Addison Russell

[Sammy Sofa]

Put on some horsefeathering socks.

[seanimal]

http://www.juice.ph/cms_images/260341/bmur.jpg

 

roger moore-esque

[ConstableRabbit]

Great spray tan. Was she wearing plastic gloves in the booth?

[jumbo]

Great spray tan. Was she wearing plastic gloves in the booth?

 

Man, you are sofa are observant. I didn't notice either the first time through

[Clem Fandango]

What I can say about that video:

 

- Solid shot composition

- horsefeathers editing. In the beginning Russell just cuts into the shot without fading in, and then is followed but cut ins of overlays that make no sense. If they all faded in together it would look smooth

- Color correction is pretty oversaturated, which probably accounts for the spray tan look. Whoever color corrected it isn't very good at color correcting

- Please keep letting the businesses in the city of Chicago give you endorsement money so you never leave us, Addison.

[squally1313]

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0

 

Look at our small child shortstop sneaking onto the first page of the fWAR offensive leaders. I remember being worried about his walk rate plummeting after getting traded here...9.5% from a 22 year old is pretty sexy.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

Put on some [expletive] socks.

 

And a shirt with some cuffs + links

[UMFan83]

Addison's last half season (roughly...79 games):

 

.258/.341/.491/.832

16 HR

14 2B

58 RBI

.276 BABIP

[Thrilho]

Addison's last half season (roughly...79 games):

 

.258/.341/.491/.832

16 HR

14 2B

58 RBI

.276 BABIP

Jeepers, that .233 ISO. Rizzo's 2016 ISO is .255. Harper's is .209.

 

It's also great that the commercial loops. Just click the button and let Addy's smooth jazz go as you peruse discussion of his dominance. Now he just needs to make it his walk up song and watch the scotch endorsements roll in.

[MidoreX]

Addison's last half season (roughly...79 games):

 

.258/.341/.491/.832

16 HR

14 2B

58 RBI

.276 BABIP

 

What's the story on the BABIP being so suppressed? Bad luck, or a change in his hitting profile?

[sneakypower]

his expected babip is .292, so it's probably fairly representative (he is top-15 in MLB for IF flies), though it is exciting to note his expected wOBA (.338) is a decent amount better than his real-life results (.324)

 

[source: Andrew Perpetua's updates]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_bwfyWPDu20x5nXMXQGBuHiXqJoS9N4-xSlPqkwh8PA/pubhtml#

http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/xoba-and-using-statcast-data-to-measure-offensive/ (xOBA explanation)

[Old Style]

What's with all the throwing issues in the last week or so?

[UMFan83]

What's with all the throwing issues in the last week or so?

 

Hungover still?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I'm salivating thinking about what this kid could turn into. In the second half this year: .261/.325/.478 with a 19.7% K% in 228 PA.

 

There was this article awhile ago about him tapping into his power:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/here-is-a-powered-up-addison-russell/

 

But, there's other good stuff going on, too. For instance, his contact rate. His contact% since the break is 75.6%. And it just keeps going up:

http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=14106&legend=1&statArr=107&split=base&time=game&ymin=&ymax=&start=2016&end=2016&rtype=mult&gt1=30

 

And that's coming while his ISO keeps going up:

http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=14106&legend=1,2&statArr=40&split=base&time=game&ymin=&ymax=&start=2016&end=2016&rtype=single&gt1=30

 

I'd like to see him walk a little more, like he was earlier in the year. He's been way more aggressive. But you can't really argue with the results. Still, he's freaking 22 and he keeps improving at things that he wasn't so great at, to go with everything that he was already great at. He's going to be a monster.

[Sammy Sofa]

What the hell were people doom bonering about in the game thread tonight.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

What the hell were people doom bonering about in the game thread tonight.

He has started throwing every ball into the 14th row over the 3rd base dugout instead of to Rizzo. Yip city

[Sammy Sofa]

No, I saw that, but Heyward Fan and someone else were talking like this is a thing that has been ongoing and people have been talking about.

[mul21]

No, I saw that, but Heyward Fan and someone else were talking like this is a thing that has been ongoing and people have been talking about.

 

He's struggled a bit with it recently, but nothing I'm worried about. He had one game in particular where he made 3 bad throws and got bailed out on at least one of them by Rizzo.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

AND THEN JOE BENCHED HIM 2 GAMES.

[Banedon]

AND THEN JOE BENCHED HIM 2 GAMES.

 

In all seriousness, he has definitely gotten more rest than other regulars. That combined with the throwing issues, makes me wonder if he's nursing some nagging injury.

[Derwood]

I feel like he can go 4 for 4 in every game the rest of the season and he'll still finish at .245

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm far more worried about him killing someone in the stands with his bats he can't hold onto than any defensive issues.

[sneakypower]

I'm salivating thinking about what this kid could turn into. In the second half this year: .261/.325/.478 with a 19.7% K% in 228 PA.

Seager (3.2) and Machado (2.2) only SS with higher WAR (and SLG*) since the break

 

*Brad Miller has only played a handful of games at SS

[David]

I'm salivating thinking about what this kid could turn into. In the second half this year: .261/.325/.478 with a 19.7% K% in 228 PA.

Seager (3.2) and Machado (2.2) only SS with higher WAR (and SLG*) since the break

 

*Brad Miller has only played a handful of games at SS

 

hasn't hardy been playing SS for the os?

[David]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKlVFnIhhoZ/

 

addy hangs out at sluggers?