Jose Abreu

But what about Kevan Smith?

No, it's not "common sense" to use Spring Training stats and a 4 game sample size of someone's approach to claim that he isn't MLB ready. You act as if he's swinging and missing at every pitch. He's making some good contact and just isn't finding holes. He'll be fine

4 games is not nearly enough time to make these conclusions. I feel ridiculous for even needing to type that.

Last year, the reactionaries/trolls were out in full force about 5 games into the season when Moncada was hitting .154/.267/.308. About 2 weeks later he was at .271/.364/.552. Not surprised to see similar accounts complaining about Eloy, and I won't be surprised a couple weeks from now when they'll be looking foolish

Nick Castellanos and Hyun-Jin Ryu, come on down!

Colome looks really good

And with yours, you will be against him 100% of the time, so what's the point

That's correct, but the athlete in question is pretty much the epitome of a role model so it's a really weird gripe

You should read up on his charity work before calling him a terrible role model for using tobacco

Wasn't an error, likely for that reason

These WGN camera angles on balls in play are so bad

I think it was ruled a hit because it was a tough stop to make in the first place. And you can't fault a fielder by giving him an error for a ball many 3B wouldn't even get to cleanly. Which goes to show why it's such a bogus statistic to begin with.

Yolmer and Palka both look completely lost at the plate so far. Swinging blind up there

Yeah, this has been a really annoying issue all game long. It's also unintentionally funny because if it's supposed to be pseudo-rhyme humor, it shows that he isn't anywhere close at knowing how to pronounce "Eloy"

Yes it is, but I don’t mind because it’s the same way for both teams

I want to believe but I really doubt it. I fully expect 140+ starts for him this year while the actually intriguing infield prospect rots on the bench

I’m shocked

Giolito is getting a lot of swings and misses early

I don’t think the Royals starters are particularly good, but rather our lineup, save for like 3 hitters, is just bad

If alleged defensive wizard yonder Alonso doesn’t bobble that, Anderson doesn’t have to rush and they probably turn two

Because he’s bad

Nope, never. Natural shortstops who can play any infield position and slug .500 in AAA don't deserve playing time.

The throwing error on Anderson did pretty much nothing to affect the score of the game. I’m not sure why you are always so reliant on an inherently subjective statistic

I'd also like to point out how smooth he has looked at 3rd. The transfer on this play is unbelievable

Nice reverse jinx