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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    BABIP will fall some but he's probably going to have an above average BABIP with his skill set. He's probably a 2.5 WAR - 3 WAR guy. That's got value.

    I also like Ender better, I just wish we could have found a way to use both. Mallex is fun to watch.
    I had to look it up. Mallex had the 4th highest BABIP (.366) in Baseball last year. No way his hit tool can sustain that. Remember Chris Johnson?

    Here is an interesting note. The Rays had players with the 4th, 10th and 11th highest BABIP last year. None of those guys would be considered great hitters. Rays may take a big step back this year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    Time will tell. Him being a flawed his whole career and being on the wrong side of 30 makes a steep decline fairly predictable. The medical stuff sounds like an attempt to push off his decline off on something.
    To be fair, health/medical issues and decline generally coincide. So even if he is done, his diabetes could be a direct cause of his declining skill set.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JxnMissFan View Post
    I had to look it up. Mallex had the 4th highest BABIP (.366) in Baseball last year. No way his hit tool can sustain that. Remember Chris Johnson?

    Here is an interesting note. The Rays had players with the 4th, 10th and 11th highest BABIP last year. None of those guys would be considered great hitters. Rays may take a big step back this year.
    It has more to do with speed than it does his hit tool. He had a .347 BABIP the year before. I agree that it won't stay that high, but he will likely be able to maintain an above-average BABIP.

    That, combined with his speed and defense, is a valuable player.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Carp View Post
    To be fair, health/medical issues and decline generally coincide. So even if he is done, his diabetes could be a direct cause of his declining skill set.
    Good point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
    It has more to do with speed than it does his hit tool. He had a .347 BABIP the year before. I agree that it won't stay that high, but he will likely be able to maintain an above-average BABIP.

    That, combined with his speed and defense, is a valuable player.
    Yeah, Mallex's speed should let him sustain a higher than average BABIP. Not as high as last year but still good enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    I was looking at CF stats and saw something that surprised me. Mallex Smith put up a 3.4 WAR last year. I hated trading him.
    I questioned trading Mallex at the time for yet another risky arm. I wasn’t so much against trading him as I was against trading him at that time for that particular risky asset.

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    Finally we get to see Wright vs a legit mlb lineup today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    Finally we get to see Wright vs a legit mlb lineup today.
    Sarcasm?

    He faced the Yankees OD lineup a little while ago and did fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heyward View Post
    Sarcasm?

    He faced the Yankees OD lineup a little while ago and did fine.
    First week of ST. Were in middle of March. So some hitters should be sharper closer to opening day. Nonetheless a good test.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Individual-1 View Post
    First week of ST. Were in middle of March. So some hitters should be sharper closer to opening day. Nonetheless a good test.
    No radar gun showing on the Tv broadcast, but the commentator mentioned one pitch at 95.

    Wright’s stuff will likely result in lots of grounders, and Betts snuck one through for a hit. Wright then seemed to struggle with location a bit from the stretch and left a few pitches up and got nailed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
    It has more to do with speed than it does his hit tool. He had a .347 BABIP the year before. I agree that it won't stay that high, but he will likely be able to maintain an above-average BABIP.

    That, combined with his speed and defense, is a valuable player.
    Michael Bourn in his prime put up consecutive seasons with BABIPs of .366, .329, .369 and .349. I don't think that .347 was a fluke for Mallex.
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    Tough first inning for Wright, but settled in after.

    4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 walk, 5 K's. Pretty good vs the Sox studs.

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    Anyone waiting for Dufail to get better is in for a very long wait. I hope we can somehow upgrade him. Riley is clearly not the guy. This seems like a big failure on the front offices part.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    I questioned trading Mallex at the time for yet another risky arm. I wasn’t so much against trading him as I was against trading him at that time for that particular risky asset.
    I probably would have been better with the trade for a better return. Ender made Mallex expendable and while I loved watching Mallex play, I understood trading him.

    Trading him for Gohara wasn't what I wanted to see. I felt we got fleeced.

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    I probably would have been better with the trade for a better return. Ender made Mallex expendable and while I loved watching Mallex play, I understood trading him.

    Trading him for Gohara wasn't what I wanted to see. I felt we got fleeced.
    Gohara was a perfectly acceptable return for Mallex. We all saw why the Braves wanted him.

    My issue is that Mallex could have been stuck in AAA for a while and didn’t need to be traded for yet another risky arm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Gohara was a perfectly acceptable return for Mallex. We all saw why the Braves wanted him.

    My issue is that Mallex could have been stuck in AAA for a while and didn’t need to be traded for yet another risky arm.
    Meh. Mallex was a major league ready position player with the upside of Michael Bourn and likely to be a solid starter. Gohara had a big arm but the conditioning issues made him significantly riskier than even your normal risky young pitchers.

    It might just be I'm more risk averse but I don't do deals like that if I'm a GM.

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    Kyle Wright could be a serious ROY contender.

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    Kyle Wright could be a serious ROY contender.
    Helps that he'll likely start the year in the rotation and, unless he flops or gets injured, figures to remain in the rotation all year.

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    So we paid Nick $6 mil and CarGo (a more valuable player) just signed for a $2 mil MiLB contract...

    What are we doing?

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