2 hours ago2 hr 54 minutes ago, fathom said:It’s too bad they haven’t given him LF reps yet. He’d be a great fit in the LHP lineup down the stretch.Until he goes 0-4 and people complain they rushed him.
1 hour ago1 hr 2 hours ago, Jake said:Not to be so arrogant as to think anyone knows or cares what I've said before about Bonemer, but after diving a little deeper I'm coming around on him a bit. I still really don't like how he looks but I know better than to place too much weight on that. Some of the AA data is sketchy but my read on things is he's got more hit tool than the highish K rate would let on. And better discipline than you might think. He has a good contact rate with 2 strikes and isn't one of those fake-patience guys who just takes everything until two strikes in hopes of getting a walk from a pitcher who stinks. He does have some issues with swing decisions but not at a profound level. As I would have expected from how stiff he looks at the plate, he does not do a good job of making contact on pitches outside the zone at all. That's why he strikes out a lot, paired with his average-for-level chase rate. In-zone contact is not so bad and with two strikes, he rarely gets beaten in the zone which is pretty interesting. As long as better pitching doesn't expose a greater tendency to chase, he doesn't look like a sure thing to have his K rate explode at higher levels. I'm still pretty skeptical about his defensive home but it's just hard to know about that stuff from afar so I don't weight it too heavily.Thanks for the deeper dive. That's helpful because when it comes to Bonemer, I hardly know him.
1 hour ago1 hr 23 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said:Thanks for the deeper dive. That's helpful because when it comes to Bonemer, I hardly know him.Don’t let that stop you.
30 minutes ago30 min 3 hours ago, Jake said:Not to be so arrogant as to think anyone knows or cares what I've said before about Bonemer, but after diving a little deeper I'm coming around on him a bit. I still really don't like how he looks but I know better than to place too much weight on that. Some of the AA data is sketchy but my read on things is he's got more hit tool than the highish K rate would let on. And better discipline than you might think. He has a good contact rate with 2 strikes and isn't one of those fake-patience guys who just takes everything until two strikes in hopes of getting a walk from a pitcher who stinks. He does have some issues with swing decisions but not at a profound level. As I would have expected from how stiff he looks at the plate, he does not do a good job of making contact on pitches outside the zone at all. That's why he strikes out a lot, paired with his average-for-level chase rate. In-zone contact is not so bad and with two strikes, he rarely gets beaten in the zone which is pretty interesting. As long as better pitching doesn't expose a greater tendency to chase, he doesn't look like a sure thing to have his K rate explode at higher levels. I'm still pretty skeptical about his defensive home but it's just hard to know about that stuff from afar so I don't weight it too heavily.He is beating the absolute f*** out of the ball in AA at a young age, plays SS and just posted a homeplate-to-first time that puts him at 60-grade speed. I'd hope your coming around to him.
28 minutes ago28 min 3 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:Kind of curious what the plan is for Bonemer. Kid has a 149 wRC+ in just shy of 200 PAs at AA. Obviously we should not call him up to the majors this year, but how much more time does he need in AA? Do they consider giving him a taste of AAA before year end? And do they consider part of the early season major league mix next year? He’s starting to force the issue on that last point, which could require us to make some trades to open up a starting for him.Call him up!
17 minutes ago17 min 10 minutes ago, ron883 said:He is beating the absolute f*** out of the ball in AA at a young age, plays SS and just posted a homeplate-to-first time that puts him at 60-grade speed. I'd hope your coming around to him.Correction: he's already largely converted to 3B. There's very much something of a luxury Jake Burger profile in there.
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