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Posted byUmpire

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22 hours ago

[General Discussion] Around the Horn - 5/1/18

So what's this thread for?

Discussion of yesterday's games.
Excitement for today's games
General questions
Mildly interesting facts.
Praising Santa 🎅
Anything else worth sharing/asking that doesn't warrant its own post

For game threads, use the games schedule on the sidebar to navigate to the team you want a game thread for.

This Week's Schedule

Day	Feature
Sunday 4/29	Sunday Night Baseball game thread: NYY @ LAA
Monday 4/30	/r/baseball Power Rankings
Tuesday 5/1	/r/baseball Players of the Week
Wednesday 5/2	Weekly Wager Thread
Thursday 5/3	Division Discussion Thread: The Easts
Friday 5/4	Trash Talk Thread
Saturday 5/5

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Posted byAtlanta Braves

u/lemcoe9

22 hours ago

/r/baseball Players of the Week - Week 4: Rays' catcher Wilson Ramos puts up a wild 1.848 OPS, Reds legend Joey Votto reaches base more times than not while showing us his dance moves, and Pirates rookie Nick Kingham makes history in his stunning MLB Debut!

Feature

Hello r/baseball! Welcome to r/MLBAwardVoters' Players of the Week Feature! We have 30 Voters (one from every team) and we vote each week on the best hitting and pitching performances in both Leagues.

We vote each week on Monday and crown the Players of the Weeks on Tuesday.

Stats are from Baseball-Reference.com's handy Daily Gamelog Finder, which will aggregate statistics from last week (April 23rd through April 29th).

Name	Votes	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1st - Wilson Ramos	8	14	4	7	2	0	3	8	2	1	.500	.563	1.286	1.848
2nd - Didi Gregorius	6	28	7	10	1	0	4	10	3	6	.357	.419	.821	1.241
T3rd - Pedro Alvarez	3	17	6	5	0	0	4	6	3	6	.294	.400	1.000	1.400
T3rd - Matt Davidson	3	29	5	10	2	0	4	7	3	9	.345	.424	.828	1.252
T3rd - Yoan Moncada	3	35	7	13	3	1	3	4	2	14	.371	.405	.771	1.177
T4th - Kevin Pillar	1	21	4	7	3	1	3	6	2	2	.333	.375	1.000	1.375
T4th - Daniel Robertson	1	18	3	8	3	0	1	3	3	4	.444	.565	.778	1.343

Name	Votes	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1st - Joey Votto	22	25	7	9	1	4	8	9	5	0	.360	.543	.880	1.423
T2nd - Jose Peraza	1	34	8	15	0	2	5	1	2	1	.441	.457	.618	1.075
T2nd - Scooter Gennett	1	28	7	11	2	2	7	3	4	0	.393	.452	.679	1.130
T2nd - Howie Kendrick	1	20	3	9	3	2	4	2	2	0	.450	.478	.900	1.378

Name	Votes	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	WHIP	BAbip	SO9	SO/W
1st - J.A. Happ	10	14.0	9	3	0	19	1	1.93	50	0.643	.267	12.2	∞
2nd - CC Sabathia	7	13.0	7	1	2	8	0	0.69	49	0.692	.179	5.5	4.0
T3rd - Lance McCullers Jr.	2	7.0	2	0	0	7	0	0.00	22	0.286	.133	9.0	∞
T3rd - Gerrit Cole	2	13.2	10	5	2	20	0	3.29	52	0.878	.345	13.2	10.0
T4th - Sean Manaea	1	7.0	4	0	1	7	0	0.00	27	0.714	.211	9.0	7.0
T4th - Edwin Diaz	1	4.0	0	0	1	8	0	0.00	13	0.250	.000	18.0	8.0
T4th - Masahiro Tanaka	1	12.2	5	2	4	14	1	1.42	48	0.711	.148	9.9	3.5
T4th - Kevin Gausman	1	13.2	9	3	4	11	2	1.98	53	0.951	.194	7.2	2.8

Name	Votes	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	WHIP	BAbip	SO9	SO/W
1st - Tyler Chatwood	10	13.0	6	1	8	9	0	0.69	48	1.077	.200	6.2	1.1
2nd - Nick Kingham	6	7.0	1	0	0	9	0	0.00	22	0.143	.077	11.6	∞
T3rd - Tyler Mahle	3	12.1	7	4	4	18	2	2.92	47	0.892	.217	13.1	4.5
T3rd - Ivan Nova	3	8.0	6	0	0	5	0	0.00	29	0.750	.250	5.6	∞
T4th - Jon Gray	1	6.0	3	0	1	11	0	0.00	20	0.667	.375	16.5	11.0
T4th - Hunter Strickland	1	4.2	0	0	1	7	0	0.00	15	0.214	.000	13.5	7.0
T4th - Gio Gonzalez	1	12.0	10	4	5	12	0	3.00	51	1.250	.294	9.0	2.4

[General Discussion] Around the Horn - 5/1/18

So what's this thread for?

