Comments on: The White Sox vs. Chris Sale a stark reminder of the past, present, and future http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/06/08/the-white-sox-vs-chris-sale-a-harsh-reminder-of-the-past-present-and-future/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Nick Schaefer http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/06/08/the-white-sox-vs-chris-sale-a-harsh-reminder-of-the-past-present-and-future/#comment-11217 Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:10:57 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13752#comment-11217 1) Complaining about Moncada’s strikeouts and his average is basically complaining about the same thing twice.

2) Even hitting in the .230s, Moncada has now put together ~500 PAs in the majors as a league average bat as a middle infielder.

3) He’s 7/8 on stolen bases so I’m not sure where the stolen base thing is coming from. If you’re referring to not getting on base…again that’s complaining about strikeouts again, but his OBP, which measures…y’know, getting on base…was 14 points above league average last year and is only .007 below league average this year.

4) Even with his timing derailed by a brief DL stint when he was starting to supernova, he’s basically been an All Star as a LHB and is REALLY struggling as a RHB.

Dude’s 23 and he’s already established as an average-to-slightly-better-than-average major league regular and there is very obvious room for growth.

The contact is currently a big flaw in the profile, there’s also reason to believe it will improve. Whether or not they “won” or “lost” the trade is a separate question but you’d think people would be able to look past batting average in 2018.

]]> By: South Side - Baseball Prospectus http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/06/08/the-white-sox-vs-chris-sale-a-harsh-reminder-of-the-past-present-and-future/#comment-11215 Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:40:08 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13752#comment-11215 […] It sure is a lot more fun when the White Sox are playing well. They are, at the moment, with the latest evidence coming in the form of two wins in three games in Boston, including a mostly successful season debut by Carlos Rodon and a 1-0 win against old friend Chris Sale. […]

]]> By: Tim http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/06/08/the-white-sox-vs-chris-sale-a-harsh-reminder-of-the-past-present-and-future/#comment-11204 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 16:08:43 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13752#comment-11204 If ANYONE believes that Moncad will be the star they predicted then I have a few bridges I would like to sell to you at a greatly discounted price. The guy currently strikes out at a percentage well over 40…has occasional power…can’t steal bases when you swing and miss at strike three and has an average close to some players weight. Kopech may eventually figure out how to NOT walk batters and use his heat to an advantage but right now…we LOST this deal no doubt.

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