CJ with 21 plate appearances against righties this year and 9 against lefties. Score 1 for thethe.
I don't know. I think thethe took advantage of terrible defensive positioning and served that one in the huge gap for a triple.
We are 8-4 after starting 17-7 last year, but we didn't get a protected pick last year either. Further, would I prefer a protected pick if there is to be no playoffs again this year? Sure, I'd hope all of us would but it's a bit early to be concerning ourselves about that.
I'm not worried about having a protected first round pick because the only player I want is Upton and if he is there then its worth giving up a first round pick for.
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It isn't just about the pick being protected, though that certainly helps if you want to sign someone like an Upton. I was just saying that if we're not going to be a playoff team again I'd want a higher draft pick. But I also noted that it's too early to be concerned about that.
Last edited by Braves1976; 04-20-2015 at 02:03 PM.
Braves1976 (04-20-2015), UNCBlue012 (04-20-2015)
CJ had negative splits while with the Diamondbacks. But conventional splits in the minors.
Key takeaway: splits data take a long time to stabilize and you want to use as big a sample (including minor league data) as possible if you want to predict splits going forward.
I remember three spring trainings ago many were arguing against a CJ-Juan Francisco platoon because of CJ's negative splits with the Diamondbacks.
He seems to be doing a better job this year laying off the outside pitch. The usual small sample caveat applies.