Addison Russell

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Tommy's waiting on the call, CBS...

 

[Bull]

I think literally any sitcom can survive on CBS. What the holy horsefeathers.

 

Didn't 2 Broke Girls get cancelled?

 

I've never heard of this sitcom. Why would you get Addison Russell? I hope he didn't take any swings while they were filming. If he did then some of the film crew better watch out lol.

 

Not sure if this is a "Russell loses baseball bats while swinging" joke, or a "Russell sleeps around (swings) and gets girls pregnant" joke.

 

Either way, he has trouble controlling his swing

[Cubswin11]

It came up in the GT today but thought I'd post it here to keep the discussion going. The results haven't been great but the process has been really good by Russell so far this year and good things should start happening soon. As the Duke'ster and I pointed out Russell this year... He had a 15% BB and K rate going in to today, that's good. His Contact% is up and his O-Swing% is way down. He had a 29% LD rate, which is 8% higher than his career average and he did it by cutting down his GB rate by 9% over his career average, that's a very good and positive indicator. He is hitting for a little too much soft contact and his IFF% is high but he also has the highest % of hard hit balls he's ever had in his career, 7% above his career rate. If he can shift some of that soft contact for even medium contact good things are going to start to happen. He's putting himself in good spots, he just isn't executing as much as he should and can on balls in the zone yet.

 

Even if we assume the K and BB rate go 5% the wrong way (~10% BB rate ~20% K rate when the season ends) if he keeps doing what he's doing for even a healthy 145 games, plays great defense, and the batted ball profile bounces a bit from weak to medium or hard contact we could be in for a breakout year. If he BABIPS just around his career .295 rate (which should go up with some of the positive indicators) we could be in for a 20 HR .260/.350/mid .400's slash line with elite defense as a median projection, that's a 4+ WAR player.

 

Edit: I'll add if he continues what he's doing with even a little wrong way movement on the K/BB rate mentioned above but he puts up .320-.330ish BABIP (which shouldn't be crazy out of the question) he's basically Corey Seagar from last year.

 

I know this is all projecting good and wishful things but there’s real reasons to believe it and why look at the negative side of things when you can look for the positive things in life.

Edited April 19, 2018 by Cubswin11

[Aaron_Kennelly]

It came up in the GT today but thought I'd post it here to keep the discussion going. The results haven't been great but the process has been really good by Russell so far this year and good things should start happening soon. As the Duke'ster and I pointed out Russell this year... He had a 15% BB and K rate going in to today, that's good. His Contact% is up and his O-Swing% is way down. He had a 29% LD rate, which is 8% higher than his career average and he did it by cutting down his GB rate by 9% over his career average, that's a very good and positive indicator. He is hitting for a little too much soft contact and his IFF% is high but he's also has the highest % of hard hit balls he's ever had in his career, 7% above his career rate. If he can shift some of that soft contact for even medium contact good things are going to start to happen. He's putting himself in good spots, he just isn't executing as much as he should and can on balls in the zone yet.

 

Even if we assume the K and BB rate go 5% the wrong way (~10% BB rate ~20% K rate when the season ends) if he keeps doing what he's doing for even a healthy 145 games, plays great defense, and the batted ball profile bounces a bit from weak to medium or hard contact we could be in for a breakout year. If he BABIPS just around his career .295 rate (which should go up with some of the positive indicators) we could be in for a 20 HR .260/.350/mid .400's slash line with elite defense as a median projection, that's a 4+ WAR player.

 

I'll die with you on this hill.

[Cubswin11]

It came up in the GT today but thought I'd post it here to keep the discussion going. The results haven't been great but the process has been really good by Russell so far this year and good things should start happening soon. As the Duke'ster and I pointed out Russell this year... He had a 15% BB and K rate going in to today, that's good. His Contact% is up and his O-Swing% is way down. He had a 29% LD rate, which is 8% higher than his career average and he did it by cutting down his GB rate by 9% over his career average, that's a very good and positive indicator. He is hitting for a little too much soft contact and his IFF% is high but he's also has the highest % of hard hit balls he's ever had in his career, 7% above his career rate. If he can shift some of that soft contact for even medium contact good things are going to start to happen. He's putting himself in good spots, he just isn't executing as much as he should and can on balls in the zone yet.

 

Even if we assume the K and BB rate go 5% the wrong way (~10% BB rate ~20% K rate when the season ends) if he keeps doing what he's doing for even a healthy 145 games, plays great defense, and the batted ball profile bounces a bit from weak to medium or hard contact we could be in for a breakout year. If he BABIPS just around his career .295 rate (which should go up with some of the positive indicators) we could be in for a 20 HR .260/.350/mid .400's slash line with elite defense as a median projection, that's a 4+ WAR player.

 

I'll die with you on this hill.

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[Cubswin11]

How about we just keep this to ourselves though Duke and you don’t go writing about it

[CyHawk_Cub]

Yeah, Addison has mouths to feed, Duke. Please don't take away his livelihood.

[Cubswin11]

[tweet]

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

Did he wear a condom?

[Regular Show]

Did he wear a condom?

 

Is this what you would say to him if he did?

 

[Brian]

Did he wear a condom?

 

Almora and Baez recently impregnated their respective wives/fiances and are both on offensive tears. So there may be a couple of reasons we need to keep Addi away from condoms.

[Regular Show]

Did he wear a condom?

 

Almora and Baez recently impregnated their respective wives/fiances and are both on offensive tears. So there may be a couple of reasons we need to keep Addi away from condoms.

 

Geez, how much child support do you want him to pay?

 

 

We don't want this to happen to Addison...

