Former 1st round pick, tore up his knees, probably lost his speed... finally made it to the majors last year and was one of the few bright spots for the Mariners.
In 71 ABs, he hit .268 with 6 HRs and 13 RBI. That was after hitting .263 with 11 HRs at Double-A, so it was a little surprising. And it was a very small sample. And it came with 3 walks and 29 Ks, for a 4% walk rate and a 38.7% K rate.
But the Mariners are going to play him as much as he can tolerate this year, to see if they've got something here. His exit velo and barrels don't have percentiles because he didn't have enough PAs, but he had exit velo of 90.3 and 10 barrels out of 43 batted balls. If he had enough ABs to qualify he would have been #1 in the league in barrel rate and about 70th in exit velo.
Projections:
THE BAT: 467 PA, .226-14-51-46r-2sb
ATC: 455 PA, .234-16-50-47r-2sb
So why am I bothering to post him? Well,
1-I want to believe
2-the barrel rate
and
3- in 26 spring PAs, he has only struck out 3 times
Now granted he is only hitting .174 with 2 HRs, but K rate is something that might actually be meaningful in ST samples.
Might be someone worth stashing away or monitoring as a late round flier in deep leagues. If it all comes together, maybe .255 and 25 HR?
In 71 ABs, he hit .268 with 6 HRs and 13 RBI. That was after hitting .263 with 11 HRs at Double-A, so it was a little surprising. And it was a very small sample. And it came with 3 walks and 29 Ks, for a 4% walk rate and a 38.7% K rate.
But the Mariners are going to play him as much as he can tolerate this year, to see if they've got something here. His exit velo and barrels don't have percentiles because he didn't have enough PAs, but he had exit velo of 90.3 and 10 barrels out of 43 batted balls. If he had enough ABs to qualify he would have been #1 in the league in barrel rate and about 70th in exit velo.
Projections:
THE BAT: 467 PA, .226-14-51-46r-2sb
ATC: 455 PA, .234-16-50-47r-2sb
So why am I bothering to post him? Well,
1-I want to believe
2-the barrel rate
and
3- in 26 spring PAs, he has only struck out 3 times
Now granted he is only hitting .174 with 2 HRs, but K rate is something that might actually be meaningful in ST samples.
Might be someone worth stashing away or monitoring as a late round flier in deep leagues. If it all comes together, maybe .255 and 25 HR?
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