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  1. Orgfiller
    Zimmer was a genuinely excellent defender (90th percentile in 2021, the year prior to his acquisition) with elite speed (94th percentile in 2022), so at the very least he had two skills that at the time were sought after given no one else on the roster was as good of an OF defender (we had absolute plugs Gurriel and Teoscar out there) or as fast a runner. Lukes is arguably not even as good of a defender as present day Springer, let alone KK and Varsho, and runs completely average. For comparison's sake, Davis Schneider is as fast as Nathan Lukes, Ernie Clement is 76th percentile sprint speed. If all you want on the bench is a burner to run for Kirk in key spots, then you might as well call up Cam Eden who just swiped 53 bags in AAA only getting caught 4 times. He also can cover CF presumably adequately at the least. If you want another lefty bat that is a legitimate PH option and occasional spot starter, that's what Horwitz, Vogelbach and now Votto are competing for.
  2. Orgfiller
    You always seem to aggressively draw the line at such weird things. Lukes has an alright toolset as a viable 4th outfielder, but he's a lefty (KK, Varsho) who is not that fast (51st percentile sprint speed) and in fact slower than our entire outfield, plays average defense, and doesn't hit that well. It's extremely reasonably if a player as redundant as he would be to this roster doesn't make the team. His best utility on the team barring injuries would be blowout game replacement for the old guys.
  3. Orgfiller
    Stat/metric scouting this game: Davis Schneider hit a line drive out at 107.9 mph. Josh Kasevich showed some pop by hitting a scorching 102.8 mph flyball that went 388 feet. Romano hit 99 a couple of times. Mason Fluharty with 4 swings and misses, he threw 12 pitches, all sliders. Chris Bassitt clocked in at 8 distinct pitches according to Statcast lol. 6 whiffs in 57 pitches for the crafty vetrin, velo still down but he probably has more in the tank to ramp up as we've previously seen. This time last year he was barely cracking 90.
  4. Orgfiller
    Is his stuff actually grading well or is this a meme? I was genuinely surprised to see him hit 96 with a tight slider that apparently he's totally changed the shape of in the offseason. I was fully expecting him to be a junkballer sitting 90-91 and throwing the kitchen sink at hitters.
  5. Orgfiller
    He was so bad in 2022 (-1.1 WAR) that it probably cancelled out the mediocre 2023 as a bounceback and entering his age 32 season as a poor defensive outfielder whom you'll likely be platooning.
  6. Orgfiller
    I actually wonder how good Kasevich's defense is/can be. Fangraphs gave him a future 70 hit tool which like, sure he can put the bat on the ball and not swing and miss, but I see no power potential there at all. It's more of a Willians Astudillo profile with some eye but no ability to barrel up the ball. Everything in Spring he's hit so softly, but I guess to some extent he's probably facing better pitching on average than he has in the minors, as he's only gone as high as A+. He reminds me of a 6'1 David Eckstein but unclear if the defense is anywhere near as good.
  7. Orgfiller
    To be fair, Rosario does project to be replacement level. Now I wouldn't give Gurriel 3/42 (with an opt out lol) either, but there's probably easily an $8-10M difference in valuation there for 2024. Insane that Gurriel got as much as he did though.
  8. Orgfiller
    Wes Parsons overview (all the "relative" data is obviously compared to his one start in 2023): 4-seam averaged 94.7 mph - up 0.6 ticks from last year Slider averaged 88.7 mph - up 2.4 mph, spin way down. Traded added velo for spin? Threw one change with much more spin and less velo than before, testing something? 5 whiffs in 28 pitches against the Phillies' main lineup.
  9. Orgfiller
    TIL Wes Parsons sits 94-96.
  10. Orgfiller
    Barger's swing is so violent, I love it. This isn't a man who's looking to push a groundball the other day.
  11. Orgfiller
    Two innings of work for Mitch White. The stuff looked good on paper, 95.6 mph average on the fastball, 88.4 on the slider, mixed in a few curveballs and sweepers. Only one swing and miss though, and the command on the second inning of work clearly wavered, although the velo maintained.
  12. Orgfiller
    Nasty stuff from TJ Brock but his command has been horrendous, he has no idea where the slider is going and the fastball is also a bit all over the place. Fastball 94-96, mostly in the upper range. Slider tight with sharp (mostly downward) movement at 87-89.
  13. Orgfiller
    Davis Schneider has seen nothing but high heat again this Spring, and so far he's been struggling to catch up. He did adjust a bit last season to hit them, but then the league countered with lots of offspeed to setup the high heat.
  14. Orgfiller
    I don’t think I’ve ever heard Danny Jansen talk for this long before. He’s a wonderful interview.
  15. Orgfiller
    You know BaseballSavant has Spring Training games too right? https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?gamePk=748209 Manoah got 3 whiffs, two on the sinker and one on the slider. His sinker averaged 93.1 (14 thrown, 94.4 max), 4-seam 93.7 (10 thrown, 95.5 max), velo and spin on all of them was up relative to last year (negligibly so in most cases). The slider got absolutely rocked, avg exit velo of 102.5 (3 BIP).
  16. Orgfiller
    In classic Yimi fashion he gives up an absolute bomb out of nowhere. What a swing from Termarr Johnson, turned around 96 at the letters like it was nothing. 19 years old and won't turn 20 until June.
  17. Orgfiller
    Yimi sitting 96 up to 98 already.
  18. Orgfiller
    The pitching has looked to be in great shape this game. Romano was the only one that was a bit wild but the fastball had some zip to it already, he was overpowering.
  19. Orgfiller
    They either want to evaluate his defense some more, or they just want to give him more reps out there. Espinal already got his 3 PAs for the day so he was likely done regardless.
  20. Orgfiller
    Urshela is also coming back from major injury that ended his season around the halfway mark. That's as big a question mark as any and likely the main reason for the contract he got, considering the track record.
  21. Orgfiller
    You missed the joke.
  22. Orgfiller
    That is the gut of a 45 year old man who stopped caring about his body a long time ago.
  23. Orgfiller
    I think that's just what his head looks like lol. He has that classic chubby baby face.
  24. Orgfiller
    Meh, this just seems like a broader symptom of him not having a repeatable delivery and struggling with his mechanics. Not really a cause of his struggles, just another piece that would be addressed by having better consistency in his delivery, which would also see improved command of all his pitches.
  25. Orgfiller
    Honestly with Pearson, aside from his poor command, one of his biggest disappointments to me is that the fastball isn't actually an 80 pitch. Averaging 97.9 is great and all, but a lot of guys can get it up there these days. Among relievers pitchers with at least 40 IP, he ranks 21st, lower the threshold to 20 IP and he's 28. The command is too mediocre for the fastball not being overpowering enough. A lot of these elite relievers can get away with mediocre command because they usually have an 80 fastball and a 60-70+ secondary, both of which they can at least throw it down the middle for and it's good enough. Pearson not consistently hitting 99-100+ is as big of a disappointment as anything else in his prospect trajectory. He was supposed to be doing that as a starter! Him hitting 96 at all is a complete travesty.
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