I mean they have 5 guys in the pen with an ERA over 6. It hasn't just been Lindblom. ERA is so old school though. I'm sure there's some advanced stat that says they aren't a steaming pile of crap. Damned if I know what it is... Going into today they were very middle of the road as a whole in both advanced and simple metrics
Was browsing his batting metrics and it seems he’s basically just whiffing on strikes more often. He’s also getting a lot more sliders and less fastballs I guess. But overall not a plate discipline problem, it’s a contact problem.
He didn’t really show it in the minors in 2018 and 2019, that’s why he’s behind guys like McKinney and Fisher, who had better MiLB numbers for different orgs. I hope he can make the most of his opportunities though.
Fangraphs published their power rankings earlier today and put us at 17th. And that was probably a little generous, since if you just look at the numbers we probably should drop about 7 spots from that. Because: Starting pitching - great (top 5) Offense - Garbage (bottom 2) Relievers - Garbage (bottom 3)
He will 100% get sent down at this rate eventually. Only option right now though is to play him at least 50% of the time and hope he can work something out. Have to give him at least a month.
I hated when he was playing Arcia at 3B, but that’s a non issue now. We’ll see what he does with Hiura - platoon, demotion, dropped in the order, if his struggles continue.