FRIDAY MINORS FKNAL5/26 ... Rome stays red hot

Seems like Acuna just misses a lot of homers. As he continues to grow and get stronger those should start to turn to homers. Hard not to get real excited about him.
 
Oklahomabrave said:
Plus he is playing in a really tough hitters environment.
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If I'm reading this right, the HR PF for Miss ballpark indicates it is almost 2x harder to hit a HR in that ballpark than in the rest of the Southern League parks. On top of that, the Southern league as a whole is one of the hardest third of all affiliated leagues to score in.
 
Enscheff said:
If I'm reading this right, the HR PF for Miss ballpark indicates it is almost 2x harder to hit a HR in that ballpark than in the rest of the Southern League parks. On top of that, the Southern league as a whole is one of the hardest third of all affiliated leagues to score in.
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So does this taint our pitchers some like hitters for the Rockies?
 
auyushu said:
His K's are still a bit too high, but other than that Cumberland is having a hell of a month of May.
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Indeed.

Looking at his splits, one thing that jumps out (and I mean really jumps out) is that Cumberland can't hit LHP at all. 11 Ks in approximately 24 PAs (can't find SFs, HBPs, etc.) against LHP. K-rate is still high against RHP, but better. Curious player. I still think that if your hitting tendencies skew toward fly balls (and have in college), there's a bit of an aluminum effect that's going to have to be corrected. The other thing about Cumberland is that he may be one of those guys who plays "bat" and will have to find a position. If he develops into a decent catcher, he could be a solid contributor if the offensive uptick continues.
 
50PoundHead said:
Indeed.

Looking at his splits, one thing that jumps out (and I mean really jumps out) is that Cumberland can't hit LHP at all. 11 Ks in approximately 24 PAs (can't find SFs, HBPs, etc.) against LHP. K-rate is still high against RHP, but better. Curious player. I still think that if your hitting tendencies skew toward fly balls (and have in college), there's a bit of an aluminum effect that's going to have to be corrected. The other thing about Cumberland is that he may be one of those guys who plays "bat" and will have to find a position. If he develops into a decent catcher, he could be a solid contributor if the offensive uptick continues.
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He also had strongly negative splits last year.
 
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