Most teams with room for a veteran first base bat have already found their guy: the Reds nabbed Wil Myers, the Cubs picked Eric Hosmer, and the Athletics took a chance on Jess Aguilar. 1. WebView MLB stats, leaders & player statistics. WebCaden McKinion College Leagues Statistics including batting, fielding, prospect rankings and more on Baseball-Reference.com , 2021, 2022 MLB Pitching, 2022 MLB Batting , 2022 MLB Pitching, Career WAR Leaders, Single-Season Home Run Leaders, Active Strikeout Leaders, Upcoming Player Milestones, MLB Scores. Last year, however, his 38 years caught up to him. Abel is the wildcard on this list. Spring training is now well underway, and Gurriels options are dwindling. Along with Jeff Zimmerman, he won the 2013 SABR Analytics Research Award for Contemporary Analysis. Is it like 90s Coors Field or the PCL? We break down the top 25 candidates. Black struck out 29 batters in 22 innings in 2020, but if what he did over the summer is any indication, hell pile up many more in 2021. He didnt quite match that in 2022 but still had solid numbers in those areas. His stuff isnt as explosive as others at the top of this list, but he proved last season that he has a knack for the punch out. Torras stuff isnt as big as some of his counterparts on this list, but he has a long track record of success, both at UCSB and in junior college. To me, Abreus case looks very strong, as he racked up 433 HR despite many of his prime seasons in Cuba lasting only 90 games. Across the diamond at third base will be another KBO veteran, and one of the most accomplished KBO hitters in history, in Jeong Choi. Overall Batting Stats; Index Team AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% Texas Tech.333: 11: 375: 123: 125: 33: 6: 16: 118: 218 Game Team High Strikeouts; Strikeouts Total; Oklahoma State vs LMU (2/25/2023) 16: Not to agree or disagree with your conclusions overall, but there is some evidence that Abreus time in Cuba was HOF worthy. I just dont think being a 111 wRC+ guy in his 30s means he would have been a 150 guy in his 20s. Gerrit Cole leads the list, with Corbin Burnes, Jacob DeGrom, and Carlos Rodon closely following the Yankees ace. He is a natural athlete, but doesnt have the elite instincts needed to play a high-end center field and profiles better in a corner spot long-term. Show #2-10. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. SF. He could take a spot on the bench, displacing David Hensley, but Gurriel would likely prefer more guaranteed playing time and the Astros might prefer to see what Hensley has to offer. Large caveats obviously apply, but there is at least a reason to think he had a good HOF case. In 584 PA, he was worth -0.9 WAR, the lowest figure among qualified hitters. Gerrit Cole leads the list, with Corbin Burnes, Jacob DeGrom, and Carlos Rodon closely following the Yankees ace. All rights reserved. Also since 1992, Abreu ranks 21st in WAR among first baseman for ages 27-35, just behind Fred McGriff. He was kinda the same player at age 24 that he was a 31, hes had a few bigger seasons, but they are distributed fairly evenly over the last decade. Because of an injury in 2019 and the season cancellation in 2020, Hill has thrown just 21.2 innings over two seasons at LSU, but he has struck out 28 in those innings. With a fastball that can reach the high 90s, a plus changeup and slider, and a cutter with potential, theres an argument to be made that hill has the best raw stuff in college baseball. Yep its really annoying that this bloody weirdo has me arguing against Freddies awesomeness. You know who does? He is also the creator of the baseballr package for the R programming language. Pitches from outside the strike zone that were put in play had a .292 wOBA. Did you think I thought they gave me an extra infield?" The veteran Park is a much better defender, and won the KBO Fielding Bible Award at first base this past season. Hamilton took to Division I baseball well in 2020 after transferring from the junior college ranks, striking out 33 batters in 19.1 innings for a resurgent Wichita State team. His supporters think that during the three year run where he hit 98 bombs in 232 games (A 68.4/162 pace) while batting .412 BA with a .561 OBP, he was probably closer to his age-27 form (.313/.383/.581, after a yearlong layoff following his defection) than the .289/.375/.472 line Freeman put up at the same ages. They look great, but,there are a # of issues. On groundballs and line drives, his average EV and HardHit% were both close to his career averages. Despite increasing his average launch angle in 2022, he set a new career low with only 6 home runs and a .371 SLG over 62 games. Roster. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. Jesus Christ, say what you will, your lack of intelligence or wit has not affected your confidence! by Retrosheet. His baserunning is similar, as he is a good baserunner due to his natural athleticism, but does not have elite speed or base stealing ability. College baseballs strikeout race is always a star-studded affair, with the top contenders in the mix as first-round draft picks and, typically, fronting the rotation for a team with College World Series aspirations. Correa HOU. In the wake of those deals, fans have started to wonder which starting pitcher will own the 2023 season. In 2011, only 6% managed the feat. I took the time to look at what hes done and compared it to a fair look at his contemporaries. Leiter has the stuff to give Vanderbilt a second contender, with Rocker, to top the strikeout list. The lowest percentage the league has ever seen was in 2010, when only Joe Mauer, Jeff Keppinger, Daric Barton, and Albert Pujols pulled it off (3% of all qualified hitters). Many thanks to him. WebExplore Atlanta Braves stats and team leaders on FOXSports.com, including home runs, rbi, strikeouts and more. Context for Lesters opinion should include the fact that he kicks puppies and his own mother thinks he is a crushing disappointment. Coming off a .319 batting average, Fletcher doesnt seem so bold, but ATC is only projecting a .283 mark this year, and they are And of course McGriff had his top 3 seasons by WAR in 88-90 (in MLB) and also had more WAR post-35 than Abreu is likely to achieve. WebMLB News Max Scherzer after balk: Umps 'need to figure out' pitch clock limits Max Scherzer has theorized that baseball's new pitch clock will allow pitchers to dictate the Counting them is much harder and requires more guesswork, of course. By either standard, Abreus FG page doesnt give him credit for a five-year run where he averaged the equivalent of ~1.000 OPS, solely because he was born in the wrong placenot to mention the year he missed for the same reason. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Someday, hell earn a plaque in the Astros Hall of Fame. In other words, he was making more contact on less hittable pitches. Quad Cities River Bandits (Royals A+) 77-41, .653 5. But on fly balls, his quality of contact took a major hit: With that in mind, its no surprise Gurriels production on fly balls suffered in 2022: In case youre wondering, thats not a typo. If he gets 8.1 rWAR in those 3 years, hes at 40 from age 27 on (& assuming hes done at the end of this contract). He swung less often, particularly at pitches outside the strike zone. Despite his strong performances in the KBO, there are some storylines worth following with Kang in the WBC. Youre so smart, so special, so, so braveand the genuinely odd preoccupations of your ad hominem jabs DEFINITELY trick everyone here into believing youve touched a breast since you stopped nursing in the 10th grade. 1. He stepped right into the Bigs at 27 and was immediately one of the best hitters in baseball. Yang is a solid defender, having won the 2020 KBO Fielding Bible Award at catcher, and has plenty of experience calling games and leading pitching staffs. Triples When a batter reaches on a hit and stops at third base or only advances Yet since moving stateside, Gurriel has worn just one uniform, and it still seems strange to think of him wearing any colors other than blue, orange, and white. The Fish eventually nixed the deal, although the Heralds report suggests they could still invite Gurriel to camp as a non-roster invitee. Most players who are producing in their mid to late 30s tend to have HOF cases. This year, the Pirates will team up with the Pitt Community College and Clemson baseball programs to help fight and strikeout ALS with a goal of raising $10,000. I also suggested that, due to what we know about aging curves, his best years mightve been mostly behind him when he arrived. Most position players in the league are rated below MLB average by DRS, and some drastically so. The Tigers have seven players batting .300 or better and four players batting .400 or better, including leadoff hitter Gavin Dugan (.478), No. This is conjecture without the facts to back it up. Thats not a super-strong number, but I think its a conservative estimate and would still garner him some HOF support. Na attracted some interest from MLB teams after the 2020 season, but was unable to find a contract to his liking and returned to the KBO. Your login session has expired. And I personally dont believe large assumptions should be made in this type of case. Along with Torra, Boone gave UC Santa Barbara quite the left-handed duo in 2020. