# MLB: August 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2015/726755 "2015-08-01T20:58:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2015/726755/201 "2015-08-31T16:39:16Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Seriously. “Hi, I’m Mike Leake. Really excited to be on the Giants! I’m going on the DL now – I’ll see y’all in a few weeks.” He seems like a really, really nice guy though…so he’ll fit in just fine 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2015/726755/202 "2015-08-31T16:44:20Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > He seems like a really, really nice guy though…so he’ll fit in just fine 🙂 Apparently nice guys go on the DL. Surly bastards like Bumgarner are indestructible. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2015/726755/203 "2015-08-31T19:43:42Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > I know very little about Canha so looked him up: baseball reference has him at 0.6 WAR, which ranks him as the 42nd best rookie (offense ONLY) in the majors this season. That puts him behind, among others, Trayce Thompson, who has played 14 games, and well behind, among others, Stephen Piscotty, who has played 36. He’s 0.2 ahead of Michael Lorenzen, if you only include Lorenzen’s hitting stats and leave out what he’s done on the mound. (I know Piscotty and Lorenzen are in the NL.) > > I wouldn’t have said Burns was a particularly strong candidate either, but the numbers suggest that Canha is especially weak. I’m curious about what you see in Canha to tout him as a potential ROY favorite. > > (That \*you \*is **Rick Kitchen** rather than **RickJay**.) > **[Oakland Athletics’ Mark Canha Is Finishing Strong In Rookie Season](https://whitecleatbeat.com/2015/08/28/oakland-athletics-mark-canha-rookie-season/)** > > Oakland Athletics' slugger Mark Canha is having a strong finish to his rookie season, after being selected by the A's in the Rule 5 Draft. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2015/726755/204 "2015-08-31T21:17:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Oakland Athletics' Rookie Mark Canha Is Finishing Strong](http://swinginas.com/2015/08/28/oakland-athletics-mark-canha-rookie-season/) That’s a good argument for why the As should cough up the league minimum again next season for him as their starting 1B, not why he should ever be mentioned in the same sentence as Carlos Correa. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2015/726755/205 "2015-08-31T22:16:30Z")
Yeah, I’m with \*\*Munch \*\*on this. The article pretty much says that Canha had a good August, though it was helped out by an unsustainable batting average on balls in play, and though he drew hardly any walks–still, it was a good month! Plus, he might be better against lefties than people think. The article reads like “He’s better than we thought he would be earlier than we thought he would be, and he might be a good option for our team next season,” which is nice but hardly presents a case for Rookie of the Year. I mean, no one in Houston is writing articles suggesting that going with Carlos Correa as a regular next year would be a “risky gamble” or arguing that Correa “has earned a spot on the Opening Day roster next year.” ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2015/726755/206 "2015-09-01T15:15:16Z")
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