Career Chartered: Firstbase

Career Charted

We actually had a tie this week with 4 votes each for both Jeff Bagwell and Frank Thomas. I decided to make 2 cards for each player. I picked the 4 most interesting years (2 for each) for each of these players.

The story starts in 1990 when my beloved Red Sox traded a young, unproven first basemen for journeyman reliever Larry Andersen. The Red Sox would be Andersen's fifth team at that point in his career. He would pitch 22 regular season innings and 3 post season inning (with an ERA of 6.00). He would move on to San Diego the next year. The next year the Astros would start the athletic, weight lifting enthusiast kid at first. He would hit just shy of .300 in his first year and win Rookie of the Year. 

#ShotsFriday Leaderboard

We have first blood. The only homer in our first week of #ShotsFriday was a dark horse. @Apiatz1019 pulling Carlos Gonzalez out with the way back machine. Reminder for every homer you get the week before you get an extra vote. The game I am excited for tonight is the battle of the Texans. I am taking George Springer to get out of his slump. Everyone enjoy your favorite work appropriate beverage and root for homers!

TwitterBoard- 

1- Apiatz1019

Player Board

1- Carlos Gonzalez

What do you want?

What Do You Want?

Coming back to this blog after our 2 year sabbatical (fancy word for ghosting) I realized the landscape for content creating has changed wildly. The variety of content able to be produced is much greater than when I left you all. What I am interested in is finding content you all want and providing it to you. This may involve new mediums like a podcast or Twitch channel. It may involve recruiting people to join our team.

My simple question is "what would excite you to see?"

There is a form below that allows me to compile feed back easily.

What content would you like to see during the 2018 season?

#ShotsFriday rules

#ShotsFriday Rules

Welcome to everyone's favorite Twitter game about picking players who hit homers. The rules are simple. Follow me on Twitter. @MLBShowdownGuru and I will post the link to the Google Form to submit an guess of which MLB player will homer for the Friday games. The rules are simple. 

• Submissions must be made before games start.

• Everyone gets default 1 selection per week. 

• Your first submission is the one I record You can change you submission if it turns out a player is not starting.

• Re-submissions must be made before the game starts. If your player homers you get a point.

• You get an additional pick for each point you got the previous week. 

• We have a bonus round for the Home Run Derby.

After your selection enjoy your favorite work appropriate beverage and try not to be distracted thinking of baseball all day!

I will publish results here.  

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MLB Showdown 2015: Relievers 1/3 IP

Player	year	Control	Points	IP	Homer	Double	Single	Walk	FB	GB	PU	SO
Justin Wilson	2015	6	50	1/3	0	20	18-19	16-17	12-15	9-11	3-8	1-2
Randall Delgado	2015	5	50	1/3	0	20	18-19	16-17	12-15	10-11	3-9	1-2
Blaine Hardy	2015	4	50	1/3	0	0	18-20	17	11-16	7-10	3-6	1-2
La Troy Hawkins	2015	4	40	1/3	0	20	17-19	0	14-16	8-13	3-7	1-2
Javier Lopez	2015	3	40	1/3	0	0	19-20		13-18	7-12	3-6	1-2
Yimi Garcia	2015	2	40	1/3	0	0	20	19	15-18	10-14	3-9	1-2
Fernando Salas	2015	6	30	1/3	0	20	16-19	15	11-14	9-10	3-8	1-2
Jake Petricka	2015	3	30	1/3	0	0	18-20	0	16-17	6-15	3-5	1-2
Bryan Shaw	2015	2	30	1/3	0	20	19	0	13-18	8-12	3-7	1-2
Fernando Abad	2015	5	10	1/3	20	0	16-19	0	12-15	8-11	3-7	1-2

MLB Showdown 2015: Relievers 2 IP

Player	year	Control	Points	IP	Homer	Double	Single	Walk	FB	GB	PU	SO
Yusmeiro Petit	2015	5	300	2	0	20	17-19	0	12-16	7-11	3-6	1-2
Alex Wilson	2015	3	300	2	0	20	18-19	0	12-17	6-11	3-5	1-2
Adam Warren	2015	3	270	2	0	20	19	18	13-17	7-12	3-6	1-2
Carlos Villenueva	2015	6	250	2	0	20	17-19	15-16	12-14	7-11	3-6	1-2
Brad Brach	2015	4	250	2	0	20	19	17-18	13-16	9-12	3-8	1-2
Zach Duke	2015	1	180	2	0	20	0	19	16-18	9-15	3-8	1-2
Drew Pomeranz	2015	3	170	2	0	20	18-19	17	13-16	8-12	3-7	1-2	Closer
Ryan Webb	2015	2	170	2	0	20	19	18	13-17	8-12	3-7	1-2
Anthony Bass	2015	3	110	2	0	20	18-19	16-17	12-15	7-11	3-6	1-2
Trevor May	2015	3	90	2	0	20	17-19	16	12-15	8-11	3-7	1-2