grand slam during the Padres' Slam Diego period where they even had to apologize for grand slams
He hit two homers in Game 2 of the wildcard series
Here's a good double play he was part of
He had a 3 for 4 game where he scored three runs
OTHER GREAT MOMENTS:
He got two hits in his MLB debut
Here's his first career home run
WHY I LIKE HIM:
He's quickly becoming one of the best players in MLB, I won't be surprised if he's a future MVP.
PAST PLAYERS:
11/9: Mike Trout 11/10: Clayton Kershaw 11/11: Shane Bieber 11/12: Trevor Bauer 11/13: Freddie Freeman 11/14: Francisco Lindor 11/15: Jose Abreu 11/16: Kyle Lewis 11/17: Devin Williams 11/18: Randy Arozarena 11/19: Framber Valdéz 11/20: Rhys Hoskins 11/21: Kris Bryant 11/22: Willians Astudillo 11/23: Carlos Carrasco 11/24: Anthony Rizzo 11/25-11/27: Break 11/28: Mike Yastrzemski 11/29: Chris Taylor 11/30: Josh Naylor 12/1: Stephen Souza Jr 12/2: Joc Pederson 12/3: Hanser Alberto 12/4: Wil Myers 12/5: Christian Yelich 12/6: Nick Ahmed 12/7: Franmil Reyes 12/8: David Fletcher 12/9: Max Muncy 12/10: Mookie Betts 12/11: Brandon Nimmo 12/12: Chadwick Tromp 12/13: Corey Seager 12/14: James Karinchak 12/15: David Peralta 12/16: Sean Doolittle 12/17: Trey Mancini 12/18: Cody Bellinger 12/19: Nolan Arenado 12/20: Juan Soto 12/21: Aaron Civale 12/22: Rich Hill 12/23: Xander Bogaerts 12/24-12/26: Break 12/27: Jeff McNeil 12/28: Zach Plesac 12/29: Matt Chapman 12/30: Ke'Bryan Hayes 12/31-1/1: Break 1/2: Adam Wainwright 1/3: Joey Votto 1/4: Jordan Luplow 1/5: Alex Gordon 1/6: Miguel Cabrera 1/7: Jesús Aguilar 1/8: Joey Gallo 1/9: Vladimir Guerrero Jr 1/10: Aaron Judge 1/11: Oscar Mercado 1/12: Ronald Acuña Jr 1/13: Buster Posey 1/14: Stephen Strasburg 1/15: Joe Kelly 1/16: Seth Lugo 1/17: John Means 1/18: Adam Plutko 1/19: Anthony Santander 1/20: Mike Moustakas 1/21: Whit Merrifield 1/22: Walker Buehler 1/23: Josh Donaldson 1/24: Miguel Rojas 1/25: Triston McKenzie 1/26: Trevor Story 1/27: Matt Olson 1/28: Tim Anderson 1/29: Kiké Hernandez 1/30: Cole Tucker 1/31: Dexter Fowler 2/1: César Hernández 2/2: Andrew McCutchen 2/3: Kyle Seager 2/4: Rougned Odor 2/5: AJ Pollock

BASICS:
Born: November 3, 1987
Jersey Number: 15
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Position: 3B
Drafted: 2009 by the Mariners, Round 3, Pick 82
MLB Debut: July 7, 2011
Teams: Mariners (2009-present)
2020 STATS:
Games: 60
Batting Average: 0.241
OBP: 0.355
SLG: 0.433
OPS: 0.788
Runs: 35
Hits: 49
Doubles: 12
Triples: 0
Home Runs: 9
RBIs: 40
Stolen Bases: 5
CAREER STATS:
Games: 1321
Batting Average: 0.256
OBP: 0.326
SLG: 0.443
OPS: 0.768
Runs: 632
Hits: 1267
Doubles: 280
Triples: 13
Home Runs: 207
RBIs: 706
Stolen Bases: 52
CAREER AWARDS:
All Star - 2014
Gold Glove - 2014
AL Player of the Week - 4/28/14, 6/30/14
Mariners Heart and Hustle - 2014, 2015
Mariners MVP - 2012, 2013
MiLB All Star - 2010
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
He led MLB in sac flies in 2020.
