That was fun. Mountcastle is no longer intimidated by The Wall ™️, and you love to see it.
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Posted 12 April 2023 - 06:50 AM
F that wall. Just hit it over the wall and let the Yankees whine about it.
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Posted 12 April 2023 - 07:17 AM
He's currently on pace for 74 homers, and 265 rbi. Would be a pretty solid season.
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Posted 12 April 2023 - 10:49 AM
He's currently on pace for 74 homers, and 265 rbi. Would be a pretty solid season.
He needs to walk more.
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Posted 21 April 2023 - 11:09 AM
First nine games: .243/.293/.514
Last nine games: .175/.171/.475
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Posted 21 April 2023 - 11:22 AM
Hes not gonna walk and hes not gonna hit for great avg. Has to slug and thats not particularly easy in this park for a RH hitter. If he remains a 110 OPS+ guy that prob is enough to play out his 6 years here without getting non tendered.
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Posted 21 April 2023 - 11:24 AM
I mean this guy should be hitting 6th for us. Or even 7th in an ideal lineup. That hes cleanup shows you we still have/had some work to do.
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Posted 21 April 2023 - 03:41 PM
First nine games: .243/.293/.514
Last nine games: .175/.171/.475
And yet has consistently hit the ball hard throughout. He's a pure hitter and a free swinger. Never gonna walk, could help if he pulled the ball more, but he will be a solid middle of the order bat as long as he is here.
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Posted 21 April 2023 - 10:15 PM
Pure hitter in what sense. I cant label anyone who has a career .258 hitter a pure hitter. Hes a pure hitter in the sense that his bat is why hes here and its enough to have him be an everyday regular.
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Posted 22 April 2023 - 06:05 AM
Pure hitter in what sense. I cant label anyone who has a career .258 hitter a pure hitter. Hes a pure hitter in the sense that his bat is why hes here and its enough to have him be an everyday regular.
And yet his xBA has been top 10% of the league since the start of 2022.
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Posted 22 April 2023 - 08:24 AM
You dont get rewarded for the x in front of BA. Not a small career sample size for him anymore.
And yet his xBA has been top 10% of the league since the start of 2022.
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Posted 22 April 2023 - 03:29 PM
You dont get rewarded for the x in front of BA. Not a small career sample size for him anymore.
He shouldn’t hit the ball so hard then because as his exit velo and hard hit percentage increased his BA decreased.
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Posted 29 April 2023 - 04:41 PM
His insistence on swinging at everything is annoying as f**k. This guy could hit .270 and still have a sub .300 OBP
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Posted 25 May 2023 - 02:37 PM
His splits vs RHP
.196/.226/.341
51 wRC+
Yikes
.196/.226/.341
51 wRC+
Yikes
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Posted 25 May 2023 - 02:40 PM
To be fair Phelan retweeted this. Its where I got the info. Im willing to accept that as a form of concession in our debate we had above. 😏
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Posted 07 June 2023 - 04:24 PM
What do we do here? Short term and long term. Hes pretty bad and has been for awhile. Brings no D. 1st yr arb guy this offseason. Do you just hand him a job in '24? Non tender? Trade him for whatever? Granted he could improve as the season goes on but this question likely remains heading into '24. I dont see any finish to his season where we are or should be penciling him into 550 ABs in '24
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Posted 07 June 2023 - 04:39 PM
What do we do here? Short term and long term. Hes pretty bad and has been for awhile. Brings no D. 1st yr arb guy this offseason. Do you just hand him a job in '24? Non tender? Trade him for whatever? Granted he could improve as the season goes on but this question likely remains heading into '24. I dont see any finish to his season where we are or should be penciling him into 550 ABs in '24
I don't think he makes it to arb2 with us, could see him getting one more year. Kjerstad is his replacement IMO. Hope he finishes the season strong and trade him in the offseason. He just doesn't fit the development model (swing decisions) as good as a clubhouse presence as he appears to be.
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Posted 07 June 2023 - 04:54 PM
Maybe some people fall in love with the red on his baseball savant page and offer up something worthwhile in a trade. I do think he could bounce back and put together 2 or 3 good years in his late 20s elsewhere. Im trying to think of a comp but its hard with someone who rarely walks. Give me someone who jist swung all the time but could hit .270 with 35 HRs
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Posted 07 June 2023 - 04:57 PM
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