HOME RUN FOR THE VENEZUELAN TROUT
JohnAdcox (08-15-2017)
Numbers at 19 in AAA: .341 avg, .407 obp, .607 slg, 1.014 ops, 7 HR, 4 SB. K% under 20%.
Troutian.
We really should just go all in on Stanton.
Inciarte
Acuna
Freeman
Stanton
Markakis
Flowers
Albies
Swanson
Yes please
Natural Immunity Croc
smootness (08-17-2017)
It bears repeating because it remains true:
In a sample of 125+ PAs at each level this year, Acuna has significantly improved every single one of these numbers after each promotion:
BA
OBP
SLG
wOBA
wRC+
BB%
K%
ISO (not a significant jump from A+ to AA)
2B/PA
HR/PA
And his BABIP has come down after each promotion. So he is genuinely improving his production at every level. He is 19. That is ridiculous.
I think Acuna is a stud... but would like to see a substantial improvement to the walk rate before giving him the call. He's killing everything now, so pitchers should be pitching around him a bit more... I'd like to see if he shows a willingness to show more patience
(i'll bet this post makes people mad)