Maybe lavanway could be an average everyday catcher.
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Some were too quick to jump on and a subset of those were too quick to jump off.
For someone who is a 25 year old rookie, I think 400 plate appearances is a reasonable sample size to draw inferences.
After 405 plate appearances, he is slashing .239/.318/.330. His defense is above average, which has brought his WAR up to 0.7. Extrapolate that to a full season and he is a 1.0-1.5 WAR player.
Relative to my expectations, he's been a slightly positive surprise.
His splits hint that a platoon might be a good way to use him. His slash line against lefties is .209/.264/254. His slash line against righties is .247/.329/.347. A Peterson/Castro platoon at second might be in the Braves future.
According to Gameday, Francoeur singled on a ground ball to Freeman, deflected by Johnson at 3rd? Is this just a game day mess-up or was it a bunt with both charging or something?
thethe (08-02-2015)
Nice job Julio.
Big mistake to trade this kid.
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Runnin (08-02-2015)
really thought Shelby would win one before that road warrior JT.
If he were a year or two younger, I'd be more open to giving him another season as the full-time second baseman. Given his age, I'd give him the first two or three months of 2016 to make the case he should be the full-time second baseman. If he doesn't run with the opportunity and Castro is doing well in AAA, I'd go with a platoon.
buck75 (08-02-2015)
Good stuff Julio! Really good job on the road. Solid fastball with great control. 2 runs, but no walks and 7 ks. Awesomesauce.
Prikichi (08-02-2015)