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**Corbin Carroll**: a great combination of Speed & Power
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Corbin Carroll hit his 44th career triple last night. To those not familiar with Carroll, you might say "Wow, that's a lot of triples for a 25-year-old player, but can he hit the long ball? Well, Carroll also hit his 83rd career homer last night. If Corbin played for the Mets or Dodgers or Yankees, he would be known as the greatest combination of speed and power since "fill-in-the-blanks". He's really fun to watch and root for.
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Good to see the Cornball Carbuncle Fan Club is back for another season.
Elwhatever: I take it that you don't like my man Corbin. Who do you root for?
Oh, I like your guy. Especially when he makes the Dodgers miserable. That's good. But, when he comes to Wrigley, I want him to be lethargic and disinterested.
OK, now I understand where you're coming from. BTW, you and I have one common wish -- let's make the Dodgers miserable this year! Their flashy payroll is not good for baseball.
PHOENIX -- — Zac Gallen outdueled two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, Corbin Carroll homered and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Wednesday to sweep the three-game series.
Carroll homered to left-center in the first to give the D-backs a 1-0 lead. It was just the sixth homer the left-handed Skubal had ever allowed to a left-handed hitter.
Ma man Corbin is really fun to watch and root for.
Stumbled upon this video today. I like it, obviously. Comments?
2 Doubles and a Triple for my man today in the Diamondbacks win -- yep, kickin' butt.
Corbin Carroll hits grand slam in 8th in the Diamondbacks' 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays
Do any of you collect his cards? Seems destined for the HoF.
Nice Grand Salami last night!
Does he still even play?
Yes Corbin the bold still plays as does Elly De La Cruz. Looks like those two are the genuine article.
Does PCA or Jackson Merrill still play?
What happened to Tatis and Witt?
1 HR combined so far
Well Witt has 2 dingers but somewhere along the way he turned into
Bobby Biancalana Jr.
Buddy just showed up one day and said “I am your father” and that instantly drained Bobby’s power and he’s been this way ever since then.
I must have missed Witts 2nd Dinger
Tatis still hasn't hit one
I’ll tell you what’s wrong with Witt. Two years ago he would crush pitches center to inside of plate to left field. Mainly fastballs but breaking balls also. Whether it was a grounder, line drive, double in the gap or dinger. Now he doesn’t get as many of those pitches and when he does he doesn’t do anything with them. He sucks when he tries to hit to the opposite field this year. Many popups to second, first or short right field. Also he gets two strikes against him way too often. It’s always 0-2 or 1-2. He’s been doing decent about not striking out too often for today’s game but usually with two strikes he hits it weakly somewhere.
He needs to quit being so even tempered and get pissed at himself and declare war on the pitcher.
Show a little fire and get back to what was bringing him success.🤬😡
Arizona Diamondbacks star outfielder Corbin Carroll played his 500th career major league game on Wednesday afternoon, as the D-backs took down the New York Mets 7-2.
That 500th contest closed the door on a chapter of Carroll's career — one in which he sat alone atop an MLB leaderboard. Per the D-backs.TV broadcast, Carroll is the only player in MLB history to record 120 stolen bases, 80 home runs and 40 triples through his first 500 games.
I love how baseball comes up with the most baseball stats ever all the time. Throwing in the triples to make it a unique stat gave me a chuckle.
Fire AJ Preller
Basebal21 wrote: "... gave me a chuckle."
Laugh all you want fella -- my man Corbin Carroll is on the fast track to the HoF. Two more homers yesterday -- and he's a humble and likeable guy.
Im laughing that someone took the time to find that stat Mr Baseball style of leading the team in 9th inning doubles in the month of August, not at Carroll
Fire AJ Preller
Basebal21: I certainly understand what you're saying. However, Carroll's "500th contest" achievement fits perfectly with the title of this thread -- Corbin Carroll: a great combination of Speed & Power (and that's why I posted my recent comment).
Exactly. The triples makes it interesting. Eric Davis, for example, had 108 homers and 191 SB through his first 509 games.
Just in case you missed Corbin's "little-league home run" a couple days ago -- actually, it was ruled a triple with a throwing error which allowed Corbin to score. [That's a tough throwing error -- it hit Corbin in the head and bounced away -- the throw was obviously accurate -- tough error.]
https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/48822514
We should be getting an update pretty soon from Charlie.
I definitely think Carroll should be the starting right fielder in the all star game this year.
Darin wrote: "We should be getting an update pretty soon from Charlie." _I don't want to disappoint -- here it is.
Carroll extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a run-scoring triple in the first inning and added another in the sixth to finish 4 for 4. He has eight triples this season and 51 in his career, one shy of Stephen Drew’s team record.
Since 2019 Byron Buxton has 75 steals and only caught 7 times and has slugged .537.
Too bad he's missed so many games.
PHOENIX -- — Corbin Carroll hit a grand slam, Eduardo Rodriguez earned his 100th career win on the mound and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-1 on Wednesday.
The D-backs won two of three games in the series.
Carroll's fifth career grand slam landed just over the right field wall, giving the D-backs a 5-1 lead in the second inning. It was the two-time All-Star's 13th homer of the season.
You go Cobblestone Carjacker.
Byron Buxton has hit 23 Home Runs this year, 3rd in all of baseball and is slugging .601. He has stolen 7 bases without being caught and has stolen 31 bases the last 2 years without having been caught.
For his career Byron is at 91% in steals. #1 ALL TIME.
JoeBanzai: I just researched the career stats of Byron Buxton (since I didn't know who he was or what team he plays for). Byron is a good player, much older than Corbin Carroll -- but Byron is by no means a future HOF'er (he's pretty good but he's certainly not great). Carroll is great, and at 25-yrs-old he seems to be getting better and better. Corbin Carroll is a Future HOF'er.
