April 10, 20197 yr 3 hours ago, ron883 said: Where are the extra base hits? Up your ass and to the left Have some patience
April 10, 20197 yr 15 hours ago, ron883 said: Where are the extra base hits? He's putting the bat on the ball and getting hits. The power will come. It would be a lot more concerning if he wasn't at least getting hits, and even then, it's his first year.
April 10, 20197 yr I agree, nobody doubts his power. If he was a 45 power guy maybe you could doubt him but all the publications have him at like 70 power. His K rate is currently a bit high at 32% (compensated by an unsustainable babip) but that is normal when you first face mlb pitching, he was always 17-20% in the minors and should be about 20-22 in the majors after some adjustment.
April 11, 20197 yr Wow, Albies just signed a 7/$35M extension with two option years. Maybe I’m missing something, but that makes Eloy’s 6/$43M deal look completely ridiculous in comparison.
April 11, 20197 yr Just now, Chicago White Sox said: Wow, Albies just signed a 7/$35M extension with two option years. Maybe I’m missing something, but that makes Eloy’s 6/$43M deal look completely ridiculous in comparison. His agent is terrible. They basically tied him to scott kingerys contract for some (no) reason?
April 11, 20197 yr 22 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Wow, Albies just signed a 7/$35M extension with two option years. Maybe I’m missing something, but that makes Eloy’s 6/$43M deal look completely ridiculous in comparison. Not really though. Arbitration awards the things Jiménez is expected to excel at.
April 11, 20197 yr 4 minutes ago, Blackout Friday said: Not really though. Arbitration awards the things Jiménez is expected to excel at. Ok, but two of the guaranteed years are free agent years. If Albies is even close to a 4 win player again (like he was last year), the last two years of the contract would easily be worth $40M+. I don’t care how arbitrators award these things, three arbitration years plus two free agent years should be worth significantly more for a guy of this caliber. The Braves are also getting options for two additional free agents year on top of the two guaranteed ones. Our extension with Eloy bought us one single free agent year. I get they’re at different points in time in their respective careers, but that’s still pretty nuts IMO.
April 11, 20197 yr 6 minutes ago, bmags said: Albies agent is getting destroyed. 3 minutes ago, Kalapse said: This is extremely telling I guess this Albies extension reflects more poorly on his agent being terrible than Hahn botching the Eloy deal. That being said, I still think we should have gotten one more free agent year option out of him.
April 11, 20197 yr 12 minutes ago, Blackout Friday said: Not really though. Arbitration awards the things Jiménez is expected to excel at. Ozzie Albies is the same age as Eloy and has already put up 6 WAR in his career. Dude deserves to get paid more than Eloy.
April 12, 20197 yr 9 hours ago, Kalapse said: This is extremely telling This makes some sense and adds some reasoning to the story but how did Albies not wonder why he wasn’t getting around Eloy money?
April 12, 20197 yr Eloy is definitely hitting his first career homer today, tomorrow or Sunday. It's going to go into the 3rd row to the opposite field.
April 12, 20197 yr I like what I see from Eloy so far. He's getting hits and seems to be seeing the ball well. The HRs and doubles will come, and they'll come in bunches. I think we'll see him being a little more aggressive after the first HR, which could lead to more strikeouts and pop flies. But, he's a very good hitter and he'll adjust. Expect an up and down season from him. Overall, though, I expect good results.
April 12, 20197 yr 14 minutes ago, soxfan49 said: Eloy is definitely hitting his first career homer today, tomorrow or Sunday. It's going to go into the 3rd row to the opposite field. Expect to be quoted if you are wrong about this
April 12, 20197 yr 17 hours ago, TheTruth05 said: Heyman arguing Salvador Perez contract is worse is pretty funny. I dont think any GM would take Perez over Albies, but that said... Perez contract was so bad that the royals were like... so, sal, we wanna give you a couple more bucks for what happened. Albies got destroyed. If the agent was worried he was going to lose his client.. well, then, he just guaranteed it with that shit deal. Shouldnt even be allowed. 9 years and 45 million. What a joke.
April 12, 20197 yr Listened to Sox Talk Podcast, the most recent one with Eloy. He seems like a special guy, and good guy. iI think and hope he is going to do well. He is becoming one of my favorites very fast.
April 12, 20197 yr 2 hours ago, ron883 said: Expect to be quoted if you are wrong about this Yeah, I should definitely be verbally lynched if my extremely specific prediction doesn't come true.
April 13, 20197 yr 12 hours ago, soxfan49 said: Eloy is definitely hitting his first career homer today, tomorrow or Sunday. It's going to go into the 3rd row to the opposite field. ^^^ Close enough
April 13, 20197 yr 17 minutes ago, poppysox said: I do believe you must be psychic. I mean it wasn't that much margin for error there lol.
April 13, 20197 yr On 4/9/2019 at 5:40 PM, ron883 said: A certain SS on the Padres has 3 HRs already. I'd like at least one from Eloy Your wish is his command. Eloy now has a higher OPS than a certain SS on the Padres too ?
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