Jose Abreu

His patience is the biggest surprise to me this season.

That makes up for Moncada getting screwed over in his 2nd AB

Even if it were called a strike it was still a long, nice AB

Uhh... I'll take it

facts

Good. I'm tired of people freaking out over such small sample sizes. Even this early, stats don't really matter. Give it at least another month

Smart play by Mazara.

Leury > Engel

Hell of a game for Shields

I think it will be 1-2 of Davidson/Abreu/Moncada. However there is some tough competition for Matt and Yoan there for their positions. Abreu, on the other hand, doesn't have much AL 1B competition

Nicky has been better than the numbers would show but has still been a disappointment. The average/OBP *should* be higher, based on his batted ball profile, but even with average luck, his slugging would be pretty bad

Fegan has been reporting it for a couple days

Good, they changed it

Well that same logic is why you hated Moncada in April, and look at him now. There is objective data that tells you when an AB features a "good" result, and a 1+ month sample size is not nearly enough for these things to even out. Of course Nicky's defense is awful, unlike Yoan's but that's not my point.

I can't say I disagree but you chose an odd time to post it following a good AB

Abreu gets robbed like every other AB nowadays

Shields isn't half bad when he's pounding the zone

Yeah that was like a 5-1 count

.260/.355/.488... man would I love for Moncada to finish the season with that line

3 leadoff singles

Honestly forgot choo was still in the league

There goes Moncada's baserunning value on fangraphs, just because we didn't want to challenge

I agree. I like India and I really don't see Madrigal being a plus defender anywhere other than 2nd.

As was mentioned, Hamels was scratched. Here's the new lineup

Not sure how reliable that guy is when it comes to this stuff, but intriguing nonetheless