The Nick Markakis 2,000th hit countdown thread

[Chavez Ravine]

Now a double so far today; his BA is .352. I was wrong, I thought at least this year would be a value hole.

He did make a critical error in the 2nd....must be chaneling O’s outfield vibes.

 

[jjdman]

11 hours ago, Chavez Ravine said:

Now a double so far today; his BA is .352. I was wrong, I thought at least this year would be a value hole.

He did make a critical error in the 2nd....must be chaneling O’s outfield vibes.

 

3 hits last night. OPS now 1.006

[Frobby]

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/nick-markakis-is-somehow-the-best-hes-ever-been/

[Hallas]

6 hours ago, Frobby said:

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/nick-markakis-is-somehow-the-best-hes-ever-been/

This kind if nails one of my complaints about Nick post 2008: that he took too many meatballs and settled for cheap hits on pitchers pitches.  Which of course worked because he has amazing bat control inside the zone combined with a good eye.  But it was frustrating watching him take balls he should be driving into the gap.

 

If he only did this earlier...

[Frobby]

Another homer tonight, his 7th, and 3 RBI.  

[jjdman]

9 hours ago, Frobby said:

Another homer tonight, his 7th, and 3 RBI.  

Last 10 games 17 hits and 4 HR

[Aglets]

According to ESPN he is now the 2nd most valuable player in the entire NL.  (2.0 WAR)   Not looking at pitchers.

Would be thrilled to see him start in the All Star Game this year...........not sure how I would react if he ends up getting MVP consideration.

[glenn__davis]

2 hours ago, Aglets said:

According to ESPN he is now the 2nd most valuable player in the entire NL.  (2.0 WAR)   Not looking at pitchers.

Would be thrilled to see him start in the All Star Game this year...........not sure how I would react if he ends up getting MVP consideration.

I don't think he'll start, but he certainly looks to have a good shot at making the team, which would be awesome in and of itself.  

The Orioles' near flawless(ly wrong) record of which FAs to retain and which to let go remains impressive.  I guess they got Wei-yin Chen right.

[Frobby]

On 5/10/2018 at 10:35 AM, glenn__davis said:

The Orioles' near flawless(ly wrong) record of which FAs to retain and which to let go remains impressive.  I guess they got Wei-yin Chen right.

Nate McLouth.   Matt Wieters Round 2.    

[Frobby]

Nick has 9 multi-hit games in his last 11 games.   He passed 2100 hits, sitting at 2105 now for 225th place.   In his next 10 hits he’ll pass Johnny Ward, Ellis Burke, Chris Chambliss and Dale Murphy.

[Frobby]

Also, Nick passed Jose Reyes for 6th place on the active players’ hit list.     That’s the highest he’ll be until next year, when Ichiro is no longer considered active:

Suzuki (44) 3089

Beltre (39) 3079

Pujols (38) 3006

Cabrera (35) 2666

Cano (35) 2417

Markakis (34) 2105

 

[O's84]

On 5/10/2018 at 8:20 AM, Aglets said:

According to ESPN he is now the 2nd most valuable player in the entire NL.  (2.0 WAR)   Not looking at pitchers.

Would be thrilled to see him start in the All Star Game this year...........not sure how I would react if he ends up getting MVP consideration.

Old5fan would lose his mind. 

[Moose Milligan]

15 hours ago, O's84 said:

Old5fan would lose his mind. 

One of my favorite things I ever did was sponsored Nick's BBref page and made it look like Old5fan did it 

Really happy for Nick, this is awesome.  Gonna be tuning in to some Braves games for sure.

[O's84]

12 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

One of my favorite things I ever did was sponsored Nick's BBref page and made it look like Old5fan did it 

Really happy for Nick, this is awesome.  Gonna be tuning in to some Braves games for sure.

I forget about that.  That was awesome!

[Moose Milligan]

1 hour ago, O's84 said:

I forget about that.  That was awesome!

I was laughing hysterically when I pulled the trigger to purchase that thing.  A few more bucks than what I wanted to spend but it was great.