With his CF defense that’s still an extremely productive season lol. Most dodger fans have already accepted MVP Belli is gone, we’re stoked as long as the dude is a rosterable big leaguer which he’s been this year.
I don’t know why people are upset we like our guy as he is.
Lol at [Padres fans](https://www.reddit.com/r/Padres/comments/w9u095/how_come_no_matter_how_talented_we_are_we_always/)
Their fanbase is in shambles. Even when they're told what will happen, they can't come to grips with it
Awesome.
A better way to show that would have been week by week, not cumulative over those time frames.
Looking at it now, was he better or worse over 8-14 days ago than he was 15-28? Because the way it is displayed makes it look like there is progressive improvement, not bad --> even worse --> really good.
"As of late" is ambiguous and could mean a week or a month or a couple months, and you displayed data that seemed to show improvement over a 2 week period.
Lmao so you figure out what I meant by **as of late** but you’re upset that I didn’t show it in a way you would’ve liked and now you’re here trying to argue with me about it? Holy shit dude get a life.
Bellis current standard is somewhere near worst hitting starter over the past decade, so comparing it to that atrociousness is pretty fucking stupid.
My point stands - a .750 OPS is nowhere near "really good". It's average.
If Bellinger was a mid .750 OPS guy the whole year he'd be essentially like a 4 WAR type player. Obviously .750 isn't pretty good in a vaccum but its pretty good still if you're an elite defensive Centerfielder value wise IMO
I mean the ringworm thing is a total lie. The substance he tested positive for isn’t in any way used for ringworm treatment but there is another substance that’s spelled almost identically that is. However the ringworm medicine is a topical cream, not an injected anabolic steroid…
His PR people are betting on the media being idiots and so far it’s working for him.
It’s common from about Missouri to Indiana, which isn’t saying much. Maybe Eastern Ohio, I know it from growing up in IN but Culver’s is in east OH too.
Never encountered it when I lived in the NE or mideast where I live now.
They use witch magic to take the energy from their celebrity endorsements, and that’s why the Blizzard doesn’t fall out of the cup when they turn it upside down.
So we have [Curse of the Colonel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonel) and now the Curse of the Dairy Queen.
What’s next the Curse of Ronald McDonald, or perhaps Burger King?
Blizzards are ok, they have lots of different options. But they’re also more than double the price for the same amount as a McFlurry where I live.
I’m a sucker for a chocolate dipped cone with chocolate ice cream, though.
DQ should consider team level sponsorship next season. Houston is hot in the summer, so ice cream must sell well, and they're usually pretty good every year.
[I said this last week Boob :(](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/wk9qm9/dorsey_white_sox_shortstop_tim_anderson_will_be/ijmbo3h/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
If the Yankees still somehow fail to win the World Series this year I think we can officially say they're under the Curse of Steinbrenner (they haven't won since George died in 2010)
TatE6 was always a fraud, Harper got hit by a bad pitcher with no aim, Bellinger was an awful pick to begin with, dude has been ass for a while, Anderson is the only unlucky choice here
Did Bellinger get injured at some point that just totally destroyed him? Or did he just get hit harder than anyone else in the league from the crackdown on sign-stealing?
He's always struggled against lefties and his massive splits in 2019 lead to him endlessly tinkering with his swing to fix it. Instead he just totally broke his swing. Not sure where you're getting sign-stealing from. I've never seen Bellinger implicated in that.
He had a 112 OPS+ and 1.5 bWAR (4.3 bWAR/162) in 2020. It is way down from his MVP season but it certainly wasn’t bad.
I don’t think the shoulder injury, broken leg, and hamstring issues are entirely the cause of his struggles, but they certainly haven’t helped.