[Guancous]

I trust Addison’s process and he’s due for some good luck. Just noting how absurd it is that he only has 2 RBI so far. To illustrate this fluke, here are some players who have more:

 

Clayton Richard

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Phil Ervin

Alcides Escobar

Magnerrius Sierra

 

He’s tied with Robert Acuña (who got called up yesterday) and Jorge Soler.

[Cubswin11]

Since I posted my thoughts above he's gone 3% BB rate, 14% K rate, 18% LD, 45% GB and 25% IFF rates and is at 22% hard hit contact with a.192/.222/.231 line with only 1 XBH (that doesn't include his 1-3 tonight since Fangraphs isn't updated yet). We appear to have some sort of Freaky Friday situation on our hands with me taking the Duke'sters power cursing players.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Since I posted my thoughts above he's gone 3% BB rate, 14% K rate, 18% LD, 45% GB and 25% IFF rates and is at 22% hard hit contact with a.192/.222/.231 line with only 1 XBH (that doesn't include his 1-3 tonight since Fangraphs isn't updated yet). We appear to have some sort of Freaky Friday situation on our hands with me taking the Duke'sters power cursing players.

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Start pulling the ball some, Addy. The middle of the field has not been too kind to you.

[SouthSideRyan]

I trust Addison’s process and he’s due for some good luck. Just noting how absurd it is that he only has 2 RBI so far. To illustrate this fluke, here are some players who have more:

 

Clayton Richard

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Phil Ervin

Alcides Escobar

Magnerrius Sierra

 

He’s tied with Robert Acuña (who got called up yesterday) and Jorge Soler.

 

On the plus side I learned there’s a guy named Magnerrius Sierra

[sneakypower]

I trust Addison’s process and he’s due for some good luck. Just noting how absurd it is that he only has 2 RBI so far. To illustrate this fluke, here are some players who have more:

 

Clayton Richard

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Phil Ervin

Alcides Escobar

Magnerrius Sierra

 

He’s tied with Robert Acuña (who got called up yesterday) and Jorge Soler.

he hasn't had a barrel™, yet

[Guancous]

Addison’s triple today was hit over 100 mph.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

broken clock, blind squirrel, dog’s ass. all that stuff

[Aaron_Kennelly]

It came up in the GT today but thought I'd post it here to keep the discussion going. The results haven't been great but the process has been really good by Russell so far this year and good things should start happening soon. As the Duke'ster and I pointed out Russell this year... He had a 15% BB and K rate going in to today, that's good. His Contact% is up and his O-Swing% is way down. He had a 29% LD rate, which is 8% higher than his career average and he did it by cutting down his GB rate by 9% over his career average, that's a very good and positive indicator. He is hitting for a little too much soft contact and his IFF% is high but he also has the highest % of hard hit balls he's ever had in his career, 7% above his career rate. If he can shift some of that soft contact for even medium contact good things are going to start to happen. He's putting himself in good spots, he just isn't executing as much as he should and can on balls in the zone yet.

 

Even if we assume the K and BB rate go 5% the wrong way (~10% BB rate ~20% K rate when the season ends) if he keeps doing what he's doing for even a healthy 145 games, plays great defense, and the batted ball profile bounces a bit from weak to medium or hard contact we could be in for a breakout year. If he BABIPS just around his career .295 rate (which should go up with some of the positive indicators) we could be in for a 20 HR .260/.350/mid .400's slash line with elite defense as a median projection, that's a 4+ WAR player.

 

Edit: I'll add if he continues what he's doing with even a little wrong way movement on the K/BB rate mentioned above but he puts up .320-.330ish BABIP (which shouldn't be crazy out of the question) he's basically Corey Seagar from last year.

 

I know this is all projecting good and wishful things but there’s real reasons to believe it and why look at the negative side of things when you can look for the positive things in life.

 

When you're right, you're right.

[UK]

It came up in the GT today but thought I'd post it here to keep the discussion going. The results haven't been great but the process has been really good by Russell so far this year and good things should start happening soon. As the Duke'ster and I pointed out Russell this year... He had a 15% BB and K rate going in to today, that's good. His Contact% is up and his O-Swing% is way down. He had a 29% LD rate, which is 8% higher than his career average and he did it by cutting down his GB rate by 9% over his career average, that's a very good and positive indicator. He is hitting for a little too much soft contact and his IFF% is high but he also has the highest % of hard hit balls he's ever had in his career, 7% above his career rate. If he can shift some of that soft contact for even medium contact good things are going to start to happen. He's putting himself in good spots, he just isn't executing as much as he should and can on balls in the zone yet.

 

Even if we assume the K and BB rate go 5% the wrong way (~10% BB rate ~20% K rate when the season ends) if he keeps doing what he's doing for even a healthy 145 games, plays great defense, and the batted ball profile bounces a bit from weak to medium or hard contact we could be in for a breakout year. If he BABIPS just around his career .295 rate (which should go up with some of the positive indicators) we could be in for a 20 HR .260/.350/mid .400's slash line with elite defense as a median projection, that's a 4+ WAR player.

 

Edit: I'll add if he continues what he's doing with even a little wrong way movement on the K/BB rate mentioned above but he puts up .320-.330ish BABIP (which shouldn't be crazy out of the question) he's basically Corey Seagar from last year.

 

I know this is all projecting good and wishful things but there’s real reasons to believe it and why look at the negative side of things when you can look for the positive things in life.

 

When you're right, you're right.

 

GTFO

[Guancous]

Addison Russell has a .975 OPS over the last two weeks going into Sunday’s game...

[jersey cubs fan]

Saw addison russell thread on Mother's Day and expected something else

[cl smooth]

Saw addison russell thread on Mother's Day and expected something else

 

gold.