He and Corey have another brother, Justin, who played in the Mariners' farm system from 2013 to 2017.
He has three kids.
He played baseball for UNC.
HIS BEST 2020 MOMENTS:
Seeing him and Corey play each other was fun
He got his 5th career grand slam
He was one of three Mariners to steal second base in the 4th inning of their August 27 game
This was a good catch
OTHER GREAT MOMENTS:
He was part of a triple play in 2018
While the brothers didn't play each other in this game, this was a great night for both of them!
WHY I LIKE HIM:
He's definitely an underrated player and I like the Seagers in general!
PAST PLAYERS:
11/9: Mike Trout 11/10: Clayton Kershaw 11/11: Shane Bieber 11/12: Trevor Bauer 11/13: Freddie Freeman 11/14: Francisco Lindor 11/15: Jose Abreu 11/16: Kyle Lewis 11/17: Devin Williams 11/18: Randy Arozarena 11/19: Framber Valdéz 11/20: Rhys Hoskins 11/21: Kris Bryant 11/22: Willians Astudillo 11/23: Carlos Carrasco 11/24: Anthony Rizzo 11/25-11/27: Break 11/28: Mike Yastrzemski 11/29: Chris Taylor 11/30: Josh Naylor 12/1: Stephen Souza Jr 12/2: Joc Pederson 12/3: Hanser Alberto 12/4: Wil Myers 12/5: Christian Yelich 12/6: Nick Ahmed 12/7: Franmil Reyes 12/8: David Fletcher 12/9: Max Muncy 12/10: Mookie Betts 12/11: Brandon Nimmo 12/12: Chadwick Tromp 12/13: Corey Seager 12/14: James Karinchak 12/15: David Peralta 12/16: Sean Doolittle 12/17: Trey Mancini 12/18: Cody Bellinger 12/19: Nolan Arenado 12/20: Juan Soto 12/21: Aaron Civale 12/22: Rich Hill 12/23: Xander Bogaerts 12/24-12/26: Break 12/27: Jeff McNeil 12/28: Zach Plesac 12/29: Matt Chapman 12/30: Ke'Bryan Hayes 12/31-1/1: Break 1/2: Adam Wainwright 1/3: Joey Votto 1/4: Jordan Luplow 1/5: Alex Gordon 1/6: Miguel Cabrera 1/7: Jesús Aguilar 1/8: Joey Gallo 1/9: Vladimir Guerrero Jr 1/10: Aaron Judge 1/11: Oscar Mercado 1/12: Ronald Acuña Jr 1/13: Buster Posey 1/14: Stephen Strasburg 1/15: Joe Kelly 1/16: Seth Lugo 1/17: John Means 1/18: Adam Plutko 1/19: Anthony Santander 1/20: Mike Moustakas 1/21: Whit Merrifield 1/22: Walker Buehler 1/23: Josh Donaldson 1/24: Miguel Rojas 1/25: Triston McKenzie 1/26: Trevor Story 1/27: Matt Olson 1/28: Tim Anderson 1/29: Kiké Hernandez 1/30: Cole Tucker 1/31: Dexter Fowler 2/1: César Hernández 2/2: Andrew McCutchen

Happy Groundhog Day! He saw his shadow. Ugh. Here's your player of the day. Fitting that we feature a player who wears #22 on 2/2.
