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I have to think the back is a big part of the issue with his swing. I wonder whether Yeli would benefit from a torpedo bat though.
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Bob Mcclure instead of Moose Haas is etched forever in my mind.
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I absolutely love the idea for the name and the sentiment and argument behind it.
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I wonder how many they anticipate being able to sign in expectation. Clearly it was part of their strategy to draft a bunch of high upside guys that will be hard to sign. I also wonder if such a strategy is also dictated by the number of available slots at low levels of the farm to start these guys out on.
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Speed kills. We are first in the league in OBP (.334) and first by a long shot in base running runs above average (10.4 vs. Cincinnati's 5.7 in second place). That high OBP is in part because we're also first in the Majors in BABIP (.316) despite being second in the Majors in GB% (45.4%). That's in part because we leg out GB into hits at a high rate (6th in the Majors). We're also 5th in the league in bunt hits.
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He had a great day today. Keep posting articles questioning him, if it inspires him to hit HRs and have multi-hit games... In seriousness, I think you have to let the kid play through the ups and downs and adjust. He struggled at Biloxi up through June before figuring it out. His OPS was 100 points higher then (about .715 rather than .615) but it was AA, and this is the majors.
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I'd love to see Uribe back up. I haven't forgotten how bad he was earlier this year (or the fact he has to sit out), but I also haven't forgotten how electric his stuff is when he can control it, and his FIP was a lot better than his ERA. Once Williams is back, it becomes harder for Uribe.
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Great article. I really like this site.
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Not sure there is really anything to this. The sample is simply too small. It's not the number of pitches framed. First, as you not we've seen five umpires, so it is hard to say we're seeing anything about Contreras rather than the umpires. If things were largely umpire dependent, we have a sample of 5. Statistically, I suspect if you clustered on umpires, you might not get anything significant about Contreras. Second, Contreras is feeling out an almost entirely new set of pitchers (Rea example or not). Even ignoring statistical significance, what you'd like to do is a comparison (a) to Contreras this early in the season last year and this year (new pitchers in both cases), and (b) a correlation in rankings between this early in 2023 and this early now (to see whether sample size is simply too small at this point).
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Great stuff, Matthew. I recently discovered your site, which is fantastic. The analyis is actually not too encouraging in my mind, but I'm not an expert on these things. It looks like he makes great decisions on what to swing at (so can't really improve on that dimension), but he just doesn't adjust his swing enough from pitch to pitch to make great contact. Grounders to first, make it hard to leg out ground balls, and fly to left make it hard to stretch doubles to triples. I am curious if you know how often he bunts to get on base. That would seem a good strategy. It would also keep the infielders (and pitcher) honest. Together with his speed, bring the infielders in a bit, and more of those chopping ground balls get through. If he's already done with bunts, it's one less thing to improve upon though. It would be great if Chourio, Frelick, and Mitchell all get off to a hot start. If so I'd look at trading Adames and Mitchell before the break. Our ETA for a WS is at least a year or two away in any case. Move Ortiz to short. If Frelick sticks at the hot corner great, but otherwise we can move him to the outfield, and Ortiz to shortstop. I think Wilken will be a Brewer by next year. If he can cover 3rd great, but otherwise he's DH.
