@tylermilliken_
Nathan Hickey has gone bonkers since being promoted to AA:
8 Games - 35 PA
.344/.400/.719/1.119
3 HR
3 2B
9 RBI
.487 wOBA
197 wRC+
Horrible catcher though.
They aren't even talking about Mondesi anymore. Originally, there was talk of him being back by May...
Story will be fulltime SS.
Kiké/Valdez platoon 2B. Kiké UTIL other positions against RHB.
Pivetta 2023:
AvEV: 4th percentile
Hard Hit: 7th percentile
xSLG: 6th percentile
Brl%: 4th percentile
He's going on 2 straight years of really not being very good. Not even "5th starter" good.
And that's probably it before a phantom IL?
Hard hit is up to 45% (35 '22).
BB% is 9.4 (3.4 '22).
xSLG of .514 is bottom 10% in the league.
He went from being a control pitcher with no velocity to a guy who walks batters with no velocity. I'm not sure there's upside left.
Vaz's contract was just way too high IMO. I think his $$$ can be used elsewhere. Mcguire/Wong hitting 8th is decent for what cathers are these days. No complaints from me.
To me, this just means he was a note taker. It doesn't mean he was the guy who came up with the idea. He clearly hasn't put it into practice here. He hasn't brought any Rays guys over.
Story was horrendous his first two years in the league and then fixed himself. He struggled adjusting to the AL last year. We'll see if he can get that rate back down to what it was in 18-21 (23-26%).
@redsoxstats
Bogey comes into the series hitting .214/.340/.333 over the last month and .254 with a .712 OPS since April 6th. This season he's had a huge drop in out of zone swing% which has him walking at a career best 12%
You can increase the sample size a bit more and see that he really had a hot first week and then really hasn't done much since.
SLG, ISO, Brl, Hard Hit are all down from '21 and prior. The concerns of a drop in power we saw last year have carried forward.
My concern is that it's a waste of a bullpen arm if the reliever can't throw again between the appearance. Also, only going through 9 batters each maybe gets you into the 5th innning most days. That's just not good enough.
The 3 HR's that Drohan gave up:
Scott Kingery age 29, 1,127 MLB PA's
Weston Wilson age 28, 3rd season in AAA
Jim Haley age 28, 2nd season in AAA
These guys have been around. Drohan is seeing more experienced competition. Time to adjust.