A.L. Central Discussion 2016

[broncosmitty]

actually castellanos minor league OBP was .359. Just an FYI. His career BA in the minors was .303 though.. maybe you looked at it wrong.

Well Hot damn!

You're right!

 

[MiamiVice]

Well Hot damn!

You're right!

Yeah... I guess that happens every once in a while.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

actually castellanos minor league OBP was .359. Just an FYI. His career BA in the minors was .303 though.. maybe you looked at it wrong.

Thank god for the rookie leagues, huh?

AA - .264
Fall - .242
AAA - .276
MLB - .257

But I'm sure you're right, he could "easily" hit .300 in the majors. He's probably just playing rope-a-dope.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Yeah... I guess that happens every once in a while.

That's twice in as many days. If you're not careful, your retard status could get down graded to learning disabled.

 

[MiamiVice]

Class is in session: Assigning offseason grades for all 30 teams

They don't think much of the AL Central's moves.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Class is in session: Assigning offseason grades for all 30 teams

They don't think much of the AL Central's moves.

Wouldn't they be basing these grades on projections of what those moves would provide the teams?

 

[MiamiVice]

Thank god for the rookie leagues, huh?

AA - .264
Fall - .242
AAA - .276
MLB - .257

But I'm sure you're right, he could "easily" hit .300 in the majors. He's probably just playing rope-a-dope.

LOL.. want to take a gander at Lindor's minor league numbers?

AA - .280
Fall- .265
AAA- .279

Wow.. a fucking world beater there!

 

[MiamiVice]

Wouldn't they be basing these grades on projections of what those moves would provide the teams?

yes they would... yes in deed they would.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

LOL.. want to take a gander at Lindor's minor league numbers?

AA - .280
Fall- .265
AAA- .279

Wow.. a fucking world beater there!

Well, then I guess he could easily hit .300 next year too!

 

[MiamiVice]

Take an even deeper look at Lindor's AAA numbers... Castellanos had a higher OBP and OPS in AAA.

 

[MiamiVice]

Well, then I guess he could easily hit .300 next year too!

why do you think i posted it...

 

[MiamiVice]

If Lindor can hit .300 in the MLB.. Castellanos most certainly can. And Castellanos will do it with more power.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

If Lindor can hit .300 in the MLB.. Castellanos most certainly can. And Castellanos will do it with more power.

One month avi bet. If Castellanos qualifies, over/under .300, I get the under.

 

[MiamiVice]

One month avi bet. If Castellanos qualifies, over/under .300, I get the under.

I would rather do the Indians score 714 runs.. I got the under on that...

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I would rather do the Indians score 714 runs.. I got the under on that...

I don't blame you. See, the thing is, I'm not the one running his mouth about the Indians "easily" scoring 714 runs. In fact, I never even said they would score 714.

You, on the other hand, well...

Castellanos easily could hit for .300.

I gotta tell you, I'm not overly surprised that you don't want to stand behind your bullshit. I wouldn't want to either.

 

[MiamiVice]

I don't blame you. See, the thing is, I'm not the one running his mouth about the Indians "easily" scoring 714 runs. In fact, I never even said they would score 714.

You, on the other hand, well...



I gotta tell you, I'm not overly surprised that you don't want to stand behind your bullshit. I wouldn't want to either.

LOL.

 

[MiamiVice]

Dance puppet dance.

 

[Howie115]

2015 DET - .270/.328/.420/.748 - 689 RS
2015 KCR - .269/.322/.412/.734 - 724 RS

Royals worse in every single rate stat, including a .014 difference in OPS, yet scored 35 more runs than the Tigers.

HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY HAPPEN?!?!

Aberrations like that do happen, and certainly happened to the Tigers last season. Two main reasons: poor BA with RISP and lack of home runs. Their best hitter with RISP (Cabrera) missed almost two months, and he hit only 18 HR when he did play. So the runs scored make sense in that context.

 

[Howie115]

If Lindor can hit .300 in the MLB.. Castellanos most certainly can. And Castellanos will do it with more power.

If Castellanos is putting up anywhere near a .300, 20+ HR season, J.D. Martinez might hit 50 HR in front of him. J.D. is already going to see strikes because of the OBPs of the guys in front of him (Cabrera, V-Mart). If Casty is any kind of threat behind him, look out.

Realistically, Tiger fans should be happy if Castellanos hits .270, 18 HR, and cuts down on the strikeouts.

 

[MiamiVice]

If Castellanos is putting up anywhere near a .300, 20+ HR season, J.D. Martinez might hit 50 HR in front of him. J.D. is already going to see strikes because of the OBPs of the guys in front of him (Cabrera, V-Mart). If Casty is any kind of threat behind him, look out.

Realistically, Tiger fans should be happy if Castellanos hits .270, 18 HR, and cuts down on the strikeouts.

Oh I would be very happy with that. But fact of the matter is.. Castellanos has the potential to hit for average and power. Nothing has changed there. He is still a kid in baseball terms. The day the light goes on and he is able to really understand what pitchers are trying to do to him he is going to catch fire. He has no real hole in his swing. Can hit the ball to all parts of the park.. its more just a mental thing with him not swinging at pitches outside of the zone and understanding how pitchers are working him and adjusting. The tools are there... more so than most hitters in the AL Central.

The second half of the season last year you could see signs of him figuring it out. Out of all the young 3rd basemen in the MLB... NOBODY had as highly regarded bat as Castellanos did by scouts. Now the defense is another story. Anyone that would put actual money on Castellanos not batting .300 at some point in the next season or two has a very real chance of losing it.