JohnAdcox (10-28-2017)
Braves currently have 3 of the Top 4 in OPS (Riley, AJax, Acuna, and David Bote).
The Top 4 in the previous 5 years...
2016: Gleyber Torres, Zach Vincej, Cody Bellinger, Brandon Dixon
2015: Adam Engel, Jacob Scavuzzo, Aldemys Diaz, Gary Sanchez
2014: Jesse Winker, Greg Bird, Hunter Renfroe, Peter O'Brien
2013: Kris Bryant, C.J. Cron, Travis Shaw, Jared Mitchell
2012: Nate Roberts, Slade Heathcott, Josh Prince, George Springer
For every Springer or Bryant, there are 2-3 Shaws and Dixons. I'm going to go ahead and guess that Acuna will be the stud, and the other guys will be mentioned in a post just like this 5 years from now.
I agree that the AFL doesn't provide much in terms of predictive value, but if A. Jackson could do a reasonable imitation of someone like Hunter Renfroe and Riley be a RHH version of Greg Bird, all would not be lost. I'm good at managing expectations. Jackson and Riley are both young with some things they obviously need to clean up in their games.
Alex Jackson really slacking at 8 while our other guys are 1-2-3.
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JohnAdcox (10-30-2017)
Help me keep my eyes open (I know, straight line if ever there was one), but Jackson left Monday's game after being HBP. Don't know injury..
For those pinning hopes on the reports about Fried's pumped up velocity in the AFL:
http://mlbfarm.com/afl_pitchfx.php
93.5 is almost exactly what we were seeing in his MLB innings.
Last edited by Enscheff; 10-31-2017 at 02:33 PM.