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[glenn__davis]

Obviously not gonna get my hopes up yet, but again Law's comments that Bradfield can't be an 80 defender as long as Honeycutt is around certainly gives him some more rope to figure it out for me.

[Mike B]

I have seen him take 2 at bats and both have resulted in long homeruns.  Hell he may be the next Mickey Mantle.   His swing doesn't look choppy and he has only 491 MILB at bats so hopefully he can make adjustments and help the organization.  I have not seen him make a defensive play, I had no idea he was that highly thought of.

[McNulty]

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[NewMarketSean]

2026 Jake Fox.

[TwentyThirtyFive]

Its just funny at this point.

[McNulty]

Glad to know that in 2026, NMS can still throw 99mph pessimism on the black 😂

[Mackus]

I believe we've entered Jeff Manto territory with 4 straight homers.  I guess not straight since he had some walks mixed in.  This is insane.

[TwentyThirtyFive]

Glad to know that in 2026, NMS can still throw 99mph pessimism on the black 😂

Never a concern about regression when it comes to NMS pessimism. Plenty left in the tank

[Nigel Tufnel]

[dude]

Yesterday was a bomb also....471 ft.

 

How disappointing is it going to be when he only gets a single and steals 2 bases.

[dude]

Singled in his only AB today.  A SINGLE? Really?  Didn't even steal a base.  Dropped his OPS 600 points.

[mdrunning]

Singled in his only AB today.  A SINGLE? Really?  Didn't even steal a base.  Dropped his OPS 600 points.

The single did come with two strikes, though. 

[BSLChrisStoner]

2026: 11 for 55, 4 homers, 13 rbi's, 6 bb's, 31 k's, 5 steals...   .745 OPS.

 

31 k's in 55 ab's is impressive... good grief. 

[JeremyStrain]

2026: 11 for 55, 4 homers, 13 rbi's, 6 bb's, 31 k's, 5 steals...   .745 OPS.

 

31 k's in 55 ab's is impressive... good grief. 

Eesh, and that's not even in AA yet. At least there you'd have the excuse of running into the pitchers with the advanced secondaries. 

[Mackus]

2026: 11 for 55, 4 homers, 13 rbi's, 6 bb's, 31 k's, 5 steals...   .745 OPS.

 

31 k's in 55 ab's is impressive... good grief. 

 

Unfair comparison, but Tony Gwynn had fewer Ks than that in 16 of his 20 seasons.

[Pedro Cerrano]

2026: 11 for 55, 4 homers, 13 rbi's, 6 bb's, 31 k's, 5 steals... .745 OPS.

31 k's in 55 ab's is impressive... good grief.

He will fit right in!

[BaltBird 24]

To be fair, his OPS is almost 200 points higher than it was last year, so there's some improvement.

But yeah, tough to see a path of relevance if he's striking out almost 50% of the time repeating A ball.

Edit, actually, it is a 50% K rate... 62 PAs, 31 K. That's impressive.

[BSLChrisStoner]

To be fair, his OPS is almost 200 points higher than it was last year, so there's some improvement.

But yeah, tough to see a path of relevance if he's striking out almost 50% of the time repeating A ball.

Edit, actually, it is a 50% K rate... 62 PAs, 31 K. That's impressive.

I do think there is improvement....  but I think I was wrong. 

My take on his year last year was that it was recognized his approach wouldn't hold up was he progressed, and he was trying to rework himself.   That if he had just stayed with his former approach, as an advanced college bat, he'd run into 20+ homers, and could advance... but it wouldn't play at AA and above.

This year, back at A, with him being that much more experienced, and having a good Spring... he's already shown more power, and had more success.  There is talent there.

But the power and defense don't matter if you are going to k at that rate... in A ball, where he's repeating. 

I don't know if he's capable or not... but someone has to get through to him. Make contact. Go with a pitch. Get on-base.  You simply can't strike out half of your plate appearances at A ball and succeed. 

I would have thought after his horrible 2025, that he would have resolved himself to make changes over the Winter. 

Pretty disappointing. 

[JeremyStrain]

I do think there is improvement....  but I think I was wrong. 

My take on his year last year was that it was recognized his approach wouldn't hold up was he progressed, and he was trying to rework himself.   That if he had just stayed with his former approach, as an advanced college bat, he'd run into 20+ homers, and could advance... but it wouldn't play at AA and above.

This year, back at A, with him being that much more experienced, and having a good Spring... he's already shown more power, and had more success.  There is talent there.

But the power and defense don't matter if you are going to k at that rate... in A ball, where he's repeating. 

I don't know if he's capable or not... but someone has to get through to him. Make contact. Go with a pitch. Get on-base.  You simply can't strike out half of your plate appearances at A ball and succeed. 

I would have thought after his horrible 2025, that he would have resolved himself to make changes over the Winter. 

Pretty disappointing. 

Yeah I'd be digging into the pitches he's facing and where he's struggling if I were an analytic focused team. Is he struggling with breaking pitches? Velocity? Inner or outer plate? at a 50% K rate it's almost like he's killing FB, but guessing at what's coming. If he were to get to AA like this, they'd catch it quick and feed him a diet of breaking balls. 

[weird-O]

He will fit right in!

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