GDT--5/25-- FRIDAY AT Red Sox

thewupk said:
Benintendi on pace for 4+ war in his 2nd year. I wish our prospects would disappoint like that.
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AB is avg 0.028 fWAR per game.
Swanson is avg 0.024 fWAR per game.

Pretty much a wash between our 2 big 2nd year guys. If you include Albies in that group, he is at 0.043 fWAR per game
 
chop2chip said:
Yeah I get that, but he’s basically been a 20/20 guy with average defense in the corner. Like I said, I really like him (and all the players I mentioned). If Acuna settled into that type of player, we would all feel disappointed despite that being a very good player.
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Speak for yourself. Of course I never felt disappointment with andruw like a large part of our fanbase did either.
 
thewupk said:
Statistically speaking it's not close. There have been guys from time to time to be as good as druw for a few years. But nobody had done it for as long as he did
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Thanks for backing up what I thought I saw. I used to watch the braves just to see andruw play cf
 
chop2chip said:
Yeah I get that, but he’s basically been a 20/20 guy with average defense in the corner. Like I said, I really like him (and all the players I mentioned). If Acuna settled into that type of player, we would all feel disappointed despite that being a very good player.
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To be fair, that's about all I remember him ever being projected as being. Looks like his defense has maybe been worse than expected though.
 
Juan Lagares' 2013 year was the closest I've seen comparable to Andruw's defensive play.
 
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thethe said:
Smartt to put acuna in right tonight
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Ok, so Bowman put out some tweets today, maybe yesterday, saying Acuna leads the team and maybe the Major leagues in four star catches whatever that means exactly. I didn't see the game that got people complaining about his defense, but I'd gather that was a Bowman response.
 
chop2chip said:
Fine. I would be very disappointed if our potential six WAR 30/30 guy replicated Nick Markakis’a career.
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Now when did Markakis have a 20-20 career?

If he put up those numbers, I'd hope that people wouldn't find him even more inexplicably disappointing.
 
Southcack77 said:
To be fair, that's about all I remember him ever being projected as being. Looks like his defense has maybe been worse than expected though.
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Wasnt he a consensus number one overall prospect? I would think his projections would have been a bit more aspirational.

I flibbed when I used the word “disappointment”. Those players aren’t disappointments. More like a bunch of singles and doubles, and no homeruns.
 
chop2chip said:
Wasnt he a consensus number one overall prospect? I would think his projections would have been a bit more aspirational.

I flibbed when I used the word “disappointment”. Those players aren’t disappointments. More like a bunch of singles and doubles, and no homeruns.
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Tbh they really weren't. Maybe he should be better than this, but from what I saw his expectations were a bit better than Dansby Swanson (.300 hitter with good OBP and 20/20 and not a guy that does something exceptionally).
 
Southcack77 said:
Now when did Markakis have a 20-20 career?

If he put up those numbers, I'd hope that people wouldn't find him even more inexplicably disappointing.
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Technicalllllllly... no. But 23-18 is close enough, right?

Nick had a fantastic career. But try tossing that name as a comp on a top prospect and see how much excitement that generates.
 
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