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Post by ramireja on Apr 17, 2022 12:09:45 GMT -5
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Post by radiohix on Apr 29, 2022 19:25:13 GMT -5
Good to know that there's no physical issues with the absence of Marcelo.
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Post by julyanmorley on Apr 29, 2022 19:55:51 GMT -5
Sounds like a strange way of saying he tweaked his hammy but it's not serious or something like that.
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Post by TearsIn04 on Apr 29, 2022 20:11:10 GMT -5
A 19-year-old kid needs a week of rest after 13 games? I love modern BB.
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Post by pedroelgrande on Apr 29, 2022 20:21:14 GMT -5
It seems like they did the same with Bonaci and Ugueto.
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Post by nomar on Apr 29, 2022 22:03:42 GMT -5
Apathy for your job is normalized now. Nobody judge.
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Post by jaffinator on May 30, 2022 20:14:01 GMT -5
So Marcelo Mayer has 11 doubles in 78 plate appearances after today's game, which translates to ~14% of all his at bats ending in doubles (for context, MLB doubles leader Matt Olson is doubling in 11% of ABs). The thought is that he'll add strength over time and those doubles will start translating into home runs. He added some strength over the off season, but he still has further to go in my opinion. I'm going to bet that next season, assuming no injuries, he hits 15 home runs across whatever levels he plays at. That's an optimistic prediction for sure (power development is not always so simple), but I can see power translating easily given how smooth that swing is and the extension he can get. Anyone else have a prediction?
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 30, 2022 21:46:15 GMT -5
Remember that the Carolina League, and Salem specifically, depresses power. It's worse now that it's Low-A and the kids are younger, but you'll naturally see improvement in the numbers even if there's no real change.
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Post by Underwater Johnson on May 30, 2022 22:02:42 GMT -5
Also recall that this kid was the #4 overall pick (and consensus 1-1) and we rarely have someone this good, this young.
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Post by James Dunne on May 30, 2022 22:24:11 GMT -5
Twitter-users, unreasonable, impatient, foolish: "IF MARCELO MAYER IS SO GREAT THEN WHY DON'T THEY CALL HIM UP TO PLAY SECOND BASE TODAY."
SoxProspects.com Forum-users, sensible, forbearing, wise: "Dear sirs, I hate to be imprudent, but I think it possible that this impish young brute they've selected from 'California' may be able to slug as many as fifteen (15) homers while in the middle levels of the minor leagues next season! Stop me if I am showing too great a haste."
Yeah, I think that's a fair and reasonable possibility.
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Post by cdj on May 30, 2022 22:43:52 GMT -5
Twitter-users, unreasonable, impatient, foolish: "IF MARCELO MAYER IS SO GREAT THEN WHY DON'T THEY CALL HIM UP TO PLAY SECOND BASE TODAY." SoxProspects.com Forum-users, sensible, forbearing, wise: "Dear sirs, I hate to be imprudent, but I think it possible that this impish young brute they've selected from 'California' may be able to slug as many as fifteen (15) homers while in the middle levels of the minor leagues next season! Stop me if I am showing too great a haste." Yeah, I think that's a fair and reasonable possibility. this killed me hahahahaha They are truly different worlds. This kids swing is so easy, I look forward to seeing him in a hitters environment
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Post by jaffinator on May 31, 2022 0:05:09 GMT -5
Twitter-users, unreasonable, impatient, foolish: "IF MARCELO MAYER IS SO GREAT THEN WHY DON'T THEY CALL HIM UP TO PLAY SECOND BASE TODAY." SoxProspects.com Forum-users, sensible, forbearing, wise: "Dear sirs, I hate to be imprudent, but I think it possible that this impish young brute they've selected from 'California' may be able to slug as many as fifteen (15) homers while in the middle levels of the minor leagues next season! Stop me if I am showing too great a haste." Yeah, I think that's a fair and reasonable possibility. 15 for a guy with one on this season so far and three across 1/3 of a minor season's worth of at bats would represent a fairly serious step forwards lol. I mean just for context 15 is what (minor league depth) sluggers in Josh Ock and Joey Meneses hit. It's 1 behind Duran who was shelling for power in the Polar Vortex. It's one ahead of Casas last year (who didn't actually miss as much time as you'd think). If he hit 15 without changing the approach, I'd think that puts him in a position of above average present power and plus power potential especially considering that even when uninjured the org seems to feel comfortable resting him plenty. He could hit fewer than 15 and it could still be a very successful season. Though if they could count, Twitter users might disagree.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 31, 2022 6:19:33 GMT -5
Twitter-users, unreasonable, impatient, foolish: "IF MARCELO MAYER IS SO GREAT THEN WHY DON'T THEY CALL HIM UP TO PLAY SECOND BASE TODAY." SoxProspects.com Forum-users, sensible, forbearing, wise: "Dear sirs, I hate to be imprudent, but I think it possible that this impish young brute they've selected from 'California' may be able to slug as many as fifteen (15) homers while in the middle levels of the minor leagues next season! Stop me if I am showing too great a haste." Yeah, I think that's a fair and reasonable possibility. 15 for a guy with one on this season so far and three across 1/3 of a minor season's worth of at bats would represent a fairly serious step forwards lol. I mean just for context 15 is what (minor league depth) sluggers in Josh Ock and Joey Meneses hit. It's 1 behind Duran who was shelling for power in the Polar Vortex. It's one ahead of Casas last year (who didn't actually miss as much time as you'd think). If he hit 15 without changing the approach, I'd think that puts him in a position of above average present power and plus power potential especially considering that even when uninjured the org seems to feel comfortable resting him plenty. He could hit fewer than 15 and it could still be a very successful season. Though if they could count, Twitter users might disagree. Well, remember that the minor league season was a month short last year. The two guys you mention weren't playing full time either. That said, just 7 guys hit 15 in 2019, so your point also stands.
