Anyone watch Albies much at Gwinnett? If so, did he hit the ball in the air a lot there too?
Anyone watch Albies much at Gwinnett? If so, did he hit the ball in the air a lot there too?
3 weak fly balls for Albies tonight. He has hit them in well over 50% of his MLB PAs so far.
He was 30%-37% in the upper minors. I expect him to settle in and start hitting more grounders, and his production should rise as a result.
Pretty sure awful to start AAA last season before taking off. Going off memory though... maybe someone can clarify and give the number of PAs before he settled inOriginally Posted by Enscheff
And now both members of the middle infield of the future are sporting an OPS in the 500s. The Braves need those guys to hit.
Minor league splits are available at bref.
He was absolutely awful to start in AAA...and actually he started off pretty bad in A ball too two years ago but after a few weeks went on an incredible tear.
Brandon got lucky. He was NOT hustling to third on that play.
Couple nice slide pieces from Viz to Lucroy.
Couple more to Cargo.
Think how different this year could've been if viz was the closer all year. If nothing else, he'd have most likely been a nice trade piece
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Cue the elephant.
EDIT--No cuing necessary.
On the positive side, Dansby's k% has been way down since the call up.
That could be, but he's got a unique swing. Hits the ball out front and lifts everything. But he's got a good plane. If he starts hitting with authority he's gonna hit gaps. But without radical surgery, he's going to be an extreme fly ball hitter.
Which is okay. You're more likely to get hits with balls in the air than grounders.
JJ is 22/30 in save chances (73%).
For his career, Viz is 6/8 this year (75%) and 25/34 in his career (74%).
Viz closing all year would have changed absolutely nothing.
50PoundHead (08-16-2017)
Huh?
Albies has never been an extreme fly ball hitter.
Grounders result in hits more often than fly balls. Especially for guys that don't hit those fly balls very far.
I'm not sure where you could have possibly gotten any of your info.
Last edited by Enscheff; 08-15-2017 at 10:45 PM.
I watched him. And I looked at his .42 GB/FB ratio thus far in the majors. And his 19° launch angle.
I just looked at his minor league stats which were closer to 50/50 but trending toward more fly balls over the three years....I must say, I'm surprised it's that even given what we've seen of him with the big club.
No. Viz is a better pitcher.
Albers vs Baltimore...
5.0 ip 6 h 1 er 1 bb 4 k
buck75 (08-16-2017)
Great to see Swanson get a few hits, too!
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