The title of your original post is "a great combination of Speed & Power".
Nothing about age, Corbin a future HOFer? Maybe. Buxton? Doubtful.
Buxton has more speed and DEFINITELY more power. Corbin does hit a lot of triples! He has also avoided injury.
Multiple injuries have derailed Buxton's career, but in his last 5 years he is 53-2 in stolen bases and has a higher OPS and SLG than Corbin.
We had high expectations here in Minnesota when Byron was drafted 2nd overall. Unfortunately, he has been unable to stay healthy.
Buxton’s raw talent reminds me of Eric Davis. And unfortunately his injury problems are similar also. Those are the kind of players…. the 5 tool guys that I wish would consistently put together 150+ games per season to see what they can do.
Unfortunately it looks like Ronald Acuna Jr. is getting injured on a regular basis now also.
I remember Eric Davis -- very fine player -- I believe he grew up as a friend of Darryl Strawberry. I also believe that Eric once lacerated a kidney while diving to make a catch. He didn't have any/much belly fat to protect his organs.
Regarding injuries, I'm happy to say that Corbin Carroll has been taught to slide to make a difficult catch, not dive for the ball. Similarly, Corbin has been taught to slide into bases, not dive. I'm hoping that will help him avoid injuries.
I like watching him play, I hope he avoids injuries during his career. Definitely Corbin should be the starting right fielder in the All Star game.
I hope so too!
PHOENIX -- — Corbin Carroll had a three-run triple in the eighth inning to tie Arizona's career triples mark and fell a homer shy of the cycle in the Diamondbacks' 9-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
Carroll matched Stephen Drew's franchise record with his 52nd triple. He had an RBI single in the third inning and doubled in the fifth before his ninth triple of the season in the eighth.
I like that Corbin Carroll and my dude PCA are both in the current conversation amongst players who will compete for the MVP award in the N.L. this season. Both should be on the All-Star team. Carroll should, and probably will start. He's a highlight reel for sure. His OPS is over .900, Boss!!
Corbin and PCA both need to continue having a great season then in October the whole forum could have a debate over which one is the better player.
It could be epic! 🥳
Chiming in for Buxton;
In 7 less games played this year, Buxton has scored 6 more runs, with 1 less hit, and 12 more HR, 2 less RBI and has a higher SLG .591- .547 OPS. He's stolen 2 less bases but has not been caught stealing. Buxton has 13 more TB and has grounded into less Double Plays than Carroll.
Corbin leads in Walks, BA, OBP and Triples (he sure hits a lot of triples). On defense Carroll has a .989 Fielding % while Buxton has not made an error so far this year in Center Field.
Pretty equal players, but I surely give Buxton the "Speed and Power" edge, especially power.
Hes not number 1 all time, hes number 1 with the new rules. He has a pitch clock, shorter base paths, and limited picked off attempts,. Anything stolen base wise has to be considered a separate category from the time of the rule changes compared to the past
Fire AJ Preller
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He was 29-1 in 2017.
And he was 10-2 the year before and 14-3 in 2019. Hes a good base stealer for sure but as soon as all those changes were made all time goes out the window. He hasnt had to deal with the old conditions in his 30s where guys start getting caught more
Fire AJ Preller
Since I never got my Bill James satisfaction I’ll add something he said about the worlds best base-bagger. You could split Rickey in two and you would have two HOFers. That is the bar for power and speed.
If total POS Barry Bonds can be considered the all time HR king than, I'm going with Buxton as best percentage of bases stolen, NOT greatest base stealer.
"Good" base stealer!
FINE!
That doesn't change the FACT that Buxton is the best power/speed player in baseball AT THIS TIME!
I also enjoy watching Buxton. I think he might just end up in Atlanta. I also enjoy watching Corbin Carroll play as long as it’s not against the Brewers. He’s clutch.
Buxton says he wants to stay here, not sure that means much. Twins ownership is pathetic.
I looked at playing time for guys drafted the same year (2012) as Byron. Only one player in the top17 selections has played more games than Buxton, #1 overall pick Carlos Correa, and only 2 others in the entire draft have played more games. #18 Corey Seager and #47 Matt Olson.
I though there would be more!
He’s from Atlanta. I think that’s the one place he would waive.
I was surprised when the Twins signed him to a long term contract. They usually get rid of any good player for prospects and then when a prospect occasionally gets good.......they trade him for prospects. With Byron hurt so much almost every single season (he plays 80 games a year on average) maybe nobody would give anything up for him despite his talent?
I was pretty optimistic when we drafted him and saw his fantastic abilities, but then one injury after another happened.
The Twins have got to be one of the most pathetic excuses of a disastrously run team in the history of sports for the last few years. I grew up watching them in the early 1960's when they had a great team almost every year and now I don't even bother to watch them. Other than Buxton, every promising player gets traded. I heard the team was up for sale recently. Any new ownership would be an improvement.
The last guy I liked. Jhoan Duran, (I even bought a couple of his rookie cards) is a flame throwing closer who was really fun to watch. Consistently throwing 100+MPH with great control! You guessed it, traded for prospects. His ERA+ this year for the Phillies is only 256. striking out 14 hitters per 9 innings. The last 4 years his ERA+ averaged 221!
Buxton and the team have been asked about a trade a lot recently. The Twins say they have no plans to trade him and he says he wants to stay a "Twin".
Who cares?
Maybe now that he is staying healthy, we can get a good prospect for him?
Bonds diddnt have rule changes and hit in parks that were not friendly to lefties. Petco hadnt moved the fences in yet.
Theres no way around the fact the rule changes have helped base stealers which is what they were designed to do
Fire AJ Preller