2k14: Yasiel Puig

[Frank]

I read somewhere Puig uni tops come with a 30 Day return privilege?

[Roto Rooter]

Hi there

[Hornsby]

Hi there

Really telling stats...I do believe that this is the 1st time in history that a player has had a couple of bad weeks in a row. Where are the real when I need them...these suck balls...

[fuhrdog]

I'm sensing some Puig envy in this thread

[Hornsby]

Puig, 8 -17 in his last 4 games...average back up to .379.

[james33]

Given his low walk rate, I wonder if he is getting a higher percentage of his hits on pitches outside the strike zone relative to most players. If so, more power to him. If not, the league needs to stop throwing him strikes.

[Hornsby]

Given his low walk rate, I wonder if he is getting a higher percentage of his hits on pitches outside the strike zone relative to most players. If so, more power to him. If not, the league needs to stop throwing him strikes.

The comp that I keep hearing from announcing teams is Vladdy...who was, of course, a notorious bad ball hitter. While I wouldn't put Puig in that category quite yet, he does seem to hit more than his share of bad pitches...and he hits them with authority.

[chancellor]

...and the legend grows! I heart me some Puig.

I can understand it. Cappy looked as good as I've seen him all year today, too.

[Don Quixote]

I can understand it. Cappy looked as good as I've seen him all year today, too.

Capuano did look good, but many lefties do that against the Reds. Sometimes I think the Reds' strategy against LHP is to let them do their thing for six innings, taking lots of pitches to run up the pitch count, then hope to break through against the bullpen.

[Judge Jude]

one more update for 2013: Yasiel doing 110 mph in a 70 mph zone, in a Benz

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/sports&id=9374809

[Pogues]

That's SO immature!

Throw him in jail!! Throw the book at him!! Give him 3 years!!!

[Don Quixote]

Throw him in jail!! Throw the book at him!! Give him 3 years!!!

I wouldn't be surprised, since I have him for up to three more years at $5 in one league.

[revo]

So after an electric rookie season where he hit .319/.391/.534 with 19 HRs and 11 SBs in 382 ABs, Puig has an ADP of 22 (OF8). I'm a big Dodger fan, but this seems a little ludicrous to me. On XM Fantasy Radio, they were saying how he's starting to go late 1st round in many of these NFBC drafts now. I thought people got a little crazy with Bryce Harper last season, but this seems even crazier.

[BuckyBuckner]

So after an electric rookie season where he hit .319/.391/.534 with 19 HRs and 11 SBs in 382 ABs, Puig has an ADP of 22 (OF8). I'm a big Dodger fan, but this seems a little ludicrous to me. On XM Fantasy Radio, they were saying how he's starting to go late 1st round in many of these NFBC drafts now. I thought people got a little crazy with Bryce Harper last season, but this seems even crazier.

Out in Arizona last fall we did an NFBC draft at the AFL symposium and he went 33rd overall. Seems high but how many 30/30 (or I guess 30/20) potential guys are out there?

[revo]

Out in Arizona last fall we did an NFBC draft at the AFL symposium and he went 33rd overall. Seems high but how many 30/30 (or I guess 30/20) potential guys are out there?

You're right, but he doesn't even have a full season of pro baseball to go by. And just 380 MLB at-bats. Seems like a very small sample size to risk such a high pick on.