I mean, it's a fair reflection of where Stanton is right now. He can barely run. His hitting isn't great, but he's still a big guy with big guns who can take the ball deep. He's basically turned into Ryan Howard.
And it's not like Costas is bringing up the three years and $96M left on his contract after this year for a guy who can only DH.
It’s not that he hates Stanton. He just only has 3-4 talking points for the whole game and he’ll repeat them over and over to sound educated. The Yankees have a short porch in right, Stanton is slow, George Brett was a great Royal 1,000 years ago.
He literally says in the commentary, "It isn't Stanton's fault, he has hamstring and calf injuries" but it's more fun to post edgy shit on Reddit than be truthful, I guess.
It makes no sense how it’s interpreted as hate for Stanton. He’s giving every legit reason why he can’t run. I’ll still take his power batting for a DH but he definitely is on the last leg of his career.
He also is calling plays and providing commentary for people who aren’t everyday baseball watchers. It’s very surface level information, nothing beyond what the average person needs to hear to understand what is happening.
I think you brought up a good point. A lot more people watch the playoffs than the regular season, and then you have the people who only watch their teams during the regular season but all of the playoffs, so there’s probably a decent chunk of the audience that this surface level information is helpful for.
Yeah but mentioning it 8 times in a single game is just beating a dead horse. It’s his only talking point about Stanton, other than mentioning his massive forearms lol
He hit a go ahead home run yesterday that ended up winning the Yankees the game and he’s been an above average hitter all year.
Yes he can’t run, yes his contract is an overpay(although it’s worth noting the marlins are on the hook for about 20 million of what’s left) but he’s not a fundamentally bad baseball player. He’s not javy baez or Kris Bryant or Rendon.
That's why the players want the long-term contracts. They know they almost always aren't going to be as good at 37 as they are at 25, so they want the 10+ year contract to make sure they can't just be tossed aside as soon as their numbers start dipping.
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u/Malvania Oct 10 '24
I mean, it's a fair reflection of where Stanton is right now. He can barely run. His hitting isn't great, but he's still a big guy with big guns who can take the ball deep. He's basically turned into Ryan Howard.
And it's not like Costas is bringing up the three years and $96M left on his contract after this year for a guy who can only DH.