Jose Abreu

For every "error", there are 2-3 plays he makes on a ball that the average 2B wouldn't get to. These plays involving impressive range that may look routine tend to go unnoticed by fans which is why some infielders are so underrated/overrated defensively (take Jeter, for example). Moncada's range is ridiculous. Moving him off of 2B would be a big mistake

His 9.5% walk rate should be 11.7% at least, by my math

Oh, did we suddenly cut Soria, Jones, Covey, Avilan, Fry, and Cedeno?

I agree that his defense has taken a step back but he still ranks as the #6 2B in baseball

How much longer are we gonna fall for this? He's streaky but he always ends the season with pretty similar numbers.

ABREU

That may be true, but regardless, I trust that table over a 27 AB sample

I Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ 2 outs, RISP 247 294 254 91 75 18 0 11 98 0 0 36 58 .295 .391 .496 .887 126 0 4 0 0 20 3 .346 105 Late & Close 343 460 394 54 98 17 1 15 63 2 1 50 108 .249 .348 .411 .759 162 7 12 0 4 28 4 .302 76 Tie Game 569 915 822 101 239 50 7 46 140 2 0 72 176 .291 .354 .536 .891 441 30 13 0 8 22 8 .317 102 Within 1 R 656 1642 1483 200 442 92 8 74 245 5 2 115 313 .298 .358 .521 .879 772 47 31 0 13 32 16 .332 100

I would've liked to see Jose Rondon bat there

Maybe he's balding.

There's not a single thing Engel does better than Tilson. Easy answer for me.

Tim anderson

I believe Basto got released yesterday and the roster just hasn't updated

Both

Rain delay

Perhaps- I've always thought he's better as a 2B/SS though

But overall, they were a better team once we sold everyone off. Not just Q, but the bullpen and Melky as well.

I'm willing to listen, and Moncada is underperforming, but that doesn't mean he's a bust or that the trade won't work out. To the Herrera trade, it "seems" mediocre because of Herrera's name value, but in reality he is only under control for three more months. None of the guys they got back have a high ceiling, aside from maybe the third baseman they got (Gutierrez, I think), but it doesn't seem too bad to me considering what they gave up.

Me too. His walks are way down, but so are his strikeouts. In this reliever market, nobody is getting a Clint Frazier for Andrew Miller type of haul

I know you love false equivalences, but it's been made clear that you don't want to understand others' points of view, so there's no point in giving you an actual response

Expected given just 3 months of control + the market

Nice to see Josue Guerrero back

Yoan Moncada

Where were you when Moncada had a .877 OPS at the start of May? All the other prospects who come up and set the world on fire (as Moncada did in April) fall off pretty hard. Ozzie Albies, who has been just as bad, if not worse, than Moncada over the last month, is a great example of this.

Personally I think they just want them to each get regular playing time, and Zavala is older and perhaps slightly better defensively. I have no doubt that Collins' bat is MLB ready but his defense needs work still