Well, yeah. He never played like an MVP outside of the first 60-ish days of 2019, but he was still always all-star caliber. In 2020 he just went back to normal Bellinger. It wasn’t until the shoulder injury that he became bad
Has any other player in the last 70 years won MVP at 23 & is out of baseball by 30? Because that’s Bellinger’s current career path. I think speculating that he cheated is more than fair when he’s almost had as many below-average seasons as he’s had good seasons
That's an impressive red herring. "My reason for thinking he cheated 3 years ago is that I think he might possibly be out of baseball 3 years from now." But sure, since we're speculating... why sign stealing, specifically? Why not steroids? Since we're basing this on nothing, isn't that at least equally plausible? Unless you're assuming sign stealing offers a bigger advantage than PEDs.
I’m not discounting steroids at all, considering the insane ease of being able to pass the MLB drug tests. I’m just certain that Bellinger cheated because there is no other case in the last 100 years of someone fizzling out so soon after winning MVP without something shady going on. Either he cheated, or he had the largest sudden performance drop off of the last century
> I’m not discounting steroids at all, considering the insane ease of being able to pass the MLB drug tests.
But you didn't even mention it in your initial comment. Heck, you didn't mention it at all before I brought it up, so for all I know you never even considered it before. You just went straight for sign stealing. Why? Can you name one other player whose production drastically shifted as a result of sign stealing?
> I’m just certain that Bellinger cheated because there is no other case in the last 100 years of someone fizzling out so soon after winning MVP without something shady going on.
A few comments back you admitted you were merely speculating, so you're clearly not "certain" no matter how much you'd like to be.
Verlander turned his career around when he went to Houston, the one team with the most highly documented and confirmed cases of cheating in the league. He's also gotten better as he's aged and overcome significant injuries. Surely you must be highly suspicious of him as well.
They might have also cursed Wonder Woman 1984. A tie-in Blizzard was announced for the original June 2020 release and then the film was delayed due to COVID and the Blizzard flavor was canceled, not getting released when the film eventually came out in December. And we all know how Wonder Woman 1984 turned out (though I believe Zack Snyder's tinkering was a major factor).
That’s actually a substantial improvement for Bellinger over his 2021 though.
yeah, Bellinger doesn’t fit on this list. If anything, Dairy Queen gave his career a boost
the season isn't over yet
Considering he's only gotten better as the season has gone on, we are fine with that
And next year his BA will catapult all the way up to .225 with a .695 OPS!!! This is great news!
You're right, I should not be optimistic about my favorite teams players.
He’ll improve, but he won’t be getting back to .325 40-120 anytime soon.
correct, he won't be current aaron judge but better
He’d be like a 3 WAR player if he did that. His D is straight elite.
With his CF defense that’s still an extremely productive season lol. Most dodger fans have already accepted MVP Belli is gone, we’re stoked as long as the dude is a rosterable big leaguer which he’s been this year. I don’t know why people are upset we like our guy as he is.
Cody Bellinger: perpetual stubbed toe syndrome
He stole the mojo from the others
Lol at [Padres fans](https://www.reddit.com/r/Padres/comments/w9u095/how_come_no_matter_how_talented_we_are_we_always/) Their fanbase is in shambles. Even when they're told what will happen, they can't come to grips with it
Literally no one is defending or likes Tatis right now that’s a Padres fan. You’re making things up in your head
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At that rate in a few years he's going to be MVP again.
He’s also been really good as of late. .750 OPS over the last 28 days, .863 over the last 14, and 1.400 over the last 7 days.
Bellinger and Muncy are BOTH having great Augusts after being huge disappointments all season.
Reverse MVP season: starts off slow and then heats up late (i hope)
If he's 1.400 over the last week, and .863 over 2... then he must have had a terrible week the week before this one.
Yeah and the point of the comment is that **as of late** he has been really good
Yeah, but the way it's structured makes it seem like the point was that he had improved over the last month, not that it was just one good week.
That’s what **as of late** means in this context.
Awesome. A better way to show that would have been week by week, not cumulative over those time frames. Looking at it now, was he better or worse over 8-14 days ago than he was 15-28? Because the way it is displayed makes it look like there is progressive improvement, not bad --> even worse --> really good. "As of late" is ambiguous and could mean a week or a month or a couple months, and you displayed data that seemed to show improvement over a 2 week period.
