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I can't say I'd have figured Oz for 20 HR at the break, but anyone who saw him hit in the minors had to believe that he had elite bat-to-ball skills and the ability to generate a ton of pop. Just watching him in a couple of weekend series in low-a had me convinced. Still, I thought he'd top out at 20. What he's done thus far is just crazy.
 
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homerun derby. Only 1 AL player. No Judge or Stanton which is lame. Freddie vs harper in the first round.
 
Albies and Acuna really struggle with pitch selection. It's evident that they have very little plan other than to hit everything they can reach. Albies just hasnt' been missing his pitch as much as Acuna has lately. Id rather have Culberson in left at the moment to tell the truth, but with Acuna's ability, I don't mind him learning on the job and fighting his way out of this funk a the MLB level. It's like I always tell my hitters, " you're only as good as the pitch that you swing at".
 
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buck75 said:
So, the ball hit to Dansby was considered an infield hit not an error? Is that why all of Folty’s runs considered to be earned?
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Yes and I was kind of surprised it was ruled a hit. I'm way old, but that was an error in a different era.
 
Diesel said:
Albies and Acuna really struggle with pitch selection. It's evident that they have very little plan other than to hit everything they can reach. Albies just hasnt' been missing his pitch as much as Acuna has lately. Id rather have Culberson in left at the moment to tell the truth, but with Acuna's ability, I don't mind him learning on the job and fighting his way out of this funk a the MLB level. It's like I always tell my hitters, " you're only as good as the pitch that you swing at".
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what would you project Culberson to hit in the second half?
 
Braves tied with Philly and 5.5 ahead of the Nats. For awhile I was concerned we would be 3-4 back at the all-star break.
 
Julio3000 said:
I can't say I'd have figured Oz for 20 HR at the break, but anyone who saw him hit in the minors had to believe that he had elite bat-to-ball skills and the ability to generate a ton of pop. Just watching him in a couple of weekend series in low-a had me convinced. Still, I thought he'd top out at 20. What he's done thus far is just crazy.
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Power is very unpredictable in prospects. The hit tool on the other hand seems to translate well as a prospect moves up the various levels. Moral of the story: look for prospects with good hit tools. Don't worry about the power. It will do whatever it is meant to do and its pretty much a waste of time trying to project it.
 
Diesel said:
Albies and Acuna really struggle with pitch selection. It's evident that they have very little plan other than to hit everything they can reach. Albies just hasnt' been missing his pitch as much as Acuna has lately. Id rather have Culberson in left at the moment to tell the truth, but with Acuna's ability, I don't mind him learning on the job and fighting his way out of this funk a the MLB level. It's like I always tell my hitters, " you're only as good as the pitch that you swing at".
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Albies to his credit can...outside apparently up and in on interestingly both sides. Stroman was throwing him 91 4-seamers up and in on the left side on Tuesday and he didn't touch it...which went unseen since he went 3-5 anyway.

Acuna can but he seems to need to know what the pitch is. He's guessing at the plate and if he's wrong, he sometimes just leaves the bat on his shoulder which has led to him taking a lot of fat breaking balls for strike 3 (before he got hurt) and aggravating a lot of people.
 
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