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.842 OPS so far (8th among all shortstops) with a HR and 2 SBs, and some highlight plays at SS. 0 errors, 1.000 FP
As long as he's making contact - hard contact - he will have a high enough OBP to lead off. .368 will do.
The question right now is whether he's slugging too much to stay there. I'm inclined to say don't mess with him, but he's slugging .570. At some point a guy with a slug that's top-10 in MLB probably needs to move to a place where he hits with men on base, assuming he continues.
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....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....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.
I did not have high hopes for him after his second half last year, both on and off the field. Glad he's proving me wrong.
Slashing .312/.368/.574 in 141 ABs. Eye test and advanced stats show him much closer to his 2023 self than 2024 in the field and on the bases.It's early, plenty of time for the downward swing to occur. But for now, he's hitting his way back into my heart.
In the seven games prior to me bumping this thread, he slashed .300/.344/.767.In the seven games since, .111/.200/.148.My bad!
Are you the Reverse Summoner of the Reverae Jinx? Seriously though, cold stretches are a thing. Let's see how he approaches this compared to last year
he gambled on himself and won (so far)
