MLB 2018 Season: Slugging Contenders and a bunch of Also-Rans

[Moss]

Hit his 2nd of the game, 8 HR in 8 games for Acuna. Unreal.

Now 2.8 WAR vs. 2.2 WAR for Juan Soto. Will be an interesting ROY race down the stretch as Soto still has a slight edge in OPS+ (153 v. 146)

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[Melena]

Any other year, I think Derick Rodriguez would be considered a front runner, but not with Acuna and Soto. Dude is going to be a distant third between those two.

[Akiyama]

Acuna hit first pitch of the game. What a piece of shit that dude was.. got thrown out, I bet his ass gets suspended too. What a crock of shit.

[Moss]

Acuna hit first pitch of the game. What a piece of shit that dude was.. got thrown out, I bet his ass gets suspended too. What a crock of shit.

Wow what a bitch.

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[Melena]

Acuna hit first pitch of the game. What a piece of shit that dude was.. got thrown out, I bet his ass gets suspended too. What a crock of shit.

If Acuna is injured, god help the rest of the Marlins cause everyone is going to be a target. Just saw video of it and that was about as intentional as you can get.

[NynJa]

https://twitter.com/KyleSandy355/sta...8487800967168/

Its okay to bean players with 98 mph fastballs because they're on a hot streak.

[Obsidian]

"I mean, he's good a baseball. Sometimes you just have to kill somebody to win the game. That's baseball."

[Obsidian]

At least his HR streak will stay intact because his only plate appearance was a HBP.

Edit: Also, can you guess who one of the players tied for the home run streak is? Marlins manager Don Mattingly.

[NynJa]

Soooooo, start folding up them tin foil hats:

The major league record for the most consecutive games in which a home run has been hit by a player is eight (held by Ken Griffey Jr., Dale Long, and Don Mattingly).

[Moss]

X-rays negative, Acuña day to day. Thank god.

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[Melena]

At least his HR streak will stay intact because his only plate appearance was a HBP.

Edit: Also, can you guess who one of the players tied for the home run streak is? Marlins manager Don Mattingly.

His leadoff homerun streak though I think is toast since he didn't lead off the game with a home run.

[Obsidian]

His leadoff homerun streak though I think is toast since he didn't lead off the game with a home run.

From my understanding it should still be intact because he never recorded a plate appearance, so he effectively didn't lead off. But that's just what I'm getting out of twitter, I could very well be mistaken.

[synistar]

It counts as plate appearance since the result is HBP = become a runner at 1st base. It isn't an AB, which a HBP is recorded like a sac play, walk, etc.

But rules say that the streak is alive per MLB rules that his only plate appearance was HBP.

[Moss]

It counts as plate appearance since the result is HBP = become a runner at 1st base. It isn't an AB, which a HBP is recorded like a sac play, walk, etc.

But rules say that the streak is alive per MLB rules that his only plate appearance was HBP.

Yeah. Last time I remember this rule coming up is when Derek Jeter had a long hit streak going then went 0-0 with a bunch of walks and a sac bunt. IIRC the streak continued since a sac bunt is "intentional" whereas if he had gone 0-0 including a sac fly, the streak would've been over.

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[Melena]

Mets are up 24-4 on the phillies. What's even more remarkable is that 11 of those runs are unearned.

[Vaspinne]

Mets are up 24-4 on the phillies. What's even more remarkable is that 11 of those runs are unearned.

40 runs in their last 2 games

[Melena]

Urena got six games. Somehow Puig the butch only got two.

[NynJa]

So, in reality, its a one game suspension.

[Obsidian]

The real punishment would have been making Urena start the next five games.

[Moss]

Pitcher suspensions continue to be a joke

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