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Draven Moss
I’m not too worried about Betts. So far he has done quite well and when his BABIP increases to normal measures (it should be quite high for him given his speed), so will his stat line. I’m not sure he will every develop significant opposite field power, but as long as he can hit the ball the other way and go with the pitch, he will be fine.
flyerzfan12
And that one scout probably works for the Phillies. I hear that Swihart kid has some huge issues at the plate too, I think they should sell high on him as well…
Bruinsfan94
He’s hitting 338 as a catcher in triple A?
BigGameJames
sarcasm, he’s saying it with a wink
Aaron Stahl
He didn’t do it in AA so there goes the proven track record.
MiddleIn
Jackie Bradley hit .300 in triple A too.
stymeedone
JBJ had speed too. How was his BABIP?
Draven Moss
JBJ isn’t really a base stealer. And his BABIP was around .280 which was almost .100 points higher than his .AVG. Also, his hit tool is inferior to Betts’.
David Coonce
Bradley is also just 23 and plays elite defense. Giving up on him as a bust is a bit premature. And the average player BABIP is around .300. So either Bradley, Jr. was hitting into a bit of bad luck or he hit too many fly balls. I haven’t looked it up but that data is easily available.
Draven Moss
He strikes out too much too. Great points though!
David Coonce
The strikeout rate is certainly worrisome, but obviously it was just an awful offensive year all around.
stymeedone
I missed where base stealing had anything to do with BABIP. What metric measures “hit tool”? I didn’t know one players was stronger than the others.
Draven Moss
It is called scouting, you know…. The guys that get paid to do it. Betts has a superior hit tool to JBJ. As well, speed has a lot to do with BABIP. If a player has speed to get infield hits, their BABIP should be higher than an average runner. Betts is a better runner than JBJ.
stymeedone
Sorry, you stated it like it was a fact, not an opinion. Scouting is an opinion. I know both Betts and JBJ are fast. Do you know who is faster?
Draven Moss
Betts has much better first-step quickness, and overall speed. He has stolen a lot more bases in his career than Bradley.
stymeedone
Base stealing is a skill, which is aided by speed. Some players with speed never get great at it, and some players with less than stellar speed are quite good at it.
David Coonce
Here’s a fun fact; Adam Dunn once stole 19 bases in a season!
stymeedone
Did it help his BABIP?
David Coonce
Huh? Stolen bases have nothing to do with BABIP; speed down the line does, or at least it can. I just thought it was interesting to note that a guy viewed as a big slow lumbering slugger once stole 19 bases in a season.
stymeedone
you’d have to read the whole discussion. 🙂
David Coonce
His line drive rate is very good; his Babip, as you note, is low. Usually those things normalize in the course of a season. A high line-drive/hard-hit ball rate usually goes hand-in-hand with good results. It’s been just 23 games.
BlueSkyLA
Uribe could become available for trade, but not soon. Last we heard Olivera was still in the DR waiting on a visa, and with the absence of Crawford and Puig, Guerrero is probably going to be playing a good amount of LF.
Tommets
Best part about Duda’s success is that the 11th overall pick two years ago, Dom Smith, can be used to bring in a SS.
Sleeper
I’ve been saying that the Yankees aren’t the best suitor for Hamels for a bit now, Tanaka questions or not. While they’re starting to have some top level prospective talent, it’s not in abundance yet, and they’re better off going for a second tier trade this season or opening their wallets a bit in FA, where there’s going to be a ton of options in multiple tiers. I still see teams like the Red Sox, Dodgers, and Cubs as more ideal fits.
Portland Micro-Brewers
Jean Segura and Milwaukee’s comp pick to LA for 2B Darnell Sweeney, LF Scott Schebler, SP/RP Carlos Frias & LHP Daniel Coulombe. Not enough for Milwaukee?
Tyler 19
I honestly don’t think it’s even close. The Brewers have no reason to trade Segura. He’s young, under control and a rising star with average glove and above average bat. Grant Holmes and Zach Lee without the comp pick from Milwaukee would be close. It will take a kings ransom.
Portland Micro-Brewers
As a Dodger fan I’d do Holmes and Lee for Segura and a Comp pick in a heartbeat but I thought Milwaukee would prefer depth and ML ready guys.
hiflyer000
I kind of feel bad for Betts. I’m sure he’ll end up being an above average hitter but he’s completely lost in CF and should be playing 2B, where he would be much, much more valuable.
GMwannabe
Lost in CF? Considering how little he’s actually played out there he is doing great. He obviously still has work to do but he’s far from lost
David Coonce
He’s actually been well above-average in center field. He’ll be fine
Lance
So after 13 games in MLB and 0 HR’s at this point, the Cubs are wanting to make Kris Bryant a “Cub for Life?” And people wonder why they’re paying $7.50 for a beer at Wrigley???
NickinIthaca
I would be thrilled to only pay $7.50 a beer at an MLB stadium. Pretty sure the triple a teams around me charge about that much.
David Coonce
Tremendous sample size; 13 games. Bryant is going to be awesome. A rookie with his walk rate is almost unprecedented.