bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
and probably don't care.. or he doesn't.
Dansby Swanson Already Proving He Belongs
- Thread starter bobbycoxy
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and probably don't care.. or he doesn't.
GovClintonTyree
<B>Vencer a Los Doyers</B>
I suspect Dansby will be the one to decide what expectations are reasonable, not Enscheff.
It's the easiest thing in the world to look at somebody who's playing better than average/expected and knock all their numbers down 20% and say THAT'S reasonable, or for somebody less than average/expected add 25% and say that's what's expected. That doesn't make you an oracle.
Some players will continue to make all star teams and be elected to the HOF, and I think it's entirely appropriate to speculate that maybe THIS is the guy who will be better than average.
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
if his agent is worth a penny
he knows it and should be on the phone trying to make it known to sit him
and it makes sense that from the Braves spot to want a ROY candidate for the new park and if we think we are turning the corner etc
I don't even understand the point you are trying to make.
Are you saying I think Swanson is currently over-performing with his .722 OPS?
Are you saying I am calling Swanson an average player because I think he is comparable to Alan Trammell? Do you know how good Trammell was?
So instead of just whining about me being "an oracle", why don't you tell us how good you think Swanson will be? Better than Trammell? Better than Larkin? The next Cal Ripken or ARod?
GovClintonTyree
<B>Vencer a Los Doyers</B>
That wasn't whining, I was whacking you with my pimp hand. Geez.
I need five years of data for the defensive WAR to stabilize and to assess whether he'll have an early peak or a mid-career one, so I really can't yet make that judgement. I could just look at an average player, extrapolate Dansby's month over a year and divide by two, but that seems dishonest.
The honor is in picking the outliers.
So in other words, you didn't have a point to add. Got it.
Does anyone as far as you're concerned?
GovClintonTyree
<B>Vencer a Los Doyers</B>
Nah. The point was to tweak Enscheff, Internet Poster. Now I'm done. Until tomorrow, when you impart some more wisdom.
And Castro certainly did enough last night to earn a start at SS in one of these last 4 games.
(Just need to make sure the brass has made Snitker aware he's that close in case he wants to use him as a pinch-hitter or one of them goes into extra innings.)
Nah, Just play him for the remaining of the season until he is 1 hit shy. Then tell him, "you did great and sit him down". Maybe he walks 3+ times over the next 4 games and he is fine.
If Snit sits him, it will have to be tonight. He said he is playing his starters against Detroit because it will impact the playoffs.
Quite sure that Snit will sit him if he's told to regardless of what he told the press. Just sayin'.
This is actually the 2nd most interesting thing about the end of this season. I truly hope Swanson ends up with exactly 130 ABs in the last game of the season just to see if they PH for him late in the game.
It's happened before. Scott Rolen got to his 130th career AB on Sep 7, 1996. He was replaced in the middle of the game and didn't play the rest of the season. He went on to win ROY in 97.
yeezus
It's OVER 5,000!
Rolen was like, never happy with the Phillies.
What the Phillies did was stupid. 1 game isn't that big of a deal.
Dansby is again in the starting lineup tonight, and Snit has already stated all his starters will be in for the last 3 games. Swanson is currently at 117 at bats. If he accumulates 14 more (3.5 per game), he loses rookie eligibility. If we allow that to happen we are idiots.