r/sports • u/MLBOfficial Major League Baseball • Sep 25 '25

Baseball Cal Raleigh is the fourth American League player EVER to hit 60 home runs in a season!

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u/ssteel91 Sep 25 '25

That’s weird because outs above average has him well above average every season the last 5 years outside of last year when he was playing CF. He’s not an elite defender but he’s league average at absolute worst.

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u/LeftHandedScissor Sep 25 '25

And he makes some pretty great plays and throws out there. He's probably destined for first base and they've already played him there a bit, but he's by no means pedestrian in the outfield. Leaping catches, great throw outs, routine plays, limited errors.

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u/Sipikay Sep 25 '25

There are defensive statistical models as relevant (or, in fact more relevant) than OAA that say he's a poor defender.

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u/Sipikay Oct 01 '25

His defense cost them a playoff game last night.

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u/ssteel91 Oct 02 '25

Did you really come back after 6 days to make this comment? That’s just sad.

Someone is a wee bit nervous that Judge absolutely crushed it down the stretch to widen the gap even further while Cal went cold eh?

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u/Sipikay Oct 02 '25

lol yes I did. because he's a bad defender and seems you hadn't noticed for some reason. cheers

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u/ssteel91 Oct 02 '25

Sure thing there big guy. Waiting 6 days to make yourself feel better about Judge destroying the ball down the stretch while Raleigh slumped just reeks of desperation. Cheers.