Author Topic: Follow the Prospects: Robert Hassell III, OF (Read 41133 times)

imref · « **Reply #375 on:** October 22, 2024, 11:42:42 am »

2-4. HR, SB last night. Now up to .406/.441/.813

aspenbubba · « **Reply #376 on:** October 22, 2024, 12:09:27 pm »

Well, I believe I intimated that he was a future bust. I'm not issuing a mea culpa yet but I'm making a rough draft.

imref · « **Reply #377 on:** October 22, 2024, 06:02:43 pm »

he needs to start next season at AAA and get off to a good start before he's valuable again. Just a reminder that he was once drafted #8 overall. He was once a highly touted prospect, let's hope he gets there again.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #378 on:** October 22, 2024, 08:33:24 pm »

I imagine that most prospect rankings will have him outside the top 100 going into next season.

imref · « **Reply #379 on:** October 22, 2024, 09:50:13 pm »

already 1-1 so far tonight.

Senatorswin · « **Reply #380 on:** October 22, 2024, 09:55:55 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on October 22, 2024, 08:33:24 pm

I imagine that most prospect rankings will have him outside the top 100 going into next season.

Yep, he's number 13th on the Nats alone. It seems if he can just stay healthy though ....

imref · « **Reply #381 on:** October 23, 2024, 06:25:50 am »

1-3, 2BB, SB

imref · « **Reply #382 on:** October 25, 2024, 04:43:44 pm »

0-5 last night, back to being a bust.

welch · « **Reply #383 on:** October 25, 2024, 06:58:56 pm »

Hassell will push Alex Call to 5th OF by the All-Star break.

zimm_da_kid · « **Reply #384 on:** October 25, 2024, 07:19:23 pm »

Quote from: welch on October 25, 2024, 06:58:56 pm

Hassell will push Alex Call to 5th OF by the All-Star break.

Nah he’ll stay in aaa for regular at bats

aspenbubba · « **Reply #385 on:** October 30, 2024, 08:54:39 am »

13 games in. 53 AB's .283 /.345 / .528 .873

imref · « **Reply #386 on:** October 30, 2024, 09:03:04 am »

went on something like an 0-9 run but recovered last night with a 1-3, 2BB performance playing DH.

welch · « **Reply #387 on:** October 30, 2024, 01:41:04 pm »

Starts in AAA next spring, but looks like a major leaguer.

imref · « **Reply #388 on:** October 30, 2024, 08:15:44 pm »

Oppo boppo today
https://x.com/3OneCount/status/1851742922552799523

welch · « **Reply #389 on:** November 02, 2024, 10:38:07 am »

Post on "How the Nationals’ ‘forgotten prospect’ got his swing back"

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In late September, Robert Hassell III opened the glass door of his family’s Nashville home with a familiar itch. He had just completed a season his highest level yet, Class AAA Rochester, but he closed the year in a slump after yet another frustrating hand injury. This time, it was a right wrist sprain with a small carpal boss fracture, which sidelined him for two months before an August return.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/11/01/robert-hassell-nationals-prospect-arizona-fall-league/

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #390 on:** November 02, 2024, 11:31:06 am »

Quote from: welch on November 02, 2024, 10:38:07 am

Post on "How the Nationals’ ‘forgotten prospect’ got his swing back"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/11/01/robert-hassell-nationals-prospect-arizona-fall-league/

This is interesting.

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The most important change, though, has been in the mechanics of Hassell’s swing. While the young outfielder has always hit the ball effectively to the opposite field, he was rarely, if ever, pulling the ball in the air — a batted ball event generally considered the most valuable in baseball. Rochester hitting coach Brian Daubach said coaches worked with Hassell on fixing his stride direction and not blocking himself off with his shoulder on inside pitches.

These are changes that — surprise — are easier to refine in a week of dry swings than they are in a post-injury malaise against the toughest pitching he has faced.

According to the website TruMedia, across 320 minor league at-bats, a pulled flyball or line drive resulted from 6.3 percent of Hassell’s at-bats. In the Fall League, it was 16.4 percent.

Slateman · « **Reply #391 on:** November 02, 2024, 01:05:47 pm »

Wait, we fixed a guy's swing?

imref · « **Reply #392 on:** November 02, 2024, 02:30:38 pm »

I wonder if they'd consider moving Wood to 1B to make room for Hassell?

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #393 on:** November 02, 2024, 03:25:19 pm »

Quote from: imref on November 02, 2024, 02:30:38 pm

I wonder if they'd consider moving Wood to 1B to make room for Hassell?

not prematurely. i'd think they'd trade young to make room for Hassell before they move Wood.

Slateman · « **Reply #394 on:** November 02, 2024, 03:53:23 pm »

I thought we were putting Juan Soto at first

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #395 on:** November 07, 2024, 06:52:19 pm »

Bobby Barrels with a 3 run HR today. Check out his reaction and slow trot.

https://www.mlb.com/video/robert-hassell-iii-s-three-run-home-run?t=mlb-pipeline

welch · « **Reply #396 on:** November 08, 2024, 12:37:55 pm »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on November 07, 2024, 06:52:19 pm

Bobby Barrels with a 3 run HR today. Check out his reaction and slow trot.

https://www.mlb.com/video/robert-hassell-iii-s-three-run-home-run?t=mlb-pipeline

Nothing wrong with Hassell looking like the player we thought he would be! Wood, Young, Crews, Hassell: three guys who could play CF if Davey chose.

imref · « **Reply #397 on:** November 08, 2024, 05:41:42 pm »

Named to the Fall Stars team.

Slateman · « **Reply #398 on:** November 08, 2024, 06:22:46 pm »

Again, this is nice, but he's going against not-quite Double A pitching in an offensive environment that is comparable to Colorado.

imref · « **Reply #399 on:** November 09, 2024, 08:27:50 am »

Yeah. Goal is just to shows he’s healthy at this point. He’ll have time at AAA next year to see what he can do.