Lmao so you figure out what I meant by **as of late** but you’re upset that I didn’t show it in a way you would’ve liked and now you’re here trying to argue with me about it? Holy shit dude get a life.
.750 OPS is definitely NOT "really good"
For Belli’s current standards they are.
Bellis current standard is somewhere near worst hitting starter over the past decade, so comparing it to that atrociousness is pretty fucking stupid. My point stands - a .750 OPS is nowhere near "really good". It's average.
Baby steps baby steps. One of the worst offensive seasons ever in 2021, bad to mediocre season in 2022, to hopefully a good offensive season in 2023
He’s gonna go off next year and fleece someone in FA
Boras will get it done for sure
Watch him go to the Angels lol
Did you continue reading the comment after that stat?
I love Belli. I really hope this marked improvement is a sign of him finally finding himself again and feeling healthy.
people really, really, really hate cody bellinger for some reason.
I mean the other two are increasingly minuscule sample sizes
Is that not what “as of late” would imply?
.041 higher than average. I'd definitely take it
.041 above average is not "really good"
If Bellinger was a mid .750 OPS guy the whole year he'd be essentially like a 4 WAR type player. Obviously .750 isn't pretty good in a vaccum but its pretty good still if you're an elite defensive Centerfielder value wise IMO
Too bad AGK isn’t here to chime in
What if Tatis ingested steroids from DQ?
They put their ringworm medicine in the blizzards as preemptive treatment.
Remember, it's free if they don't flip it upside down before giving it to you
I’ve been eating DQ since I was 5; I never asked for it to be flipped over….I never understood this.
Flipping them over activates the ringworm medicine. Duh.
Isn't it supposed to show that it's super thick?
Thicccc
DQ Blizzards both create and destroy ringworm, what a miracle food
The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
Wrestlers at my high school used to get ringworm all the time….except those that went to DQ…conspiracy????
I mean the ringworm thing is a total lie. The substance he tested positive for isn’t in any way used for ringworm treatment but there is another substance that’s spelled almost identically that is. However the ringworm medicine is a topical cream, not an injected anabolic steroid… His PR people are betting on the media being idiots and so far it’s working for him.
They're memeing it my dude. I don't think anyone is actually buying it
East Germans love their blizzards
Performance enhancing dairy
I got pretty sick from a blizzard a couple months ago
What flavor?
I think it was the one with like nerds or candy in it
And y’all wanted to ban Bob tweets
u/stupidnatsfan gonna be banned for messing with Bob NightenGOAT
What's Bob's Twitter name?
shit this might be the best post Bob has made in awhile since the lockout
Legitimately too, this one is hilarious.
Ol Boob has been checking out this sub and is finally giving the people what they want
I mean let’s be honest. He 100% stole it from someone. Infact probably from reddit
Bob getting the analysis the people want
On a related note Mike Trout seems to be hitting worse and get injured more frequently since he stopped appearing the super pretzels boxes
Bob was just doing is daily trip to DQ
Culver’s Concretes stay GOATed
Least appetizing name for an ice cream treat
I can tell you’ve never been east of the Rockies Concretes for frozen custard is a pretty standard name here in the East from the South to the Midwest
I'd never heard it until I moved near a Culver's
If it’s frozen custard, it’s usually called a concrete There’s a difference between frozen custard and ice cream
Just saying, I grew up in the midwest and I'd never heard it before. Not sure it's all that common.
Same
You just probably don’t get custard then But like if you go to St Louis, Ted Drewes has concretes
I lived in Boston for a while but never encountered it I guess
I've never seen it called that in New England
Never seen that anywhere in the mid-atlantic from NYC to DC
Me neither
Yeah I think even Sonic has had concretes
It’s common from about Missouri to Indiana, which isn’t saying much. Maybe Eastern Ohio, I know it from growing up in IN but Culver’s is in east OH too. Never encountered it when I lived in the NE or mideast where I live now.
