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The Farm / Re: Follow the Prospects: James Wood, OF
« Last post by JCA-CrystalCity on Today at 11:20:27 AM »
41% of his flies this year have gone for homers.

31% of his contact has been line drives, which kind of explains why he's only hitting 16% flies.

His numbers are comical.



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The Clubhouse / Re: Wood/Crews Debuts
« Last post by JCA-CrystalCity on Today at 11:12:59 AM »
Quote from: Slateman on Today at 10:46:42 AM
Herz is not a fringe prospect. Getting that back for Rosario or Winker would be huge. That alone is worth keeping them in the lineup
agreed. Made is probably better than a fringe prospect, too.

I don't think either Rosario or Winker will play their way to being Candelario at the deadline. No one should expect that kind of return. But, between the two, I think you could get a return.

That said, a Rosario / Robles in one OF slot, a Winker / Senzel  platoon at DH (until / unless Lip is sent down and Senzel is at 3rd), with Thomas eventually working into the mix, to go with Wood and Young as primary starters in CF and RF (again, leaving room to play Thomas more than a strict platoon), kind of works. If it squeezes Gallo or Meneses's time, so be it if they can't keep up with Rosario, Winker, Senzel, and Thomas.
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The Clubhouse / Re: Wood/Crews Debuts
« Last post by JCA-CrystalCity on Today at 11:05:23 AM »
While I'm sympathetic to the "still needs work against LHP" camp, it's pretty darn hard, tbh.

36 PAs / 32 ABs .219 / .306 / .531 (.837 OPS), 3 HR, 4 BB, 10 K.

That translates to a K% of 27.8%. It's getting out of the red flag range.

I still am in the camp of getting him 200 PAs in AAA. That's 43 more, corresponding to late May/ early June. Maybe that's 10-15 more against lefties. What will that show? Strike out rate stabilizes around 60 PAs, so tbh it still wouldn't make the strike out rate really predictive or explanatory for whether he has the Ks under control. So why bother? Are we really going to hold him back until late June to get to 300 PAs and 60 vs LHP in the hope of getting one meaningful statistical measure (K% vs LHP)? I think that's bonkers. My 200 PAs would give him roughly 1 season (568 PAs) of upper minors (AA/AAA) data and experience and 1200 minor league PAs. That'd be enough.

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The Clubhouse / Re: Wood/Crews Debuts
« Last post by Slateman on Today at 10:46:42 AM »
Quote from: BigMeech on Today at 09:51:20 AM
Great article.  Realistically, the team won't get crap for Rosario, Winker, or Gallo, even if they performed to an all-star level.  You might get a few fringe prospects like we got last year for Candelario, and that's the best case scenario.  I don't get why we're holding onto them and holding Woods back.  It's stupid.
Herz is not a fringe prospect. Getting that back for Rosario or Winker would be huge. That alone is worth keeping them in the lineup
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The Clubhouse / Re: Wood/Crews Debuts
« Last post by BigMeech on Today at 09:51:20 AM »
Great article.  Realistically, the team won't get crap for Rosario, Winker, or Gallo, even if they performed to an all-star level.  You might get a few fringe prospects like we got last year for Candelario, and that's the best case scenario.  I don't get why we're holding onto them and holding Woods back.  It's stupid.
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The Clubhouse / Re: Jacob Young, Bonafide MLB'er?
« Last post by JCA-CrystalCity on Today at 09:45:31 AM »
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-blade-tidwell-has-a-five-pitch-arsenal-and-a-bright-future/
Dave Laurila talked to Young about his stolen base streak being broken:

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“I beat [Jonah Heim’s] throw pretty easily, actually,” said Young, who went in headfirst, as is his norm. “I just came off the bag — I believe I was helped off the bag a little bit — and couldn’t get back before [Corey Seager] got the tag down.”

Young had reached against a righty, but left-hander Jacob Latz was on the mound when he ran. While the pitching change was being made, Young went into the dugout and opened up an iPad, learning what he could about the new hurler. A few pitches into a CJ Abrams at-bat, he went on Latz’s first move, only to be foiled when he over-slid the bag.

“I knew that it was coming to an end eventually,” said Young. “It was a cool thing to have going, but I wasn’t going to remain perfect. I just threw it out the window, knowing that I was going to keep being aggressive.”


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The Farm / Re: Nationals Prospect Reports / Minor League Rankings: 2024
« Last post by JCA-CrystalCity on Today at 09:29:51 AM »
Where the heck is the Fangraphs system  evaluation for 2024? We are graduating guys who would have been on the list at the start of the year, and the facts on the ground are changing through current year performance.  Last year, I guess the update wasn't published until 6/6/23.
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The Farm / Re: Follow the Prospects: Daylen Lile, OF
« Last post by JCA-CrystalCity on Today at 09:26:51 AM »
Quote from: imref on Yesterday at 11:30:50 PM
Via Nats player development:

“Over his last 18 games, he is hitting .313/400/.493 with three doubles, three triples, a homer, eight RBI, eight walks, six stolen bases and 13 runs scored.“
the power is a nice development. He's doing it at a league and park that's notorious for suppressing power. Power has been a knock on his upside. It's a good sign that he may be a more complete player than projected.

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The Clubhouse / Re: Jacob Young, Bonafide MLB'er?
« Last post by Slateman on Today at 07:16:42 AM »
Quote from: zimm_da_kid on Yesterday at 11:05:39 PM
Gilbert >>>>>McClanahan>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Crochet
I dunno. You might not feel that way by the end of the year. Crochet has three bad starts inflating his ERA. By the end of the year, he could be a left handed version of Strider
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The Red Loft / Re: "Holiday Road" - The Official Vacation Thread
« Last post by Count Walewski on Today at 12:02:09 AM »
Trend with these embassy open houses seems to be that countries that are very popular with tourists phone it in, while more obscure countries try harder.
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