My 25-man roster prediction (as of 3/7/18)

[Rene88]

18 minutes ago, weams said:

http://m.mlb.com/player/642082/chance-sisco

I’ll admit it, I was wrong. You wonder if things changed with Trumbo,s health.

[weams]

6 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

I’ll admit it, I was wrong. You wonder if things changed with Trumbo,s health.

I wonder if things change with a .414 OBP and a ~1.000 OPS I know small sample. Chance is fully grown. 

[weams]

7 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

I’ll admit it, I was wrong. You wonder if things changed with Trumbo,s health.

And left-handed. 

[Legend_Of_Joey]

Watching Chance the last few seasons in person (minus last year, because Norfolk isn't exactly across the street from me), I don't get the hype.

Yes, he has a great bat. So does Mountcastle. So does Hays. Out of those 3, Hays is the only one I trust in the field at his position.

 

I wonder how this also plays into Alvarez making the team. How many lefties will they keep.

[Rene88]

22 minutes ago, weams said:

I wonder if things change with a .414 OBP and a ~1.000 OPS I know small sample. Chance is fully grown. 

I guess we should cut Bundy too...:)

[Can_of_corn]

13 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Watching Chance the last few seasons in person (minus last year, because Norfolk isn't exactly across the street from me), I don't get the hype.

Yes, he has a great bat. So does Mountcastle. So does Hays. Out of those 3, Hays is the only one I trust in the field at his position.

 

I wonder how this also plays into Alvarez making the team. How many lefties will they keep.

What hype?  Top 100 hype?

He's a bat first left handed hitting catcher.  I don't think anyone is expecting great things from him.

[Yardball85]

58 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Watching Chance the last few seasons in person (minus last year, because Norfolk isn't exactly across the street from me), I don't get the hype.

Yes, he has a great bat. So does Mountcastle. So does Hays. Out of those 3, Hays is the only one I trust in the field at his position.

 

I wonder how this also plays into Alvarez making the team. How many lefties will they keep.

To me, he's a solid bat at a prime position - catcher.  Solid bat at catcher more valuable than solid bat in RF.

[Rene88]

Wait until teams run all over Sisco....

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

Wait until teams run all over Sisco....

As opposed to Joseph?

[Il BuonO]

50 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

As opposed to Joseph?

Was he league average last year?

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, Il BuonO said:

Was he league average last year?

Was the league average last year 18%?

[Luke-OH]

Sisco was 22.6% in AAA for comparison. 

[Rene88]

12 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Was the league average last year 18%?

This article says league avesge is 28% so Sisco way below average:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/03/nl-east-notes-nationals-murphy-phillies-rupp.html

[Luke-OH]

2 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

This article says league avesge is 28% so Sisco way below average:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/03/nl-east-notes-nationals-murphy-phillies-rupp.html

Yes, almost as bad at Caleb was in 2017.

[Aglets]

12 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Was the league average last year 18%?

Joseph has a career CS % of 31% that I'm sure you saw when you pulled this stat.   Yea 18 is a pretty big difference, but for now we don't know if this is an outlier or if it's his new normal after a regression.  We'll know soon, but there is definitely reason to expect him to do better this year than last year.