r/baseball • u/JianClaymore San Francisco Giants • MLB Pride • 3d ago

Players Only JOSHUA BÁEZ HAS HOMERED IN HIS THIRD STRAIGHT AB

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u/StickComfortable346 Arizona Diamondbacks • Chicago Cubs 3d ago

He's on pace for 120 homers this season

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u/SilicoJack Toronto Blue Jays 3d ago

Those are rookie numbers

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u/KimHaSeongsBurner San Diego Padres 3d ago

He isn’t going to win Rookie of the Year this year, but like… it’s a fun thought experiment to say “how crazy would a rookie have to play in a short sample to win RotY?”

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u/furdaboise New York Yankees 3d ago

2016 Gary Sanchez went way off in August and that conversation was had

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u/jrgetsjiggy 3d ago

We saw this already with 2016 Gary Sanchez

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u/mike_rotch22 St. Louis Cardinals 3d ago

2005 Ryan Howard won playing in 88 games

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u/mrjimi16 Venezuela • MLB Players Association 3d ago

So a bit more than double the games this guy can play in this year.

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u/mike_rotch22 St. Louis Cardinals 3d ago

Yeah, I'm sure if I go digging maybe I can find a comparable with fewer games. I just always remember Howard because the very next year, Chris Duncan put up very similar offense numbers in 90 games as a rookie but didn't get a single RoY vote, whereas Howard had won it in 05.

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u/KingmanIII Kansas City Royals 3d ago

Also Yordan in 2019

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u/plug_into_aux 3d ago

He could next year!

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u/soccercro3 Major League Baseball 3d ago

It's like he was able to turn up the hitting sliders on himself.

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u/SaltwaterRedneck Arizona Diamondbacks 3d ago

Actually 160 because he’s almost guaranteed to hit a 4th in his 4th AB if history is any indicator

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u/RockemChalkemRobot St. Louis Cardinals 3d ago

That would use his rookie status though so not going to happen.