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I’ll pick when I get home lol
I’ll pick when I get home lol
With the 11th overall pick, the Wailing Wahoos select: Albert Belle, Outfielder
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Career w/ Cleveland: 1989-1996
Career Stats w/ Cleveland: .295 BA, .949 OPS, 242 HR, 223 2B, 751 RBI, 62 SB, 150 OPS+, 27.4 WAR
Albert Belle is one of the all-time great sluggers in Cleveland history.
For me, he had two God-like offensive seasons with the Indians, and it's kind of hard for me to pick between the two so I'll talk about them both a bit.
In the strike shortened year of 1994, Belle was hitting .357/.438/.714/1.152 with 36 HR, 35 2B, 101 RBI, 194 OPS+, and a 5.7 WAR over 106 games before the season was called. Nobody knows what his numbers would have looked like if he was able to finish the season, but good lord, he was an absolute madman over those 106 games. He finished 3rd in MVP voting that season behind Frank Thomas (who was also destroying the American League) and Ken Griffey Jr.
The next season in 1995, Belle had the iconic season that most baseball fans remember him for. His infamous 50/50 season saw him hit .317/.401/.690/1.091 with 50 HR, 52 2B, 121 R, 126 RBI, 177 OPS+, and a 7.0 WAR. Somehow, Belle didn't win MVP this year due to reporter bias, so he finished 2nd to the infinitely inferior Mo Vaughn. Belle was top-3 in MVP voting in 1994, 1995, and 1996, and also finished top-10 in 1993 and 1998 (that season was with Chicago). For my money, one of the biggest MVP highway robberies in MLB history.
Where did Belle struggle? Metrics for the day suggest that he wasn't a great fielder, as even at his peak, he had multiple seasons with a negative dWAR, even though he did have an above average arm. He wasn't the fastest runner ever either, but still stole 23 bases in 1993 and went 11-11 in steals in 1996. Still, when you can hit like this guy did, you look past these other flaws to his game so that he can bat cleanup for you.
@JDailey23 is on the clock for back to back picks
His half season in 2016 with us was so far superior to anything else he did in Cleveland (even his very good 2017 campaign) that I would be tempted to just take '16 Miller out of the wine cellarI want to secure the back end of my bullpen early, so that I know I have a dominant and reliable threat whenever I need him, so with my fifth round pick, the Wailing Wahoos select Andrew Miller, reliever.
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Career w/ Cleveland: 2016-2018
Career Stats w/ Cleveland: 10-7, 2.22 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 120 G, 7 SV, 5.4 H/9, 0.6 HR/9, 13.3 K/9, 1x All-Star
He didn't have the longest career in Cleveland, but Andrew Miller was simply the most dominant relief force in the history of Cleveland Indians baseball, bar none. None of us will ever forget his importance in our 2016 World Series run and how he would come on and just wipe out all-star batter after all-star batter and make them look stupid with his nasty slider. His career numbers with Cleveland are phenomenal on paper, and are even brought down a bit due to a poor 2018 campaign where he suffered from injury.
Taking away his injury riddled 2018 campaign, Miller's time with Cleveland saw him post the following numbers: 8-3, 1.47 ERA, 0.74 WHIP, 13.8 K/9, 4.4 H/9, 4.5 WAR
I'm not going to choose a specific season for Miller here. He had one and a half absolutely dominant years here, and one injury riddled one. His postseason run in 2016 was absolutely incredible. Some may see a reliever in the 5th round equivalent to taking a kicker in the 5th round in fantasy football, but I'm glad to have the best reliever in Indians history guaranteed to be on my roster.
@sportscoach is on the clock
I want to secure the back end of my bullpen early, so that I know I have a dominant and reliable threat whenever I need him, so with my fifth round pick, the Wailing Wahoos select Andrew Miller, reliever.
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Career w/ Cleveland: 2016-2018
Career Stats w/ Cleveland: 10-7, 2.22 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 120 G, 7 SV, 5.4 H/9, 0.6 HR/9, 13.3 K/9, 1x All-Star
He didn't have the longest career in Cleveland, but Andrew Miller was simply the most dominant relief force in the history of Cleveland Indians baseball, bar none. None of us will ever forget his importance in our 2016 World Series run and how he would come on and just wipe out all-star batter after all-star batter and make them look stupid with his nasty slider. His career numbers with Cleveland are phenomenal on paper, and are even brought down a bit due to a poor 2018 campaign where he suffered from injury.
Taking away his injury riddled 2018 campaign, Miller's time with Cleveland saw him post the following numbers: 8-3, 1.47 ERA, 0.74 WHIP, 13.8 K/9, 4.4 H/9, 4.5 WAR
I'm not going to choose a specific season for Miller here. He had one and a half absolutely dominant years here, and one injury riddled one. His postseason run in 2016 was absolutely incredible. Some may see a reliever in the 5th round equivalent to taking a kicker in the 5th round in fantasy football, but I'm glad to have the best reliever in Indians history guaranteed to be on my roster.
@sportscoach is on the clock
Hegan off the board before Victor Martinez!!!
This thread has jumped the shark.
Hegan isn't even a top 10 Indians catcher