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REDREAD (10-23-2020),Revering4Blue (10-24-2020)
I hope Shogo has a good season next year, but I am not optimistic.
He has zero power. Eventually pitchers will learn to challenge him and never walk him, so a lot of those walks will dry up.
Of course, he will still get some when the pitcher just can't get the ball over, but I would not expect him to maintain the OBP.
Again, I hope I am wrong, I am trying to be realistic though.
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shogo ,, the second coming of joel youngblood
Lots of reasons for optimism offensively, assuming we focus on, as KC says, the back of the baseball card and not the limited scale of 2020. (And even then, some good from peripherals.)
This offense would seem to have a high floor at six positions, unknowns at two spots, and a black hole at the last. (This assumes a DH.)
Addressing the black hole would be the most helpful.
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