Unfortunately, yes.are we assuming that yu is gonna hang around
Unfortunately, yes.are we assuming that yu is gonna hang around
The price on high power high OBP guys is high to the point where you'd be making a big move for one of them.And you have no proof of that claim, and at no point am I crying for high power low OBP guy. Not once so I have no idea WTF you're talking about.
My sample is crap? Which sample are you referring to? I haven't given a "sample". I looked at an extremely large sample size and showed the results a couple of months ago. No opinion in results and no hypotheticals as you are providing, but you keep on keeping on.
1 extra HR per 8 games is over 20 HR in a 162 game season. You don't think that production will help any of the hitters before or after in the lineup. You don't think Jose or Franmil will benefit from a hitter with some power behind them? You don't think those 20+ HR will drive in any other runs or win any games?
Right now, OGon is .311 / .328 / .590 with a .918 OPS. 8 HR. Not too shabby to me.Does anybody seriously believe that OGon could do better than Miller in the four hole?
Miller has the highest OBP on the team...higher than JRam.
Besides, Franmil will be back there soon enough.
Right now, OGon is .311 / .328 / .590 with a .918 OPS. 8 HR. Not too shabby to me.
Plus he's 6'4" 240 lbs. Looks like a middle of the order guy.
If people are complaining about lack of power, he could be the answer.
As an organizational matter, if a guy succeeds at one level, then he should be given a chance at the next level. Even a player like OGonz, who has what appears to be some big holes that will likely be exploited by MLB pitchers.I think we need to all see OGonz honestly. He has nothing left to prove at AAA for the most part. I'd just trade/DFA Chang or trade Rosario and let OGonz come up, to see what he can actually do. If he flops, oh well, we can then trade for someone at the trade deadline...
As an organizational matter, if a guy succeeds at one level, then he should be given a chance at the next level. Even a player like OGonz, who has what appears to be some big holes that will likely be exploited by MLB pitchers.
End of the day, players are human beings. If OGonz keeps hitting the cover off the ball and never gets promoted, he's going to lose heart at some point. His teammates may wonder, "OGonz is hitting the cover off the ball and yet he's not in the Show, so why should I bother?"
Besides, as we all know, it's not like they have Mike Trout in front of him. (With all due props to Mercado for getting the game winning hit yesterday.)
Right now we have Straw, Kwan, and Mercado as the only true outfielders on the big league roster. Naylor is a first baseman IMO and Reyes is a DH, although they can both play RF somewhat competently, although with limited range.
I'd like to see OGon brought up and either DH with Reyes in RF or play OGon in left with Kwan in right. Mercado is still below the Mendoza line and I'm ready to see what Gonzalez can do up here.
We'll see what happens. All this ruckus over not giving OGon a look while all we have is basically Mercado in his way seems silly to me, but whatever.If OGonz is lining up in the OF it will be in RF. Kwan playing RF is not ideal long term. Out of Straw, Palacios and Kwan only Straw could handle RF well on a daily basis but removing him from CF would be pretty close to crazy.
Mercado is the closest we have to a "true" RFer on the MLB roster right now. Lots of things can happen, but as things stand now, adding a corner/RF bat around the deadline (assuming we're in the chase) seems destined to happen.
Hard to say. It's a possibility even if unlikely. None of us know that he could anymore than you know that he couldn't.Does anybody seriously believe that OGon could do better than Miller in the four hole?
Miller has the highest OBP on the team...higher than JRam.
Besides, Franmil will be back there soon enough.