zisk Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 He's working counts and hitting it hard. When they won't give in he walks to first base. YM's defense is really good as usual. When his doubles turn back into homers, he'll be a top 10 player in this league. I'm confident the homers will start very soon. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Up to 10th in MLB in fWAR tied with Arenado, Wendle, Adolis and Trae Turner, .1 behind Jesse Winker. Just an incredible season for him now, if the homeruns start coming he'll be unstoppable. Man, Yoan is at 1.9 good for 5th in the AL but Vlad Jr. has compiled 3.2 WAR already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Kalapse said: Up to 10th in MLB in fWAR tied with Arenado, Wendle, Adolis and Trae Turner, .1 behind Jesse Winker. Just an incredible season for him now, if the homeruns start coming he'll be unstoppable. Man, Yoan is at 1.9 good for 5th in the AL but Vlad Jr. has compiled 3.2 WAR already. Vlad Jr isn't going to put up 11 fWAR, if he does, well, it will be the greatest non Trout season since Bonds I'd imagine. Moncada is off to a nice sustainable 6 fWAR pace. I think he can finish around 280/380/500 for the year with good defense for the 5-6 fWAR. He obviously needs to stay healthy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPickle Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, Kalapse said: Up to 10th in MLB in fWAR tied with Arenado, Wendle, Adolis and Trae Turner, .1 behind Jesse Winker. Just an incredible season for him now, if the homeruns start coming he'll be unstoppable. Man, Yoan is at 1.9 good for 5th in the AL but Vlad Jr. has compiled 3.2 WAR already. There's no ability like availability, but he's still behind Buxton, Posey and Trout too even though they don't qualify. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 imagine how much better he would be if steve stone liked him. 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 34 minutes ago, TomPickle said: There's no ability like availability, but he's still behind Buxton, Posey and Trout too even though they don't qualify. Yeah, considering it's a counting stat I should have taken off the qualification, puts him 7th in the AL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Kalapse said: Yeah, considering it's a counting stat I should have taken off the qualification, puts him 7th in the AL. Good on you, too often people confuse WAR as not a counting stat. Anyways, the scary thing is that his expected wOBA is .393 against an actual of .368. If he doesn't knock down almost every power alley wall in the AL so far this year he's probably closer to 2.5 fWAR. If he starts getting a little more luck in HR/FB% look out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zisk Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 Yeah, he's elite. Why don't we put him in RF and bring up Jake Burger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrankinSox Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 18 minutes ago, zisk said: Yeah, he's elite. Why don't we put him in RF and bring up Jake Burger. Because that would be a terrible idea. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 27 minutes ago, zisk said: Yeah, he's elite. Why don't we put him in RF and bring up Jake Burger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 For those who worried about Eloy injuring others in the outfield...meet moncada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralChamps21 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 33 minutes ago, KrankinSox said: Because that would be a terrible idea. Just go with this lineup and tell the pitchers they better get a lot of strikeouts and not many balls in play: TA 6, Moncada 4, Abreu 3, Eloy 7, Mercedes DH, Robert 8, Grandal 2, Vaughn 9, Burger 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zisk Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 25 minutes ago, WhiteSoxFan1993 said: Just go with this lineup and tell the pitchers they better get a lot of strikeouts and not many balls in play: TA 6, Moncada 4, Abreu 3, Eloy 7, Mercedes DH, Robert 8, Grandal 2, Vaughn 9, Burger 5 Attendance would surge. Each fan guaranteed a home run ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoeLessRob Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 imagine how much better he would be if he actually hustled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raBBit Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 This is a jinx. Worst game he's had in a while. That said, he seems to be coming into his prime. It's a beautiful thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 15 minutes ago, raBBit said: This is a jinx. Worst game he's had in a while. That said, he seems to be coming into his prime. It's a beautiful thing. Kind of like that thread saying we had the makings of a juggernaut the day before Robert got hurt. I'm all for praising players for doing well, but let's pump the brakes a bit. It's May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 20 minutes ago, raBBit said: This is a jinx. Worst game he's had in a while. That said, he seems to be coming into his prime. It's a beautiful thing. I mean... he got on base 3 times (2 BBs, HBP). Could've been worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralChamps21 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 56 minutes ago, SoxAce said: I mean... he got on base 3 times (2 BBs, HBP). Could've been worse. Some days, you just don't get hitable pitches. You take your walks when they're out of the zone, and you try to foul off the ones that are in the zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 The strike out when TLR set the table for him was embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raBBit Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 14 hours ago, SoxAce said: I mean... he got on base 3 times (2 BBs, HBP). Could've been worse. When I posted it he had been on base once and had struck out twice with RISP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnin' two Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 23 hours ago, bmags said: imagine how much better he would be if steve stone liked him. I think he is only good to spite Steve Stone. Otherwise he wouldn't try at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 JINX!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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