BASICS:
Born: October 10, 1986
Jersey Number: 22 (Pirates, Giants, Phillies), 26 (Yankees)
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Position: Outfield
Drafted: 2005 by the Pirates, Round 1, Pick 11
MLB Debut: June 4, 2009 for the Pirates
Teams: Pirates (2005-2017), Giants (2018), Yankees (2018), Phillies (2019-present)
Twitter: TheCUTCH22
Instagram: cutchtwenty2
2020 STATS:
Games: 57
Batting Average: 0.253
OBP: 0.324
SLG: 0.433
OPS: 0.757
Runs: 32
Hits: 55
Doubles: 9
Triples: 0
Home Runs: 10
RBIs: 34
Stolen Bases: 4
CAREER STATS:
Games: 1617
Batting Average: 0.285
OBP: 0.376
SLG: 0.478
OPS: 0.854
Runs: 974
Hits: 1719
Doubles: 343
Triples: 48
Home Runs: 243
RBIs: 853
Stolen Bases: 191
CAREER AWARDS:
NL MVP - 2013
All Star - 2011-2015
Silver Slugger - 2012-2015
Gold Glove - 2012
Home Run Derby Participant - 2012
Roberto Clemente Award - 2015
NL Player of the Month - June 2012, June 2014, August 2015, June 2017
NL Player of the Week - 7/9/12, 7/15/12, 6/16/14, 7/14/14, 5/25/15, 8/10/15, 10/1/17
Pirates Heart and Hustle - 2010, 2012, 2013
Futures Game - 2008
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
He led NL players in hits in 2012 and in OBP and OPS in 2014.
He has two sons.
He and his wife got engaged on The Ellen Show.
He also ran track and played football in high school.
He played high school baseball as an eighth grader.
He sold his dreads and gave the money from the proceeds to Pirates charities.
HIS BEST 2020 MOMENTS:
He got a three-run homer
He was part of a six-run inning
He got a two-run homer Jackie Robinson weekend
He was part of a seven-run first
This isn't a play, but I loved when he read a bedtime story to the Phanatic
OTHER GREAT MOMENTS:
He had a great MVP season in 2013
Here's his first career home run
WHY I LIKE HIM:
He seems like one of the nicest guys in the game and he's a great player, too!
PAST PLAYERS:
11/9: Mike Trout 11/10: Clayton Kershaw 11/11: Shane Bieber 11/12: Trevor Bauer 11/13: Freddie Freeman 11/14: Francisco Lindor 11/15: Jose Abreu 11/16: Kyle Lewis 11/17: Devin Williams 11/18: Randy Arozarena 11/19: Framber Valdéz 11/20: Rhys Hoskins 11/21: Kris Bryant 11/22: Willians Astudillo 11/23: Carlos Carrasco 11/24: Anthony Rizzo 11/25-11/27: Break 11/28: Mike Yastrzemski 11/29: Chris Taylor 11/30: Josh Naylor 12/1: Stephen Souza Jr 12/2: Joc Pederson 12/3: Hanser Alberto 12/4: Wil Myers 12/5: Christian Yelich 12/6: Nick Ahmed 12/7: Franmil Reyes 12/8: David Fletcher 12/9: Max Muncy 12/10: Mookie Betts 12/11: Brandon Nimmo 12/12: Chadwick Tromp 12/13: Corey Seager 12/14: James Karinchak 12/15: David Peralta 12/16: Sean Doolittle 12/17: Trey Mancini 12/18: Cody Bellinger 12/19: Nolan Arenado 12/20: Juan Soto 12/21: Aaron Civale 12/22: Rich Hill 12/23: Xander Bogaerts 12/24-12/26: Break 12/27: Jeff McNeil 12/28: Zach Plesac 12/29: Matt Chapman 12/30: Ke'Bryan Hayes 12/31-1/1: Break 1/2: Adam Wainwright 1/3: Joey Votto 1/4: Jordan Luplow 1/5: Alex Gordon 1/6: Miguel Cabrera 1/7: Jesús Aguilar 1/8: Joey Gallo 1/9: Vladimir Guerrero Jr 1/10: Aaron Judge 1/11: Oscar Mercado 1/12: Ronald Acuña Jr 1/13: Buster Posey 1/14: Stephen Strasburg 1/15: Joe Kelly 1/16: Seth Lugo 1/17: John Means 1/18: Adam Plutko 1/19: Anthony Santander 1/20: Mike Moustakas 1/21: Whit Merrifield 1/22: Walker Buehler 1/23: Josh Donaldson 1/24: Miguel Rojas 1/25: Triston McKenzie 1/26: Trevor Story 1/27: Matt Olson 1/28: Tim Anderson 1/29: Kiké Hernandez 1/30: Cole Tucker1/31: Dexter Fowler 2/1: César Hernández

The Detroit Tigers finished the 2020 season with the third worst record in the majors, 23-35 (.397 %), and will hold the third overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft. This was their third and final season under the leadership of Manager Ron Gardenhire who announced his retirement in September 2020 due to health concerns. This franchise continues to rebuild, and develop good young talent, some of whom were promoted to the major league team in 2020. The Tigers were actually watchable during this shortened season, and piqued our interest with a 16-16 record into September, before mounting injuries decimated the team. They ended up losing 19 of their last 25 games and finishing last in the AL Central for the fourth time in six years.
