Jose Abreu

I keep going back and forth between who I like more: Delmonico or Palka. Both have been exceptional since the all-star break

Moncada may be 0-4 with a walk, but at least he has 0 strikeouts

Even if he doesn't amount to anything, he's 25 with an .881 OPS in high-A. I don't see the harm in at least letting him face AA or AAA pitching, even as a 1B/DH rather than a C.

Though to be fair, anyone unironically calling a player who has been pretty average overall a bust at age 23 probably shouldn't be taken seriously anyway.

Eloy is the DH for Charlotte today.

Well, if it’s not in the next week, it would be a mistake IMO. I can see 2 months of MLB development being greater than a year of possible service time, but not just 1 or so

Anderson

I like it, lol

He’s their top prospect

Palka, as he was running to first

And a strikeout. BUST! just kidding (about the bust part, he actually did strike out though)

Tim with such a good defensive play. I don’t know if any SS not named Simmons or Lindor can make the play he just made.

Abreu

Right on cue, here's Tom to derail a civil, productive discussion, all the while being guilty of the very thing he's accusing me of doing. It's shameless trolling at this point, and it's quite unfortunate that one poster has singlehandedly lowered the bar for quality of discourse throughout the entire site.

Loaded was probably the wrong word, my bad- and yes, I am extrapolating the current number to a full season. As of now he's at a 1.8 bWAR at 100 games so a full season would place him at about 2.9 bWAR. I wouldn't call it unimpressive- underwhelming, maybe? But then again, chances are that he'll improve as he matures.

And for what it's worth, I know that WAR is a flawed stat and I try my best not to overuse it. But it happens to be one of the advanced stats that shows Moncada in a more positive light. While the strikeouts and errors are frustrating, he has still been a net positive for the team this year, and it's nice to see a statistic reflect that. His range, specifically, is really overlooked at times. UZR hates him, DRS is lukewarm on him, but the range stats love him.

If you want to read a lot, here is a link that explains it in-depth. I personally prefer Baseball-Reference WAR for position players to Fangraphs WAR for position players. In a nutshell, I would assume that a lot of it offensively is coming from the combination of walks, home runs, and baserunning value. Defensively, his range is among the top second basemen in the league, and it makes up for a lot of the errors he has made on easier plays.

I'd consider a 2-3 WAR season from a 23 year old second baseman pretty solid.

1915 called, it wants its statistics back

Moncada has looked really good from the right side over the past month or so. (incoming 6 confused faces)

But when Anderson plays like that, he's disrespecting the American game! There is no middle ground apparently

Minaya is so awful at holding runners

Haha, it was weak contact at least. His peripherals are almost elite

He had one blown save but is fine otherwise

That was predictable