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Post by James Dunne on May 31, 2022 6:43:53 GMT -5
Twitter-users, unreasonable, impatient, foolish: "IF MARCELO MAYER IS SO GREAT THEN WHY DON'T THEY CALL HIM UP TO PLAY SECOND BASE TODAY." SoxProspects.com Forum-users, sensible, forbearing, wise: "Dear sirs, I hate to be imprudent, but I think it possible that this impish young brute they've selected from 'California' may be able to slug as many as fifteen (15) homers while in the middle levels of the minor leagues next season! Stop me if I am showing too great a haste." Yeah, I think that's a fair and reasonable possibility. 15 for a guy with one on this season so far and three across 1/3 of a minor season's worth of at bats would represent a fairly serious step forwards lol. I mean just for context 15 is what (minor league depth) sluggers in Josh Ock and Joey Meneses hit. It's 1 behind Duran who was shelling for power in the Polar Vortex. It's one ahead of Casas last year (who didn't actually miss as much time as you'd think). If he hit 15 without changing the approach, I'd think that puts him in a position of above average present power and plus power potential especially considering that even when uninjured the org seems to feel comfortable resting him plenty. He could hit fewer than 15 and it could still be a very successful season. Though if they could count, Twitter users might disagree. Oh no, you're being totally on the slightly optimistic end of reasonable. It's just always jarring when people are reasonable. For what it's worth, though, Casas did only play in 86 games last year. My expectation for a healthy Mayer would be somewhere around 115 games mark.
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Post by jaffinator on May 31, 2022 11:15:16 GMT -5
Wait so now that we've determined that this is reasonable to optimistic, anyone else have any guesses?
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Post by cdj on May 31, 2022 18:10:16 GMT -5
14 home runs, price is right rules
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Post by jaffinator on May 31, 2022 19:21:17 GMT -5
14 home runs, price is right rules Sonofa...
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Post by wcsoxfan on May 31, 2022 19:51:12 GMT -5
14 home runs, price is right rules I haven't watched Price is Right in a long time, but I think I remember how it's played. Going with 1 dollar/homer.
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Post by keninten on May 31, 2022 22:21:51 GMT -5
If it`s price is right rules, I`ll go 16 HR.
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Post by cdj on May 31, 2022 23:23:13 GMT -5
Yeah tbh I may or may not remember the price is right rules
Either way Mayer gonna hit a teen # of dongs
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Post by foreverred9 on May 31, 2022 23:46:49 GMT -5
No, you don't! This is essentially what you just did...
Or you're smarter than all of and are this guy...
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Post by cdj on Jun 1, 2022 0:15:30 GMT -5
We’ll see who gets last laugh when it’s 14 on the nose!!
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Post by huskies15 on Jun 3, 2022 9:15:54 GMT -5
In the 6/1 gameday thread there's been a good conversation regarding Mayer's K% and whiff%. I was wondering if there is any correlation between when he was diagnosed with a wrist injury and those numbers potentially going up?
It seems logical to me, but not sure where exactly to look that up.
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Post by James Dunne on Jun 3, 2022 10:07:22 GMT -5
17 Ks in 63 PA before the rest/injury (27%) 10 Ks in 32 PA since coming back (31.3%)
But if you start playing the arbitrary endpoints game a little more finely, he struck out just six times in his first seven games and has struck out in 21 of 61 PA since then. But he also has 8 doubles and homer in those 61 plate appearances, so if there's something affecting his rate of contact it is not necessarily affecting the quality of his contact.
Another thing to keep in mind: he has yet to face a pitcher who is younger than he is.
Assignment for someone who is more clever than I: he needs a Jeopardy-related nickname related to his Daily Double.
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Post by maxwellsdemon on Jun 3, 2022 10:56:24 GMT -5
Could go with Jeopardy James Holzhauer's "All in"
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