Facts

• 10 members of the Detroit Tigers organization made their major league debuts in 2020, including RHP Casey Mize, LHP Tarik Skubal, IF Isaac Paredes, OF Daz Cameron, IF Sergio Alcantara, and OF Derek Hill.
• After hitting a grand slam for his first major league home run, Isaac Paredes became the first Tiger to have at least six RBIs in his first four games since Pete Fox in 1933, and held a 10-game hitting streak from September 12th through September 24th. He was recently named Mexican Pacific League Batting Champion.
• In a slugfest on August 7th between the Tigers and Pirates, both teams finished with 16 hits, surprising since each club had four players in the starting lineup batting under .190.
• On September 11th, Daz Cameron collected his first career hit, 25 years after his dad Mike recorded his first hit at the exact same ballpark, more info here.
• The Tigers August 21st win was the Tigers’ first over the Indians since April 10, 2019, ending the longest winning streak by one team over another since the Orioles’ 23-game winning streak over the expansion Royals from 1969-70.
• Miguel Cabrera’s 450’ home run on September 24th was his longest home run in more than a year according to MLB Statcast.
• Speaking of Statcast, the good people over at MotorCity Bengals assembled a fun list of Statcast offensive and pitching notables specific to the 2020 Tigers season. Fun with numbers!
• Jeimer Candelario was named one of MLB Network’s 25 biggest breakout stars of 2020 after hitting .297/.369/.503 this past season, with a hard-hit rate (47.1%) and barrel rate (10.3%) reaching career-high levels.
• Willi Castro lead this Tigers team in batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, and wOBA with a slash line of .346/.381/.550, for an OPS of .931, a wOBA of .393. (In this shortened season, he ranked second in the AL in each of those categories among shortstops with at least 100 plate appearances.)

Games highlighted in this recap video

• August 29th, 2020 Victor Reyes makes an incredible catch at the center-field wall to rob Miguel Sanó of a solo home run to end the top of the 4th.
• August 2nd, 2020 Tyler Alexander strikes out the first nine batters faced in the first game of a doubleheader vs the Cincinnati Reds, tying the AL record for consecutive strikeouts in a game and setting the Major League record for a reliever.
• August 30th, 2020 Miguel Cabrera records his 2000th career hit as a Detroit Tiger, eighth player in Tigers history to record 2,000 hits with the club, second active player to have 2,000 hits with one team, joining Albert Pujols, who had 2,073 hits with the Cardinals. (On a side note, Miggy is 134 hits away from his 3000th career hit, something to look forward to in 2021!)
• August 21st, 2020 Isaac Paredes hits a grand slam in the top of the fourth for his first Major League career home run, first Tiger in a decade to hit a grand slam for his first big league home run since Brennan Boesch on April 30th, 2010.
• July 25th, 2020 JaCoby Jones hits a two-run home run off Reds closer Raisel Iglesias in the top of the ninth, breaking the tie and giving the Tigers the lead 6-4. He had previously fouled off two failed sacrifice bunt efforts earlier in the AB, and later told manager Ron Gardenhire: “I got back in the dugout and I told Gardy, 'Screw bunting. We're in Cincinnati. Let me hit,'” Jones said after the Tigers’ 6-4 win Saturday. “He started laughing.”

