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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 9, 2023 10:12:35 GMT -5
Just wrapped up the latest BA Future Projection pod. Was excited because in the show notes it mentioned they were going to talk about Bleis. Unfortunately, he was in their disappointments category. Their reasoning was that he wasn't showing any consistency with his hard hit ABs. They squashed their prediction of him being this years Jackson Chourio. Hopefully we see an uptick in hard hit from Bleis to put an end to those questions. I think the context that's missing there (which I don't think you can fault them for - I always mention this is the hard part of covering all 30 teams and the nice part of focusing on one) is that the book seems to be out not to throw him fastballs because he's going to punish them, and he's having to adjust to a steady diet of offspeed and breaking stuff. I think, as a result, he's more holding steady than a disappointment, but I get how, without that context, you could look at the drop in things like his batted ball data and see it as a disappointment. I don't think they're looking at his slash line when they say this. Like his hard-hit rate is down from 40.0% to 28.3% and his 90th percentile exit velo from 104.1mph to 99.9mph. That said, Carlos and Ben did say they weren't really worried about him either.
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Post by nomar on May 9, 2023 10:38:01 GMT -5
Just wrapped up the latest BA Future Projection pod. Was excited because in the show notes it mentioned they were going to talk about Bleis. Unfortunately, he was in their disappointments category. Their reasoning was that he wasn't showing any consistency with his hard hit ABs. They squashed their prediction of him being this years Jackson Chourio. Hopefully we see an uptick in hard hit from Bleis to put an end to those questions. I think the context that's missing there (which I don't think you can fault them for - I always mention this is the hard part of covering all 30 teams and the nice part of focusing on one) is that the book seems to be out not to throw him fastballs because he's going to punish them, and he's having to adjust to a steady diet of offspeed and breaking stuff. I think, as a result, he's more holding steady than a disappointment, but I get how, without that context, you could look at the drop in things like his batted ball data and see it as a disappointment. I don't think they're looking at his slash line when they say this. Like his hard-hit rate is down from 40.0% to 28.3% and his 90th percentile exit velo from 104.1mph to 99.9mph. That said, Carlos and Ben did say they weren't really worried about him either. I’m drawing a blank on who said it, but I know someone said that it wouldn’t be a bad thing for him to struggle a bit this offseason. It’s good that the league is making adjustments to him and that he’ll have to make adjustments back rather than just flying through another level via talent level alone. And again, this is still not a big sample of data we’re discussing.
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Post by vermontsox1 on May 9, 2023 13:15:17 GMT -5
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Post by huskies15 on May 10, 2023 9:49:31 GMT -5
I have sort of felt similar about his swing. It doesn't look like the smoothest or most consistent bat path. We'll see if he can make the adjustments to hit his ceiling.
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Post by wcsoxfan on Jan 16, 2024 17:58:57 GMT -5
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Post by wcsoxfan on Feb 29, 2024 2:06:47 GMT -5
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Post by ematz1423 on Feb 29, 2024 7:54:11 GMT -5
Excited to see what Bleis can do this year, here's to hoping for a big bounce back. I kind of like this quote “I’m limiting my expectations this year,” Bleis said. “I went into last year with a lot of expectations and then look what happened. So this year I’m going in just focused on staying healthy and playing well and spending the whole year hoping to show people what I can do.”
Sounds like he's got a pretty good head on his shoulders and wants to just get back to playing ball, I think if he keeps that type of mindset with his tools he'll be A-Okay. I don't know if we should expect him to come out the gates hot in fact we probably should expect some early season troubles. By the end of the year if he stays healthy his tools will start to play loud again and the sky will be the limit though.
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Post by patford on Feb 29, 2024 10:17:54 GMT -5
Excited to see what Bleis can do this year, here's to hoping for a big bounce back. I kind of like this quote “I’m limiting my expectations this year,” Bleis said. “I went into last year with a lot of expectations and then look what happened. So this year I’m going in just focused on staying healthy and playing well and spending the whole year hoping to show people what I can do.” Sounds like he's got a pretty good head on his shoulders and wants to just get back to playing ball, I think if he keeps that type of mindset with his tools he'll be A-Okay. I don't know if we should expect him to come out the gates hot in fact we probably should expect some early season troubles. By the end of the year if he stays healthy his tools will start to play loud again and the sky will be the limit though. I wonder if the shoulder subluxation wasn't something which was already an issue before he was shut down and had surgery? Similar to what was the case with Mayer trying to play through an injury perhaps leading to poor results.
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Post by grandsalami on Mar 26, 2024 12:14:47 GMT -5
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Post by mobaz on Mar 26, 2024 12:32:08 GMT -5
Let's hope all that new mass is ready to keep that shoulder in place if he's gonna fling around like that.
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Post by James Dunne on Mar 26, 2024 12:37:51 GMT -5
Excited to see what Bleis can do this year, here's to hoping for a big bounce back. I kind of like this quote “I’m limiting my expectations this year,” Bleis said. “I went into last year with a lot of expectations and then look what happened. So this year I’m going in just focused on staying healthy and playing well and spending the whole year hoping to show people what I can do.” Sounds like he's got a pretty good head on his shoulders and wants to just get back to playing ball, I think if he keeps that type of mindset with his tools he'll be A-Okay. I don't know if we should expect him to come out the gates hot in fact we probably should expect some early season troubles. By the end of the year if he stays healthy his tools will start to play loud again and the sky will be the limit though. I wonder if the shoulder subluxation wasn't something which was already an issue before he was shut down and had surgery? Similar to what was the case with Mayer trying to play through an injury perhaps leading to poor results. It was definitely already bothering him during that week he came back and went 1 for 18, which really tanked his line. He hadn't been lighting the world afire in April, but he'd been decent enough for a guy in his first full-season league.
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Post by patford on Mar 26, 2024 15:02:45 GMT -5
I wonder if the shoulder subluxation wasn't something which was already an issue before he was shut down and had surgery? Similar to what was the case with Mayer trying to play through an injury perhaps leading to poor results. It was definitely already bothering him during that week he came back and went 1 for 18, which really tanked his line. He hadn't been lighting the world afire in April, but he'd been decent enough for a guy in his first full-season league. An important point to keep in mind. Injuries have a huge effect. And sometimes we don't know about them because a player might not be a type who complains and tries to play through things.
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Post by ogshortstufff on Apr 14, 2024 13:41:15 GMT -5
Kinda feels like he's having the same start that Anthony had last year in Salem. Pitchers aren't throwing him a lot that he can hit, and the approach has been decent. The base-running has been excellent so far, to no ones surprise.
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Post by wkdbigsoxfan on Apr 14, 2024 14:43:05 GMT -5
Kinda feels like he's having the same start that Anthony had last year in Salem. Pitchers aren't throwing him a lot that he can hit, and the approach has been decent. The base-running has been excellent so far, to no ones surprise. Anthony got promoted after 250 plate appearances at Salem, Bleis is at 175. Probably another 150 if it looks good?
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