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  1. Lajitas
    Exit velocity is another. Esteury Ruiz has a low exit velocity, so he has no future as a hitter. But his career SLG in the minors (.457) is more than 40 points higher than William Contreras (.413). And that doesn't include all the "single and steal second" doubles that he's capable of.
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    I'll always contend that Keston is a victim of the launch-angle craze. In college and coming up, he was a line drive machine. Screaming missiles, gap to gap. A doubles hitter, not a home run hitter. Changing his swing to try to increase his launch angle is to blame for his struggles more than anything.
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    Ruiz's RF/9 in CF in the minors: 2.49 Frelick's RF/9 in CF in the minors: 2.38 If there's zero indication that Ruiz will ever be a CF, what position is Frelick going to have to move to?
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    Except "Moneyball" and analytics isn't just about using advanced stats, it's using it to your advantage. The A's use it to identify cracks and gaps that other teams aren't taking advantage of. To find players that outperform their salaries. It appears they might be looking at speed as one of those cracks.
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    Career minor league slash lines for the two players involved: .285 / .363 / .457 .281 / .346 / .414
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    How dare you suggest Frelick isn't anything short of the savior of the franchise. Don't you realize that he will be the first player ever elected to the Hall of Fame before he retires?
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    He IS the third rookie that would be in the lineup. Regardless of where Frelick plays, there are already two rookies that would be in the starting lineup. So he would be the third, regardless of talent level. Two guys punch you in the face. Then Mike Tyson punches you in the face. Was that punch from Tyson the #1 punch? It was probably the best punch of the lot, but it was the THIRD punch. Do you understand how counting works?
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    I love how this has turned into how I hate Frelick. I just don't see a team that considers themselves a contender, probably in the last year of their contending window, installing a THIRD rookie into the starting lineup, especially one that has no MLB experience and less than a season above A ball. It's that simple. If we're going that route, trade Burnes, trade Woodruff, trade Adames for as many prospects that are near major league ready as we can, for the next contending window to open in 2024 or 2025.
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    Except for the giant fact that YOU did that. And I quote "FWIW, he'll have to be on the opening day roster if they want the possibility of gaining that extra draft pick from the ROY vote. " That's YOU on Frelick. Of course, now you'll come back with some BS about how that's not what you meant. Dancing better than the love child of Fred Astaire and Michael Jackson.
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    Prepare to be blasted by not anointing Frelick as the ROY next season.
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    If the team was still looking at trading Burnes and Adames, it makes sense to play Frelick. But a team looking at contending isn't going to give regular playing time to a rookie with zero Major League experience (not even September call-up experience) and less than 100 games above A ball, especially one that is barely in the top 50 prospect list. I'm done with this. And I fully expect all you to be whining come April when Frelick is back in AAA.
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    You didn't present any evidence. You presented your opinion. You know what you get when you rush a young talented player? You get Keston Hiura.
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    He also hit about 50 points higher all the way across his typical slash line in those few AAA games. They'll wait to see if it continues. Again, if they didn't have other options, I would agree. But they'll cycle through those first, and bring him up only if all the others fail.
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    Frelick has played a third of a season at AA and a third of a season at AAA. Before May of last season, he hadn't been above A ball. If there was nobody else and he has an incredible spring, maybe. But they'll go through all their other options before calling him up.
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