March 23, 20197 yr Thought I would share an interesting fantasy sleeper post from Razzball.com breaking down Daniel Palka's season last year, and some expectations this season. https://razzball.com/daniel-palka-2019-fantasy-baseball-sleeper/ I can't wait to see what he does this year!
March 23, 20197 yr How long will they throw Palka out there in RF? He is so bad there. Abreu and Yonder have 1B/DH locked down.
March 23, 20197 yr Author 1 minute ago, ron883 said: How long will they throw Palka out there in RF? He is so bad there. Abreu and Yonder have 1B/DH locked down. Alonso cutting into his AB's is a concern but this guy seems to think Palks gonna get about 480 AB's this year. I want him to get every chance, that power doesn't come around often. If he can put something together he could be impressive AND good for a while with sub par defense. Nothing says he won't get better in that area either though I'm not holding my breath.
March 23, 20197 yr Go work on your defense so you aren’t a below average player. ? Edited March 23, 20197 yr by Harper2Sox
March 23, 20197 yr Hopefully what we have seen so far this spring is not an indicator of the year ahead
March 23, 20197 yr I am not sure that I trust him to be the Palka Smash we were treated to last year at his new weight...it's kinda like a skinny Santa
March 23, 20197 yr Palka's rookie year reminded me of Josh Fields's rookie year, very similar Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2007 24 CHW AL 100 418 373 54 91 17 1 23 67 1 1 35 125 .244 .308 .480 .788 101 179 11 1 6 3 0 57 RoY-7 2018 26 CHW AL 124 449 417 56 100 15 3 27 67 2 1 30 153 .240 .294 .484 .778 111 202 7 2 0 0 3 D97 RoY-5 Let's hope Palka builds off this success Sucks he's already 27
March 23, 20197 yr 4 hours ago, ChiSox59 said: I genuinely hope that is Palka. Palka is definitely a weirdo. Wouldn't put it past him.
March 23, 20197 yr I honestly don't even think he's going to start the year with the big league club.
March 23, 20197 yr 48 minutes ago, Jake said: I honestly don't even think he's going to start the year with the big league club. I'm worried about that as well. Fucking Alonso....
March 23, 20197 yr 49 minutes ago, Jake said: I honestly don't even think he's going to start the year with the big league club. Palka?
March 23, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said: I'm worried about that as well. Fucking Alonso.... Alonso will be solid until he's dealt...unlike Jay who will suck
March 23, 20197 yr Just now, ChiSoxJon said: Alonso will be solid until he's dealt...unlike Jay who will suck We can only hope, but remember - it only took Alex Call to land him. Don't expect much, if anything. If the Sox were in the position to compete, Alonso isn't the worst thing in the world. But for this season, I would much rather have used the DH spot to rotate guys in and out and get consistent day-to-day AB's. Alonso totally disrupts that. I'm even more worried about the vesting option. I don't want to see him on the 2020 roster.
March 23, 20197 yr 36 minutes ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said: We can only hope, but remember - it only took Alex Call to land him. Don't expect much, if anything. If the Sox were in the position to compete, Alonso isn't the worst thing in the world. But for this season, I would much rather have used the DH spot to rotate guys in and out and get consistent day-to-day AB's. Alonso totally disrupts that. I'm even more worried about the vesting option. I don't want to see him on the 2020 roster. Agree with this to a tee
March 24, 20197 yr 1 hour ago, ChiSoxJon said: Agree with this to a tee Who really cares about Alonso's vesting option? The Sox are gonna need a DH in 2020. Alonso will be right in the Sox price range as well.
March 24, 20197 yr 14 hours ago, ron883 said: How long will they throw Palka out there in RF? He is so bad there. Abreu and Yonder have 1B/DH locked down. Cub fan sighting.
March 24, 20197 yr Palka should be our DH but since Hahn completely choked his offseason, we get to watch Yonder Alonso waste DH at bats for $9 million.
March 24, 20197 yr 11 hours ago, OneDog847 said: Who really cares about Alonso's vesting option? The Sox are gonna need a DH in 2020. Alonso will be right in the Sox price range as well. Would seriously rather rotate bench options, a guy that just DH's takes up a roster space to me
March 24, 20197 yr 15 hours ago, OneDog847 said: Who really cares about Alonso's vesting option? The Sox are gonna need a DH in 2020. Alonso will be right in the Sox price range as well. Everyone who doesn’t want to waste $9 million on a mediocre player to fit into the easiest position to fill.
March 25, 20197 yr Palka has been working on his OF agility. I know he butchered one the other day. I think they want to play him.
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