Shohei leads off with a home run and pitches 5 shutout innings. Ruth never did that.

[Oklahoma Journalist]

Sure. It's a... trout.

Got that right.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Got that right.

OK. Say, he has a .270 BA, .350 OBP and .450 SLG in 600 PAs. And he is a top 3 or 5 starting pitcher.

MVP-ish, no?

Do you appreciate WAR at all? Not predictive. Just as a look back.

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

OK. Say, he has a .270 BA, .350 OBP and .450 SLG in 600 PAs. And he is a top 3 or 5 starting pitcher.

MVP-ish, no?

Do you appreciate WAR at all? Not predictive. Just as a look back.

If you win it al, then you can talk to me about MVP.

WAR!? The ultimate in dumb speculation.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Except I never did that.

oh you didnt?....you said Ohtani is outstanding, but he can’t hold a candle to Ruth. that is called speculation....

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

oh you didnt?....you said Ohtani is outstanding, but he can’t hold a candle to Ruth. that is called speculation....

Stats are speculation now? Lmao

 

[Harry Dresden]

Stats are speculation now? Lmao

thats what you are telling me...

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

thats what you are telling me...

Where?

 

[Harry Dresden]

Where?

this whole conversation is about stats....including yours....

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

this whole conversation is about stats....including yours....

Then try to use them.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Then try to use them.

thats all we have been using...baseball is about stats...how come you dont know that?..

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

thats all we have been using...baseball is about stats...how come you dont know that?..

You have been using hypotheticals.

 

[Harry Dresden]

You have been using hypotheticals.

just like you have been.....

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

just like you have been.....

Nopes, but feel free to keep not providing evidence.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Nopes, but feel free to keep not providing evidence.

read your posts...they are hypotheticals about what you said about Ruth and Otani...

 

[Cassandro]

Cassandro has show he knows very little about baseball and some of that is wrong, too.

What part of my post was wrong?

Ruth swung a 44 oz. bat against slower pitching and batted in front of Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium (with a short right field). That being said, he was still the greatest player of his era.

P.S. Replying to your own post is pathetic.

 

[Mac-7]

Ohtani continues to fill up the record books. He's the only player in MLB history to pitch and lead off with a home run in the same game. And he's done it twice.

Othani is good

But Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time

 

[Harry Dresden]

He is good

But Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time

thats because he saved the game....

 

[MarathonMike]

Babe Ruth has the lifetime stats that support him being the GOAT. He played 22 seasons and won 7 championships racked up 714 HRs with a .340 average. Ohtani will likely not reach any of those numbers. What he has proven in 9 seasons is there has never been a player with his combination of power, speed and pitching. He is the ultimate 5 tool player.

Ohtani isn't the GOAT by lifetime stats but he is the BEST all around player the game has ever seen.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

WAR!? The ultimate in dumb speculation

Which just means you dont understand it.

I'll wait for someone a little more knowledgeable to comment.

 

[jacksonlamb]

What part of my post was wrong?

P.S. Replying to your own post is pathetic.

Your are D League when it comes to baseball knowledge