Arismendy Alcantara

[JennieGarthAlgar]

How many PAs will he get this year?

 

Predict his slash line.

 

Predict percentage of time played at each position.

 

Feel free to explain your reasoning and/or your overall expectations for him this year. Thanks.

[Sammy Sofa]

500+

 

.240/.300/.420

 

Mostly 2B.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

450

 

235/280/400

 

45% 3b, 20% 2b, 10% LF, 10% CF, 10% RF, 5% SS

[Guest]

500+

 

.250/.320/.400

 

20 steals at a 70% clip

 

 

35% 3B, 25% 2B, 35% OF, 5% SS

[muntjack]

520

 

.290/.335/.455

 

80% 2B 20 % 3B

[TruffleShuffle]

.290 batting average seems crazy optimistic given that he struck out in almost one-third of his at bats last season.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

17.9% BB rate

28.6% K rate

.143 BABIP

69.6% contact

 

I'd rather see that contact on the right side of 70, and I don't think he's going to be a star with these numbers, but once the hits start falling a little he should continue to be a useful super-sub.

[ctcf]

17.9% BB rate

28.6% K rate

.143 BABIP

69.6% contact

 

I'd rather see that contact on the right side of 70, and I don't think he's going to be a star with these numbers, but once the hits start falling a little he should continue to be a useful super-sub.

 

Yea those look better than I would have expected. Hadn't realized how crazy unlucky he has been.

[Guest]

17.9% BB rate

28.6% K rate

.143 BABIP

69.6% contact

 

I'd rather see that contact on the right side of 70, and I don't think he's going to be a star with these numbers, but once the hits start falling a little he should continue to be a useful super-sub.

 

how hard has he been hitting the ball when he has?

 

are those batted ball MPH numbers available somewhere or is that sort of just a we get to see it when they feel like telling us about it kind of thing?

[Guest]

There's a tool, but the data that powers it(I think mentions from Gameday?) is very incomplete: http://baseballsavant.com/pitchfx_search.php?hfPT=&hfZ=&hfGT=R%7C&hfPR=&hfAB=&ddlStadium=&hfBB=&hfHL=&pid%5B%5D=570489&hfCount=&ddlYear=2015&ddlPlayer=batter&ddlMin=0&ddlPitcherHand=&ddlBatterHand=&ddlVGT=&ddlVLT=&ddlBBVGT=100&ddlBBVLT=&ddlDistGT=&ddlDistLT=&txtAngleGT=&txtAngleLT=&txtGameDateGT=&txtGameDateLT=&ddlPlayerHeightGT=&ddlPlayerHeightLT=&ddlPlayerWeightGT=&ddlPlayerWeightLT=&ddlTeam=&ddlPosition=&hfRO=&ddlHomeRoad=&hfIN=&hfOT=&ddlGroupBy=name&ddlSort=desc&ddlMinABs=0&ddlSBSuccess=&txtPx1=&txtPx2=&txtPz1=&txtPz2=&ddlRPXGT_ft=&ddlRPXGT_in=&ddlRPXLT_ft=&ddlRPXLT_in=&ddlRPYGT_ft=&ddlRPYGT_in=&ddlRPYLT_ft=&ddlRPYLT_in=&txtBAGT=&txtBALT=&txtBLGT=&txtBLLT=&txtSRGT=&txtSRLT=&txtSDGT=&txtSDLT=#results

 

We only have two datapoints for Alcantara.

[abuck1220]

i certainly don't remember seeing any of his outs and being like "oh tough break, that was so close to a hit." he's just kinda stunk. anybody hitting .091 is going to have "bad luck" on balls in play.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Quality of contact is subject to as much variance as anything else. If you're putting it in play a bunch, some of them will be hard-hit in the long run.

[jersey cubs fan]

Quality of contact is subject to as much variance as anything else. If you're putting it in play a bunch, some of them will be hard-hit in the long run.

 

yeah sure, some of them, but not necessarily a meaningfully large enough quantity to help you.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Quality of contact is subject to as much variance as anything else. If you're putting it in play a bunch, some of them will be hard-hit in the long run.

 

yeah sure, some of them, but not necessarily a meaningfully large enough quantity to help you.

 

If you're making contact on 70% of your swings and walking a bunch, enough to help you will.

[bjam12]

Will Mendy be sent to AAA when LaStella, Denorfia and Bryant are all on the 25 man?

[Guest]

Szczur, Herrera, and a reliever are probably the favorites over Alcantara. I guess they might keep Herrera and send Mendy down if they feel he's going to continue to struggle right now and still needs every day at bats to get sorted out. I wouldn't bet on it though.

[Guest]

Oh son of a bitch

 

it appears a truck hit and killed arismendy's young nephew :(

 

http://i.imgur.com/CKJMmY5.png

Edited September 29, 2015 by David

[Banedon]

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[Guest]

Looks like that post got removed.

 

Huh? It's still showing on NSBB and when I click the link.

[Banedon]

Looks like that post got removed.

 

Huh? It's still showing on NSBB and when I click the link.

 

Weird. Tells me that the content is unavailable.

[Sammy Sofa]

Same here.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Looks like that post got removed.

 

Huh? It's still showing on NSBB and when I click the link.

 

Weird. Tells me that the content is unavailable.

same

[Guest]

Hmm. Maybe his instagram is private.

 

Either way, awful news.