Even the great Lucas Duda lost his “fast twitch” in his early 30s.
Phillies-Mets tonight. Finally.
Thru Saturday, June 13, in “Phillie Ville”:
Yeah, everyone is in awe of Kyle Schwarber (age 33) having so many (24) home runs already. Launching missiles.
But he has very few runs scored (42), and RBIs (42), to show for it, and an incredible number of strikeouts (104 in 67 games).
He’s turned into another Adam Dunn, who “aged rapidly” after age 33.
Bryce Harper (age 33) is having a solidly decent year (.260/.369/.504), but it seems like age is catching up with him somewhat. His days of producing killer stats may be slowly and permanently receding.
Trea Turner (about to turn 33 later this month) is hitting .222, and maybe age is also catching up with him. A long way from his hitting a robust .328 in 2021. 106 points lower is a LONG way.
JT Realmuto (age 35) is hitting .210, with 15 RBIs and 15 runs in 48 games. He’s turned into just another Luis Torrens.
The only guy on the entire team that’s hitting impressively is age 28 Brandon Marsh (.328).
One guarantee for the aging Phillies on October 1?
They will all be 3.5 months older.
As the Beatles once sang, “a little bit older, and a little bit slower”.
In a VERY fast-twitch game.
Ryan Howard was a Phillies beast, until he got into his 30s. In his 20s, in a 4 year stretch, he averaged 50 homers and 143 RBIs. But at age 32-36, he was very much diminished.
FAST TWITCH IS NOT OPTIONAL. FAST TWITCH DECLINES RAPIDLY.
Jose Reyes dropped 100 points from age 32 to age 35.
Fast Twitch Jose lost his fast twitch.
The Phillies are losing theirs.
The Mets? They just make me twitch.
“I’d rather twitch than switch”? Don’t count on it.
METS WIN 9-1.
Break up the Mets.
McLEAN THE ACE THREW A GREG MADDUX SPECIAL. 7 IP, 0 ER, 9K.
15 METS HITS. THREE APIECE FOR SOTO, BICHETTE, ALVAREZ.
BICHETTE CATAPULTS TO .254, HITTING .387 OVER LAST 15 GAMES.
But…
What is the deal, Mr. Stearns, with bringing this punchless dude Zach Short back in here?
He goes 0-3, 2 Ks, and error. Today, it didn’t matter, but…
Short has been to the plate 644 times in his career.
His career slash line is .171/.272/.290. .171???
His offensive talent? He walks fairly often.
And his 22 MLB career errors are nothing special, so he is not Rey Ordonez.
Why? Don’t ask me. Frankly, I am coming up Short here.
CLIFFORD FANS TWO MORE TIMES
99 Ks. Just on June 17.
Three months left to AAA season, which concludes on September 20.
How high is high?
MINOR LEAGUE SLUGGER OF THE DAY
FCL Mets infielder (9th rounder) Anthony Frobose, age 18, who smashed a 3 run jack, drove in 2 runs, and had 2 hits.
Elian Peña (.264) had 3 hits, as runner-up, and the hot Mitch Voit (.237) had 2 of hitting challenged Brooklyn’s typical meager output of 5 hits.
11 comments:
I don't understand the Short move. Comes up short in my brain. Why not Bae?
Mack…a baffler.
Bichette is following the Cleon Jones pattern of 1968. Cold for two months, then scorching. Went from l220 to briefly over .300.
Only 6 NL hitters above .300. Why can’t he catch up? Why can’t Soto (.297)?
Regarding all-star voting, Soto is about as popular as Trump
When you play for a losing team like Soto, and accept walks so much, which many fans don’t care about…
He did miss 15(?) games, too. His numbers of HRs and RBIs would be 25% higher, too.
But if Judge had Soto’s exact #s, he’d be a shoo-in.
Is anyone excited about 2 series with the Phillies over the next 11 days? Why, or why not?
Insightful as well as fun post. Here's a number, Tom, you may want to get your hands on: the number of games the Mets have won this year when facing a starting pitcher whose ERA is currently under 4.5/gm.
A baker's dozen hits against low tier pitchers means nothing and is at best misleading because it raises the averages of runs scored/game and hits/game. The wins all count don't get me wrong. But the FO job is to look a little deeper than that and see what your team is really made of and capable of.
And it goes deeper still. You get hitters like Vientos, Alvarez and Baty who hit against pitchers whose top heat is luke warm, when you know that the flaws in their swings makes them vulnerable to high heat and down and out (in in Baty's case) movement pitches off that.
I would have rather seen Voit. Hell could he have done worse?
Jules, my article on Tuesday about Baty spelled it out for Baty…be 100% willing to swing for the fences like Schwarber, and fan a lot in the process, because, unless the analyst estimates were wrong, Baty is supposed to have approximately the same power as Schwarber. Or remain a powerless wimp.
Thank you for your “Short” but accurate comment, Gary.
I’d be OK if they had tried Wyatt Young instead. Or Bae.
We find out later today, most likely, when Lindor will be back. My guess is next week Friday. Hopefully, he hits the ground running. Short’s stay must be short indeed.
Jett Williams could have been here, but he is hitting .227 in AAA with his new team.
WHAT A JERKY DRAFT THAT WAS!
Him and Parada in the first 14 picks.
Luisangel also is hitting a crappy .202 for the White Sox, with no HRs. Last year with the Mets, 175 ABs, no homers.
Boy, do these front office guys have an eye for talent, or what? Awful.
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