jpx7 (08-08-2019)
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
Waters with a 2-5 night in Gwinnett. Kid hasn’t slowed down.
Doesn’t appear Pache is hitting quite the same stride in his new home at CoolRay
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Trey Harris with another good night 3-5 with an OF assist.
Guys put together a nice season.
A lot of 0 fers from Miss. Rowen and Burrows with great RP appearances
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jpx7 (08-09-2019)
Moritz the only sign of life from Florida. 3-4
Withrow with 3ip 4K 1h 0bb
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Everyone in the Rome lineup had at least one hit.
Shewmake 1-3, 3 rbi
Dean 3-5 with his 9th triple
Lango 2-4 2 rbi
Cullen 2-4 w a bb
Vodnik 2 ip 2h 2k 0 r (1.79era)
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If we know of the potential issues with Anderson, then you can rest assured every other front office in baseball knows about them, too. It's possible AA was shopping Anderson but that his value is lagging behind his prospect ranking because of those things. AA may have decided he couldn't get enough value from Anderson to make it worth it and would rather give him a shot in the majors and see if he can hang.
Probably a similar reason why we didn't let go of Allard sooner as well. Even while some prospect lists still had him in the top 100, everyone knew his actual value was well below that.
"Acuna is getting lucky, just like CJ did when he batted .321 and won a batting title. He is unlikely to get lucky at the MLB level over an extended period of time. He will settle in around .300-.320 just like everyone else, and when he does, he won't be within shouting distance of the 1.000 OPS he is posting in AAA...more like low .700s in 2018." -Enscheff 8/25/17
Another 2 weeks of hot hitting for Drew Waters and what are the chances he sees September with Atlanta ?
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"Acuna is getting lucky, just like CJ did when he batted .321 and won a batting title. He is unlikely to get lucky at the MLB level over an extended period of time. He will settle in around .300-.320 just like everyone else, and when he does, he won't be within shouting distance of the 1.000 OPS he is posting in AAA...more like low .700s in 2018." -Enscheff 8/25/17
"Acuna is getting lucky, just like CJ did when he batted .321 and won a batting title. He is unlikely to get lucky at the MLB level over an extended period of time. He will settle in around .300-.320 just like everyone else, and when he does, he won't be within shouting distance of the 1.000 OPS he is posting in AAA...more like low .700s in 2018." -Enscheff 8/25/17
Seriously though ... is rico ok?
jpx7 (08-09-2019)
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jpx7 (08-09-2019)
Drew Waters and his .436 BABIP in AA would see a large regression similar to what Acuna's .400 BABIP in AAA saw in the first half of his 2018 MLB season (.249/.304/.438 (.742 OPS) with a .327 BABIP...exactly as expected).
I realize folks like Smoooot are too stupid to understand, but Acuna's early MLB "struggles" were easily predicted, and Waters is no different in that regard.
Where Waters and Acuna likely differ is the likelihood Waters doesn't have Acuna's superhuman ability to improve quickly, so his adjustment period may be longer than the ~200 PAs is took Acuna.
Having said that, Duvall is pretty crappy, and Ender is pretty bad vs LHP, so one of Pache/Waters may prove useful in a part time role. Water appears to have massive platoon splits, and is pretty bad vs LHP, so he isn't exactly the best platoon match once Markakis comes back. Pache seems to have exactly the opposite splits and better peripherals supporting his overall line, so he might make a nice platoon partner with Ender.