Yandy Diaz should win with his 164 wRC+, but Torkelson led AL 1B in HR’s with 31. If Torkelson stops pulling groundballs to the left side and instead starts shooting some of those balls into the gap… oh boy.
Why does he look 40
#TORKTASTIC
Wow, was not expecting that! He almost surely won’t win, but that’s actually impressive. I wonder if anything has to do with offensive 1B being less set/valuable these days to go along with the rise of the universal DH & more flexible roster construction.
Boy what a turnaround in my estimation of him from post season 2022 to postseason 2023.
Actually — even from July of 2023 to today.
Wonderful optimism!
Tork is the man!
Am I crazy in thinking we have more high end young talent than the D’Backs?
He had an awesome summer and is progression really showed. Add .15-.20 points to that BA and we are looking at a perennial all star imo.
Wish we could go back to June and show this to the “bust” or “AAA” crowd
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[It was a surprisingly weak year for 1B in the AL](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?stats=bat&lg=al&qual=y&type=8&season=2023&season1=2023&ind=0&pos=1b&sortcol=4&sortdir=default&postseason=&pagenum=1)
Yandy Diaz should win with his 164 wRC+, but Torkelson led AL 1B in HR’s with 31. If Torkelson stops pulling groundballs to the left side and instead starts shooting some of those balls into the gap… oh boy.
Why does he look 40
#TORKTASTIC
Wow, was not expecting that! He almost surely won’t win, but that’s actually impressive. I wonder if anything has to do with offensive 1B being less set/valuable these days to go along with the rise of the universal DH & more flexible roster construction.
Boy what a turnaround in my estimation of him from post season 2022 to postseason 2023.
Actually — even from July of 2023 to today.
Wonderful optimism!
Tork is the man!
Am I crazy in thinking we have more high end young talent than the D’Backs?
He had an awesome summer and is progression really showed. Add .15-.20 points to that BA and we are looking at a perennial all star imo.
Wish we could go back to June and show this to the “bust” or “AAA” crowd