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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 20, 2024 8:30:09 GMT -5
..... and the strange saga of Blaze Jordan continues. He's off to an abysmal start in Portland, but he still has only 4 K's in 39 plate appearances. A power hitter who doesn't strike out, but doesn't really hit for his expected power, either. Is he using a tennis racket instead of a bat? Obviously not good overall results this season but if he can keep his K rate in that ballpark he seems very likely to end up a MLBer.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 20, 2024 8:56:47 GMT -5
Since when does Rodriguez-Cruz throw 98 MPH? I read about a velocity spike back during ST but 98 is a couple notches beyond that I had seen then. It's very possible he was reading that off the stadium gun, keep in mind. We'll see when we get numbers at the end of the month what kind of velo he's at. Here's Ian from camp.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 20, 2024 8:57:54 GMT -5
You should look up Dunn’s minor league stats and the ages he played. It’s a lot easier to be comped to Adam Dunn than to be Adam Dunn. Oh for sure but at a certain point the power and insane walk rates play or give the urge to see if it can play Where do you put him on this team? Even if the power is fun he shouldn’t be taking reps from Casas and he’s going to strike out too much to carry a full time DH role. In my eyes his best case scenario to deliver value for the Sox is, sorta similar to Hickey, you get a second division team who is willing to see what it could look like and he’s the second or third piece of a trade package if the Sox decide to go buying at the deadline.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Apr 20, 2024 18:20:58 GMT -5
Oh for sure but at a certain point the power and insane walk rates play or give the urge to see if it can play Where do you put him on this team? Even if the power is fun he shouldn’t be taking reps from Casas and he’s going to strike out too much to carry a full time DH role. In my eyes his best case scenario to deliver value for the Sox is, sorta similar to Hickey, you get a second division team who is willing to see what it could look like and he’s the second or third piece of a trade package if the Sox decide to go buying at the deadline. I’ll take the blame for Casas’ injury with this one
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Post by cdj on Apr 20, 2024 18:48:45 GMT -5
Where do you put him on this team? Even if the power is fun he shouldn’t be taking reps from Casas and he’s going to strike out too much to carry a full time DH role. In my eyes his best case scenario to deliver value for the Sox is, sorta similar to Hickey, you get a second division team who is willing to see what it could look like and he’s the second or third piece of a trade package if the Sox decide to go buying at the deadline. I’ll take the blame for Casas’ injury with this one I awoke from a nap to the Casas news and immediately thought of that post ngl In a cursed season smdh
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