Bobby Dalbec DFA

[TapeAndPosts]

Glad he'll get a shot, maybe the badness of the White Sox will provide a simulation of AAA where he always did so well.

Five years in the bigs and OPS+ scores of 149, 107, 80, 54, and 16. It's really something.

 

[Deweys New Stance]

Glad he'll get a shot, maybe the badness of the White Sox will provide a simulation of AAA where he always did so well.

Five years in the bigs and OPS+ scores of 149, 107, 80, 54, and 16. It's really something.

Downright Dave Stapletonian

 

[MFYankees]

Wishing him nothing but the best (except against us if he makes it back to the majors)

 

[YTF]

Worst team in the majors picks up the on of the worst hitters in the majors. You do you Chi Town.

 

[Ale Xander]

Worst team in the majors picks up the on of the worst hitters in the majors. You do you Chi Town.

He’s probably gonna OPS 1300 in Camelback

And it’s a minor league contract so no real risk

 

[Niastri]

"The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms with INF Bobby Dalbec on a minor-league contract which includes a non-roster invite to Spring Training."

https://x.com/whitesox/status/1876698558474121507

It wouldn't shock me if Dalbec had a change of scenery and hits 20 home runs in his first 250 plate appearances in his new location.

I figured it would be Japan, not Chicago, but the sentiment still stands.

Huge raw power, he just needs the at bats to run into a few without looking over his shoulder after every strikeout. With the White Sox being the worst team in a long time, maybe Dalbec does something with them that he never could have done here: relax and hit.

Godspeed, we'll always have the summer of '20, Bobby. Even in the summer of '21, when he cooled down, Bobby went 18 games without a homer and then hit 25 in 390 plate appearances the rest of the way. I thought he had turned the corner for good.

(Dalbec was a binky of mine for a long time.)

 

[SirPsychoSquints]

It wouldn't shock me if Dalbec had a change of scenery and hits 20 home runs in his first 250 plate appearances in his new location.

I figured it would be Japan, not Chicago, but the sentiment still stands.

Huge raw power, he just needs the at bats to run into a few without looking over his shoulder after every strikeout. With the White Sox being the worst team in a long time, maybe Dalbec does something with them that he never could have done here: relax and hit.

Godspeed, we'll always have the summer of '20, Bobby. Even in the summer of '21, when he cooled down, Bobby went 18 games without a homer and then hit 25 in 390 plate appearances the rest of the way. I thought he had turned the corner for good.

(Dalbec was a binky of mine for a long time.)

He's come close before - 17 homers in 255 PA and 72 games from June through September 2021. .287/.353/.596. That stretch would have been the 6th highest OPS among qualified hitters in MLB in 2021.

https://stathead.com/tiny/rL8rS

 

[YTF]

I don't doubt that a change of scenery MIGHT benefit Dalbec, but IMO looking over his shoulder after every strikeout is just a small part of the issue. He needs a place where he might be able to refine his entire approach at the plate without feeling the pressure to produce right away.