Drew Gilbert,
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first round pick from this year’s draft, has been assigned to Single-A Fayetteville. He hit .455 in four games in the FCL.
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Chas McCormick leads all of baseball with a 219 wRC+ since the beginning of July.
During that time he’s posted the following line:
.349/.444/.735, 4 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR, 26 RBI, 4 SB
He has also accumulated 1.9 fWAR, the most in the American League.
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JP France has been HUGE this season.
In 13 starts, he has posted a 3.13 ERA. EIGHT of those starts have been quality starts and he’s gone 6+ innings in 9 of the 13.
He deserves to be on the Rookie of the Year conversation.
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Chas McCormick this season:
.280 BA/.365 OBP/.522 SLG, 10 2B, 3B, 11 HR, 32 RBI, 9 SB, 146 wRC+, 2.4 bWAR
That’s in only 54 games, so exactly 1/3 of a full season. Do the math on the pace for a full year…
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This might be the best angle I’ve seen. You can see Lucroy slightly shift to his left. That’s when Jake thought he’d go inside to avoid the tag. Lucroy just went that way as well.
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I’ll say this. It sucks to lose like this but the
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window isn’t closing. Pitching is young. Tucker and Yordan are 24 years old. Still have Bregman and Altuve. System is a lot deeper in prospects than people think. Couple top prospects close to being ready too.
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potential lineup right now…
1. Jose Altuve, 2B
2. Michael Brantley, LF
3. Alex Bregman, 3B
4. Kyle Tucker, RF
5. Yordan Alvarez, DH
6. Yuli Gurriel, 1B
7. Chas McCormick, CF
8. Martin Maldonado, C
9. Jeremy Pena, SS
That’s still a really strong lineup.
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Jose Altuve, at 33-years-old, is off to the best start of his career through 31 games:
.352 BA/.415 OBP/.586 SLG, 9 2B, 7 HR, 11 RBI, 6 SB, 188 OPS+
He’s on pace for 235 hits, 47 doubles, 37 homeruns and 31 stolen bases.
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Yainer Diaz last 48 games (41 starts):
.297 BA/.313 OBP/.587 SLG, 11 2B, 13 HR, 30 RBI, 142 wRC+
That’s the highest wRC+ of any catcher in the AL during that time (minimum 150 PAs).
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I still feel like people are sleeping on the
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lineup...
Altuve, 2B
Brantley, LF
Bregman, 3B
Alvarez, DH
Correa, SS
Tucker, RF
Gurriel, 1B
Maldonado, C
Straw, CF
That’s a really freaking good lineup!
Never forget Bryan Abreu’s 2022 post-season performance:
10 G, 11.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 19 K
This included 5 scoreless innings with 9 strikeouts in the World Series!
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Ryan Tepera splits:
April 1st - June 20th
1.82 ERA, 34.2 IP, 14 H, 7 BB, .383 OPS against
June 22nd - October 3rd
4.05 ERA, 26.2 IP, 21 H, 12 BB, .664 OPS against
MLB crack down on "sticky substances" started on June 21st
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have called up prospect David Hensley. The utility player, who has played all over the infield, is slashing .298/.420/.478 with 30 2B, 10 HR, 20 SB this season in Triple-A.
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Alex Bregman last 34 games:
.293 BA/.378 OBP/.556 SLG, 6 2B, 3B, 9 HR, 29 RBI, 11.9 BB%, 11.3 K%, 158 wRC+
He’s been hitting like his 2018-2019 form for well over a month now.
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