Not featured in this recap video: Casey Mize pitches a no-hitter into the sixth inning on September 11th vs the White Sox, JaCoby Jones hits a stand-up inside the park home run on August 10th vs the White Sox, C.J. Cron hits a two-run go-ahead home run in the top of the 9th inning on July 26th vs the Reds, and the Tigers outlast the Pirates 17-13 in a slugfest in extra innings on August 7th featuring a five RBI game for Niko Goodrum.
So, what else happened to the Tigers during the 2020 season?:

• With the first overall pick in the 2020 MLB Draft, the Tigers selected INF Spencer Torkelson, first time in franchise history to use the top overall pick to draft an infielder. Torkelson was also the first college corner infielder in 22 years to go first overall.
• Mr. Tiger, Tigers legend and Hall of Famer Al Kaline, passes away at age 85 on April 6th.
• The Tigers, along with the teams in the majors, celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues the weekend of August 14th through 16th.
• On October 30th, the Tigers announced that they had hired A.J. Hinch as the new manager of the Tigers.
• We would certainly be remiss if we did not acknowledge the very serious impact of COVID-19 on the Tigers, Daz Cameron in particular who had asthma as a child, developed all of the symptoms of COVID-19, and contracted pneumonia after testing positive for COVID-19 in early July. (If you have a subscription, the article in The Athletic is worth reading.)
• Presenting the official Tigers account best tweets of 2020 season:
  • Congratulations to #Tigers 2014 37th-round pick Patrick Mahomes on winning MVP of his football game.
  • Bro, I'm straight up NOT having a good time
  • The best of Miggy being Miggy
  • Always in our hearts #RIPMrTiger
  • There have been 23 perfect games in MLB history. ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
  • Ladies and gentlemen, we drafted him first.
  • The Detroit Tigers today named A.J. Hinch as the 39th manager in franchise history, agreeing to terms on a multi-year contract.
  • Looks like a couple of Ann Arbor residents are joining us tonight.
  • Retweet if Catcher Cam should be a thing
  • Welcome to the Show! The #Tigers today announced that three top prospects are scheduled to make their debuts this week: No. 2 RHP Casey Mize, No. 5 LHP Tarik Skubal and No. 6 INF Isaac Paredes
• Cameron Maybin was traded at the August 31st trade deadline to the Cubs for INF prospect Zack Short
• In September, the Tigers farm system was ranked second best overall by MLB Pipeline, the future is bright and we cannot wait to see what 2021 has in store for us fans of the organization.

And that has been your toast to the Tigers!

BASICS:
Born: February 3, 1994
Jersey Number: 73, then 12
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Position: 2B
Drafted: 2011 by the Rangers as an international free agent
MLB Debut: May 8, 2014 for the Rangers
Teams: Rangers (2011-present)
2020 STATS:
Games: 38
Batting Average: 0.167
OBP: 0.209
SLG: 0.413
OPS: 0.623
Runs: 15
Hits: 23
Doubles: 4
Triples: 0
Home Runs: 10
RBIs: 30
Stolen Bases: 0
CAREER STATS:
Games: 858
Batting Average: 0.237
OBP: 0.289
SLG: 0.439
OPS: 0.728
Runs: 429
Hits: 749
Doubles: 146
Triples: 26
Home Runs: 146
RBIs: 458
Stolen Bases: 62
CAREER AWARDS:
AL Player of the Week - 7/27/15, 9/4/16, 7/22/18, 8/5/18
Rangers Rookie of the Year - 2014
Rangers Hardest Working Man Award - 2015
MiLB All Star - 2013
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
He was on Team Venezuela in the 2017 WBC.
He led the AL in caught stealing in 2018 and strikeouts in 2019.
He played in all 162 games in 2017.
He likes to ride horses.
He has a daughter.
His brother, Rougned Jose Odor, is in the Rangers farm system.
He was a player in the 2009 World Youth Baseball Championship.
