Jose Abreu

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 16, 2017 -> 03:45 PM) .390 BABIP is not sustainable. .320 or so could be for him and that should still lead to some decent years. Does he have enough in game power for a corner OF spot? I'm very curious to see what the Sox do here. They need to decide whether to extend him or trade him. If I were betting, I'd guess that they deal him this offseason and try to sell high. Given how good he is at infield hits and beating out choppers, I do think he profiles as a guy who can sustain an above average BABIP, probably no higher than .350

QUOTE (oldsox @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 07:11 PM) Agree. Why did we draft him so high? Same criticism back then. I can't believe any team would draft Chris Sale. His delivery was so violent and crazy!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 06:58 PM) He's hitting .230 and his OPS is somewhere near .770. Once things get to normal with him and hits falling/getting comfortable within the strike zone, he's already on a path to being a top 3 2b in the AL soon. OPS is actually a stellar .785 now. Even better

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 06:52 PM) I think it is time for teams to get nervous about Moncada Fantastic prospects and where to find them

At least Call hit a homer. 3-1

Yikes

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 03:21 PM) That's not totally true. His range metrics were worse than Leury at least last I checked. But doesn't Leury also have very good range?

Sanchez Moncada Abreu Garcia Delmonico Davidson Anderson Smith Engel

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 02:33 PM) He rated a 0 in 2016 as well. And this data doesn't include the impact of the arm, right? Just catches made/not made. The reason the popular metrics don't like Engel is solely because of his arm, apparently- but it's puzzling because his arm must be a complete and utter liability in order for it to offset his glove by so much.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 02:56 PM) It also suggests he is better than Mike Trout out there who is at -4 . Mike Trout's defense has been overrated for a long time, IMO

QUOTE (Superstar Lamar @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 01:17 PM) It's amusing to see the year start off with people hoping the Sox would be in a position to draft Beer and ending with them hoping to not be in a position to draft him Goes to show you how fickle this all is. There are Sox fans on Twitter who berate other fans for wanting guys like Beer instead of Kelenic or Turang, which is also pretty foolish IMO- what if Beer has a huge 2018 for Clemson and raises his stock again? So much can change between now and draft day.

Willy is back on the Sox

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 10:54 AM) The Abreu impact on the young new players like Moncada cannot be understated. He is one of the players I wouldn't trade at this point. I think his value to mentoring young players is more valuable than any possible return he could provide at this point. Stories like that make me wonder how many players would be much better hitters if they just used a slightly heavier or lighter bat.

Please Ron, make Markannen ROY for me and have the Hawks make another Cup run

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 05:54 PM) Saladino tied the AL LOB record in a 9 inning game with 11. Imagine the offensive output today without him batting 6th

Avi

QUOTE (Wanne @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 08:51 PM) You left Eaton off the list again lol. I'm very thankful they decided to rebuild when they did. You probably don't end up with Yoan, Kopech, Jimenez and the haul from the Nats. You just have no clue who would have been available. I'm done looking back...like what lies ahead. I left Eaton off intentionally to try to sweeten the case for going all in. I agree with you on the rest

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 12:17 PM) Davidson at .216/.261/.455 84 wRC+ and -0.8 WAR shouldn't really be considered a plus, he's fallen pretty hard. Also even with the above we get a wildcard at best and then we need to rebuild anyway, but this time we have fewer assets and the assets that remain have less value. I'd still rebuild. I agree about Davidson, which is why I purposely only included his home run rate. It's all about what you leave out

Imagine that it's early November of 2016. You are Rick Hahn, and you are planning on rebuilding. However, you are given the following, and only the following information to try and change your mind- in 2017: -The Narvaez/Smith platoon is actually not a total offensive black hole, and they hover around a .700 OPS -Jose Abreu puts up his best season since 2014 -Yolmer- (or Carlos, as of November 2016) Sanchez becomes a very solid utility infielder with some pop -Matt Davidson's HR/162 game pace is 37 -Melky's season is very similar to his 2016 season -Avisail Garcia comes out of nowhere to become an all-star, playing passable defense while slashing .325/.372./497/.869 -Leury Garcia becomes a competent hitter -Chris Sale remains Chris Sale -The Sox on paper feature one of the best bullpens in the game, barring potential rebuilding trades -Free agent signee Anthony Swarzak ends up being a stellar reliever With only the above information, would you have changed course?

QUOTE (cjgalloway @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 10:18 AM) hahah right!? This team will be tragic next year. Probably about the same as this year. remember we wont have Quintana, Robertson, Swarzak, Kahnle, Melky and Frazier (barf) for half a year. That really won us some games. But we will have Moncada, Lopez, Giolito, Kopech, Jimenez, Rodon, maybe Avi/Collins/Abreu next year, plus all those decent fringe guys like Delmonico/Willy/Cordell/Leury/Yolmer. There will be growing pains but they'll still find a way to get us some wins.

I just think they did more than borrow. It was like watching the same movie again- there's always a big destroyer thingy, it's always destroyed by a little flaw in its build, they always build up to the destruction of it in the same way, etc. I know "half the planet" thinks they're similar, but my opinion is unpopular because I think they're so similar to the point where TFA is not even a good movie.

I still have a 6 so I look forward to getting the X. I just hope I'm able to get it sometime in November due to the limited quantity. I only want the 64 GB one so that should help my chances (?)

Unpopular opinion, but to me, TFA was the same as A New Hope. Different characters, graphics, etc. but identical storyline. I didn't enjoy it. On the other hand, I loved Rogue One

Don't think we'll compete for a WC but do think we'll be better than expected. I could see us winning 75-81 games.

Moncada