Jose Abreu

Does Joey Gallo suck? I'm not saying Collins is Gallo, but you're only using one stat to evaluate a player, and it's one of the worst ones you could possibly use, and I know you know that which is why I'm confused by your stance.

That, and the big declarations about players who have had 20 ABs, is very unlike Jack

Since he already had a cup of coffee with Boston, wasn't the timing of that promotion largely irrelevant as long as it occurred after the first month or so of the season?

I don't know about you but I think his .000 BABIP is sustainable

Don't kid yourself, we'll have clinched a spot already.

No Bailey in the lineup today. Could he be on a flight to Arizona??? I know it's probably just a day of rest but let me be hopeful

It had him as a -0.83, not good but also not terrible IMO. Wasn't very close to the bottom

Ha, I totally thought that was the good Nylander

And the bolded is my point. All of the correlations are very weak and that's why my conclusion was that you have to look at each player individually. As for this, are you saying that he won't be able to maintain a higher BABIP? I feel like players like Baez, Moncada, and Judge may not necessarily align with the article's claims completely, but they still routinely produce high BABIPs

I find it hard to believe that Otto Porter and Kris Dunn are below average defenders

Fascinating but also disappointing. Not the article itself but the findings. Basically tells me that there's no one size fits all approach at evaluating BABIP and that every player needs to be evaluated on a case by case basis.

For these reasons and many others, it's reasonable to conclude that what he is doing is relatively sustainable. I have actually been pleasantly surprised by the lack of "but look at his BABIP, clearly he's just lucky" posts/narratives.

Wow, he’s getting called up to MLB. I’d rather see Collins get ABs than him.

For all I've heard about Collins' defense being laughably bad, I expected him to be a train wreck behind the plate. Instead, he has actually looked pretty good defensively. Not sure why people are continuing to push the "Collins sucks defensively" narrative when there's no evidence at the MLB level to prove that it's true.

What I don't get is your expectations for his BABIP. Why does his lack of strikeouts influence his BABIP in any way? What matters is his quality of contact, which I don't know enough about, but I haven't seen anything to suggest that his contact profile is so good that he'll be Moncada or Judge like with his BABIP

Ceiling? I don't know enough about his contact profile to estimate a BABIP but maybe somewhere around .330/.380/.480 with good defense? More realistically, I think he's a solid .300/.350/.450 guy long-term.

I like Madrigal but my god people are going to be disappointed with him because of unrealistic expectations. .350 average with a .908 OPS??

Madrigal has been on fire lately and Vaughn has only played a handful of games. I had Vaughn at #3 (and Madrigal at #5). Once he starts hitting, I think that will become a more popular opinion. It's nothing against Madrigal either, just that Vaughn is going to be an absolute monster.

He was the #38 prospect in baseball per MLB.com in 2016. For a waiver claim, nothing to complain about.

Get him stateside

I'm really surprised that I'm the only person to have Gonzalez in the top 10 so far. He was better than Walker in A+ and has had some bad BABIP luck this year.

1. Robert drop 2. Kopech 3. Vaughn slight drop 4. Cease 5. Madrigal drop 6. Dunning 7. Basabe 8. Gonzalez 9. Adolfo 10. Walker 11. Rutherford 12. Sheets

Mid-April 2020

Up to Charlotte or Chicago?

Eloy has actually looked pretty decent defensively since he returned from injury.