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2017 Series #31 -|- Indians @ White Sox
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Huber.
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He will surely continue this. He isn't streaky at all.
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BimboColesHair
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I don't think anyone pegged this from him, but he is following a pretty blatant developmental arc.
Career .304/.355/.404 hitter in the minors, so it's not like he couldn't hit as a young player.
That, matched with the fact that he went from AA straight to the MLB as a 20 year old was a big reason people like Ed and myself were saying pump the breaks when half of this board was agreeing with the idea that "he'll never be a useful player" when he predictably struggled without seeing a single AB at the AAA level.
Then when he was recalled in 2015 you saw the beginnings of his minor league self showing up at the plate at the MLB level. .260/.337/.438 slash after his promotion, including a .280/.341/.547 in September and October.
Last year you saw more of what he was in the minors with the high average, but instead of a lot of HRs, he hit an assload of 2Bs. Sudden spike in 2Bs usually leads to better HR numbers down the line, and that's what we are seeing now.
His progression arc has been fun to watch. Producing, average wise, like he did in the minors, but is starting to hit for more power, which has turned him into a stud...power was really all that was missing from making him a stud as a prospect.
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Zimmer will rarely start against a LH pitcher, so when you see a lefty starter it's a good probability Zimmer isnt going to start.
More than likely unless we go and acquire another Starter/late innings style of LHP, one of the guys in the current rotation will finish the season in the pen.
Salazar actually may be the best candidate since it would be nice to see a 97-98 mph fastball coming in the 6th inning if need be a few times a week. He would actually in theory be a pretty good weapon that way.
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If you really wanted snark, I would be saying "yeah, but we are terrible without this 8 game winning streak"...
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BimboColesHair
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Well, I felt I rightfully deserved to be snarky.
When my last exchange in an Indians series thread had another poster trying to make me admit that Santana sucks, the same poster who then said Santana is hot in this very thread, am I not allowed to be a little snarky?
Eh, whatever. See yas in 2 more weeks.
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I guess I cant keep track of all the petty squabbles.
BimboColesHair
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I mean shit man.
I haven't posted in here in like 3 weeks, and I thought 1 post in I'm already getting the snark treatment...
Like I can't be that bad...I may take hard stances, but my stances have turned out to be true fairly often. But I digress.
Also, gotta say...nice to see sportscoach and b00bie got along well while I was gone.
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Only in that one thread, and that's just because it's the first one I caught up on today when I got home. Shit was pathetic.