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Post by iakovos11 on Jul 22, 2015 19:47:38 GMT -5
Bradley 2-2 with a 3B and BB. Can't wait for the trade deadline to pass so he can get called up and get some serious playing time
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Jul 22, 2015 22:24:04 GMT -5
Pawsox pitchers retire the final 18 Norfolk batters. Incl. Barnes 4 perfect innings. Lose game 6-2
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Post by rafael on Jul 22, 2015 22:27:28 GMT -5
Benintendi has hit 24 HRs in 79 games this year, considering his college season and his pro season. That means he is ''in pace'' for 46 HRs in 150 games, which is pretty good.
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Post by pokeefe363 on Jul 22, 2015 22:29:39 GMT -5
Wow Benny has some serious power. Didn't see that much lift in a lot of his college tapes on YouTube.
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Post by klostrophobic on Jul 22, 2015 23:36:24 GMT -5
Well, he does have Paul Goldschmidt-like forearms.
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Post by ericmvan on Jul 23, 2015 2:06:47 GMT -5
Benintendi has a .244/.417/.556 slash with a .212 BABIP (through three ABs today). If that BABIP were a totally reasonable .333? He'd be at .333/.483/.644. His .973 OPS is artificially low by like 150 points. Beat me to it. He walked in his final PA to boost the OBP to .426. You don't see the combination of a .982 OPS and .212 BABIP too often. I'd be conservative and say he should be 10/33 (.303) instead of 7/33 on balls in play, and that one of the missing hits should be a 2B, which puts his real performance at .311 / .475 / .644. But it could just as easily be .333 / .492 / .667, with one more single. Split the difference and indeed you have 156 OPS points of bad luck. He's probably good enough to play at the next level. He is, BTW, almost three months older than Margot, and it's easy to see him arriving in MLB just half a season later, even though he's currently three levels behind him. What do you do with four legitimate center fielders (assuming JBJ hits like he looks like he will)? I'm not really sure. "Walk them all and pitch to the giraffe" is probably not the right answer. (If anyone is curious, BA = BABIP if HR / (HR + SO) happens to equal BA.)
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 23, 2015 6:46:49 GMT -5
Benintendi has a .244/.417/.556 slash with a .212 BABIP (through three ABs today). If that BABIP were a totally reasonable .333? He'd be at .333/.483/.644. His .973 OPS is artificially low by like 150 points. Beat me to it. He walked in his final PA to boost the OBP to .426. You don't see the combination of a .982 OPS and .212 BABIP too often. I'd be conservative and say he should be 10/33 (.303) instead of 7/33 on balls in play, and that one of the missing hits should be a 2B, which puts his real performance at .311 / .475 / .644. But it could just as easily be .333 / .492 / .667, with one more single. Split the difference and indeed you have 156 OPS points of bad luck. He's probably good enough to play at the next level. He is, BTW, almost three months older than Margot, and it's easy to see him arriving in MLB just half a season later, even though he's currently three levels behind him. What do you do with four legitimate center fielders (assuming JBJ hits like he looks like he will)? I'm not really sure. "Walk them all and pitch to the giraffe" is probably not the right answer. (If anyone is curious, BA = BABIP if HR / (HR + SO) happens to equal BA.) Not so fast with the promotion. He's coming to Williamsport next week. Hope to catch Lowell on Mon or Tues. I used to worship at the OBP alter. But, minor leaguers can accumulate a high OBP because pitchers are wild down there and they just take pitches. Don't really do anything. They get to the bigs and the pitchers have control and the umps have a ridiculous strike zone. It's not as important to me right now. Slugging pct. is what I'm looking for. What you do, when you connect.
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Post by nomar on Jul 23, 2015 7:00:59 GMT -5
Well, he does have Paul Goldschmidt-like forearms. Does he? Paul Goldschmidt is a big guy already though.
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Post by jimoh on Jul 23, 2015 10:48:01 GMT -5
Well, he does have Paul Goldschmidt-like forearms. Does he? Paul Goldschmidt is a big guy already though. Note that Keith Law dropped a partial Goldschmidt (6' 3")-Sam Travis (6' 0") comp in a chat yesterday espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/51898/mlb-insider-keith-law"Chris (San Francisco) Keith, Sam Travis has hit well, but as a 1B he isn't hitting for much power. Does he have a chance to develop enough to be a big league regular? Klaw (1:21 PM) Yes but I think it would be more as a high avg/obp/doubles guy. Although Goldschmidt ended up with power beyond anyone's expectations (including mine), and they're not that dissimilar from a scouting POV at the same age."
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