FredLynn
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Hopefully we can get a bag of golf balls for him 🙄
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Not even close. Vlad would hit balls nearly in the dirt with authority. Rafaela hits meatballs only but swings and misses at balls outside the zone.
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Bingo! Very few batters have had success chasing like Rafaela does. Vlad senior comes to mind. It didn’t matter where the pitch was he could hit it hard it seemed. That kind of chase rate is a recipe for failure.
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We are talking about two players here. I assume you are referring to Rafaela. If we are trying to build a team that competes for a ring most years I want a CFer who not only plays good (not necessarily excellent) defense but who can also hit the baseball with authority. Now for the last month Rafaela has been doing that. But his lack of plate discipline imo is going to be the limiting factor to his contribution to the offense. Like all fans of the team I hope he’s the exception and can hit balls out of the strike zone but players like that are rare.
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Bradley had a career OPS of 82. Thats the bottom line. Now you can cherry pick the good years if I can cherry pick the bad ones. But the thing is this: they ALL count in his career. And overall, at the end of the day, he was pretty awful with a bat in his hands.
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JBJs OPS+ was 82 for his career. That sucks and its why we got rid of him. Like Rafaela he was a below average hitter who was great defensively. I admit I could be wrong about Rafaela. He might surprise me (pleasantly), but from what I see of him he STILL has no discipline at the plate. Sure, he can hit mistakes. Most ML hitters can. But few can hit GOOD pitches well and if he keeps swinging at pitches that are a foot off the plate he will eventually sink to his expected level.
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They all count, unfortunately.
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Now be fair Max! I also wrote earlier that Bello was tossing a gem. Just because I think Rafaela will return to his natural level doesn’t mean the entire tea sucks. Only certain players suck. Toro, Gonzalez, and Narvaez were excellent finds…. I think
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Wong should start warming up. Maybe he can pitch
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The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Let’s see where he is in September.
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Meanwhile Bello is pitching a gem
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And Rafaela has had a great …..month. JBJ was even worse with a bat despite his “moments”
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How’d you like him when he proved he couldn’t hit the baseball? Very similar to Rafaela. He had a brief moment in the sun just like Cedanne. Then he sucked offensively though he was obviously great in CF.
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I can’t believe the WS waived him
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Even Moon gave up on him. He’s had a great month. But his lack of K zone control will be his downfall. He’s a newer version of JBJ.
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His career OPS+ is 94-below average. And he hasn’t a clue where the strike zone is. He’s going to revert to baseline eventually. Let’s see where he is in September. Meanwhile enjoy this flash in the pan.
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He’s a very good defensive player He’s a below average hitter for his career. That said it would please me to no end to be wrong about him for the good of the team. But I don’t think that will happen.
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Rafaela smokes another mistake
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Too many Flops hitters are taking K zone lessons from Rafaela
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Facing Ref is a mistake here
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Not just that but unless Mayer gets ABs against ML LHPs he’s never going to get good at it.
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He shouldn’t be playing
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Another error…YAWWWWWN
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Rafaela swings at a ball that almost hit him then takes strike 3 on a ball right down the middle.
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He didn’t want to be that close to the Red Sox dugout. Thats what Clark said anyway. Apparently
