Addison Russell

[jersey cubs fan]

nerd culture is out of control, maybe we should let the alpha betas beat the horsefeathers out of them for a little while

[17 Seconds]

russell is adorable

[We Got The Whole 9]

• Addison Russell has hit safely in seven of his first nine games with the Cubs this season. According to Statcast' date=' his 92.2 mph average exit velocity ranks 13th in MLB, based on the first 30 balls he had hit into play this year[/quote']

 

That's a massive increase from last season

[Aaron_Kennelly]

His home run swing is a thing of beauty. Effortless power.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

They just updated the search function on baseball savant and it is amazing. There is so much new stuff you can search for on there. I just did a search for xBA-BA on all ground balls hit at launch directions that are roughly in the shortstop's area of the field, and I set the minimum at 200 such ABs. That left 33 shortstops. Addi lapped the field in suppressing BA in 2016.

 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search?hfPT=&hfAB=&hfBBT=Grounder%7C&hfPR=&hfZ=&stadium=&hfBBL=&hfNewZones=&hfGT=R%7C&hfC=&hfSea=2016%7C&hfSit=&player_type=pos6_person_id&hfOuts=&opponent=&pitcher_throws=&batter_stands=&hfSA=&game_date_gt=&game_date_lt=&team=&position=&hfRO=&home_road=&hfFlag=&metric_1=h_launch_direction&metric_1_gt=-25&metric_1_lt=0&hfInn=&min_pitches=0&min_results=0&group_by=name&sort_col=xbadiff&player_event_sort=h_launch_speed&sort_order=desc&min_abs=200#results

 

The batting average on these balls hit towards Addi was .084 less than the expected BA (based on launch angle and speed). The next highest in the league was .040.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Jason Heyward's pretty good, too. The same thing, excepted for the difference between expected wOBA and wOBA on line drives and fly balls hit in the general vicinity of a RF:

 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search?hfPT=&hfAB=&hfBBT=Fly%5C.Ball%7CLine%5C.Drive%7C&hfPR=&hfZ=&stadium=&hfBBL=&hfNewZones=&hfGT=R%7C&hfC=&hfSea=2016%7C&hfSit=&player_type=pos9_person_id&hfOuts=&opponent=&pitcher_throws=&batter_stands=&hfSA=&game_date_gt=&game_date_lt=&team=&position=&hfRO=&home_road=&hfFlag=&metric_1=h_launch_direction&metric_1_gt=15&metric_1_lt=90&hfInn=&min_pitches=0&min_results=0&group_by=name&sort_col=wobadiff&player_event_sort=h_launch_speed&sort_order=desc&min_abs=100#results

[sneakypower]

our 23yo SS is sitting at .293/.346/.467 with 7% BB, 16% K and leads the position in DRS

 

16th in NL fWAR, right ahead of Bryzzo as of this writing

[Aaron_Kennelly]

our 23yo SS is sitting at .293/.346/.467 with 7% BB, 16% K and leads the position in DRS

 

16th in NL fWAR, right ahead of Bryzzo as of this writing

 

And I think he's got a little more power in him, and he's gonna walk more if he keeps up this plate discipline, as he'll be seeing fewer pitches in the zone than he has so far this year.

[biittner77]

Jason Heyward's pretty good, too. The same thing, excepted for the difference between expected wOBA and wOBA on line drives and fly balls hit in the general vicinity of a RF:

 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search?hfPT=&hfAB=&hfBBT=Fly%5C.Ball%7CLine%5C.Drive%7C&hfPR=&hfZ=&stadium=&hfBBL=&hfNewZones=&hfGT=R%7C&hfC=&hfSea=2016%7C&hfSit=&player_type=pos9_person_id&hfOuts=&opponent=&pitcher_throws=&batter_stands=&hfSA=&game_date_gt=&game_date_lt=&team=&position=&hfRO=&home_road=&hfFlag=&metric_1=h_launch_direction&metric_1_gt=15&metric_1_lt=90&hfInn=&min_pitches=0&min_results=0&group_by=name&sort_col=wobadiff&player_event_sort=h_launch_speed&sort_order=desc&min_abs=100#results

 

I was thinking about how Heyward catches all of those balls that Osuna couldn't in last night's game.

[David]

looks like addy made randall's addy pokemon card thing his profile pic

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[Banedon]

looks like addy made randall's addy pokemon card thing his profile pic

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Haha just came here to post that...wtg, Randall!

[sneakypower]

"Evolves from Oakland" lmao

 

[UMFan83]

Addy needs to pick it up at the plate. He's always had an abnormally high soft contact rate in his career, but it seems worse than ever this year (which im sure the stats im too lazy to look up will disprove and make me look like a moron). Just gotta keep remembering he's only 23 and at times has looked really good. This current stretch he's in has been particularly difficult to watch though.

[SpongeWorthy]

This dude hasn't had a multihit game since 4/28

 

I blame the pokeymans

[David]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVD2PIDAOJe/?taken-by=russellmelisa

[UMFan83]

Well dealing with the fallout of being a slimeball could be an excuse for his poor play this year possibly

[Brian]

With his track record I wonder if this is going to be Baby #3 with Mom #3

[TruffleShuffle]

i'm 39 years old, but at this point i'm not totally sure if addison russell isn't my dad.

[davell]

This dude hasn't had a multihit game since 4/28

 

I blame the pokeymans

 

He needs to stop manly poking every chick he sees.

[jersey cubs fan]

[David]

UGH. i sincerely hope there is nothing to this

 

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[CyHawk_Cub]

Yikes

 

[David]

she deleted/disabled comments on the pic

[davell]

horsefeathers. I hope that's not true. At any rate, the circus is coming to town now.

[davell]

https://twitter.com/jennifernazha/status/872666809870282752