Acuna- what are everyone's thoughts on when
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GeorgiaGirl
NL Rookie of the Year
Well, we do have our answer on Acuna for now. Doesn't look like he's coming up anytime soon.
https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/984545722895863809
It may not really even be the stint. It may be AA wants to make an example of I don't want to rush guys.
Now I'm not sure he's up for a long while. :s
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
That's not what that tweet said at all. Said Atlanta will wait on Acuna. Wait can mean 3 days. It can mean a few weeks. I still say next tuesday. Only other date that could make sense is next Thursday. Gwinnett is at home so he will be close but if they want him to he could finish out his series in Gwinnett before coming up to Atlanta.
We've already been told when Acuna will be up, and where he will play.
This guy is never wrong:
I mean, sure, I said Acuna will be up later than that, and will be playing LF, but I don't have as high an IQ as tehteh.
This guy is never wrong:
I mean, sure, I said Acuna will be up later than that, and will be playing LF, but I don't have as high an IQ as tehteh.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Well Acuna playing LF is a moronic move by Braves management as I'm pretty sure Acuna could start every pitch with his back to home and still be a better defender than Markakis.
The idea is that LF is larger in Suntrust than RF. Covering area is more important than arm.
they may not even play today. storms expected this afternoon. weather is gonna suck all weekend.
PurpleBrave
On BBA's Top 100 Prospects List
Womp womp
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
I was gonna respond to this last night, but I was playing overwatch instead.
Size of field is irrelevant. Someone made a similar argument for I believe it was Camden Yards. It has to do with frequency of hits. This year 2102 balls were hit to LF, 2454 balls were hit to RF. Basically a right fielder will have about 15% more balls hit towards his section of the field. Of those balls, 122 were homers to LF and 88 were homers to RF.
Of course this is just one season and there's some variation I'm sure, looking at a larger sample in last season you see 28,898 to LF and 30,993 to RF, year before was 27,290 to LF 34,329 to RF. So some yearly variation exists. I'm sure if I did more research the general trends would continue. Players hit the ball more to RF than left field.
And even at that, the LF dimensions aren't hugely different. It's 335 in LF corner, 375 in Left center 400 dead on 375 right center 325 RF Corner. But it's worth noting while shorter in RF the wall is much taller so I'm guessing there's not much of a power difference. If anything I'd say you're more likely to have a ball play off the wall in RF where range and arm are gonna be in play more often.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
1. He'll play this weekend in Gwinnett
2. He won't have to fly to Chicago then fly back to Atlanta a few days later.
That's of course not even factoring in the hoopla of calling him up and what that could do to ticket sales.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. You may very well be right.
Just going by what I've read and the fact I think they let Markakis stay in RF.
Southcack77
Well-known member
Moving a veteran in his last half of season to play a rookie in RF isn’t likely gonna happen. Markakis may well be a better RF than he would be a LF just from familiarity.
There are bigger things to worry about.
Russ2dollas
10 yr, $185 million Extension
I don’t think he’ll be better than tucker at the plate
To be fair I don’t think tucker will be this good either
But it wouldn’t shock me if 26 yo tucker has a better ops than 21 yo acuna
To be fair I don’t think tucker will be this good either
But it wouldn’t shock me if 26 yo tucker has a better ops than 21 yo acuna
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
I dunno about that...Acuna is the better player...since when was playing the better player idiotic
Ozzie Swanson
Well-known member
I'm not a huge fan of when enscheff rails on you for the things you say... but when you say **** like this it's impossible not to mock you. Acuna is the #1 prospect in baseball and the best outfielder in the entire organization. Saying that Preston Tucker should keep him in the minors is honestly the stupidest thing I've ever read.
GeorgiaGirl
NL Rookie of the Year
Acuna should determine when Acuna gets here. Not what Tucker, or honestly, even Markakis does. If the scouts are right, it's not even a case of where he needs to "adjust to an adjustment". He's gotten out of good habits with his swing to try to force his way up. As soon as he gets himself back into good habits, you bring him up, even if Tucker is hitting .500.
The Braves have been playing well but a number of things simply aren't sustainable, and that includes Tucker hitting .300 and OPS'ing .900. A lot of potentially sustaining the good start to an extent, is going to have to come on the guys that haven't really played yet for the ML team, including Acuna.
The Braves have been playing well but a number of things simply aren't sustainable, and that includes Tucker hitting .300 and OPS'ing .900. A lot of potentially sustaining the good start to an extent, is going to have to come on the guys that haven't really played yet for the ML team, including Acuna.
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