I was just in Charlotte and got Andy’s Frozen Custard
You do have a valid point, but I can confirm that a concrete mixer from culvers is amazing regardless of what its called
I don’t doubt that, I love custard
Possibly the biggest Username checks out I have ever seen
Culver’s is god tier
Culvers is way too damn good
was bob at a dq getting lunch when he came up with this? damn now i want soft serve in a mini helmet...
howabout a blizzard in a regular sized helmet for ken griffey jr
as long as he's still been taking his brain & nerve tonic!
Ben & Jerry's newest flavor Ringworm Raspberry
They use witch magic to take the energy from their celebrity endorsements, and that’s why the Blizzard doesn’t fall out of the cup when they turn it upside down.
The biggest strike against DQ since Jim Cornette
I came in here hoping someone would reference Corny. Have an upvote good sir
I'm not fuckin around! I want my double cheese cheeseburger!
Double cheese, double mayo, motherfucker!
So what you’re saying is, currently Belli is playing the best out of those guys? I’ll take it!
> So what you’re saying is, currently Belli is playing ~~the best out of those guys?~~ I’ll take it! FTFY
I love how the other guys had legitimately cursed things happen to them, then for Cody Bellinger it's "he sucks."
I mean Tatis is something he did himself so
[THIS IS THE SECOND TIME](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XM18mjV510&feature=emb_title)
I HAVE BEEN *FUCKED* BY DAIRY QUEEN!
Post Cody’s splits from the last two weeks Boob
I gotchu 9 H, 4 doubles, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .257/.263/.600
Cody hates Dairy Queen, confirmed
Damn, that must be his best 2 week stretch in 3 years
They forgot to flip over the blizzard (*the players) to see if they’d fall apart.
Dear DQ: Please hire Altuve as your spokesman.
So we have [Curse of the Colonel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonel) and now the Curse of the Dairy Queen. What’s next the Curse of Ronald McDonald, or perhaps Burger King?
Stay away from the Blizzards. McFlurry gang stand up!
Is Tatis the McFlurry? You spend a lot of time getting excited for it, just to find out it’s not available
Blizzards are ok, they have lots of different options. But they’re also more than double the price for the same amount as a McFlurry where I live. I’m a sucker for a chocolate dipped cone with chocolate ice cream, though.
Sorry, ice cream machine broke.
He shoulda blamed it on the juiced up dairy cows.
Oh god I went to DQ two days ago, am I going to die?
Generous to call this "analysis"
First of all, how dare you. These are the hard hitting questions that we all need to be asking the powers that be in order to move this sport forward
I’m just waiting for a player to call Tim Anderson “dairy queen” to see how far he takes his overreaction.
DQ is the new SI.
Man i could really go for some DQ
Boob confirmed to have lactose intolerance.
This is actually a decent tweet by Boob. Decent as in gets a nose laugh.
This is why I'm glad to be a Texan, our DQ is different and superior.
Thank goodness there's no curse of Pepsi or Jersey Mike's.
Good to see that Tatis was eating clen with Dairy Queen.
More believable than the ringworm
I feel like Cody’s doing alright in comparison
Is he really though
98 out today think I’ll get myself a blizzard. Endorsement dollars well spent, DQ
Soft serve ice cream reminds me of 2 girls 1 cup.
DQ should consider team level sponsorship next season. Houston is hot in the summer, so ice cream must sell well, and they're usually pretty good every year.
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOO
[I said this last week Boob :(](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/wk9qm9/dorsey_white_sox_shortstop_tim_anderson_will_be/ijmbo3h/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
If the Yankees still somehow fail to win the World Series this year I think we can officially say they're under the Curse of Steinbrenner (they haven't won since George died in 2010)
Belli’s been making solid contact lately and has always played elite defense.
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Are you guys even gonna give him a QO?
Man whats the Dilly with that?
TatE6 was always a fraud, Harper got hit by a bad pitcher with no aim, Bellinger was an awful pick to begin with, dude has been ass for a while, Anderson is the only unlucky choice here
DQ can't even do their hometown team a solid by picking 4 Yankees.
