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johnmillerjones
I’ve never liked this guy’s game, but he’s really turned it around this season. It’ll be interesting to see if he can keep it up.
A'sfaninUK
Boring take.
padreforlife
Have to agree^
sampsonite168
Topped his career high in HR barely a month into the season. He gonna get tested a dozen times this year.
metseventually 2
Took Yonder 8 years to figure it out.
A'sfaninUK
*change his completely flawed hitting approach with help from at least three future HOFers
notagain27
Finally swinging at strikes. Some of these guys need 1500 to 2000 ML at bats to figure out their strengths and weaknesses. Seems he has figured it out. His platoon splits will still limit his overall value.
royals18
How is his BABIP lower than his batting average?
davidcoonce74
Yeah, home runs don’t count as balls in play. It’s why Ryan Schimpf has such a comically low BABIP. – he never hits singles or anything on the ground, basically.
Alonso is another new convert to the new launch angle, based on new information, and he’s always had some talent – the Padres basically chose him over Rizzo as their first baseman of the future. That didn’t work out so well, but Alonso is still young enough to have a career. Adrian Gonzalez took a while and a few organizations to get good, too.
outinleftfield
Foul balls are not considered balls in play either, so if you pop out in foul territory it’s not a ball in play.
ripcookies
Because BABIP means for balls in play. Not balls you hit over the fence for a homerun. Hence it being lower.
A'sfaninUK
and to think that his BA would rise 10-20 points if his BABIP was over .300.
Alonso is for real as much as JD Martinez is for real and as much as Justin Turner is for real.
He will be worth every penny of a 4/60 deal – and he will probably get less money, sadly.
arc89
Now its adjustment time. Teams are now pitching around Alonso so he has to be selective. The word got around about his sudden power so other Oakland players will need to hit to protect him. If davis can start hitting also it will be a good 1 2 combo for the A’s.
rycm131
Can we trade him today? Before he comes back to earth?
CobiEven
The market is not there for all bat no glove first base types. We saw that this last free agency period. 30 is not young and he has no track record. I see at the most 8 mil per season 2-3 years. The A’s will trade him because offering him a qualifying offer would be a bad idea even with the lesser draft picks now attached. Most teams all ready have better/cheaper in house options.
drgntrnr
The only reason he’d managed to stay on a major league roster before is entirely BECAUSE of his glove.
hooligan
If he maintains his stride, then he’s a solid platoon 1B/DH. Regardless of how much he’s improved, that profile limits him from getting anything more than $30M in my book. Kendrys Morales has historically hit well against both LHP and RHP and could only get $33M this past offseason and it’s general consensus that that was an overpay.