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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Jul 11, 2019 0:24:08 GMT -5
Acceptable at Single-A, sure. He's definitely earned a promotion back to Portland but I'm going to wait to be excited about him until he performs there. Then you should feel that way about anybody since he's leading the organization's entire minor leagues with over 200 plate appearances, in OPS including his Portland time (.871), a few ticks above Casas. This logic doesn't really hold, since he's an exception from most guys in the system. We've already seen what Marcus Wilson looks like against AA pitching and it's bad. Maybe he's turned a corner and he'll carry it on with him as he moves back up through the system, but my point was that I am going to wait to place that faith in him until I see that happen because we have data that suggests it may not be the case. That's different than, say, Casas because trying to project how Casas will perform at the next level is entirely projection, so there's justification for excitement. With Wilson, there's less projection because we already have numbers on it. So I'm going to ignore your suggestion and be excited about whoever I want, and stay very cautiously optimistic about a guy who is playing well (and I'll admit, he's playing REALLY well) at a level lower than where he should be.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 11, 2019 4:44:19 GMT -5
Then you should feel that way about anybody since he's leading the organization's entire minor leagues with over 200 plate appearances, in OPS including his Portland time (.871), a few ticks above Casas. This logic doesn't really hold, since he's an exception from most guys in the system. We've already seen what Marcus Wilson looks like against AA pitching and it's bad. Maybe he's turned a corner and he'll carry it on with him as he moves back up through the system, but my point was that I am going to wait to place that faith in him until I see that happen because we have data that suggests it may not be the case. That's different than, say, Casas because trying to project how Casas will perform at the next level is entirely projection, so there's justification for excitement. With Wilson, there's less projection because we already have numbers on it. So I'm going to ignore your suggestion and be excited about whoever I want, and stay very cautiously optimistic about a guy who is playing well (and I'll admit, he's playing REALLY well) at a level lower than where he should be. Actually it does. This is from about a week after Wilson was sent down to Salem: Wilson began the season in the D-backs organization but was traded in the deal that shipped Blake Swihart to Arizona on April 19. The 22-year-old debuted with Double-A Portland but was assigned to Salem after hitting .161 in 16 Eastern League games. When he arrived last week, Zawadzki immediately noticed changes to Wilson's load that could improve the outfielder's judgment in the strike zone.
Wilson was "all-in," and now he's heating up. After going hitless in his first two games with Salem, he has eight hits in his last four games and seven RBIs over his last three. Friday's home run was his first since April 29.
"[The adjustment] has really freed up his swing," Zawadzki said. "There's a different sound off his bat when he gets it."www.milb.com/milb/news/boston-red-sox-prospect-jarren-duran-boosts-average-to-422/c-307438036
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Jul 11, 2019 11:04:43 GMT -5
Then you should feel that way about anybody since he's leading the organization's entire minor leagues with over 200 plate appearances, in OPS including his Portland time (.871), a few ticks above Casas. This logic doesn't really hold, since he's an exception from most guys in the system. We've already seen what Marcus Wilson looks like against AA pitching and it's bad. Maybe he's turned a corner and he'll carry it on with him as he moves back up through the system, but my point was that I am going to wait to place that faith in him until I see that happen because we have data that suggests it may not be the case. That's different than, say, Casas because trying to project how Casas will perform at the next level is entirely projection, so there's justification for excitement. With Wilson, there's less projection because we already have numbers on it. So I'm going to ignore your suggestion and be excited about whoever I want, and stay very cautiously optimistic about a guy who is playing well (and I'll admit, he's playing REALLY well) at a level lower than where he should be. That's certainly a reason for optimism but like I said, I will believe the change is real when I see it against the competition he's already struggled against. add: I should clarify that that piece is not new information to me, I read it when it was published. I've also read those types of pieces before where the changes didn't stick so I'm staying wary for now.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 11, 2019 18:25:19 GMT -5
I was leery when it first came out but it's been 8 weeks and his slashes have pretty much doubled across the boards and he's been very consistent. That's far more than can simply be explained by the difference in AA and A+.
Zawadzki is my favorite hitting coach but I find it odd that he was able to notice something immediately that Lee May Jr. didn't see in 16 games (or the Diamondbacks for that matter). I'd question it if he made the statement today but he didn't, he made it when the change was made so the difference must have been substantial in his eyes.
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