Jose Abreu

Basically exactly what you said. He should be a consistent ~5 WAR player with a few ~7 WAR/40 HR seasons at his peak. His baserunning value is already pretty good despite the lack of steals, but if it goes up and the power increases, he could even turn in an 8-10 WAR season as his true ceiling

That more people complain about Abreu than the actual garbage on this roster (Sanchez/Engel/Castillo/Detwiler/Osich/Santiago etc.) has always been amusing to me

Moncada

I really don't see the point in Steele Walker and Will Kincannon not being at AA

He’s at 4.8 fWAR now

Hey guys! Still think he’s a fluke, a #4, or whatever other hot takes you had?

His justification, based on the ending quotes, seems to be that he hasn’t had enough time or the right personnel to succeed in his career. That would make more sense if he wasn’t representing an organization that just demoted a top prospect after 26 at-bats

I can't wait until we get rid of this guy

Abreu is 4th in the sport in hard hit balls and is 15th in average exit velocity (minimum 200 BBE). I'm not sure where the people saying his batted ball stats suck are getting that from. If it's purely about pull% or something then maybe, but if he were on any other team, someone with the two stats I mentioned would be sought after by the board as a short-term 1B/DH.

I highly doubt Abreu gets anything more than $10 million AAV from us anyway. The people who are against him because they think he's about to get 3/50 or something are gonna be in for a surprise.

I feel like you're stuck on the idea that a ~5.00 ERA or FIP is bad. In this age, getting that + innings eaten from a starter is actually really valuable when the average team scores 4.91 runs per game in the AL.

Not only would it be addition by subtraction (Engel/Jay, Sanchez, Castillo, Reed, etc.) but those guys are actually gonna be good. It's so frustrating that there's so much talent in AAA not getting a shot (I understand the service time angle on Robert and Madrigal but not others). I hardly even watch the games anymore, usually I don't enter that phase until mid-September.

I mean he's right, ERA doesn't matter for any reliever unless they're the type that pitches multiple innings every outing, and even then it doesn't hold much weight

Anderson

He posted that foul ball on his Instagram story. It looked like it went 500 feet

Goins being 2nd instead of Anderson, who is hitting like .450 this month, might be even worse than Jay (-0.7 fWAR) batting cleanup

Wouldn't be surprised to see Frare up in September.

Not in tonight's lineup. Wonder if he'll be in Charlotte's

I hope it's Skole or Engel but it will probably be Cordell. Will be nice to have Moncada, Anderson, and Jimenez in the same lineup again.

I don't think retirement is on the table at all. He's a 1.5 WAR starter with a good bill of health and a low price tag.

Yes, these days, a ~5.00 ERA and 6 IP/start would be a really solid #5 SP. Nova is at 4.51 with 6 IP/start

Moncada

I thought he was safe