jpx7 (03-03-2023)
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jpx7 (03-03-2023)
I said this last year when he came up, but I really hope Grissom hits because I think he has the potential to be a great leader out there. Seems to have a real positive personality presence.
jpx7 (03-03-2023)
I am also getting on the Dodd train. Walk rate sitting at 2.0 in the minors, strikes out more than a guy per inning, stuff seems good enough. I remember hearing that some folks were pretty high on him coming out and suggesting that he shouldn't be viewed as a typical senior sign. I wouldn't be surprised to see him emerge a bit in the 5th starter conversation- that's probably his ceiling, but he seems like the type of guy who could reliably and cheaply eat innings with an ERA in the low 4s.
This seems the right take. We all just have to remember his 90 percent positive outcome is a good 5 starter. We expect him to 4-6 innings and give up 2-3 runs.
He should never go through a line up 3 times. If you need to win the game he should only go through the line up once. At least based on what he’s shown so far.
He’s a fifth starter. If you want to win score 5 plus runs.
I haven’t seen any games so not sure if he’s hitting the ball hard and if he’s facing real major league players.
Defense must be solid so far as no big threads on it.
Hitting would be great. And for me hitting could be much less than we’ve had. He could struggle like Riley early. He could just be a 2-3 war guy.
It seems crazy that rf, cf, 3b, 2b all are very good to stars. Braves could hit on Grissom in my book and not have him be one of those guys.
You guys don’t forget the 5 wins Eli is dropping in LF this year.
Coppy
jpx7 (03-03-2023)
Here’s the data on Dodd from today :
Dodd:
fastball: 91.9 - 95.5 MPH, 12 - 18" ↓ , 11 - 13" ←
slider: 81.8 - 84.5 MPH, 33 - 38" ↓ , 1 - 2" ←
Changeup: 82.6 - 84.6 MPH, 26 - 31" ↓ , 11 - 14" ←
jpx7 (03-03-2023)
Not an impressive resume but is an RHH who can play CF. Appears to have good speed, but high K-rate (especially at the big league level). Harris doesn't hit LHP very well and they may be looking for a RHH to spell him against tougher LHPs. I think that was the thought behind Luplow, but Pillar, White and Wall might figure in the calculus if they have big (and I mean really big for the last two) springs. OF has two guys set in Acuna and Harris, but after that, it's anyone's guess.
Last edited by 50PoundHead; 03-02-2023 at 10:37 PM.
Thanks. I agree that he doesn’t have a track record of past success. Mainly wondering why he seems to be getting more time in ST than.almost anyone else. Kind of reminds me of when Brooks Conrad sort of came out of nowhere to be a major contributor that one year before disappearing again.
Surprised we haven't seen Luplow, but I think we are going to see a lot of Pillar, White, and Wall to give them a chance to make the team (or at least to see if they can should hang around in Gwinnett). I see Milligan is getting quite a few ABs as well. LHH with some positional versatility. Probably slated for Mississippi.
jpx7 (03-03-2023)
People are getting awfully carried away over 5 Spring Training games.
50PoundHead (03-03-2023), UNCBlue012 (03-03-2023)
Get off my lawn!
50PoundHead (03-03-2023)
I’ll still be shocked if they DFA Ozuna.
NYCBrave (03-03-2023)