Alex
@AlexDevMLB
Resident Dick Allen supporter, Northwestern ‘25
Per Fangraphs, Dick Allen is the 50th-most valuable offensive player in MLB history. Before today, he was the most valuable offensive non-HOFer with zero steroid allegations Now, at long last, Dick Allen is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Welcome to Cooperstown, Dick Allen! baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers…
Highest wRC+ by a primary catcher (min 300 PAs): 1943 Josh Gibson, 251 1997 Mike Piazza, 183 2011 Mike Napoli, 179 2025 Will Smith, 171 2025 Cal Raleigh, 171 There has never been a season with multiple 160-wRC+ catchers. 2025 could be the first
Highest wRC+ by a qualified Marlins hitter: 1996 Gary Sheffield, 185 2014 Giancarlo Stanton, 161 2017 Giancarlo Stanton, 158 2025 KYLE STOWERS, 157 2006 Miguel Cabrera, 153 2005 Carlos Delgado, 152 2009 Hanley Ramirez, 149
If you’re ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as Kyle Stowers
MLB leaders in Batting Runs: Aaron Judge, 58.8 Cal Raleigh, 37.6 Shohei Ohtani, 34.6 Kyle Schwarber, 28.0 Juan Soto, 27.6 Pete Alonso, 26.3 James Wood, 24.9 KYLE STOWERS, 23.3
he’s done miracles on me
27 of the past 28 MVP-winners were either previously top-4 in MVP voting, former Rookie of the Year winners, or former Cy Young winners If either Cal Raleigh or Pete Crow-Armstrong wins MVP, they’d join 2018 Christian Yelich as the only outlier MVPs since 2010
Who is the AL MVP favorite at the All-Star Break? #MLBNowShowdown
This is a myth. In the Pitch Tracking Era (where there are no “velocity is measured much differently” shenanigans), the MLB-average velocity of a 4-seam fastball has increased by 2.5 MPH. Pitchers are throwing much harder now than they ever have
That's what you have been force fed to believe because they know you know nothing about the facts of how hard previous gens threw and how they measure velo now adds 4-6 MPH to what it was is 80's 90's and hitters are worse because of their approaches and desires
Every player in MLB history with a 40-homer season (age-22 or younger) Eddie Mathews (2x) Mel Ott Joe DiMaggio Johnny Bench Juan Gonzalez Alex Rodriguez Bryce Harper Ronald Acuna Jr Fernando Tatis Jr Vlad Guerrero Jr JAMES WOOD (on pace) JUNIOR CAMINERO (on pace)
Okay okay, I am hearing from You People™ LOUD AND CLEAR that Junior Caminero hits nukes and is electric and that it’s a travesty he’s the only guy in the HRD field I’ve never heard of TELL ME ABOUT HIM Fun facts, stats, clips, highlights, DO IT Persuade me to Stan This Man👇
There are only 27 pitchers in MLB history with 400 starts and a career ERA+ of 123 or higher: 20 HOFers Roger Clemens Kevin Brown Curt Schilling Justin Verlander Max Scherzer Clayton Kershaw COLE HAMELS
Cole Hamels is one of the only newcomers that has any business even sniffing a second ballot, but he’s not David Cone or Bret Saberhagen, let alone a bona fide Hall of Fame starting pitcher
Every non-HOFer with 2500 strikeouts and a career ERA+ above 120: Roger Clemens Curt Schilling David Cone Justin Verlander Max Scherzer Zack Greinke Clayton Kershaw Chris Sale COLE HAMELS
With the way starting pitching is trending, Cole Hamels deserves a lot closer look than people are initially gonna give him credit for 2,698 innings of a 123 ERA+ and is Top 35 all-time in K’s with over 2500
With Pete Fairbanks’ pitching performance today, he has officially accumulated 6.0 fWAR as a reliever for the Rays This makes Pete Fairbanks the most valuable reliever in Rays history, breaking a tie with Jake McGee
Pete Fairbanks throwing 100.2 😳 I’m fairly confident that’s the fastest pitch he’s thrown this season
Over the past 10 seasons, Trea Turner has a 122 wRC+, 300 stolen bases, and 57.7 Def Trea Turner is the fourth player in the Live Ball Era with a 10-year span of a 120 wRC+, 300 stolen bases, and 30.0 Def He joins Barry Bonds, Rickey Henderson, and Joe Morgan
Highest fWAR by a non-All Star position player since 2013 (in the first half) 2024 Francisco Lindor, 4.0 2025 TREA TURNER, 3.9 2022 Francisco Lindor, 3.2 2022 Tommy Edman, 3.1
Trea Turner leads the NL in hits and is 8th in the entire sport in WAR. And somehow he’s not an All-Star. Insanity.
Zack Wheeler is now on pace for 40.3 fWAR from 2018-25, 8.1 more fWAR than 2nd place over that span. He’d become the 5th pitcher since 1945 with an 8-year span where he led the MLB in fWAR by such a wide margin, joining: Roger Clemens Steve Carlton Bob Gibson Clayton Kershaw
Give Zack Wheeler some kind of “3-Year Aggregate Cy Young” award right now. That dude deserves more hardware with his name on it.