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Yes, hes ahead of obvious future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera, but the vast majority of elected and future hall of famers do much much better age 32-38 than he has. Find out more. I especially enjoy that the lone downvote on the quote from Dans article mysteriously disappeared after I mentioned that it was a quote from one of Dans articles. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. The other is that he was making strides as the 2020 season came to an end, with his best start being his last. On the infield, Hye-seong Kim of Kiwoom has won two KBO Fielding Bible Awards at second base (2020 and 2022), as well as the 2020 multi-position Fielding Bible Award. The bats came alive and the pitching was stout on another clear and sunny day in the Kansas City area, as the Northwestern College baseball team (2-6, 0-0 GPAC) swept the day to conclude the 2023 Rube Foster Classic with two wins over Kansas Christian and Park (Mo.). Last years champion in the abbreviated season was East Tennessee States Landon Knack, who was drafted in the second round by the Dodgers. I might pull the stats of MLB players who also have a decent sample in the CNS, and see if theres a quick-and-dirty translation on OBP and SLG. For example, his 2010-11 translated to .358/.468/.754. Bowling Green Hot Rods (Rays A+) 82-36, .695 2. Maybe someday we will get a better sense of how to translate Korean or Cuban stats but we arent there yet. His hard-hit rate dropped from 33% to 26%, and his average exit velocity was down by 1 MPH. He still possesses elite contact skills, but those skills are far less valuable when hes swinging at worse pitches and hitting without thump. Expect him to be replaced with a defensive replacement or pinch runner in the WBC. It would be more of a McGriff-like case than a Pujols-like case, but its worth considering, I think. I then included the strikeout, walk, and home run rates for each season as well to see if they helped explain the trends we see. Or because juicing Matsuis NPB stats to match the delta that Abreu saw moving from the CNS would still leave his 19-28 numbers drastically worse than Abreus? At 25 years old, Ji-hoon Choi is 7 years younger than Park, though he is a very similar player as a left-handed hitting speedster with modest power. These are his career numbers compared to the AL average since he entered the league: Gurriel has never been a major home run threat, but hes always had just enough pop that his other skills were sufficient to compensate. Unfortunately hes likely to just done now. I dont know how you do it, haha lol. At 362 career home runs, he is only 12 behind Dae-ho Lee for third all-time. Four of 2022s five ERA leaders (Justin Verlander, Julio Uras, Dylan Cease, Alek Manoah) among starters with a minimum 130 IP had a +39% flyball rate and a There actually is a lot of precedent for letting people in, even though their numbers werent up to the standard, because they were barred from joining in one way or another. He missed the first couple of months of the season with a toe injury, and also missed a month and a half with a hamstring injury. Id love for the completely unknowable downvoter to explain why they disagree with Dan Szymborkski, and instead think that because answering a question is difficult, we shouldnt try to answer it at all. document.write(update); Gurriels swing and o-swing rates jumped back up to where they once were. Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports. Hajjar is going into his third season in the Michigan program, but after a redshirt season and the 2020 cancellation, he hasnt thrown that many competitive pitches. I honestly dont know that anyone, anyone at all, has ever posted so many times without garnering even a small amount of support for any of the posts. Jose Abreu is the Cuban from their generation with a real dark-horse HOF case. Its really remarkable that you seem to think youve made any real point while being the stupidest person to ever post here. His performance on liners was actually his best in years. But theres no shortage of pitchers capable of taking their place. For what its worth, Freeman wasnt really a late bloomer, he was posting a 150 wRC+ at age 23 and has been a pretty consistent player since then. His case wouldnt be about being a trailblazer.. Among post 1947 1B with 3,000+ PA from age 33 on, he is 21st of 33 qualifiers in fWAR. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. update=copyright.getFullYear(); He swings more than the average hitter at pitches outside the zone and less than the average hitter at pitches inside the zone. Simply speaking, Mantiply has become the epitome of control. Hye-seong Kim has also played shortstop and left field in recent seasons, and could also pinch run for Team Korea in the WBC (he has three seasons of at least 30 steals, with a career best of 46). The Astros first baseman hit 194 fly balls and only managed a hit on 26 of them. Its a relatively small sample, sure, but Lonsway led the country in strikeouts per nine innings last season by punching out 42 hitters in 18 innings of work. For more context, since 2006, he ranks 50th in WAR for ages 32-38. "I'm not worried about them (the strikeouts). WebCheck out the Spring 2023 GIAA AAAA Boys Baseball Batting Average stat leaders, including stats for Plate Appearances, Hits, At Bats, Doubles, Triples, Home Runs, and Games Played Defensively Lee has played exclusively in center field the last two seasons, and will likely line up in center for Team Korea. Im really talking about that that 26-30 run where he had a .250 ISO, racking up 8 more WAR in 80 fewer games than he had from 21-25. To see the league-average strikeout and walk rate for every year from 1901 to the present, check the FanGraphs leaderboards. For the 2010-11 season: ZIPS: .306/.433/.629; Davenport: .358/.468/.754. We present them here for purely educational purposes. However, it pales in comparison to the 10%+ rise in strikeouts per plate appearance since 1920. His work has also been featured at Baseball Prospectus, Pitcher List, and SB Nation. & thats without doing something subjective like assuming his peak was ages 21-26. Granger records 6 strikeouts in Florida A&M's 4-3 win over Grambling - Florida A&M Baseball Box Score 3 Grambling State 2-8 4 Florida A&M 5-7 W: Granger, Caleb (1-1) L: Connor Rudy (1-1) S: Harrison, Grant (1) Game Recap: Baseball | 3/4/2023 4:11:00 PM Granger records 6 strikeouts in Florida A&M's 4-3 win over Grambling Next Game: Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:51 PM ET, Park Factors Its the Roy Campanella/Monte Irvin argument. Durham Bulls (Rays AAA) 86-44, .662 4. Batting 2B:SAFFORD, Will 1 HR:DROST, Brody 1 RBI:DROST, Brody 3; DAVIS, Dalton 1; SAFFORD, Will 2 BASERUNNING: RUNS:DROST, Brody 1; CORONA, Jorge 1; MYERS, Adarius 1; SAFFORD, Will 1; MCLEOD, Logan 2 HBP:CORONA, Jorge 1 Ole Miss BATTING: 2B:Lege, Ethan1 3B:Groff, Ethan1 RBI:Groff, Ethan2; Harris, Calvin1; Calarco, Anthony1; Then, in 2021, Gurriel made a notable effort to improve his plate discipline without sacrificing contact. Lee will be hoping to use the WBC as a chance to showcase his hitting skills against elite pitchers, as he is expected to be posted by Kiwoom after the 2023 season. If you use Abreus own, it comes to a 1.029 OPS, over those 5 years. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. But its hard to make that argument because Abreu wasnt exactly a trailblazer. What Ivan is alluding to is that if Yuli had been able to get out and join an MLB roster in his 20s, he probably would have had a case for the HoF. So, conservatively, he would be Freddie Freeman, except for the whole thing where Freeman has been much better from age 27 onward. Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:51 PM ET, Park Factors Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Even if his ROS performance was equivalent to 2021, the extra 1.5 WAR pushes him 6 spots up the list. I assume the next taek will be Why does anyone think he would have been better than Aaron Judge from 21-24, when he was way worse from 27-30???????. Web- Reggie Jackson (American League career leader for strikeouts) The most times an American League pitcher struck out during a single season was 65 times set in 1972, by Wilbur Wood of the Chicago White Sox. He was an important cultural figure in the annals of Cuban players coming stateside but thats a hard sell. Baseball San Diego Stats Baseball vs San Diego March 11, 2023 2 p.m. As most of Pirate Nation is aware, the baseball program has been greatly affected by ALS as former head coach and ECU Hall of Fame member Keith LeClair was diagnosed with the With strikeouts becoming soprevalent and walk rates essentially fluctuating between 8-10% each year, its very hard for a player (particularly a good one who typically displays quite a bit of power) to end the season with more walks than strikeouts. Alongside, Park will likely line up at first base for Team Korea, with fellow KT Wiz teammate, Across the diamond at third base will be another KBO veteran, and one of the most accomplished KBO hitters in history, in, Team Korea will also rely on a veteran behind the plate, with 14-year veteran catcher, Since we started awarding the KBO Fielding Bible Awards in 2020, the center field award has been won by either, KBO (Alumnus) Scouting Report: Aaron Brooks. We genuinely cant know how the embargo impacted Abreus careerbut Im certainly more inclined to use the Davenport numbers as a proxy than to throw a hissyfit at the suggestion that this hypothetical prime might have exceeded the performance of historically notable late bloomer at the same age. In the South Florida Collegiate League, he struck out 42 in 28 innings and featured a fastball up to 98 mph. The first is Jung-hoo Lee, a 24-year-old outfielder for the Kiwoom Heroes. Beyond the MLB players and potential future stars, Team Korea has some veteran players rounding out the lineup from the KBO. Park signed a four-year deal with the Minnesota Twins before 2016, but struggled in his limited MLB opportunities. The question kind of becomes why Abreu never got close to his 2014 production (outside of 2020) again. Yuli Gurriel has played professional baseball around the world, suiting up in Cuba and Japan before making his way to MLB. His Hall over? I guess hes a Kluborg now. You think its unlikely. South Korea is typically a strong nation in international baseball competitions, and this years World Baseball Classic team is a favorite to advance out of their pool. I assume the next thing you say will be incredibly stupid (such as pretending Cuba and Japan are the same, I mean, seriously? This would all be easier if we had any idea how Cuban numbers translate. This proved to be a wise business move, as the New York Yankees later signed him to a six-year, $162 million contract. Pitches in the strike zone that were put in play last season had a .379 wOBA. When hes been healthy, hes been inconsistent in his career, but hes always been able to dominate hitters when hes on. If it is just that he got to the states just as his peak was ending, then we are talking about a likely 1st ballot kind of guy. The core premise of Abreus HoF case is, as stated above: What if Abreu had a crazy peak from 21-27, and 6 of those years came while he couldnt play in the MLB.. I expect this is going to be something Jay Jaffe will be working on about 8 year from now. That includes plenty of people who were older than 32 in 2006 and others that are still younger than 38. 2.9. Yet since moving stateside, Gurriel has worn just one uniform, and it still seems strange to think of him wearing any colors other than blue, orange, and white. Dudes improvement in his late 20s is truly incredible. by Handedness, The Outlook Isnt So Good for Yuli Gurriel, Glasnow, Musgrove Go Down With Early Injuries in Blow to Playoff Contenders, Prospect Report: Diamondbacks 2023 Imminent Big Leaguers. Because of my beliefs about non-U.S. baseball accomplishments effect on hall worthiness, I dont have to grapple with these unknowables. Fly balls have always been Gurriels weakness. Christian Macleod, LHP, Mississippi State. Kumar Rocker, RHP, Vanderbilt. Its not far-fetched to imagine him coming up at 20 and putting up over 25 WAR before his MLB career actually began. The only significant factor that is uncertain in this situation is health. And hes not alone. A Freeman comp is an impressively backwards response. Presumably, Solano took the roster spot and the salary that might have otherwise gone to Gurriel. When you grow up and join the real world, these lessons will be helpful. Tats SDP.
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