May 26, 20214 yr He's working counts and hitting it hard. When they won't give in he walks to first base. YM's defense is really good as usual. When his doubles turn back into homers, he'll be a top 10 player in this league. I'm confident the homers will start very soon.
May 26, 20214 yr Up to 10th in MLB in fWAR tied with Arenado, Wendle, Adolis and Trae Turner, .1 behind Jesse Winker. Just an incredible season for him now, if the homeruns start coming he'll be unstoppable. Man, Yoan is at 1.9 good for 5th in the AL but Vlad Jr. has compiled 3.2 WAR already.
May 26, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, Kalapse said: Up to 10th in MLB in fWAR tied with Arenado, Wendle, Adolis and Trae Turner, .1 behind Jesse Winker. Just an incredible season for him now, if the homeruns start coming he'll be unstoppable. Man, Yoan is at 1.9 good for 5th in the AL but Vlad Jr. has compiled 3.2 WAR already. Vlad Jr isn't going to put up 11 fWAR, if he does, well, it will be the greatest non Trout season since Bonds I'd imagine. Moncada is off to a nice sustainable 6 fWAR pace. I think he can finish around 280/380/500 for the year with good defense for the 5-6 fWAR. He obviously needs to stay healthy.
May 26, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, Kalapse said: Up to 10th in MLB in fWAR tied with Arenado, Wendle, Adolis and Trae Turner, .1 behind Jesse Winker. Just an incredible season for him now, if the homeruns start coming he'll be unstoppable. Man, Yoan is at 1.9 good for 5th in the AL but Vlad Jr. has compiled 3.2 WAR already. There's no ability like availability, but he's still behind Buxton, Posey and Trout too even though they don't qualify.
May 26, 20214 yr 34 minutes ago, TomPickle said: There's no ability like availability, but he's still behind Buxton, Posey and Trout too even though they don't qualify. Yeah, considering it's a counting stat I should have taken off the qualification, puts him 7th in the AL.
May 26, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, Kalapse said: Yeah, considering it's a counting stat I should have taken off the qualification, puts him 7th in the AL. Good on you, too often people confuse WAR as not a counting stat. Anyways, the scary thing is that his expected wOBA is .393 against an actual of .368. If he doesn't knock down almost every power alley wall in the AL so far this year he's probably closer to 2.5 fWAR. If he starts getting a little more luck in HR/FB% look out.
May 26, 20214 yr 18 minutes ago, zisk said: Yeah, he's elite. Why don't we put him in RF and bring up Jake Burger. Because that would be a terrible idea.
May 26, 20214 yr 27 minutes ago, zisk said: Yeah, he's elite. Why don't we put him in RF and bring up Jake Burger.
May 26, 20214 yr 33 minutes ago, KrankinSox said: Because that would be a terrible idea. Just go with this lineup and tell the pitchers they better get a lot of strikeouts and not many balls in play: TA 6, Moncada 4, Abreu 3, Eloy 7, Mercedes DH, Robert 8, Grandal 2, Vaughn 9, Burger 5
May 26, 20214 yr Author 25 minutes ago, WhiteSoxFan1993 said: Just go with this lineup and tell the pitchers they better get a lot of strikeouts and not many balls in play: TA 6, Moncada 4, Abreu 3, Eloy 7, Mercedes DH, Robert 8, Grandal 2, Vaughn 9, Burger 5 Attendance would surge. Each fan guaranteed a home run ball.
May 26, 20214 yr This is a jinx. Worst game he's had in a while. That said, he seems to be coming into his prime. It's a beautiful thing.
May 26, 20214 yr 15 minutes ago, raBBit said: This is a jinx. Worst game he's had in a while. That said, he seems to be coming into his prime. It's a beautiful thing. Kind of like that thread saying we had the makings of a juggernaut the day before Robert got hurt. I'm all for praising players for doing well, but let's pump the brakes a bit. It's May.
May 26, 20214 yr 20 minutes ago, raBBit said: This is a jinx. Worst game he's had in a while. That said, he seems to be coming into his prime. It's a beautiful thing. I mean... he got on base 3 times (2 BBs, HBP). Could've been worse.
May 26, 20214 yr 56 minutes ago, SoxAce said: I mean... he got on base 3 times (2 BBs, HBP). Could've been worse. Some days, you just don't get hitable pitches. You take your walks when they're out of the zone, and you try to foul off the ones that are in the zone.
May 27, 20214 yr 14 hours ago, SoxAce said: I mean... he got on base 3 times (2 BBs, HBP). Could've been worse. When I posted it he had been on base once and had struck out twice with RISP
May 27, 20214 yr 23 hours ago, bmags said: imagine how much better he would be if steve stone liked him. I think he is only good to spite Steve Stone. Otherwise he wouldn't try at all.
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