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A'sfaninUK
I really don’t understand how everyone thinks Conforto is a superstar now and not a small sample/rookie luck case study? It’s so early and the Mets were smart to invest in a backup plan for him in De Aza. Conforto could very easily slump heavily and be sent back to the minors for more seasoning.
jabmets
Deaza was signed to split time with lagares in center field.
Not take conforto’s job in left field. Conforto is playing every day as was granderson. When cespedes signed it moved lagares and de aza into fourth and fifth outfielders.
chri
What I don’t understand is how everyone is skeptical of conforto but think Schwarber is the next babe Ruth.
Both posted similar offensive stats, just one plays much better defense than the other
theo2016
Schwarber is a slugger with 40 homer pop and an elite walk rate both of which are strong indicators of future performance, conforto is more 20 homer pop and doubles with more contact. Also dont buy in to conforto being a good defender, he is average but the bat is definitely real.
wedgeant27
But will his godawful defense allow more than 40 runs on errors? That was the pace he was on during the NLCS. Ah, being a Met fan at Wrigley and cheering every time the ball went his way. Schwarber needs to find his way to an AL team, fast.
RunDMC
Schwarber has C eligibility and will help my fantasy team much more than Conforto ever could.
nymets1585
FYI, Michael Conforto was 3rd in MLB in exit velocity in 2015…
guillermo23
Insultas en español pensando que nadie te va a entender?, si ese es el caso, el bruto aquí es otro.
tech19
no te enojes bebo
Bobby Sweet
No hablo Español.
sams
What I don’t understand is why everyone is only skeptical about Conforto’s future as a big leaguer, yet guys like Schwarber, Bryant, Sano, Grichuk, Lindor and Russell are getting lauded as future superstars when some of their numbers seem unrepeatable or are a tell for future struggles.
For starters, all of those players, minus Lindor, struck out at least 28% of the time, whereas Conforto struck out barely 20%. Some of those players had extremely high BABIPs (at least relative to their averages): .396 for Sano, .378 for Bryant, .365 for Grichuk, .348 for Lindor, .324 for Russell (who hit .242) and .293 for Schwarber, which could stand to improve. Conforto’s was .296, which could also stand to improve and if it doesn’t, he was a .270 hitter anyway; it isn’t like he got batted ball luck.
Defensively, Sano and Schwarber looked awful and you have to wonder how they’ll translate to a full season – maybe they’ll handle it but if last year was any indication, their defense will drive their contributions wayyyy down. Bryant and Grichuk were good defensively, while Lindor and Russell play phenomenal defense, but Conforto did too. In fact, extrapolated over a full season, Conforto would’ve had arguably the best defensive numbers of any LF in baseball; it wasn’t like he was just solid there, he was elite defensively. I don’t expect that to stay the same, but he showed enough to me that he’s going to be at least an above average fielder.
Even if you just go by fWAR, it’s conveys a telling story: Bryant (6.5 in 650 PA), Lindor (4.6 in 438), Grichuk (3.1 in 350), Russell (2.9 in 523), Schwarber (1.9 in 273), Sano (2.0 in 335)… and Conforto (a whopping 2.1 WAR in less than 200 PAs – 194 specifically).
He’s a Met and put up that insane production in a two month span (while also sitting vs lefties for most of the time) so I can understand the skepticism, but it isn’t as if what he did was fueled by unsustainable rates and luck. He played GG defense, had a 134 wRC+ and hit three rockets in the postseason, despite underwhelming overall numbers. There’s no reason to believe he won’t keep up his production.
Fred 3
Mejia is as guilt as David Ortiz.
Bobby Sweet
Ortiz failed once when there was no penalty. Mejia failed three times when the policy was well established. I see glaring differences there.
tycobb016
steroids has been against the law in the united states for years. because “no steroids” wasnt written in the mlb rulebook doesnt meam it was ok for ortiz but not mejia.
thecoffinnail
Ortiz could have failed because of a supplement that can be bought legally at GNC. No one knows if he took an illegal steroid or a supplement except for Ortiz himself. Personally, I don’t care who was juicing and who wasn’t back then. Its safe to say a good amount of the superstars were. If the pitcher is juicing and the hitter is as well, doesn’t it pretty much cancel each other out? It does bother me when players from today get caught though. It is clearly frowned upon and even though still in use today it is not nearly as wide spread.
Bob Knob
Big Pappy….steroids….you’re kidding me !
Couldn’t be …read in the Boston papers blogs…it was just a few gallons of Jamba-Juice from the mall.
Slugs don’t lie.
ammiel
lifetime ban in the opening, then a few phrases later could be playing in a couple of years…please explain?
thecoffinnail
He can apply for reinstatement. Its not likely to happen though. They will make an example out of him. Failing 3 times in a little over a year has to win him the idiot of the year award.
ammiel
lifetime majors ban. i guess?
thecoffinnail
Or the AAGPBL. He still has options left.