8/22 Cubs (Lester) v. Padres (EJax), 9:10, CSN

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Hmm, it appears that shitty hitters don't simply forget that they are shitty hitters if they don't hit for three days.

[BigSlick]

Addy is hot as heck. Also, he's quietly had a very nice year, steady improvement from last year, and is 22 years old

 

I'm so giddy for this team for the next 5+ years minimum

[Careless]

Huh, after no RBI in 98 PAs, Lester has 4 in 44 this season

[squally1313]

Hmm, it appears that [expletive] hitters don't simply forget that they are [expletive] hitters if they don't hit for three days.

 

At this point, what's your prediction for his slash line next year? Are his ROS numbers (.257/.335/.390) about the median? For what it's worth, that plus his baserunning and defense gives him 0.6 WAR the rest of the year, or about 2.6 WAR over a full season.

[BigSlick]

Hmm, it appears that [expletive] hitters don't simply forget that they are [expletive] hitters if they don't hit for three days.

 

At this point, what's your prediction for his slash line next year? Are his ROS numbers (.257/.335/.390) about the median? For what it's worth, that plus his baserunning and defense gives him 0.6 WAR the rest of the year, or about 2.6 WAR over a full season.

how is he going to slug .390 ?

[Omar]

I just went downstairs to let the dog out into the back yard, come back and the inning is already over.

[Cubswin11]

Nice, quick, inning from Lester. Would be nice to get 7 at least out of him tonight.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Hmm, it appears that [expletive] hitters don't simply forget that they are [expletive] hitters if they don't hit for three days.

 

At this point, what's your prediction for his slash line next year? Are his ROS numbers (.257/.335/.390) about the median? For what it's worth, that plus his baserunning and defense gives him 0.6 WAR the rest of the year, or about 2.6 WAR over a full season.

 

I have no idea. I would say that ROS projection looks about right for a projection. If we are talking about what kind of range we could expect, I'm not sure if that's a good median or is at a good mean or what. But, it's tough projecting guys that do this. You wouldn't be surprised by a sub-.700 OPS or an OPS nearing his career average, somewhere between .750 and .800. So what do you do? Well, you kinda split the difference and hope he gets back to normal. He might not, though.

 

I would say, in my opinion, there's a good chance he either performs well above his projection or well below it -- at least more likely than another random player. So I'm not sure it tells us much. I'm taking a wait-and-see approach to see if he can fix things.

[BigSlick]

Dex always puts together such quality at bats. He'll swing and miss an he'll take called strike 3s, but I'm almost never upset about his approach, he is just so good out there. I'm really gonna miss him if we can't hold onto him.

[Careless]

Wow, just checked the game log, and Heyward hasn't had an OPS of .700+ at any point this season.

[Omar]

Wow, just checked the game log, and Heyward hasn't had an OPS of .700+ at any point this season.

$180 mil well-spent.

[Brian]

yes load the bases for Addi

[BigSlick]

hit a grandaddy

 

omg i didn't even think about that but now thats what i'm gonna say forever

Edited August 23, 2016 by BigSlick

[Omar]

Zobrist: Christian God of walks

[David]

just call him juan gonzalez

[BigSlick]

Runs are runs

[Omar]

Heyward? Smoke break.

[UMFan83]

The more you try to fix him the worse he gets

[BigSlick]

Oy vey man

 

How is his confidence not totally shot at this point

[Careless]

Heyward? Smoke break.

But then you'd miss the commercial for the new iPhone where they tell us that it has a camera!

[davell]

Heyward sucks so bad he's not worth insulting anymore.

[Omar]

2016 Jason Heyward: because somebody needs to make the outs.

[Careless]

The more you try to fix him the worse he gets

.602 .604 .617 over three non-consecutive months. He's been pretty flatly shitty.

[Omar]

Heyward? Smoke break.

But then you'd miss the commercial for the new iPhone where they tell us that it has a camera!

My hitting skills are more like Jason Heyward's than they are unlike

[Aaron_Kennelly]

The more you try to fix him the worse he gets

 

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