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  1. John_Havok
    Not quite, more like 4+ give or take.
  2. John_Havok
    His ceiling is probably the 2020 version of Jeff McNeil with a bit less power but far better D. And I don't mean that as an insult. That's a 4ish WAR player.
  3. John_Havok
    Very much so. This is why i think the higher contact type of hitter will be coming back into appeal in the next few years. Gonna have to balance out the lineups with fewer upper-cut swing guys. Jeff McNeil is doing it incredibly well this season for the Mets.
  4. John_Havok
    Defitnitely working out, not meaning to suggest otherwise. But you lost me with RBIs
  5. John_Havok
    Yeah, it's possible. But the squaring up more balls will only help a guy like him to a certain point if the amount of balls he puts in play goes way down. His strength last season was putting tons of balls into play, high contact and taking his walks. so yeah, he may or may not have been lucky depending on EV, launch angle etc. Now, his contact is very clearly down, but of the balss he puts into play, he's hitting them harder. There's a balance point somewhere in there (admittedly I don't know exactly where) where hitting the ball harder on average but putting far fewer balls in play would be no better than putting far more balls in play at lower EVs. EV increase = awesome. Not putting as many balls in play with that higher EV = not as optimal as it could be if his contact rate trended a bit back towards last season. and by no means am I saying he's not a good player, he absolutely is and should 100% be playing everyday on this team.
  6. John_Havok
    Precisely this. Has nothing to do with throwing it more, just has to make it a strike threat. Right now he's nowhere near the zone with it the majority of the time and the hitters are just dismissing it from consideration and smashing the hell out of his cutters.
  7. John_Havok
    Well, there is a tiny bit of concern for him in that his approach seems to have changed drastically with the added muscle, and hasn't really been helping. Still stellar D, no question there at all, but he's trying to mash everything and swinging/missing a lot more. If he reverts to his previous approach and just allows his added muscle to hit balls harder, the results would likely be much better. Just realize he's not gonna ever hit 20 HRs in a season, so stop trying to do that and get back to being the spray hitter but with a higher EV. at least, that's my theory. His WRC+ is virtually identical to last season, but wOBA is down. Power is up, OBP is down. Essentially looks like his gains in power are not yet sufficient to cover his large decline in getting balls in play and on base.
  8. John_Havok
    Gausman is now the only other pitcher other than Cy Young to start the season with 5 starts allowing 0 walks and 0 HR.
  9. John_Havok
    It looks like this ( but without the dots) [tweet.]123456789737352[/tweet.]
  10. John_Havok
    450 feet ain’t bad for his 1st. That ball was obliterated
  11. John_Havok
    Or Seattle last year
  12. John_Havok
    f***ing nailz. Can we give him 2 days off please? Lol
  13. John_Havok
    Bust out the changeup
  14. John_Havok
    Refresh me on how to add to the ignore list?
  15. John_Havok
    Nah, Tapia’s D is suspect at best.
  16. John_Havok
    At this rate he’ll have 50 saves by the all star break
  17. John_Havok
    If only Tapia and Zimmer could morph into a single individual, together they’d actually be a competent bench piece
  18. John_Havok
    This teams' collective swing decisions are very hard to watch right now
  19. John_Havok
    And those 2 hitters is why they really think he's got upside... Slight problem with his pitches though... his change is like 89-90mph and doesnt have enough separation from the fastball or cutter velo. Almost every pitch he throws is within 5 mph of each other.
  20. John_Havok
    Zero fastball command also a problem right now, keeps leaving it up and away arm side. Something mechanically wrong right now that he needs to fix asap
  21. John_Havok
    His cutter is getting murdered tonight, he needs to find something else to throw
  22. John_Havok
    He means the appeal panel I think
  23. John_Havok
    Tom Brady nearly went to the Supreme Court with his suspension.
  24. John_Havok
    Turns out there's also a ball game tonight!
  25. John_Havok
    Fight me ya uphill gardening troglodytic bike!
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