TigerNation

Tomorrow.

A 24 year striking out nearly 28% in AA is the profile of somebody you'd expected to fall off a cliff and post a 35%+ K rate against MLB pitching.

Entering tonight he had a K rate of 19.2% in 151 PAs since being recalled. And K rate actually stabilizes pretty well with a sample that pick, so the usual small sample caveats don't really apply. He was at a 149 wRC+ before tonight in those 151 PAs, and none of the underlying numbers were really unsustainable. His BABIP was .352, which may not be sustainable over a 3 year period, but can be sustained over a season. So he's probably benefitted from a little batted ball luck, but not too much. Even if you were to regress the BABIP .30 or so points he'd still clear a 140 wRC+. His ISO is around .230 or so and that's completely sustainable. Can obviously swing a bit year to year, but overall you'd expect Meadows to reliably have an ISO of .200+. Meadows will hit for enough power that as long as he maintains a K rate of 20% he'll be a 130+ OPS+ hitter, and that is starting to look like a very promising and realistic outcome.

I like Avila in the booth.

Are those not his current stats on the scoreboard? NVM I see that's just his career stats vs the White Sox.

I mean, he's absolutely not putting up the 175 wRC+ and 10 WAR pace he was. He's still doing great and performing at an all-star level, he's just not the second coming of Willie Mays.

That would likely be more than offset by more people going to the game because they can be back home a lot earlier on a school night.

Probably. Ibanez first step was in, it was catchable.

Once upon a time there was a 35 pitch an inning limit. Not sure if that's still around, but maybe that could be it.

He was hitting .197 with a .725 OPS through the first 33 games too. Gotta be what, a 13+ WAR pace over the next 100 then?

Detroit replay guy gotta be drunk.

I for one welcome Meadows turning into the GOAT.

In his 17 games since coming back he's got a 174 wRC+. That's basically a 10 WAR pace with his defense and base running. If only it was remotely sustainable.

The mic at the plate is so juiced.

I'd assume heavy preference would be given to somebody who hits from the right side.

No.

Yeah Riley Greene is really at risk of being non tendered.

The takeaway is that KC is and has been a fraud all year. They won't win more than 75 games next year despite having an 8+ WAR SS.

You can see the easy power and why he was looked at to be a 40 HR guy. Hopefully they can figure out a way to fix him.

Let the bullpen take it from here.

.868 OPS vs RHP this year. I'm guessing the hope is he can at least hit well enough to be the platoon starter for 120 games or so. Try to platoon our way to 0 WAR at the SS position.

2 of them HRs, and most importantly only a 20% K rate.

Curious if they found some type of adjustment to his swing that has resulted in the huge decrease in Ks. He had never had a K rate lower than 28.8% in AA or above, and was at 31.2% last year. It's incredibly rare to see a 10% reduction but he's managed a 20.3% rate over 301 PAs this year. And that is a large enough sample for a stat like K rate to stabilize somewhat. Obviously expected it to go up, but you can at least see some hope for a K rate around 25%, whereas before you'd have to be drunk to expect him to manage a K rate under 30% against MLB pitching.

Worth noting that their #4 and #5 on MLB, but the Fangraphs they are #7 and #19. And the Fangraphs rankings are much more appropriate based on their scouting reports and performances to date.

I think Norby kind of sucks as a prospect, and don't see how him slotting into LF would be all that helpful. He would be a nice player to have as depth and maybe a 4th/5th OFer. I don't see him as providing anymore value than what Perez has done this year. He'd be behind Greene, Carpenter, and Perez as it stands today for the corner OF spots. Basically nothing more than competition for Malloy and Perez for spot duty. Would be very disappointing to get that quality of prospect as the headliner in the Flaherty trade. In comparison to the Dodgers trade, I would not trade Rushing for Norby and Bradfield straight up.