Addison Russell is awesome and deserves a thread

[Sammy Sofa]

http://media3.giphy.com/media/BVjzVYVL9iRQQ/giphy.gif

[KingCubsFan]

Russell is 8 for his last 25 with 2 doubles and 2 HR, .320/.346/.640. 9/1 K/BB but progress is progress.

I feel like Kyle, but he's got a 2% walk rate and 45.5% K rate with a .381 BABIP. I find it strange that he immediately stopped walking when he got traded to the Cubs last year.

[sneakypower]

70% contact for the last week, this is something you basically expect to suffer with from the youngest player in the league and his track record doesn't give much reason for concern

[hawkeyecub]

And he's driving the ball now.

[Guest]

If he qualified, Russell would be 9th among 2Bs in wOBA. .343/.378/.657/1.036 during his hitting streak.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

1238 OPS vs. St. Louis

[DiamondMind]

Russell has some amazing baseball instincts.

[Guest]

Addy playing at about a 4 win pace so far

[RynoRules]

And he's driving the ball now.

 

To the opposite field to boot

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I bet his numbers are really good if we take out all of the games where he didn't get a hit.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Did that son of a bitch delete his post?

[sontensei]

And he's driving the ball now.

 

To the opposite field to boot

 

If you delete april from his season the hashline is

 

AB

47

 

Avg

.319

 

OBP

.347

 

SLG

.553

 

BB/K

2/18

 

His K rate is still real high but its pretty nice overall.

[Banedon]

Did that son of a bitch delete his post?

 

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42xnizSaM1rvpit0o1_500.gif

[Ding Dong Johnson]

good thing I'm used to it

[Rex Buckingham]

from Brett at BN:

 

after his first week in the big leagues – at 21 years old, with almost no experience above AA – Addison Russell has been fantastic.

 

Indeed, after that first week, Russell is hitting .284/.346/.500 with a .367 wOBA and a 130 wRC+.

 

http://www.bleachernation.com/2015/05/22/addison-russell-is-on-a-tear-in-his-last-21-games-homered-last-night-video/

[Guest]

Anyone have his K and BB numbers in that stretch?

[Bobson Dugnutt]

Anyone have his K and BB numbers in that stretch?

 

32.1 K%, 8.6 BB%

[Rex Buckingham]

Anyone have his K and BB numbers in that stretch?

 

BBRef has k/bb at 25/6 with a 282/338/493 in May, which excludes his first 7 games

[Banedon]

from Brett at BN:

 

after his first week in the big leagues – at 21 years old, with almost no experience above AA – Addison Russell has been fantastic.

 

Indeed, after that first week, Russell is hitting .284/.346/.500 with a .367 wOBA and a 130 wRC+.

 

http://www.bleachernation.com/2015/05/22/addison-russell-is-on-a-tear-in-his-last-21-games-homered-last-night-video/

 

That was written confusingly. I wish he'd said "excluding his first week". As written it sounds like Russell has only been up for a week.

[Guest]

Russell has started 27 games, so let's divide it into thirds.

 

First 9 games: .206/.229/.382, 3% BB%, 49% K%

 

Next 9 games: .294/.333/.471, 6% BB%, 36% K%

 

Last 9 games: .258/.343/.452, 11% BB%, 26% K%

[jersey cubs fan]

from Brett at BN:

 

after his first week in the big leagues – at 21 years old, with almost no experience above AA – Addison Russell has been fantastic.

 

Indeed, after that first week, Russell is hitting .284/.346/.500 with a .367 wOBA and a 130 wRC+.

 

http://www.bleachernation.com/2015/05/22/addison-russell-is-on-a-tear-in-his-last-21-games-homered-last-night-video/

 

That was written confusingly. I wish he'd said "excluding his first week". As written it sounds like Russell has only been up for a week.

 

Hah, when I read it that was exactly what I thought and then figured I was doing a really poor job of keeping track of time if it's only been a week.

[Banedon]

from Brett at BN:

 

after his first week in the big leagues – at 21 years old, with almost no experience above AA – Addison Russell has been fantastic.

 

Indeed, after that first week, Russell is hitting .284/.346/.500 with a .367 wOBA and a 130 wRC+.

 

http://www.bleachernation.com/2015/05/22/addison-russell-is-on-a-tear-in-his-last-21-games-homered-last-night-video/

 

That was written confusingly. I wish he'd said "excluding his first week". As written it sounds like Russell has only been up for a week.

 

Hah, when I read it that was exactly what I thought and then figured I was doing a really poor job of keeping track of time if it's only been a week.

 

And my second thought is "oh, he means a month", but the numbers didn't match up. Then I realized he was excluding that first week.

[Guest]

Russell has started 27 games, so let's divide it into thirds.

 

First 9 games: .206/.229/.382, 3% BB%, 49% K%

 

Next 9 games: .294/.333/.471, 6% BB%, 36% K%

 

Last 9 games: .258/.343/.452, 11% BB%, 26% K%

Forget the slash lines. Watching that gap between the K and BB rate close is a sexy trend.

[treebird]

Russell has started 27 games, so let's divide it into thirds.

 

First 9 games: .206/.229/.382, 3% BB%, 49% K%

 

Next 9 games: .294/.333/.471, 6% BB%, 36% K%

 

Last 9 games: .258/.343/.452, 11% BB%, 26% K%

 

wow, i'll be the first to admit that i didn't realize russell was shaping up that quickly. very good to see.

[RynoRules]

Kid is coming on; seems like everything he hits is driven to the gap in RF. He's going to be a stud.