June 28, 20187 yr Leadoff runner reaches in the 9th...couldn’t get the runner in from 3rd with just one out last inning. Madrigal and Larnach with two chances to tie it. Edited June 28, 20187 yr by caulfield12
June 28, 20187 yr Came through. Cronin out there a long time. Madrigal has faded from .405 to .377 the last couple of weeks.
June 28, 20187 yr Fathom’s favorite hitter. Now some real drama in the CWS. Edited June 28, 20187 yr by caulfield12
June 28, 20187 yr Just now, caulfield12 said: Fathom’s favorite hitter. Now some real drama in the CWS. He's awesome, should have been top 10 pick
June 28, 20187 yr But how does he profile defensively? Palka/Avi/Delmonico-esque or much more competent?
June 28, 20187 yr 21 minutes ago, fathom said: Yikes, bad game for Madrigal. Seemed to be trying to do too much tonight Clearly saving the heroics for tomorrow.
June 28, 20187 yr Mulholland a name to monitor next year while Abel a name to monitor in '20, both filth
June 28, 20187 yr 9 hours ago, fathom said: Yikes, bad game for Madrigal. Seemed to be trying to do too much tonight Hasn't been great in the CWS final, but I bet he has a big game tonight. He's a born leader and that's what leaders do.
June 28, 20187 yr 3 minutes ago, fathom said: Not sure who's pressing more, Arkansas or Madrigal. 0-2 with strikeout I’m going to forget about what I’ve seen so far from Madrigal...a lot of weak contact, and even when he squares it up, it doesn’t fly. But his pitch recognition is great, and not striking out will be his biggest strength.
June 28, 20187 yr Just now, flavum said: I’m going to forget about what I’ve seen so far from Madrigal...a lot of weak contact, and even when he squares it up, it doesn’t fly. But his pitch recognition is great, and not striking out will be his biggest strength. Yep one thing I've been concerned about all along with Madrigal is if he hits it in the air, it's likely an out. He's definitely going to be a guy that needs the bapip gods to smile down on him to have strong offensive seasons. His ISO isn't likely to be special.
June 29, 20187 yr I knew this was coming. Heimlich and Madrigal have both been largely disappointing, compared to the other “Big 3” of Grenier, Larnach and Rutschman. Who knows, with JR’s unpredictability, we might have three of those players by this time next year...(it’s not like we have a plethora of quality LH arms in our system. Waits to be attacked for being too pragmatic and condoning “child molestation.”)
June 29, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, fathom said: Yep one thing I've been concerned about all along with Madrigal is if he hits it in the air, it's likely an out. He's definitely going to be a guy that needs the bapip gods to smile down on him to have strong offensive seasons. His ISO isn't likely to be special. If he can maintain a low K rate, his BABIP and average will track closely, and his speed is conducive to producing above average BABIP numbers. If he's hitting .300, a league average ISO (.150) and walk rate (7-8%) makes him an .800 OPS player. Combine that with good defense and it's a 4+ WAR player.
June 29, 20187 yr I’m much more confident at this point in Madrigal being a Gold Glove defender at 2B than Moncada...even though Moncada has all the raw tools in the world to be that kind of fielder. The problem is the consistency. Madrigal is already a finished product, whereas Moncada is learning on the job (and teaching fundamentals/defense at the big league level is not exactly our forte.)
June 29, 20187 yr Very impressive start for Abel. Shaddy should have caught that foul ball last night.
June 29, 20187 yr 9 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Abel and Mulholland...maybe just bring their coach on board with Sox, too. He does love the bunt
June 29, 20187 yr Awesome! So stoked that Madrigal gets to end his career as a Champ, but also, please sign tomorrow and get this thing started.
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