Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
You like Davidson better?
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You like Davidson better?
zbhargrove
Well-known member
I don't get the hype for Devers at all.
No, definitely not. Just making the correction. And the fact that they're putting up similar numbers but most of us are not extremely excited about Davidson is either good news for Davidson or bad news for Devers.
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
What's not to get? He has pretty good strike zone judgement, good contact skills, all-field game power as a teenager, and he's going to get stronger. His defense improved considerably over the course of the season last year, so unless he gets fat he's gonna stick there.
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
I think we tend to underrate Davidson a bit. I've seen him as more of a KJ guy than an impact bat, but KJ has had a pretty solid career.
I think the rating of Crawford as 1 shows that prospect status is kinda down right now. There aren't a glut of high upside guys currently (due in part bc a lot of young guys have been promoted) I'm fine with Crawford as 1; he's a great athlete that does everything well. At SS, that is extremely valuable.
Devers is fine where he's at, imo. While he's young, he appears to have matured before other guys his age and has the body of someone much older. He's not a 19 year old with a developing body. The challenge for him is going to be traslating his strength and raw power into game power as his swing path is more like a contact hitter. Certainly has a high ceiling and appears to be a decent defender unless he gets fat.
Devers is fine where he's at, imo. While he's young, he appears to have matured before other guys his age and has the body of someone much older. He's not a 19 year old with a developing body. The challenge for him is going to be traslating his strength and raw power into game power as his swing path is more like a contact hitter. Certainly has a high ceiling and appears to be a decent defender unless he gets fat.
There are some notable differences with Davidson though (including slightly older). Davidson is playing the corner outfield as opposed to 3B. Davidson is striking out 32% of his PAs. Davidson has a high BABIP of .338. I think Andy Marte showed up how we really need to consider strikeout rates as a predictor as guys move through the minors.
ball4life32
Danville Rookie
When is Acuna expected to be back playing with Rome??
I don't see a trade with the Sox happening. So I'm paying attention to how Bregman made a big leap, and that Brinson is still considered rather high after a disappointing season.
My preferred trade is still with Houston with some combination of Bregman/Fisher/Musgrove/Paulino depending on who we send and if we include money
My preferred trade is still with Houston with some combination of Bregman/Fisher/Musgrove/Paulino depending on who we send and if we include money
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
The difference is KJ didn't srike struck out at the rate Davidson does. KJ was more in the 20% to 25% range.
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
True. My point was more that we could have something in Davidson as long as our expectations are realistic.
Sounds kinda like what I felt when trying to draw a comparison to the Hamels deal. Would be interesting to see how Julio and Vizcaino for Benintendi, Devers, and Kopech and a wildcard like Henry Ramos would shake out on that scale.