His uncle played for Cleveland and the Brewers and is the manager for Cleveland's AA team.
HIS BEST 2020 MOMENTS:
He got two homers, including a three-run homer, on the last day of the season
That wasn't his only three-run homer in 2020
There were actually three of those
He broke up a no hitter
OTHER GREAT MOMENTS:
He did well in the 2017 WBC
He got two home runs on opening day 2017
His first grand slam
WHY I LIKE HIM:
He seems to have a good sense of humor (some of his nicknames are Stink and Stinky) and he's shown potential.
PAST PLAYERS:
11/9: Mike Trout 11/10: Clayton Kershaw 11/11: Shane Bieber 11/12: Trevor Bauer 11/13: Freddie Freeman 11/14: Francisco Lindor 11/15: Jose Abreu 11/16: Kyle Lewis 11/17: Devin Williams 11/18: Randy Arozarena 11/19: Framber Valdéz 11/20: Rhys Hoskins 11/21: Kris Bryant 11/22: Willians Astudillo 11/23: Carlos Carrasco 11/24: Anthony Rizzo 11/25-11/27: Break 11/28: Mike Yastrzemski 11/29: Chris Taylor 11/30: Josh Naylor 12/1: Stephen Souza Jr 12/2: Joc Pederson 12/3: Hanser Alberto 12/4: Wil Myers 12/5: Christian Yelich 12/6: Nick Ahmed 12/7: Franmil Reyes 12/8: David Fletcher 12/9: Max Muncy 12/10: Mookie Betts 12/11: Brandon Nimmo 12/12: Chadwick Tromp 12/13: Corey Seager 12/14: James Karinchak 12/15: David Peralta 12/16: Sean Doolittle 12/17: Trey Mancini 12/18: Cody Bellinger 12/19: Nolan Arenado 12/20: Juan Soto 12/21: Aaron Civale 12/22: Rich Hill 12/23: Xander Bogaerts 12/24-12/26: Break 12/27: Jeff McNeil 12/28: Zach Plesac 12/29: Matt Chapman 12/30: Ke'Bryan Hayes 12/31-1/1: Break 1/2: Adam Wainwright 1/3: Joey Votto 1/4: Jordan Luplow 1/5: Alex Gordon 1/6: Miguel Cabrera 1/7: Jesús Aguilar 1/8: Joey Gallo 1/9: Vladimir Guerrero Jr 1/10: Aaron Judge 1/11: Oscar Mercado 1/12: Ronald Acuña Jr 1/13: Buster Posey 1/14: Stephen Strasburg 1/15: Joe Kelly 1/16: Seth Lugo 1/17: John Means 1/18: Adam Plutko 1/19: Anthony Santander 1/20: Mike Moustakas 1/21: Whit Merrifield 1/22: Walker Buehler 1/23: Josh Donaldson 1/24: Miguel Rojas 1/25: Triston McKenzie 1/26: Trevor Story 1/27: Matt Olson 1/28: Tim Anderson 1/29: Kiké Hernandez 1/30: Cole Tucker 1/31: Dexter Fowler 2/1: César Hernández 2/2: Andrew McCutchen 2/3: Kyle Seager

BASICS:
Born: October 24, 1996
Jersey Number: 11
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Position: 3B
Drafted: 2013 by the Red Sox
MLB Debut: July 25, 2017 for the Red Sox
Teams: Red Sox (2013-present)
Twitter: Rafael_Devers
Instagram: rafael.devers
2020 STATS:
Games: 57
Batting Average: 0.263
OBP: 0.310
SLG: 0.483
OPS: 0.793
Runs: 32
Hits: 61
Doubles: 16
Triples: 1
Home Runs: 11
RBIs: 43
Stolen Bases: 0
CAREER STATS:
Games: 392
Batting Average: 0.279
OBP: 0.332
SLG: 0.498
OPS: 0.830
Runs: 254
Hits: 433
Doubles: 108
Triples: 5
Home Runs: 74
RBIs: 254
Stolen Bases: 16
CAREER AWARDS:
Red Sox Heart and Hustle - 2019
Red Sox Jensen Spirit - 2019
AL Player of the Month - May 2019
AL Player of the Week - 8/18/19
Futures Game - 2015, 2017
MiLB All Star - 2014-2017
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
He led the AL in doubles and total bases in 2019.
