Ozzie And Dansby

[Enscheff]

Swanson has an WOBA of 465 and an xWOBA of 451. Definately not sustainable but his numbers aren't a fluke. He's hitting the piss out of the ball.

Semantics aside, with a HR/FB normalized to 10%-15% and all else remaining exactly as it is now, his current slash line would go from .324/.419/.765 to around .265/.360/.470. Folks are underestimating just how much a few early HRs can inflate a batting line.

An .830 OPS from Swanson is quite different than his current OPS of nearly 1.200, but still a very valuable SS.

[zitothebrave]

Semantics aside, with a HR/FB normalized to 10%-15% and all else remaining exactly as it is now, his current slash line would go from .324/.419/.765 to around .265/.360/.470. Folks are underestimating just how much a few early HRs can inflate a batting line.

An .830 OPS from Swanson is quite different than his current OPS of nearly 1.200, but still a very valuable SS.

With Swanson's defense a .830 OPS is an all-star player. Last year that's what Didi GRegorious was at and he was a 4 WAR player.

[zitothebrave]

The natural question then follows....When is Chipper going to be our next manager?

Probably never. Assuming he invested well he made 170M. He doesn't need to manage ever. I don't think he will. He gets to hang around the team and make some minor money. I think he'll probably get a Hank Aaron type of deal at some point where he makes like a million bucks a year just to kind of be around the team.

[BeanieAntics]

With Swanson's defense a .830 OPS is an all-star player. Last year that's what Didi GRegorious was at and he was a 4 WAR player.

Yeah I'm just hoping that he turns into a player that can consistently put up an .800+ OPS. That would be an immensely valuable player for us.

[zitothebrave]

Yeah I'm just hoping that he turns into a player that can consistently put up an .800+ OPS. That would be an immensely valuable player for us.

I mean 800+ OPS with plus defense is basically Xander Bogaerts. Nothing wrong at all with that.

[BeanieAntics]

I mean 800+ OPS with plus defense is basically Xander Bogaerts. Nothing wrong at all with that.

Yep. And I've been fooled by a Dansby hot streak before, but there does seem to be something different and more sustainable about the current one. He's clearly making really good decisions at the plate.

[nsacpi]

Yeah I'm just hoping that he turns into a player that can consistently put up an .800+ OPS. That would be an immensely valuable player for us.

even a .750 OPS with solid SS defense would be a very good outcome

[jpx7]

even a .750 OPS with solid SS defense would be a very good outcome

.700 SLG or bust.

[thethe]

Probably never. Assuming he invested well he made 170M. He doesn't need to manage ever. I don't think he will. He gets to hang around the team and make some minor money. I think he'll probably get a Hank Aaron type of deal at some point where he makes like a million bucks a year just to kind of be around the team.

Definitely on point with this

[smootness]

Semantics aside, with a HR/FB normalized to 10%-15% and all else remaining exactly as it is now, his current slash line would go from .324/.419/.765 to around .265/.360/.470. Folks are underestimating just how much a few early HRs can inflate a batting line.

An .830 OPS from Swanson is quite different than his current OPS of nearly 1.200, but still a very valuable SS.

No one thinks he's going to sustain anything close to a 1.200 OPS.

An .830 OPS would be incredible from him this year.

[Hudson2]

If Dansby were still swinging at junk and getting lucky and running into a few home runs I’d call it a fluke, but he just doesn’t look like the same hitter he was the last 2 years. Chipper has made a big difference thus far with Swanson.