Engel should be playing in minor league games

 

Yoan is fouling off too many fastballs over the plate instead of squaring up.

But he leads the league in exit velocity

 

We traded Chris Sale for this guy?

He is doing his best

 

Yoan needs a day off or something

He’s 22 from Cuba. You expect him to hit in this weather?

Was his velocity better to start last year? Don't think so

 

Was his velocity better to start last year? Don't think so

Even last season toward the end there were 94-95 mph pitches mixed in there. They were rare, but they existed.

IMO 23 year old pitchers don't go from averaging 95 to averaging 91 without being injured.

Edited April 13, 20188 yr by Jack Parkman

Yoan needs a day off or something

 

The season just started. Dude doesn't need a day off.

He needs a day off for sure, he's either looking at strike three or swinging through center-cut fastballs.

Does Yoan batting lefty remind anybody of the real Rock Raines?

Hell of a throw by Omar whether he got him or not

 

Edit: he didn't

nice tag TA.

Laces count. That call is bulls***.

Wonderful.

how do you over turn that?

Soxfan49, I like where your heart is at, but regarding Engel, even MiLB games are a stretch. He’s terrible.

Laces count. That call is bulls***.

 

Actually thought they changed rule and doesn't count now

Sure. But I’m not a huge sabes guy. What does that mean and how does it negate whiffing 35% of the time? My lasting viewpoint, FWIW, is that hitting it hard doesnt mean much when you often don’t hit it at all. Not that revolutionary, but it doesn’t seem like Benetti agrees.

Basically, xWOBA tracks how hard he hits the ball, its launch angle, and gets a percentage of hit probability based on that data. If xWOBA is higher than wOBA, which weights the actual results of batted balls rather than the stats behind it, it generally means the player has been unlucky. In Moncada's case, the discrepancy is pretty big, so stats like average/OBP/OPS will increase in due time.

 

It doesn't necessarily "negate" the strikeouts. I agree that he strikes out too much. But even with a 35% or so strikeout rate, I think he will still be a good player when you factor in his defense and hitting. As the years go by, I also expect that 35% figure to drop, too. It will take time

Soxfan49, I like where your heart is at, but regarding Engel, even MiLB games are a stretch. He’s terrible.

Now this is something the three of us agree on lol

Wonderful.

 

Doesn't show his velocity in Charlotte

Terrible throw, terrible player

Might as well throw it in the stands....good lord

Terrible throw, terrible player

He's almost indescribably bad at this point. It blows my mind.

nice throw...

If Rick Hahn wants to assemble one of the worst defensive teams in the league he's certainly done it.

The defense on this team is amazingly bad.

If Rick Hahn wants to assemble one of the worst defensive teams in the league he's certainly done it.

 

Anderson has some of the worst footwork I've seen from a big league SS

The entire team needs to get absolutely s*** faced after this game and do not even worry about tmr. If they have to play hungover it might be the best thing possible.

 

I am 100% serious right now.