His game is his glove.
If he hits .235 with that sort of pop and BB rate he'll be sitting.
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His game is his glove.
If he hits .235 with that sort of pop and BB rate he'll be sitting.
Janish is playing some excellent defense. Definitely an upgrade over what we had last season.
Well, ignoring that stats this early are pretty meaningless, he actually is hitting much better than he did pre-2010. His low OBP is due to the fact that he only has one walk.
Unless he and Gomes had a Freaky Friday incident where their batting eyes switched places, it's likely that his 2% walk rate will improve to his career 9%. If that happened, his OPS would be .741. Adjust his BABIP to his career average, and his OPS would be .700.
I think it's hard to say he has looked bad at the plate when he's hitting .313, with a .366 BABIP and a 25% LD rate. If anything, he has looked much better at the plate than expected, imo.
Pitches Seen 186
Taken 97
Swung At 89
Missed 11
In play 44
Fouled 34
When you foul off almost as many as you put in play then you're not hitting well.
The walk rate will go up... but. Unless he starts putting some more charge in the ball, he won't be drawing many free passes that aren't of the OBP-propping-but-relatively-empty "bases empty, two outs, pitcher up next, no sense giving you something to hit" variety.
In the FWIW department, Fangraphs has him at 0.5 WAR to date (BP at 0.4). Obviously the sample sizes mean the numbers tell us basically nothing in terms of prediction. However, if he were to merely keep this up, we're looking at an above average player.
Great defending SS who can merely hit at a replacement level are harder to find than might imagine.
That said, he's certainly not doing anything to hold off Cozart, should he show well in AAA.
I believe the term is reductio ad absurdem or something like that. Yes, the numbers are meaningless.
The offensive numbers are just marginally more predictive than the defensive ones. What's happened so far this year is just more 50 PA on top of what we already knew.
A month since the last bump, Paul has gone from .313/.327/.333 to .238/.273/.287, eclipsing the worst fears (to this point) of most on here. Does Walt need to make a move to upgrade, especially since Edgar hasn't been lighting the world on fire either? Is Janish's glove enough to carry a .560 OPS, which is trending downward with a bullet?
Thoughts?
I don't think the org has the desire to part with the prospects it would take to significantly upgrade the SS position. While Janish has been bad the team could probably live with him in the 8th spot if the hole in LF is addressed. Similarly, I think they could live with a replacement level LF if SS was upgraded. Both would be awesome but I think 1 has to be changed and I think LF is the most low cost alternative right now.