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Julio's posse.
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I'm not gonna get bent out of shape about ST games too much, but we on a 5-game losing streak. I'd like to get some positive momentum going into the season opener
I'm not that worried about the offense and with Donaldson's slow ramp up, I sorta expected our spring stats to be depressed a bit. Looking at the ST stats to date, here's what jumps out:
1. Acuna is going to win the MVP if he can stay healthy. I expect 100+ runs and RBIs, BA around .290 and a 40/20 season.
2. Austin Riley isn't ready for the big time. He has the most ABs on the team and has done basically nothing with them.
3. Albies' power hasn't shown up, but I think it's a good sign that he's hitting ~.300 right now without it. We need him to hit for power, but not at the expense of being a quality on base guy.
4. Camargo looks about normal.
5. Duvall is truly awful.
6. The rest of the regulars are doing normal stuff for them, including Neck so far.
7. Pache looks like the starting CF after the trade deadline. Currently sporting a 1.335 OPS across 27 ABs. Looks and feels like a true breakout from an extremely talented player. Question is does he get sent directly to Gwinnett or will they send him back to Mississippi first. I'm glad we didn't trade him, but am a bit upset that Riley wasn't flipped.
Riley is pressing.
What I mean, they want to see power so he is over swinging and missing. It is not that he has the tools, he has, but living up to the billing and he is pressing.
I think Duvall is a cut candidate.
We can likely find someone to replicate his "production" thus far with us for penny's on his dollar.
He is definitely a cut candidate. I would have liked to pick up Adam Jones to replace him, but I see why they kept Duvall to give him a shot. He just hasn't shown that he can hit with the Braves. Maybe a second change of scenery would help him.
We can cut him and save some of the ~$3m owed to him as we'd only owe him a prorated amount.
My biggest concern of the spring has been the health of our pitching. Folty is going to miss his first few starts of the season. Soroka just started throwing BP with shoulder issues, Gausman had shoulder issues and has been lit up since coming back. Then in the bullpen, Minter is hurt as well as O'Day, who the FO was trying to push as being an impact guy and why we don't need a Kimbrel...honestly, even if we sign Kimbrel today, he won't be ready to start the season.