His cousin played in the Marlins farm system.
In 2019, he broke the record for a Red Sox 3B for home runs, doubles and total bases.
He is the youngest Red Sox player in history to get 200+ hits in a season.
He hasn't used his Twitter since 2016.
Robinson Cano and David Ortiz were his favorite players growing up.
HIS BEST 2020 MOMENTS:
This was a good three run homer
He cleared the bases with this triple
He had a two homer game
This was a good out
OTHER GREAT MOMENTS:
He had a six for six game in 2019
Here's his 200th hit of 2019
WHY I LIKE HIM:
He's a great player and I can see him getting even better. One of the first guys I think of when I think of the Sox.
PAST PLAYERS:
11/9: Mike Trout 11/10: Clayton Kershaw 11/11: Shane Bieber 11/12: Trevor Bauer 11/13: Freddie Freeman 11/14: Francisco Lindor 11/15: Jose Abreu 11/16: Kyle Lewis 11/17: Devin Williams 11/18: Randy Arozarena 11/19: Framber Valdéz 11/20: Rhys Hoskins 11/21: Kris Bryant 11/22: Willians Astudillo 11/23: Carlos Carrasco 11/24: Anthony Rizzo 11/25-11/27: Break 11/28: Mike Yastrzemski 11/29: Chris Taylor 11/30: Josh Naylor 12/1: Stephen Souza Jr 12/2: Joc Pederson 12/3: Hanser Alberto 12/4: Wil Myers 12/5: Christian Yelich 12/6: Nick Ahmed 12/7: Franmil Reyes 12/8: David Fletcher 12/9: Max Muncy 12/10: Mookie Betts 12/11: Brandon Nimmo 12/12: Chadwick Tromp 12/13: Corey Seager 12/14: James Karinchak 12/15: David Peralta 12/16: Sean Doolittle 12/17: Trey Mancini 12/18: Cody Bellinger 12/19: Nolan Arenado 12/20: Juan Soto 12/21: Aaron Civale 12/22: Rich Hill 12/23: Xander Bogaerts 12/24-12/26: Break 12/27: Jeff McNeil 12/28: Zach Plesac 12/29: Matt Chapman 12/30: Ke'Bryan Hayes 12/31-1/1: Break 1/2: Adam Wainwright 1/3: Joey Votto 1/4: Jordan Luplow 1/5: Alex Gordon 1/6: Miguel Cabrera 1/7: Jesús Aguilar 1/8: Joey Gallo 1/9: Vladimir Guerrero Jr 1/10: Aaron Judge 1/11: Oscar Mercado 1/12: Ronald Acuña Jr 1/13: Buster Posey 1/14: Stephen Strasburg 1/15: Joe Kelly 1/16: Seth Lugo 1/17: John Means 1/18: Adam Plutko 1/19: Anthony Santander 1/20: Mike Moustakas 1/21: Whit Merrifield 1/22: Walker Buehler 1/23: Josh Donaldson 1/24: Miguel Rojas 1/25: Triston McKenzie 1/26: Trevor Story 1/27: Matt Olson 1/28: Tim Anderson 1/29: Kiké Hernandez 1/30: Cole Tucker 1/31: Dexter Fowler 2/1: César Hernández 2/2: Andrew McCutchen 2/3: Kyle Seager 2/4: Rougned Odor 2/5: AJ Pollock 2/6: Fernando Tatis Jr 2/7: Daniel Norris 2/8: Roberto Perez 2/9: Hyun-Jin Ryu 2/10: Tyler Glasnow 2/11: Gio Urshela 2/12: Justin Turner

BASICS:
Born: July 3, 1996
Jersey Number: 3
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
Position: SS/OF
Drafted: 2014 by the Pirates, Round 1, Pick 24
MLB Debut: April 20, 2019 for the Pirates
Teams: Pirates (2019-present)
TwitteInstagram: cotuck
2020 STATS:
Games: 37
Batting Average: 0.220
OBP: 0.252
SLG: 0.275
OPS: 0.527
Runs: 17
Hits: 24
Doubles: 3
Triples: 0
Home Runs: 1
RBIs: 8
Stolen Bases: 1
CAREER STATS:
Games: 93
Batting Average: 0.215
OBP: 0.260
SLG: 0.324
OPS: 0.584
Runs: 33
Hits: 55
Doubles: 13
Triples: 3
Home Runs: 3
RBIs: 21
Stolen Bases: 1
CAREER AWARDS:
MiLB All Star - 2015, 2016, 2017
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
He knew Cody Bellinger growing up.
