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Austin “Big Uribe” Hedges
Austin “Big Uribe” Hedges
@BimboColesHair
We've got to give up every single minor league player in the organization except one position player and one pitcher.
Who're you keeping?
@BimboColesHair
I'm going to follow up on this question. I've been doing more reading on our farm system and Espino and Valera are the clear cut guys for pitcher and position player so my question was kind of stupid.
You can't pick those two. Who are the next two guys (one pitcher and one position player) that you would keep over everybody else?
Arias, Freeman and Angel.. follow.. in any order [for position players]...?Williams and Rocchio.
Naylor is making the position player decision real tough though.
I know we are a ways off but if you were to guess who are some prime candidates for the AFL in your opinion?
@BimboColesHair Do you think the elimination of the shift will help our offense less than it helps other teams?
I feel like Jose is #1, with Naylor #2, and not many other players being that pull, full-shift kinda guy. We have a lot of players who can spray the ball around.I cannot speak in relation to other teams, but it should make Jose an even more dangerous hitter. He sees the shift just as much as any other hitter in baseball, when hitting lefty
Should be a big benefit to emerging LHH power bats like J Naylor, Jones, and Benson as well. Gimenez as well you see a pretty big gap in splits for a guy who has only seen the shift in half of his plate appearances. Plus B Naylor on the horizon of debuting as another LHH
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I've already mentioned Aldeano. He's the biggest one to watch there. Should be coming to AZ once there is some organizational movement at the rookie levels.
Naylor will benefit greatly because the chart shows his wOBA increases by 100 points when there is no shift. This makes sense because he hits a lot of hard ground balls and line drives into the shift. Also, they shift on him nearly 4 of 5 at-bats, so his numbers could skyrocket.I cannot speak in relation to other teams, but it should make Jose an even more dangerous hitter. He sees the shift just as much as any other hitter in baseball, when hitting lefty
Should be a big benefit to emerging LHH power bats like J Naylor, Jones, and Benson as well. Gimenez as well you see a pretty big gap in splits for a guy who has only seen the shift in half of his plate appearances. Plus B Naylor on the horizon of debuting as another LHH
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