fathom

Is this where I question what the hell the training staff is doing?

Worst kept secret is confirmed by Hahn. He needs surgery

If you watch him hit, the outfielders are taking away his slashing ability by playing him so shallow. I saw highlights a few weeks ago and the right fielder was playing like 50 feet behind the first baseman.

Damn, you beat me to it

Yes, a ridiculous amount

No one ever doubted his bat to ball ability. More that he just doesn’t have the natural strength to be able to drive professional velocity. I know there have been quite a few scouts that have followed Madrigal that have stated he needs to make changes to his swing (leg kick) in order to handle velocity better. That hasn’t happened yet, so it will be interesting to see if they do make some changes to it. You see a day like today where he has a handful of weak pop ups to the right side, and that particular swing flaw is magnified. He’s always going to be reliant on BABIP, but if he’s making a lot of weak contact, it’s going to trend to be lower than expected.

Examples of players this current regime has drafted and developed? They’ve spent a good amount of resources on offensive players early in the draft the last few years with very bad results to this point.

And I would counter the excuses people make for him are just as bad. Right now he’s playing like a worst case scenario for when he was picked.

Wait, you think they’ve developed their position players the last few years? With all due respect, it’s been a total mess the last few seasons. Their drafts have been abysmal for various reasons.

Looking at his splits, it’s amazing how awful he is with no one on and great with runners on. Batting almost .400 with runners on and under .140 with no one on. Makes sense given less shifting on him when someone is on base. His numbers have nose dived once Robert got promoted.

Yeah I hate the “home and home”.

True but it’s also balancing out because he’s striking out way too much again. Good things happen when he makes contact.

Current version of Yoan doesn’t have the hit tool to be a .300 hitter. If he hits in the .265 range with extra base hit capabilities, walks and steals, then he will be a good player.

You can tell he’s dinged up, even Benetti mentioned it. There’s no harm in giving him a day off. You rest him Tuesday and then have him eventually get two straight days off.

Yoan could use a day off...might as well do it when they face Carrasco

He needs to keep fielders honest. He’s not strong enough to hit it over RF or CF head, so they play incredibly shallow and take away his slashing ability.

Spelled McCan instead of McCann now

Those were some darts on the edge. Such a pleasant change from last year where even if he did that, it was on accident.

Yeah this isn’t playing out very well so far. I really don’t see how he’s a top 100 prospect.

Engel has 1000 lives

8 homers and same WAR as Yoan because Manny is phenomenal on defense. Too bad we couldn’t be getting Yoan’s offense from a 2nd baseman.

I bet there are 5 guys on that list that won’t be on the team in 2 years in starting roles.

Routine grounder to SS he beat out due to infielder taking his time

Really think they should just call him up. Not sure how much he’s going to develop in AAA maxing out around 85 pitches per game.

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