His brother was Cleveland's first pick in the 2020 draft.
He hit 0.404 as a high school senior and led the 18U USA national team to a World Baseball Cup.
He was going to play baseball for U Arizona before he got drafted.
He has over 100 baseball gloves.
HIS BEST 2020 MOMENTS:
He was part of a walkoff win
This was a good hit
This was a good catch
He got a home run with the first pitch of the game
OTHER GREAT MOMENTS:
He was part of a good double play
He hit a two run homer with his family in the stands
WHY I LIKE HIM:
He seems like a nice guy and he's someone I see potential from. I also like his bromance with Bellinger and his relationship with his brother, who I hope does great things for my team.
PAST PLAYERS:
11/9: Mike Trout 11/10: Clayton Kershaw 11/11: Shane Bieber 11/12: Trevor Bauer 11/13: Freddie Freeman 11/14: Francisco Lindor 11/15: Jose Abreu 11/16: Kyle Lewis 11/17: Devin Williams 11/18: Randy Arozarena 11/19: Framber Valdéz 11/20: Rhys Hoskins 11/21: Kris Bryant 11/22: Willians Astudillo 11/23: Carlos Carrasco 11/24: Anthony Rizzo 11/25-11/27: Break 11/28: Mike Yastrzemski 11/29: Chris Taylor 11/30: Josh Naylor 12/1: Stephen Souza Jr 12/2: Joc Pederson 12/3: Hanser Alberto 12/4: Wil Myers 12/5: Christian Yelich 12/6: Nick Ahmed 12/7: Franmil Reyes 12/8: David Fletcher 12/9: Max Muncy 12/10: Mookie Betts 12/11: Brandon Nimmo 12/12: Chadwick Tromp 12/13: Corey Seager 12/14: James Karinchak 12/15: David Peralta 12/16: Sean Doolittle 12/17: Trey Mancini 12/18: Cody Bellinger 12/19: Nolan Arenado 12/20: Juan Soto 12/21: Aaron Civale 12/22: Rich Hill 12/23: Xander Bogaerts 12/24-12/26: Break 12/27: Jeff McNeil 12/28: Zach Plesac 12/29: Matt Chapman 12/30: Ke'Bryan Hayes 12/31-1/1: Break 1/2: Adam Wainwright 1/3: Joey Votto 1/4: Jordan Luplow 1/5: Alex Gordon 1/6: Miguel Cabrera 1/7: Jesús Aguilar 1/8: Joey Gallo 1/9: Vladimir Guerrero Jr 1/10: Aaron Judge 1/11: Oscar Mercado 1/12: Ronald Acuña Jr 1/13: Buster Posey 1/14: Stephen Strasburg 1/15: Joe Kelly 1/16: Seth Lugo 1/17: John Means 1/18: Adam Plutko 1/19: Anthony Santander 1/20: Mike Moustakas 1/21: Whit Merrifield 1/22: Walker Buehler 1/23: Josh Donaldson 1/24: Miguel Rojas 1/25: Triston McKenzie 1/26: Trevor Story 1/27: Matt Olson 1/28: Tim Anderson 1/29: Kiké Hernandez