Guess what Jeff Mathis is currently hitting

[yk9001]

AVG

• .000

HR

• 0

RBI

• 0

OPS

• .000

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/5921

[yk9001]

Yeah, I didn't know he was still in the league either.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

He has struck out in more than half of his plate appearances, so there's that.

Edited May 14, 2021 by Vegas Halo Fan

[St1ck]

Not including this year he has made $22 million in his career. 

[Lou]

1.00 cera 

[Blarg]

He is currently getting more plate appearances than Pujols.

[T.G.]

1 hour ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

He has struck out in more than half of his plate appearances, so there's that.

Not true.

[T.G.]

1 hour ago, yk9001 said:

Yeah, I didn't know he was still in the league either.

He's played in one game and had 3 AB's.

[T.G.]

1 hour ago, st1ckboy said:

Not including this year he has made $22 million in his career. 

He's had a long career playing a frickin' game. 

Good for him.

[St1ck]

4 minutes ago, True Grich said:

He's had a long career playing a frickin' game. 

Good for him.

It's not a game It's a multi billion dollar business. 

[T.G.]

Just now, st1ckboy said:

It's not a game It's a multi billion dollar business. 

Ok.   Didn't mean to trigger you.

Still... Good for him.

[bloodbrother]

Best player to wear #5 for the Angels since Brian Downing

[St1ck]

7 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Ok.   Didn't mean to trigger you.

Still... Good for him.

Not triggered

[T.G.]

8 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

Not triggered

Ok.  Good.

[REDneck]

Not bad for a bullpen catcher!!

And 22 million...ill take it!

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, st1ckboy said:

It's not a game It's a multi billion dollar business. 

then it's even more impressive.  

[Brandon]

I thought clicking on a thread titled "Guess what Mathis is currently hitting" would be about domestic violence

[UndertheHalo]

i hope jeff is having a nice time.  wherever he is.  

[ScottT]

lol

Making $1.8 million.

Dude must be a hypnotist.   Or his agent is...     amazing.

[ScottT]

Jeff Mathis has a career WAR of 0.4.     He has to have one one the top earnings to WAR ratios of all time.  

One of the most amazing careers of all time, probably.  

[yk9001]

4 hours ago, True Grich said:

He's played in one game and had 3 AB's.

He's had 7 abs and somehow managed a -.2 WAR in those 7 abs.

https://www.baseball-reference.com

[WicketMaiden]

It highlights just how weak the catcher position is in MLB. To be honest, after watching Suzuki drop routine pop-ups, pass balls he should be stopping, and frame strikes out of the zone into balls, I'd rather have Mathis and no bat than Suzuki's terrible D, three double-play outs and sub .300 OBP anaemic bat. But that could be more about me than him.

[fan_since79]

He had one of the biggest hits in Angels postseason history. In fact, that was probably the last feel-good moment in Angels postseason history, and it happened 12 years ago.

 

[Docwaukee]

20 minutes ago, WicketMaiden said:

It highlights just how weak the catcher position is in MLB. To be honest, after watching Suzuki drop routine pop-ups, pass balls he should be stopping, and frame strikes out of the zone into balls, I'd rather have Mathis and no bat than Suzuki's terrible D, three double-play outs and sub .300 OBP anaemic bat. But that could be more about me than him.

and really always has been.  It's not exclusive to our generation of mlb.  And speaks to the somewhat disposable nature of the position or why teams don't seem to spend a lot of time on the development process for these guys.  Or why there typically isn't a ton of draft or international capital put into this position.  It's either too hard to predict or too damn difficult to make them what they need to be with what is likely a very low return on investment.  When these guys are age 16 to 21, you have no idea whether they're going to be able to do the one immeasurable thing that makes them a good catcher and that's handle a pitching staff.  With all the advanced metrics and info coming from the dugout you'd think they could micromanage that a bit better but they haven't totally figured this out yet which is why guys like Mathis have 14 years of service time.  The subculture of the catcher position in mlb is so interesting to me.  

[Stradling]

8 hours ago, REDneck said:

Not bad for a bullpen catcher!!

And 22 million...ill take it!

Be better at baseball.