12 hours ago12 hr 3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:Did you honestly just cite Benintendi winning a Gold Glove four or five years ago having any merit on his defense today? He is far and away the worst defensive outfielder in the sport and by wide margin. His inability to play a passable LF has destroyed any chance of him being an above replacement level player.If/when this team is fully healthy and if Gonzalez is legit, there is a very strong argument that Benintendi is the weak link on the roster and the one who should go. Not sure why this is so upsetting to you…This is embarrassing, and not for me. I was using his Gold Glove as an example of how you can’t judge a player’s present by what he’s done in his past. Also, he is not a league average bat. He hit 20 HRs last year, that with the the time he missed with injuries he had last year.
12 hours ago12 hr 6 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:Did you honestly just cite Benintendi winning a Gold Glove four or five years ago having any merit on his defense today? He is far and away the worst defensive outfielder in the sport and by wide margin. His inability to play a passable LF has destroyed any chance of him being an above replacement level player.If/when this team is fully healthy and if Gonzalez is legit, there is a very strong argument that Benintendi is the weak link on the roster and the one who should go. Not sure why this is so upsetting to you…No...I believe they're making the opposite point.The idea is that no one cites his past defensive performance to ignore what he's capable of now (ie. not much), but folks do eagerly weight previous years' offensive performance over his current production.
12 hours ago12 hr 2 minutes ago, vilehoopster said:This is embarrassing, and not for me. I was using his Gold Glove as an example of how you can’t judge a player’s present by what he’s done in his past.Also, he is not a league average bat. He hit 20 HRs last year, that with the the time he missed with injuries he had last year.He had a 103 wRC+ last year despite those 20 HRs. He a 93 wRC+ the year before despite 20 HRs. He is a league averagish hitter which isn’t very good for a DH. Not sure where you came up with this idea that he is more than that.
12 hours ago12 hr Unnecessary risk there I think, might have gotten the foot in but the Sox rarely win close calls on the road
12 hours ago12 hr 3 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:No...I believe they're making the opposite point.The idea is that no one cites his past defensive performance to ignore what he's capable of now (ie. not much), but folks do eagerly weight previous years' offensive performance over his current production.His current offensive production isn’t radically different from his recent production though. His xwOBA is five points higher than last year. I’m just not going to overindex on a six or seven game sample for a near 32 year old player.
12 hours ago12 hr We never, never get those challenges, never. It the infield call is in favor of the Sox, it is overruled, even when there is not clear evidence. When it’s against the Sox, even when the video shows something, it is never changed. I’m really feeling something is going on here.
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