Unsustainable BABIP!Originally Posted by Dipre
Unsustainable BABIP!
His hard hit and line drive rate last night says otherwise!
WAR is good for something.
95.7 mph, 91', xBA 370
98.8 mph, 339', xBA 470
87.0 mph, 314', xBA 060
Total xBA of 300 vs 667 BABIP. Unstainable BABIP!
Almost every ranking system had Grissom way ahead of DHam, Romy, Valdez, Yorke and Mayer was not ML ready to start 2024. Mayer is also going to play SS, not 2B.
Grissom has sucked in a small sample size. He was not good in a larger one last year, but let’s not say we had better looking 2Bmen in February 2024.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
What looks good on paper doesn’t always transfer to the field.
If he doesn’t work out, yes the deal sucked. Since we did not spend the $10M saved on Sale, it is even worse. I suppose we can do mental gymnastics and say we got O’Neill and Hendriks for $10M, but we cut salary from 2023, so I don’t see it that way. Okay, maybe it allowed Brez to sign Gio, but that is no feather in the cap either.
That being said, I think the general consensus of baseball people thought Grissom was better than a middle of the road prospect or young MLB player. It’s okay to bash the trade without changing this fact.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Tge biggest HR of the season?Last 5 games: 211/286/421
What has he done lately?
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
You keep being hooked on the $10M saved from trading Sale that went to Gio whom I don’t believe would have been signed without the Sale deal happening.
Yeah, it's unfortunate, there's definitely some piling on going on with Grissom. It's a trifecta of bad stuff-the guy he got traded for is having a great season, he can't stay healthy and his numbers are horrific. He's so far behind the eight-ball now that you wonder if he has much future with the Sox, especially with them having multiple other 2B possibilities for 2025 and beyond.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
In the end, I think you’ll find we might not be as deep up the middle as we think right now.
I’m sure most rank Mayer well ahead of Grissom, but in 6 days, Mayer will be the same age Grissom was on his MLB debut…
Last edited by notin; 07-10-2024 at 02:34 PM.
How deep they are depends on Mayer, and Story.
Mayer
Story
Hamilton
Valdez
Grissom
Campbell
Yorke
Meidroth
Paulino
I've seen much worse depth in recent years from the Sox up the middle. They are getting there and two of these bums should work out.
You’re assuming they all stay at 2b/SS or stay in the organization. And as I mentioned earlier, when Grissom was Mayer’s age (minus 6 days), he was already in MLB…
We do have many options in 2025 and beyond, but 2024 looked pretty bad, pre-trade and not great after the trade, either. 2B was a need for 2024.
Grissom looked to be the best chance of respectability at 2B as of February 2024. It hasn’t worked out but it was what it was.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
What I'm saying is that this depth today for the near future is better than they have had in recent memory.
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