i thought it a real risk that trout would leave LA and come home to philly. so we should be happy.
i thought it a real risk that trout would leave LA and come home to philly. so we should be happy.
"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
DirkPiggler (03-19-2019), Heyward (03-19-2019), jpx7 (03-19-2019)
Now the question must be asked, how much would it cost to extend Acuna?
JohnAdcox (03-19-2019)
Super (03-19-2019)
"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
JohnAdcox (03-19-2019)
Man, I remember being shocked with Frank Thomas's 9-year $80M extension in 1997 with the White Sox, and other owners being pissed at the White Sox for raising the salary ceiling that dramatically.
JohnAdcox (03-19-2019)
Ozzie is better RH imo as well, he seems much more comfortable from the right side.
It's not a lot of data (670 PAs as LHH, 256 PAs as RHH), but the main differences seem to be be:
1. Albies hits the ball in the air as a LHH more often than as a RHH (43% vs 34%).
2. Ablies hits the ball harder as a RHH than a LHH (93.5 MPH to 90.4 MPH).
Simply put (as has been the case from day 1), he hits the ball in the air too often as a LHH. It has to stop or he won't be the player he capable of being.
I won't pretend to have an answer as to how he accomplishes that goal, but that's what hitting coaches are paid to do.
This is an easy answer.
He was a 3 win pitcher for almost his whole career before dipping to a 2 win pitcher last year.
Even at that rate of performance, he's a bargain under this deal. If he's totally lost it, it's a negligible risk though there is no particular reason to believe that will be the case. If he what he is last year, he's roughly equivalent to Newcomb, better than Teheran, and a better bet to hold up and perform at that level or better than any of the Braves young pitching making their first bones in the league.
At worst, he blows up 4-5 times and delays some clocks.
While i agree Gio at that price is a bargain, we need to see what we have in some of these arms.
Braves invested so much time in developing them, risky bet to be sure, but could pay off.
4 IP, 5 H, 1 BB, 0 runs, 5 K's in just 30 pitches today.
For Max Fried today, has he done enough to win a SP spot?
Julio, Newk, Gaus?, Fried, Wright opening 5?
Update: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 walk, 0 runs, 7 K's for Fried. Not many of the Nats regulars are playing but still promising for Max.
There's zero reason Fried shouldn't be in the starting rotation. Dude is a beast.
Also, Riley with a homer. Weird hitter. lol