DickyLeftridge
Situational Stopper
- Joined
- May 15, 2021
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What to do, what to do. He's going to have bout 17-18 home runs in less than half a season games played this year. Not bad, not bad. And oh by the way, his defense is much better than presumed heading into the season. Yes, he's going to K a lot with 88 already on the year. But he gets on base at a decent pace, and he's still just a rookie and 25 years old.
I think we'd be nuts to do anything other than bring him back, and slot him in for 30 HRs out of bout the 6th spot of the order. Reasonable to think he slashes better than the .220/.310/.466 he did in his first season in the bigs with regular PT. He's shown a great work ethic and attitude already, shedding weight, getting into shape, and taking the org's disasterous decision to pretend Jake BauerS was a big league 1B over him in stride. But I know he's a polarizing figure on this board because he's the type of player you only like if you are a rube (hint: like me). So curious to hear what you all think about this guy for next year. The money we save having a young, homegrown and controllable option at 1B who will hit 30 HRs next year can easily be allocated to the disaster of an OF.
I think we'd be nuts to do anything other than bring him back, and slot him in for 30 HRs out of bout the 6th spot of the order. Reasonable to think he slashes better than the .220/.310/.466 he did in his first season in the bigs with regular PT. He's shown a great work ethic and attitude already, shedding weight, getting into shape, and taking the org's disasterous decision to pretend Jake BauerS was a big league 1B over him in stride. But I know he's a polarizing figure on this board because he's the type of player you only like if you are a rube (hint: like me). So curious to hear what you all think about this guy for next year. The money we save having a young, homegrown and controllable option at 1B who will hit 30 HRs next year can easily be allocated to the disaster of an OF.