Comments on: The best case scenario http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/07/05/the-best-case-scenario/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 08 Dec 2018 07:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Mets - Baseball Prospectus http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/07/05/the-best-case-scenario/#comment-13285 Sat, 07 Jul 2018 09:55:36 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7521#comment-13285 […] away for a two base error. After Bautista drew a walk to put two on with one out, the Mets’ best trade candidate at the moment, second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera, singled through the hole into left field to score […]

]]> By: Shea http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/07/05/the-best-case-scenario/#comment-13247 Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:38:33 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7521#comment-13247 I mean, he has a roughly average wRC+ at Vegas this year while running a BABIP of 240, which is over 100 points lower than his career mark. He’s also walking almost 17% of the time.

He’s getting unbelievably unlucky in his contact and is still producing at a roughly league average clip. I do think that counts as domination, and is a prime example of why you shouldn’t scout the stat line.

If you’re going to try to use advanced stats to prove a point you should at least try to put them in context.

]]> By: Shea http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/07/05/the-best-case-scenario/#comment-13246 Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:33:06 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7521#comment-13246 The potential haul for Cabrerra and Familia seems wildly optimistic considering their status as pure rentals and the hauls received for similar players last year.

]]> By: tsarstruck http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/07/05/the-best-case-scenario/#comment-13238 Thu, 05 Jul 2018 13:27:14 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7521#comment-13238 Alonso hasn’t “dominated both AA and AAA this season.” He has a 99 wRC+ in AAA and is striking out 29% of the time.

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