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Agreed. But that X post was by a CHW fan, so I'll allow it.

Enos and Brit were talking about Lindor's slow start recently. As part of the discussion Enos said that players tend to swing less in the first month and pitchers can rake advantage of that. I wonder if the Sigbot is arbitraging that with more aggressive PAs?

I knew he was there for a more than a few weeks, but didn't think it was a few months.

I can think of one plus play. Hot grounder on the 1B side. Not all-world difficulty, but I think still a good play.

His O-swing% with 2 strikes is 35%. Compared to his career and MLB average of about 25%.

Santa is chasing out of the zone 10% than last year so far. And he's making contact 6-7% more often while chasing too... His HH% on 4S is half of what it was last year. PU% is 17% compared to MLB average of 7%. 1st pitch swing is up 8%. 13% more than league average. Is it a bat speed thing? He's hitting CH much better than norm. As a team, the O's seem more aggressive at the plate. Is that messing with what's worked for him the last few years? Hopefully, Santa can get back to being more selective.

Yep... It's early and ratios are all a flutter.

He had a cold start in the minors at one point. What do we do with that? Can we get back to complaining about Holliday? I was on the Ortiz > Westburg wagon. Thought both were going to be good, but like Ortiz' defense better. I'm not surprised or disappointed.

Not to be confused with the yesterday before that. Or even the first yesterday...

He had a 2B last yesterday. XBH and OBP will be interesting for him.

A year or two ago Elias said something to the effect of liking to promote a guy later in the season so he can get a taste of the competition, experience struggles/failure, and have something to work for in the offseason. Maybe that's what we're seeing here.

I was waiting for you to say something!

Zimmermann is on the 40-man. He's my guess.

Swords up! I wonder how many swords Grayson has today?

Wow... 3 more times only scoring once too.

They've got him in a dark room in front of a spotlight grulling him for industry secrets! "Tell us what we want to know about the Sigbot!"

And yet he struggled early while taking his walks. I'm not saying you're wrong. He could very well add BB% to his bag of tricks. But if this is the best version of himself, then I still consider him elite.

Fair point about the excessive exuberance after Charlotte. But I'm still taking Norfolk!

It's just a quibble over an imperative 'need'. Would a higher walk rate help him? All things being equal, absolutely. But what if there's a trade off? Maybe less aggressive swings lead to lower EV and less SLG?

Need? Tatis, Riley, Seager, Witt, Julio... all Gunnar adjacent or worse BB%. Nice to have to make him "more elite", sure.

In other news, so has Forrest Whitley...

There was chatter a few years back about signing Correa. Enos/Rates and Barrels just comped/projected Westburg's offense as Correa with more steals.

His 2023-24 spray chart looks pull heavy.

I had at least one in there myself. And I'm usually more reserved...

I enjoyed the green fry dip exchange. Ben, the true red-blooded country Cajun, wanted nothing to do with the green fry dip. KB is the chirpa of culinary progress!