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6/3 game thread

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:15 pm
by dmetz
7C7B6D656B7C3B374E69636F6762206D61630E0 wrote: Oh I don't think it's too early to get excited about Kang at all.   I'm getting a good chuckle out of all the low expectations though.   






Not a gig at all, just wondering what someone waiting on Kang expects from Kang?



OPS =?

HRs  =?



My expectations are fairly low.  I hope I’m wrong.




He will be .780-.820 OPS pretty quickly once he's called up and given real work. I believe he could be .850+ from when he's called up, by the time the season ends... and there's a few secret reasons for that belief. Based on some of the changes in pitching since 2016 and what kind of hitter he is.

6/3 game thread

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:13 am
by dmetz
4 hits ...and another homer for Kang, who is now slugging a short ton through 3 games in A+.



coming soon.  He's never hit well in the minors before, I may need to revise my expectations upwards to account for the "redeeming his honor" factor.  :D



Put him in AA or AAA now.   Let him start getting his timing down on ML speed fastballs, which is the pitch he feasts on.  One of the best in baseball vs the fastball previously