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The Clubhouse / Re: Bobby Barrels in the Bigs (2025)
« Last post by imref on Yesterday at 04:47:45 pm »Playing CF and batting 7th tonight.
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Does it though? It's not like Crews was raking.He was at least hitting bombs now, leading rookies in homers. His xBA was much better than actual. He was figuring it out. He has to go back to ground zero, get comfortable twisting in rehab, then go through the whole cycle of see MLB pitching, adjust, they adjust to you, you adjust back again. It's losing a half year to a year of development.
ranks up with the Herz TJS as the most impactful injury of the season. Obliques often take a couple of months. This probably means he's out until after the ASB. I'm not a doctor or a trainer, but I play one in the peanut gallery.Does it though? It's not like Crews was raking.
https://www.mlb.com/nationals/news/nasim-nunez-replaces-injured-dylan-crews-in-center-field-for-nationals
JCA? Gotta keep the streak going!
Across his first three years in the majors, Abrams swung at the first pitch about 40 percent of the time — he’s now at 29.4 percent. He says he is only looking for middle-middle fastballs in an 0-0 count, a development supported by the first-pitch, down-the-pipe cutter he sent over the right-field wall in Baltimore on Sunday. He has improved his slugging percentage in 0-0 counts by more than 300 points.Nusbaum suggests the Nats pushed better swing decisions while Maven adjusted his mechanics
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But his process goes much deeper than his selection. When Abrams visited Maven, the facility’s cameras and force plates captured a swing that had gotten a bit out of whack — a swing that prevented him from doing much damage on pitches at the edge of the zone. It “was almost like his left ear had a 10 pound dumbbell on it,” Krieger said. It was almost as if he was falling back toward the catcher. By the end of the winter, though, Krieger said they had seen changes that were “pretty, pretty drastic.”
His new set of mechanics put his body in a better position to crush well-located pitches on the corners. After hitting .201 with a .304 slugging percentage on pitches in the “shadow” of the zone last year, he’s hitting .327 with a .636 slugging percentage on those pitches. That is: from some of the worst marks in the majors to some of the best.
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Maven offered guidance for Abrams: for instance, keeping his nose in front of his belly button, and keeping his barrel less flat. Abrams brought his own perspective — like, when his feet were closer together, he felt his body forcing him to take longer strides that made him unbalanced. This season, he has increased his foot separation by about six inches. The stride, as a whole, is shorter and quicker.
still feeling good about this take.I don't like the $300 (now $400) million contract for a hitter who doesn't defend well. Even a guy who can play 1B every day to me is much more valuable than a DH.
I think winning trumps all else. I don't think we want to be Anaheim who has a generational talent, but can never win. I'm more convinced than ever that Soto at this point in his career was a bad fit on a team that had an empty cupboard and no real hope of competing. Trading him brought a lot of potential to our farm system, but obviously we need those guys to pan out. I think we're in far better long-term shape now with the Padres haul than if we had extended Soto and had nothing around him.still feeling good about this take.
https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1554494977719144451?s=21&t=pZzivSEqx8YSGWKN1QTq8w
I’d have accepted this package for Soto. Really tough for him plus Bell.
We saved them from Hosmer contract? And don’t get more than that?
This is a disaster of a return.
I'm really high on Abrams, really low on Gore. If the Nats medical team is comfortably, I understand being high on Gore. I'm worried about any unhealthy pitcher after our issues with Strasburg.
Hosmer is a Red Sox, according to official MLB Twitter.My early take here was pretty angry. Got less angry after Hosmer threw his fit. Did leave door open Gore being healthy could save this.
If Rizzo holds onto the Padres package as it stands minus Hosmer, the disaster level on this remains high but still lower than it could have been.
Some of these prospects will flame out. Just cross your fingers a couple pop.James Wood is an elite young hitter. CJ Abrams is raking again. Gore is Nats #1. Hassell just called up. Susana is a Top 100 prospect, which is strong even if I think he ultimately ends up a reliever. I was way to negative on this treade!
I don't argue we have a bunch of exciting pieces in the farm and in rookie contract years. Only question is if it was enough.
Drove from Rochester last night after getting the news. Lets see what he can do!