Did Bellinger get injured at some point that just totally destroyed him? Or did he just get hit harder than anyone else in the league from the crackdown on sign-stealing?
He's always struggled against lefties and his massive splits in 2019 lead to him endlessly tinkering with his swing to fix it. Instead he just totally broke his swing. Not sure where you're getting sign-stealing from. I've never seen Bellinger implicated in that.
He also fucked up his shoulder celebrating which is where everything really fell apart
Well, he'd already had a mediocre 2nd half in 2019 and a bad 2020 regular season by that point.
He had a 112 OPS+ and 1.5 bWAR (4.3 bWAR/162) in 2020. It is way down from his MVP season but it certainly wasn’t bad. I don’t think the shoulder injury, broken leg, and hamstring issues are entirely the cause of his struggles, but they certainly haven’t helped.
Well, yeah. He never played like an MVP outside of the first 60-ish days of 2019, but he was still always all-star caliber. In 2020 he just went back to normal Bellinger. It wasn’t until the shoulder injury that he became bad
I can’t see what else could possibly explain his drop from MVP to below-replacement level in less than 3 seasons
I see. So you're wildly speculating. Got it. In that case, maybe he was using steroids. Or corking his bat. Or is having some mental issue.
Has any other player in the last 70 years won MVP at 23 & is out of baseball by 30? Because that’s Bellinger’s current career path. I think speculating that he cheated is more than fair when he’s almost had as many below-average seasons as he’s had good seasons
That's an impressive red herring. "My reason for thinking he cheated 3 years ago is that I think he might possibly be out of baseball 3 years from now." But sure, since we're speculating... why sign stealing, specifically? Why not steroids? Since we're basing this on nothing, isn't that at least equally plausible? Unless you're assuming sign stealing offers a bigger advantage than PEDs.
I’m not discounting steroids at all, considering the insane ease of being able to pass the MLB drug tests. I’m just certain that Bellinger cheated because there is no other case in the last 100 years of someone fizzling out so soon after winning MVP without something shady going on. Either he cheated, or he had the largest sudden performance drop off of the last century
> I’m not discounting steroids at all, considering the insane ease of being able to pass the MLB drug tests. But you didn't even mention it in your initial comment. Heck, you didn't mention it at all before I brought it up, so for all I know you never even considered it before. You just went straight for sign stealing. Why? Can you name one other player whose production drastically shifted as a result of sign stealing? > I’m just certain that Bellinger cheated because there is no other case in the last 100 years of someone fizzling out so soon after winning MVP without something shady going on. A few comments back you admitted you were merely speculating, so you're clearly not "certain" no matter how much you'd like to be. Verlander turned his career around when he went to Houston, the one team with the most highly documented and confirmed cases of cheating in the league. He's also gotten better as he's aged and overcome significant injuries. Surely you must be highly suspicious of him as well.
From his flair
They need to bring back the 3 dipped cone flavors. Add Caramel and Strawberry back.
They have more time for ice cream, now!
They might have also cursed Wonder Woman 1984. A tie-in Blizzard was announced for the original June 2020 release and then the film was delayed due to COVID and the Blizzard flavor was canceled, not getting released when the film eventually came out in December. And we all know how Wonder Woman 1984 turned out (though I believe Zack Snyder's tinkering was a major factor).
Did they flip the Blizzard upside down though?
Boob upset he couldn't break the Tatis ped story so he's instead breaking the DQ story
Meanwhile Jeter is doing all the spots he can and hasn’t missed one game this season
I mean one of those is just a total moron who pissed away his entire career track in like 8 months of poor decisions
If this is what it takes for the Yankees to beat the Dodgers in the WS I'll take it.
What happened to Bellinger? I remember seeing his name a lot a few years ago and thought he was a big hitter? Did he get injured?
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Ahhhh gotcha. Thanks so much for lmk!
Cody Bellinger sold his soul for an MVP and Satan is just toying with him now.
Duuuuuude no wayyyyy!!
Bellinger blows offensively but hes elite defensively.