What'd he say?

During Thursday evening’s broadcast, White Sox veteran television play-by-play Hawk Harrelson addressed the little-discussed topic of comparing the two third basemen in Chicago.

Simply put, it was peak Hawk Harrelson as he explained how the White Sox’s Todd Frazier stacks up with the Cubs’ Kris Bryant.

“We talk about batting average being one of the most misleading statistics in baseball,” Harrelson said. “Kris Bryant, in the running for (NL) MVP, will probably get a leg up on most guys over there. He’s got 36 home runs and 91 RBIs. And he’s a good third baseman, but you know, he’s not Todd Frazier defensively.

“I’m talking about these two. (Bryant’s) in the running for that MVP. He’s got two more home runs than Todd. He’s got seven seven more RBIs, but he’s hitting 95 points higher. So, batting averages can really be skewed. As I said, with the way Todd shows his leather at third.”

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He's no Frazier at third... Hawk's right. He's better. Bryant isn't even great at third but he's better than Frazier.

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Thanks, Peeps.



Not to mention the fact that Bryant has played four different positions. Also, how can batting average be skewed? I would agree that it can probably be overvalued, but Bryant's average is nearly higher than Frazier's OBP.

I think he's done everything but pitch this season.

So? Of course the educated man is going to face disagreement from the ignorant masses.

National Treasure

Stone pony just let that slide last night?

This is bad. This may be worse than the people that thought that Arrieta was better than Sale.

Sale is obviously a better career pitcher, but Arrieta was better last year.

Hopefully he's a buried treasure soon.

Its either Hawk types or Chip Caray types


I'm comfortable on the Hawk side

Can someone post defensive metrics?

All this jibber jabber from Cub nation that they are all upset with me for speaking the truth. Kris Bryant isn't even the full time starting third baseman on the Cubs. They routinely ship him off to the outfield. I'll tell you what, if Todd Fraizer got to take nights off in the outfield, He'd probably be hitting around .330 right now with more home runs and more runs batted in. I've played, I've GM'ed, i'm not some kid behind a computer. I know the wear and tear of playing everyday basebasll. Sure, Kris may have a few more hits, but lets see him man the hot corner for a full year before we have this discussion. Thank you and good night.

Jake Arrieta has been on par with, or possibly better than, Chris Sale this year.

Jake Arrieta has a better ERA+, and for the traditionalists, a better W-L.

He is also the MLB leader in BA against and OPS against (by a wide margin. Hendricks is second)

edit: So...off-topic...but Jake Arrieta has only been subpar this year when compared to his historic 2015. He is still great.

Exhibit A.

edit: So...off-topic...but Jake Arrieta has only been subpar this year when compared to his historic 2015. He is still great.