Wheels Tupay wrote:Trout had a .496 OBP for the month of June. Dude is making the MLB look like little league.

According to a Reuters report, Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter’s 2012 purchase of the Dodgers might not have been entirely on the up-and-up. The news comes after a class-action complaint was filed in May (and amended in June) claims that Guggenheim Partners has been defrauding investors and insurance company customers.

the alleged scheme included how Guggenheim, Walter, then-Guggenheim president Todd Boehly and Texas oil tycoon Robert “Bobby” Patton Jr used the insurers as a “cash machine” to fund the $2.15 billion Dodgers purchase in 2012.

Slowhand wrote:

Wheels Tupay wrote:Trout had a .496 OBP for the month of June. Dude is making the MLB look like little league.

Check out how good this guy was at getting on base in his career.

momadance wrote:

Slowhand wrote:

Wheels Tupay wrote:Trout had a .496 OBP for the month of June. Dude is making the MLB look like little league.

Check out how good this guy was at getting on base in his career.

Heard he started to get ice cold toward the end.

ReadingPhilly wrote:rockies sent jon gray down. he's got hte 13th best fwar for pitchers in mlb.

1 wrote:

momadance wrote:

Slowhand wrote:

Wheels Tupay wrote:Trout had a .496 OBP for the month of June. Dude is making the MLB look like little league.

Check out how good this guy was at getting on base in his career.

Heard he started to get ice cold toward the end.

Head and shoulders above the competition

swishnicholson wrote:

1 wrote:

momadance wrote:

Slowhand wrote:

Wheels Tupay wrote:Trout had a .496 OBP for the month of June. Dude is making the MLB look like little league.

Check out how good this guy was at getting on base in his career.

Heard he started to get ice cold toward the end.

Head and shoulders above the competition

Not a very good clubhouse guy, though. Came across as very detached.

ReadingPhilly wrote:

According to a Reuters report, Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter’s 2012 purchase of the Dodgers might not have been entirely on the up-and-up. The news comes after a class-action complaint was filed in May (and amended in June) claims that Guggenheim Partners has been defrauding investors and insurance company customers.

the alleged scheme included how Guggenheim, Walter, then-Guggenheim president Todd Boehly and Texas oil tycoon Robert “Bobby” Patton Jr used the insurers as a “cash machine” to fund the $2.15 billion Dodgers purchase in 2012.

Mozeliak was candid in his assessment of Dexeter Fowler on a podcast with Cardinals announcer Dan McLaughlin.

“I’ve also had a lot of people come up to me and question his effort and energy level,” Mozeliak said. “Those are things I can’t defend. What I can defend is trying to create opportunities for him, but not if it’s at the expense of someone that’s out there hustling and playing hard.”

Warszawa wrote:What the #$!&@ is up with Bryce Harper? If I didn’t know better I would think he sucks

pacino wrote:

Warszawa wrote:What the #$!&@ is up with Bryce Harper? If I didn’t know better I would think he sucks

his BABIP is historically low. some of that is obviously bad luck because his OBP is still there. His exit velocity is lower than it was when he was amazing. is there such a a thing as *too much* patience if he's letting hittable pitches go by and getting himself down in the count? not sure, but that's what I saw when he was facing us. he's pulling the ball at a 5% higher rate this year. Jay Jaffe wrote about his changes; he appears to be making less contact with pitches.

he's just maybe not as good as he used to be; more of a top 25 player instead of a top 5

mtcal wrote:

pacino wrote:

Warszawa wrote:What the #$!&@ is up with Bryce Harper? If I didn’t know better I would think he sucks

his BABIP is historically low. some of that is obviously bad luck because his OBP is still there. His exit velocity is lower than it was when he was amazing. is there such a a thing as *too much* patience if he's letting hittable pitches go by and getting himself down in the count? not sure, but that's what I saw when he was facing us. he's pulling the ball at a 5% higher rate this year. Jay Jaffe wrote about his changes; he appears to be making less contact with pitches.

he's just maybe not as good as he used to be; more of a top 25 player instead of a top 5

stupid question but teams seem to be shifting something ridiculous this year - could that be affecting him/getting in his head?

mtcal wrote:

pacino wrote:

Warszawa wrote:What the #$!&@ is up with Bryce Harper? If I didn’t know better I would think he sucks

his BABIP is historically low. some of that is obviously bad luck because his OBP is still there. His exit velocity is lower than it was when he was amazing. is there such a a thing as *too much* patience if he's letting hittable pitches go by and getting himself down in the count? not sure, but that's what I saw when he was facing us. he's pulling the ball at a 5% higher rate this year. Jay Jaffe wrote about his changes; he appears to be making less contact with pitches.

he's just maybe not as good as he used to be; more of a top 25 player instead of a top 5

stupid question but teams seem to be shifting something ridiculous this year - could that be affecting him/getting in his head?

Warszawa wrote:

mtcal wrote:

pacino wrote:

Warszawa wrote:What the #$!&@ is up with Bryce Harper? If I didn’t know better I would think he sucks

his BABIP is historically low. some of that is obviously bad luck because his OBP is still there. His exit velocity is lower than it was when he was amazing. is there such a a thing as *too much* patience if he's letting hittable pitches go by and getting himself down in the count? not sure, but that's what I saw when he was facing us. he's pulling the ball at a 5% higher rate this year. Jay Jaffe wrote about his changes; he appears to be making less contact with pitches.

he's just maybe not as good as he used to be; more of a top 25 player instead of a top 5

stupid question but teams seem to be shifting something ridiculous this year - could that be affecting him/getting in his head?

Who are the top 5 players in MLB right now?

smitty wrote:

Warszawa wrote:

mtcal wrote:

pacino wrote:

Warszawa wrote:What the #$!&@ is up with Bryce Harper? If I didn’t know better I would think he sucks

his BABIP is historically low. some of that is obviously bad luck because his OBP is still there. His exit velocity is lower than it was when he was amazing. is there such a a thing as *too much* patience if he's letting hittable pitches go by and getting himself down in the count? not sure, but that's what I saw when he was facing us. he's pulling the ball at a 5% higher rate this year. Jay Jaffe wrote about his changes; he appears to be making less contact with pitches.

he's just maybe not as good as he used to be; more of a top 25 player instead of a top 5

stupid question but teams seem to be shifting something ridiculous this year - could that be affecting him/getting in his head?

Who are the top 5 players in MLB right now?

The Angels guy from Philly.

A couple of Yankees.

A couple of Red Sox.

And there you go.