Featured posts and links

This Week's Schedule

/r/baseball Players of the Week - Week 4: Rays' catcher Wilson Ramos puts up a wild 1.848 OPS, Reds legend Joey Votto reaches base more times than not while showing us his dance moves, and Pirates rookie Nick Kingham makes history in his stunning MLB Debut!

We vote each week on Monday and crown the Players of the Weeks on Tuesday.

Mobile-Friendly Week 4 Results

American League Hitter of the Week: Wilson Ramos

Rays Were On A Roll: Wilson Ramos' 4 homers were key contributors in stringing together 8 wins for his fish-based Florida team.

National League Hitter of the Week: Joey Votto

Votto Power: Known MLB schedule critic Joey Votto homered in four straight games after getting off to a slow 2018 start. This is how he celebrated one of his homers.

American League Pitcher of the Week: J.A. Happ

Model of Consistency: J.A. Happ has an ERA+ of 132 in his two-plus seasons with the Blue Jays.

National League Pitcher of the Week: Tyler Chatwood

Found His Groove: Righthander Tyler Chatwood continued the Cubs' hot streak by helping complete the 4-game sweep of the Brewers, this past week.

Welcome to the Show: Pirates rookie Nick Kingham flirted with a perfect game in his MLB debut this past week, taking a perfecto into the 7th.

Voter of the Week: /u/Mingram - in his infinite kindness - gave me his two club-level tickets to the DET@BAL game this past Sunday, and for that, I am incredibly grateful!

Mobile-Friendly Week 4 Results

Ken Giles punches himself in the damn face after giving up a critical 3-run HR to Gary Sanchez

Michael Brantley ties the game with a grand slam in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs

There is no shame in getting help. There are over 2,000 licensed therapists online now. You're worth it.

Gary Sanchez blasts a 3-run bomb to break a scoreless tie in the 9th.

Aroldis Chapman with an absolutely filthy 100 MPH tailing fastball to end the game

Lou Gehrig, nearing the end of his run, 1938. My colorization

YouTube is blocking my latest video so I'll upload it here: Walkoffs called by opposing/losing announcers for March/April 2018

After Jordan Montgomery left the 1st inning with an injury, the Yankees bullpen has recorded: 8.0 IP, 6 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, and 13 strikeouts en route to a 4-0 win over the Astros

Kolten Wong Trips and Falls When Trying to Give Yadi a Gatorade Bath

Justin "Pine Tar" Verlander: 8IP 3H 0R, Ties career high with 14k

[McCullers Jr.] Trevor Bauer accuses Astros pitchers of using banned substances to increase spinrate, McCullers responds

Christian Walker hits a mammoth 479ft HR off Kershaw

[DiComo] Mets GM on report of Harvey partying night before pitching "Usually I get upset if a report is unexpected. So I guess the short answer is no".

Zack "Shohei Ohtani" Greinke fans 10, goes 2 for 2 with an RBI single and a long double

For the first time in their history, the Diamondbacks have started the season 21-8

Adam Dunn had the weirdest career in MLB history | Dorktown (Jon Bois)

Dee Gordon is 5-5 tonight with a double and 2 steals. This is his 3rd career 5 hit game, all with different teams.

Ichiro may retire after Mariners' current homestand.

Soler with the 3 run HR in the top of the 13th

[Nicholson-Smith] Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 19, now hitting .380/.442/.582 with as many walks as strikeouts for a 1.024 OPS at AA

Kyle Seager and Robinson Cano are as smooth as butter.

Justin Upton walks off the O's

[Pitcher List] Mike Soroka's Disappearing Sinker to Asdrubal Cabrera

[Johns] MLB announces the Mariners and A's will open next season in the Tokyo Dome with two-game series March 20-21

Red's challenge pickoff call.

This is why you don't pitch to Bryce Harper

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