![]() He was given a chance at the fourth inning, but two runs and two outs later, he was done. Between all that were six runs courtesy of four singles, a double, a triple, a walk, and one unfortunate throwing error by Javier Baez. He only managed to record three outs by striking out Rockies pitcher Antonio Senzatela twice, once to start the inning and once to end it, with a fielder’s choice in the middle. That’s just a sampling of Arrieta’s third inning, but it should be enough to get the gist of it. Then things got worse, and then they got much worse. It started out fine-a 1-2-3 first inning, a second with a walk and a single but no serious damage. Arrieta’s outing against the Rockies was among the worst of his career overall and unquestionably his worst in several years. Yesterday at Coors Field, however, was the worst of them all. Last year was full of performances that provoked “ what’s wrong with Jake Arrieta?” and this year has brought only more of the same so far-though, at this point, those performances are not so much baffling as they are simply a new normal. That’s almost batting practice performance, and it’s coming against pitchers who were doing their damndest to get him out.It took only half a season for Jake Arrieta to transform from relatively insignificant transaction jetsam to legitimate major-league ace it hasn’t taken too much longer for him to transform into something confusingly between the two. I’m going to restate that just to make sure we’re on the same page: For every swing and miss, he put seven balls in play. ![]() Triantos, however, had a 7:1 ratio his senior season. Implicit in that quoted statement is that not all top prep hitters have such a high ratio of balls in play to whiffs, and that a 2:1 mark is considered excellent. Wait, wasn’t this supposed to be about Triantos? Yep, I’m getting to that now, just wanted to let that last bit marinate for a bit. As noted, “several other top high schoolers put two times as many balls in play as they swing and miss.” ![]() The report on Green states that he struck out in one-third of his at-bats as a high school junior - an alarming amount for that level - and that he swung and missed more than he put the ball in play. Green is a very toolsy center fielder with 70-grade speed and power, though his massive swing-and-miss profile seems like a clear red flag. 8 ranked draft prospect in this summer’s class according to FanGraphs. The funny thing is that the anecdote in question is buried in the notes on Elijah Green, the No. The “more evidence” referenced above isn’t anything new and actually comes from Triantos’s prep days, but it was brought to my attention by a tweet from Bryan Smith of Bleacher Nation and I thought it was worth sharing. Well, all he did in 101 Arizona Complex League at-bats was hit. It’s the baseball equivalent of watching Zion Williamson dunking on kids who went like 5-foot-8 and a buck-fifty, so I understand why people might question what Triantos would do as a pro. Oh, he also went 9-0 with a 1.18 ERA and 62 strikeouts to lead the James Madison High School Warhawks to a Class 6 Virginia State Championship. 712 batting average with 11 home runs, 27 RBI, and 23 stolen bases is pretty damn good. I don’t care if he was playing JV ball, a. There’s a great deal of optimism surrounding James Triantos, the Cubs’ second-round pick in the 2021 draft, but it’s been tempered somewhat by healthy skepticism from those who believe his absurd high school numbers were buoyed by weak competition.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |