To be honest, I liked him better on the mariners
― H.P, Saturday, 11 May 2024 03:55 (one month ago) link
*marlins damnit lol
.419 as a Padre, up to .341 for the season (16 hits in last 6 games).
― clemenza, Friday, 24 May 2024 03:00 (three weeks ago) link
Can't remember where I read this - here? - that Arraez has one of the slowest bat speeds in the majors
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 24 May 2024 09:13 (three weeks ago) link
Yeah but his swing is also one of the shortest
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 24 May 2024 09:51 (three weeks ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/news/luis-arraez-bat-tracking-breakdown
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― 龜, Friday, 24 May 2024 11:13 (three weeks ago) link
Posnanski's whole column the other day was about this...The most beautiful compact swing I've ever seen was Paul Moitor's.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 May 2024 12:30 (three weeks ago) link
He still doesn't score many runs--31 in 226 PA this year--and he'll never be a great player as measured by WAR: doesn't walk enough, so-so fielder (it looks like), doesn't steal much, only 43 XBH/162 games. I just think he's a fun throwback and seemingly a wizard in terms of bat control. It's like he's somewhere between Bill Madlock and Tony Gwynn.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 May 2024 16:15 (three weeks ago) link
Or like Willians Astudillo, but good.
― H.P, Saturday, 25 May 2024 00:10 (three weeks ago) link