Huntington on Bell/Jaso on radio show...
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:03 pm
6C495A4F53585352575F3B0 wrote: These arguments in favor of Bell replacing Jaso are premised on the belief that the Pirates are actively putting an inferior product on the field by not using readily available assets. Does anyone really believe that? This isn't dumping a bad contract or failing to make a trade. This is simply refusing to promote a better player. I doubt that. Jaso has had the same general value as Alvarez last year according to BR. He has hit less and played better defense. They have both been basically zero value players. So, it's not a matter of Bell playing defense as bad as Pedro. If he plays defense even close to Pedro, he has to hit better than Pedro to be better than Jaso. There would seem to be a reasonable belief that he wouldn't. On this, I'm willing to defer to management thought, as I haven't seen his defense.
you are quoting Jaso's value for the year, it is below zero since the All Star break. Which imo means there is a fairly good chance that Bell could be better.
You can't manage a team in that fashion. Your style would have McCutchen continuing to sit in favor of Joyce. Jaso is hitting way below his norm. Recently, in my opinion, he's been getting unlucky. His at bat bats have looked much better than his results with several lineouts, etc. In any event, without seeing Bell's defense, it's hard to conclude that he would be a clear upgrade and, again, why would the Pirates make such a choice. Hard to sit here and actually say Jaso is getting unlucky when he is hitting .186 over the course of the last 7 weeks since mid to late June, and his OBP has gone down significantly each month since May when he was getting on base at a fairly high rate. Plus, he has hit one home run in the last 3 months. In my opinion, that isn't getting unlucky that is simply not producing. Those are the stats and they don't lie about how bad Jaso has really been over the last 2 months. The bottom line is Jaso stinks right now and a change is needed especially with the season virtually on the line here every game going forward. If Bell comes and does worse then Jaso I will be the first one to admit I was wrong. But we aren't going to know that unless they give him a chance, and now is the time to give him that chance.
you are quoting Jaso's value for the year, it is below zero since the All Star break. Which imo means there is a fairly good chance that Bell could be better.
You can't manage a team in that fashion. Your style would have McCutchen continuing to sit in favor of Joyce. Jaso is hitting way below his norm. Recently, in my opinion, he's been getting unlucky. His at bat bats have looked much better than his results with several lineouts, etc. In any event, without seeing Bell's defense, it's hard to conclude that he would be a clear upgrade and, again, why would the Pirates make such a choice. Hard to sit here and actually say Jaso is getting unlucky when he is hitting .186 over the course of the last 7 weeks since mid to late June, and his OBP has gone down significantly each month since May when he was getting on base at a fairly high rate. Plus, he has hit one home run in the last 3 months. In my opinion, that isn't getting unlucky that is simply not producing. Those are the stats and they don't lie about how bad Jaso has really been over the last 2 months. The bottom line is Jaso stinks right now and a change is needed especially with the season virtually on the line here every game going forward. If Bell comes and does worse then Jaso I will be the first one to admit I was wrong. But we aren't going to know that unless they give him a chance, and now is the time to give him that chance.