The Official TROUTstanding Thread

[Chuckster70 17,907]

The other thread died, so here goes a new one. Feel free to post anything and everything Troutstanding in this thread. 

I'll start with this....

 

Mike Trout OBPs, last 5 seasons:
2014: .377
2015: .402
2016: .441
2017: .442
2018: .448 pic.twitter.com/Rks7so2aTS

— Baseball Reference (@baseball_ref) May 29, 2018

[Dick B Back 3,434]

I like Trout’s number.

[Chuckster70 17,907]

I will sticky this later. 

Check that, @tdawg87 will. 

[zenmaster 1,579]

He could hit 5 WAR by June 1st. Many players don’t get this in a couple years...

[Angel Oracle 11,552]

Imagine his rbis count, if he had real hitters in front of him. 

[Chuckster70 17,907]

Through 52 games:

2018 Mike Trout
.313/.461/.687
45 R
56 H
17 HR
12/12 SB

1967 Carl Yastrzemski
.324/.423/.644
35 R
61 H
14 HR
5/8 SB

1965 Willie Mays
.321/.393/.674
38 R
59 H
17 HR
2/5 SB

Yaz finished that season with a 12.5 WAR and Mays finished with an 11.2 WAR. @Angels

— Hot Stove Stats (@HotStoveStats) May 27, 2018

[Chuckster70 17,907]

Video of Trout's best game this season (so far)...

Mike Trout is not human pic.twitter.com/tHL3wdGnsY

— Kent Murphy (@KentMurphy) May 28, 2018

[Troutstanding 112]

Troutstanding, indeed!

[Dick B Back 3,434]

Is Trout going to the Harper school of hair cuttery this year?

[JustATroutFan 617]

He has an OPS over 1.200 this month. Also batting over .300 to go along with an OBP of like .500. Ruthian-like, indeed! 

[Chuckster70 17,907]

You're reading this correct. Mike Trout is on pace for a 15.4 WAR season which would be the best ever by a position player.

[hangin n wangin 3,389]

Another Trout circle jerk? I'm in.

[hangin n wangin 3,389]

4 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

You're reading this correct. Mike Trout is on pace for a 15.4 WAR season which would be the best ever by a position player.

Holy shit. And that's with him going through that stretch where he wasn't other worldly. 

[Angelsjunky 8,782]

The crazy thing is that his BABIP is still pretty low, so if that positively regresses to the norm than his numbers will be even better.

Anyhow, he’s on pace for his best season. Nice to continue racking up 2nd place MVP finishes.

[Angel Oracle 11,552]

Betts won't keep up his pace all season.

[fan_since79 9,873]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

You're reading this correct. Mike Trout is on pace for a 15.4 WAR season which would be the best ever by a position player.

He would shatter Babe Ruth's record of 14.1 set in 1923.

 

[Angelsjunky 8,782]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

You're reading this correct. Mike Trout is on pace for a 15.4 WAR season which would be the best ever by a position player.

Impressive, yes, but math fail. Not sure how you get 15.4, it’s exactly a third of the way through the season and he’s got 4.9 rWAR and 4.4 fWAR, so his pace is 14.7 or 13.2.

in other words, he sucks.

[fan_since79 9,873]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

Imagine his rbis count, if he had real hitters in front of him. 

Cozart, Simmons, Trout

and Maldonado in the 9-spot. He's been getting on base this month. 

[Ohtaniland 7,182]

3 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Imagine his rbis count, if he had real hitters in front of him. 

All joking aside, what would his numbers look like today if he had played in a hitters ballpark surrounded by hitters?

 

 

 

[Angel Oracle 11,552]

What's the worst thing that happens, if the following lineup is used for the next few weeks against RHP, when Ohtani isn't about to pitch?

Cozart, Simmons, Trout, Ohtani, Upton, Pujols, Kinsler, Cold, Machete

Pujols has had the 6th best OPS so far this season, basically the same OPS as 2017.   What is going to change soon?

I guess it's baby steps for Sosh, that Kinsler and Cold are no longer higher up in the order.

 

[Chuckster70 17,907]

1 hour ago, Angelsjunky said:

Impressive, yes, but math fail. Not sure how you get 15.4, it’s exactly a third of the way through the season and he’s got 4.9 rWAR and 4.4 fWAR, so his pace is 14.7 or 13.2.

in other words, he sucks.

Well then the Angels media guide and STATS Inc. fails at MATH, not I. 

[Chuckster70 17,907]

More from STATS Inc. today...

YOU READ THAT RIGHT: Mike Trout is on pace for a 15.4 WAR season – would be the best ever by a position player.

FAST AND FAR: With two stolen bases May 20th, Mike Trout reached 175 for his career...One of six players to tally 200 HRs & 175 SBs in their first eight seasons joining Willie Mays, Barry/Bobby Bonds, Darryl Strawberry & Rafael Soriano)... Trout is the lone player to do prior to age-27 season.

[Angelsjunky 8,782]

I didn’t know STATS had their own version of WAR. 

[Taylor 13,239]

1 minute ago, Angelsjunky said:

I didn’t know STATS had their own version of WAR. 

sWAR is the new fWAR.

[Angelsjunky 8,782]

I’m guessing they took BR WAR after the five hit game and extrapolated from that. The pace is lower now.