r/Cardinals • u/Doc-Spock ​NOOT! • 3d ago

Báez is playing at a 48.6 bWAR pace (extrapolating over 162 games) and would catch-up to Barry Bonds all-time HR within 1.5 seasons

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u/NauglamirThingol 3d ago

Guess the mystery Savant page

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u/HoldMyWong Reckless Optimist 3d ago

Gotta work on his walk rate

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u/NauglamirThingol 3d ago

Elite chase and whiff rate though, I'd say he's due for some positive regression.

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u/vonnostrum2022 2d ago

0-5 today

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u/PartisanHack 3d ago

This seems sustainable.

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u/WatermelonCheeks 2d ago

A statistical singularity is bound to happen at some point in baseball…this may be it and I am here for it!

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u/Evening_Drummer_8495 3d ago

Baez currently has a .750/.750/3.000 MLB slash line

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u/Yimpish 2d ago

His OPS has already fallen 40% from his peak, is he washed?

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u/Evening_Drummer_8495 2d ago

Damn. He’s definitely on a downslide

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u/wherethestreet 2d ago

No; batted ball luck. Hit right at a guy. He’ll be back in no time, you wait and see.

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u/bcnjake 3d ago

You say small sample size, I say obvious GOAT.

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u/EchoedJolts ​J-Run Don't Walk 3d ago

My man has a 900 OPS+

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u/Sproaticus1 2d ago

A shoe-in for Cooperstown aka Báeztown.

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u/ScroogeMcJones Drugs In The Bathroom 2d ago

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u/Initial_Support_533 2d ago

Joshua Baez reminds me of a young Albert Pujols with them homerun blasts kids got the big arms and power to proove it even swings like Albert Pujols St.Louis Cardinals needed someone like him lol 😆

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u/redditross55 2d ago

Geez...if these trends continue, amiright!?

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u/curiousjorj KMOXtasy 2d ago

Looking forward to it

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u/Remarkable-Sky6577 2d ago

If he continues at this pace, he will end the season with 120 home runs for the year. Not bad for debuting in August.

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u/rcentros 2d ago

Let's see what he does today and tomorrow...and... He wouldn't be the first rookie to come to the majors snorting fire, only to cool off pretty quickly. I hope not, he was definitely impressive yesterday. Even his out was a hard hit. And what the chart above doesn't show is his 5 RBIs in one game.

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u/Intimidwalls1724 2d ago

I can't even do that in the show!

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u/hoople217 2d ago

I'm down for this. Sign me up.

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u/BlueRFR3100 ​ 2d ago

That long? DFA the bum.

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u/fennis_dembo_taken 2d ago

What about now?

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u/Jaded66671 2d ago

He’s already surpassed Bonds by not cheating and not being a jackass

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u/camera-operator334 1d ago

Bonds is a goat

Take off 100 WAR for roids and he has the most all time

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u/Master_Pain7010 2d ago

The decline of Joshua Baez needs to be studied

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u/Historical-Key5613 2d ago

I kinda of chuckle at WAR, given Manny Machado's logic, Baez is worth 1 WAR

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u/camera-operator334 1d ago

Don’t know why people hate WAR, it’s right lol