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horsefeathers i was watching the cavs game and i just looked and thought pablo was pitching again
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Yeah, Ian never ever ever would have come close to that. Not like that's a bash of him, but case in point.

Agreed. You’d split your head open trying to make that as a diving play or at a full run, so I’d doubt Happ would have even tried it. That was really well played by Almora to get there in time to be slowing down so he didn’t have Aaron Rowand it into the wall.

 

It’ll be good to see Almora learn that with more playing time. Dives are cool but with a brick wall you want to just get there as quick as possible.

 

So these are Almora’s May numbers.

 

.351/.406/.456/.862 .376 wOBA 136 wRC+ 9.4% BB% 14.1% K%

 

The iso isn’t standing out but Slappy Almora has a 32.7% hard hit this month, and he’s smoked a couple balls tonight. He’s striking out at such a low rate lately that I’m guessing he’s going to start swinging for more extra bases. He was still K’ing at 20% the first month, which is pretty high for him. And he was also hitting the ball much softer with only a 23% hard hit.

 

But with that hard hit at 33% now you’d think it would shake out in more XBHs. My guess is that with this warmer weather and with him getting more comfortable as he gets more of an every day role I could see him feeling more comfortable with putting the ball in the air.

 

So if he can stay in the neighborhood he’s in now and adds some slugging, keeps the defense then that’s at least a 4 win player. Looking forward to seeing if these hard hit balls continue, how pitchers adjust to him, how hand adjusts back. But he’s been very good so far this year. I’d make him a regular starter and give him a run as the leadoff man to see if he can keep that .400 OBP going.

 

 

Edit: when I say “if he can stay in the neighborhood he’s in now” I mean if he can maintain an above average OBP while adding to the walks. If he keeps up his May run and has a OBP close to .400, with his defense that could be a 4 win player by itself. Adding slugging would add more. Of course there’s a big old range of what Almora the hitter could be. Hopefully, he can maintain these recent walks and Ks as he inevitably starts hitting it in the air more.

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horsefeathers i was watching the cavs game and i just looked and thought pablo was pitching again

 

I bet the Giants have two postgame spreads. One for Sandoval and this guy and one for the rest of the team.

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Keep going to right center Javy. It was great to hear that sound of Joe talking just before Javy hit that HR saying that he had gone to right center with “every ball, every single ball” in batting practice. I would love that to be a regular thing and I hope it’s something Joe & the crew are pushing with him. That would be a game changer with how much he loves to swing at outside pitches. Sure you want him to stop that but for now if he isn’t going to then at least work on going to right. Edited by Thrilho
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Oh yeah, that Zobrist double in Game 7. That’s the horsefeathers.

I'm totally cool with them bringing this up for no good reason for the rest of time.

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My god it’s so nice that ESPN actually has something else to show during our games than 2003 BS. They can show 2016 as much as they want to.
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Is Woo Woo in need of being freed?

 

Didn’t he get some level of access taken away? Hopefully he’s not allowed within a 5 block radius of Wrigley.

 

He got kicked out of a game last year for not being able to produce a ticket.

 

Did you know, because I did not, that Woo got hit by a car and had to go to the hospital. Then when he was released, he got hit by a car and had to go back. When he got released, he got hit by a car and again had to go back.

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