Yes. The late season call up monster that runs home from second on a passed ball.
Not to mention Jarred Kelenic, whose debut had to be one of the most hotly anticipated and then instantly regrettable that I can recall.
The seeming plan that he's going to be platooned to begin with suggests that the team gets it. It also suggests that they believe the reverse split is a blip. Regardless of whether the second belief is correct, I'm pretty confident that the Sox aren't just tossing him into the deep end and telling him to swim just yet.
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.103/.188/.195 for Kelenic so far in the bigs. He might be nostalgic for the summer of 2020 at this point.
I've been kinda leading the arguments against bringing him up too soon, si my expectations are low. He's no savior. 2007 Ellsbury might be his ceiling, but I'm more expecting 2008 Ellsbury.
The Duran scouting report at Soxprospects has just been updated:
Duran is going to be 25 in 2 months. Expectations should be tempered but his situation seems different than some super young prospect.
good summary. His wall is going to be the standard ‘teams figure out the holes in his swing’ and ‘can he adjust’.
He's shown the athleticism to make big swing adjustments, so maybe he can do that as well. You're right that Betts really developed his plus arm at the big league level, but he was also younger.
Duran doesn't need the MLB. It was essentially already authenticated seconds after Ross Stripling let it go.
I mentioned this in the game thread last night, but I have been surprised by his control of the strike zone. He’s got a decently high K rate this season, which I’d gladly take coupled with his HR rate, but he’s worked a number of full counts and lengthy ABs since being called up and seems to spot attempts to induce weak contact and spit on them. So far, he seems to be vulnerable to fastballs up, and up and in especially. I don’t know why, but I expected Dalbec-like ABs and at least he’s making the pitcher work.
He's got a high fastball problem right now though. Those 3-2 counts he missed ball 4 each time.
Lose's quote is confusing. The "below average" quote is referencing Ellsbury. Soxprospects calls Duran's arm "fringe average".
Confusing to me, too. I thought it was a reading in Duran’s arm, after seeing the unimpressive reports in his defense here,
The Yankees really missed an opportunity not giving JBJ a 7-year contract.
I could have sworn Damon played for the A's.
I'm not sure one can say Duran has a drastic reverse split in the minors, as his OPS numbers are usually pretty close, and usually favor him hitting LHP. If we look at his "new swing" numbers from this year, he's hitting lefties a tick better.
Of course there's always Dustin Pedroia, who through his first 98 PA, 89AB had 5 runs , 17 hits, 4 doubles, 0 triples, 2 HR's . .191/.258/.303
Well, Chavis is this year too, not his first 82 PA. Chavis started off gangbanger like Dalbec.
While there's really no way to sugarcoat this..... but what is league averages between 2006 and 2021? Pitching across the board has became much "better" in context and the umps I believe are calling a more aggressive strike zone to speed the game up. A couldn't abide by a player with an OBP below .340 back in the day and now that seems to be a desirable stat line for a good hitter.
K rate in the AL in 2006 was 16.5%, BB% rate was 8.2%. Dustin's was 7.14% in both
The tale of the tape:
Market inefficiency right now seems to be a "small ball" type of team that can also have some plate discipline. Get on base, contact/situational hitting, steal bases. Spread out power hitters throughout the lineup and have guys that can bunt, etc... when the shift is on around them.
