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I don't think Hoerner has the approach or the patience, would need to pray to the BABIP gods make some sacrifices. I guess they have their similarities as MiLs in general, but Turner's had more average, patience, power, and speed... Hoerner at 22 in AA/ML: .284/.322/.399 in 294 PAs Overal in the minors: .303/.351/.408 over 375 PAs Turner at 22 in AA/AAA: .322/.370/.458 in 500 PAs Overall in the minors: .310/.374/.451 over 1224 PAs, stole 77 bases in 90 attempts too Turner was arguably the best college player in his draft season too, had an elite tool in his speed, whereas Hoerner was a surprise 1st rounder Yeah Turner is better not doubt and Hoerner doesn’t have his ceiling but I could see Nico being like 80% of him as an upper end outcome. I just think their swing is similar and they have a somewhat similar overall profile.
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I think Hoerner can be a version of Turner, as an upper end outcome honestly. Their minor league numbers aren’t all that different.
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In fairness he gave up a Dong then walked the tying run his last two batters. I don’t think it was overly wrong to have the quick hook. 2 hits. Total. It was worse than Maddon pulling Hendricks. Ehhh, it wasn’t worse than the Maddon-Hendricks move.
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I wonder if it was a use it or lose it thing with him. Where once he warms up you gotta bring him in soon after and if he sits down and not brought in he’s done.
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Doolittle and Hudson aren’t exactly lock down. With a 2 run lead I get trying to get to the 9th with Corbin then having Hudson and Doolittle available
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Not with the contact Washington is making off Greinke. He is making it look easy. Meanwhile, Scherzer is struggling through every batter.Lucky for the Nats that Greinke got Hinch’d after only 80 pitches and 2 hits. In fairness he gave up a Dong then walked the tying run his last two batters. I don’t think it was overly wrong to have the quick hook.
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A 1-4 start against that schedule should be a fireable offense
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Didn’t see one started yet, figured I get one going. #ThisLeague https://twitter.com/worldwidewob/status/1189726784478167040?s=21
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If you want to put on the conspiracy theory, connect the dots hat on this...... this is the kind of thing a team starts leaking about a guy publicly as they prepare to trade him to soften the blowback by the fans.
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I didn’t read the article or listen to the interview, I just took the clickbait tweet. You can definitely view some of those things more positively than the tweet made it seem to be. I never felt Ricketts is overly hands on, I’ve always gotten a hands off vibe from the baseball ops side (outside of the budget, which yeah every team has one that is owner imposed).
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[tweet] [/tweet] I’m hoping this is more in regards to a Rendon/Cole level deal, which still sucks, and not the 20-30 mil we all feel should be out there to spend.
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They gotta do something, it just makes no sense. Is the runner suppose to horsefeathering jump and hop/lunge with his left leg on his last step while in foul territory there? I’m in favor of the softball bag, that just clears everything up.
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Martinez got tossed, MLB umps are the thinnest skinned weasels of any group. My god.
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Just a ridiculously horrible rule, THE WHOLE BAG IS IN FAIR TERRITORY. If the runner has no right to any chunk of it, at any time, the rule needs to be changed. Schwarbs is right. https://twitter.com/kschwarb12/status/1189374438795599873?s=21
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They hired him away from us in 2017 or 2018, iirc. He was a quality assurance coach or something with us.
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He was mocking Bregman, he did it on his HR in the first for some reason
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I’ve never been more certain of a hypothetical in my life
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Something with the pill (density or holding ball flight better or something) and the seams being lower allowing less drag, I think that’s how. I’m not a scientist and haven’t read an article on the ball lately. I’m sure it’s in every article about it if you google it.
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I don't know anything about this topic but why wouldn't a juiced ball lead to higher EVs? Just like we are close to maxed out on how hard pitchers can physically throw I think we are close to maxed out on how hard hitters can hit it. I don’t recall seeing any stuff about the juiced ball increasing exit velo in articles on it, just distance is increased on lower velos. Anecdotally just sort by average exit velo leaders going back to 2015-19 on here and the numbers seems pretty close at the top. http://m.mlb.com/statcast/leaderboard
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I just realized Derwood’s whole original premise is also wrong. The juiced ball doesn’t lead to higher EVs or the old ball doesn’t lead to lower EVs as far as I know. 110 off the bat is still 110 off the bat regardless of ball, it just might not carry as much because the pill and seams. If Castellanos is still hitting balls 100+ MPH good things will happen regardless of the ball. It’s the Sogard’s of the world, that have been mentioned, who will suffer with their 84-90 MPH EVs turning in to outs vs gappers/HRs.
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Bears week 7: LAC @ CHI Sunday at noon on FOX
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Then everyone else's 110 mph gappers turn into 90 mph fly balls and his value remains the same? I don't think you're making as profound a point as you think you are here. I'm not trying to make a profound point. I'm asking if he's less valuable with a new ball, and how that affects what one would reasonably sign him for I pointed out a few posts up that he hit decently well (especially for power) as a 21-24 year old in his first few years of the old ball. The ball isn’t going to affect his value, it’s the 2-4 other flaws everyone has pointed out about him (defense, low BB rate, below to average contact rate, etc.)
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So what happens when those 110 mph gappers turn into 90mph fly balls when the ball is de-juiced? What makes you think the ball will be de-juiced? I think MLB loves the added offense. There was a report before the playoffs they’re going to make changes to the ball
