Riley just hit another hr
2-4 2b, hr, bb
Riley just hit another hr
2-4 2b, hr, bb
Waters 3-3 with a RBI. Kid is tearing up AA
jpx7 (05-03-2019)
A couple of years ago our minor league hitters were an issue and now we have less concerns about the hitting than we do the pitching. Waters has been great so far. Curious to see what isle AA shops in with him and Pache doing so well.
Rileys ready. Hes going to be in AAA all year
It's more likely we keep Waters unless we get something huge for him. Ender's going to be the guy that is out the door pretty soon, it might come as a bit of a shock here, but Pache arguably plays better CF defense than him now (this is not joking around), and he's a candidate for defensive awards as soon as he's up full time. Ronald was compared to Andruw at times for his offense but not defense, but Pache's comps to Andruw on defense are legit. Nobody is joking.
The hitting was arguably more noticeable in 2016 than any of the pitchers then.
Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.
Waters 4-4. Hitting 358 with a 945 OPS.
jpx7 (05-03-2019)
bravesfanMatt (05-03-2019), Hudson2 (05-04-2019), Jaw (05-03-2019)
It’s great to see Wright is not FINNISH.
Swept four games
Love me some Drew Waters, he's gonna be a stud.
Unless they are totally bowled over by a proposal, my guess is they will keep both Waters and Pache. Ender will probably be moved once at least one of these two is deemed ready and Markakis will be a year-to-year decision. All things equal, in 2021 we probably see an Acuna-Pache-Waters OF.
Jaw (05-06-2019)
Riley now at wRC+ 135 with a 8.5/20.5 BB/K% and .305 isoSLG.
That'll do donkey. That'll do.
Natural Immunity Croc
Waters spray chart is real interesting. At almost every stop he started going the other way more and focusing on pulling less.
2018 A: 43.6/21.4/35.0 (Pull/Center/Opposite%)
2018 A+: 39.6/23.1/37.4
2019 AA: 36.8/23.7/39.5
Whats even more interesting is that his LD rates are actually INCREASING
2018 A: 21.4%
2018 A+: 22.5%
2019 AA: 24.3%
We all know he has a crazy BABIP this year but what I wonder is if there are studies that show players who have a more varied spray chart tend to generate higher BABIP's relative to their LD percentages.
Can we get Encheff on the case here?
Natural Immunity Croc
jpx7 (05-04-2019)
Based on what I’ve seen I don’t think we are adding anything next year.
Jd 23 million
Oday 9 million
Tehran 10 million after the buy out
I think they go with Riley at 3b after comargo holds down service time.
Keep the same if we have now.
Spend 10 million on the pen
Extend Freddie to placate fans.
Liberty pockets 20 plus million
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?