Former Halo in AAA - .467/.556/.733/1.289

[Docwaukee]

I believe Jerome retired.  

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Jerome Williams...He was cool.

[Lou]

4 hours ago, zenmaster said:

Any Freese update? Maybe Grichuk too?

 

3 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Freese has been as good as Escobar. Slightly better defensively. Grichuk has regressed significantly.

Who cares about those irrelevant carcasses?  We're talking Halo history here.

and Freese hasn't been as good as Escobar 

Edited May 31, 2016 by Lou

[Oz27]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

and Freese hasn't been as good as Escobar 

Freese has been better in both WAR and OPS+.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Oz27 said:

Freese has been better in both WAR and OPS+.

No, he hasn't. Escobar's OPS+ is higher.  So is his oWAR. 

[Oz27]

28 minutes ago, Lou said:

No, he hasn't. Escobar's OPS+ is higher.  So is his oWAR. 

I meant to say wRC+, which Freese leads 124 to 121. Fan Graphs puts Freese ahead in both overall WAR and offensive value.

[Stradling]

Whether Freese is better or not is kind of irrelevant because we needed a lead off hitter and Escobar is pretty damn good at that. 

[Jason]

The only time I watch or pay attention to former Halo players is when they are playing against them. This team has sucked in the recent past so there is no reason to look back. Keep moving forward.

[Lou]

18 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Whether Freese is better or mon is kind of irrelevant because we needed a lead off hitter and Escobar is pretty damn good at that. 

and compared to what Frees gave us last year in the first 2 months of the season,  Escobar is light years better 

 

But how about that Feather?!!!

[Deek]

I thought for sure this was going to be a Brandon Wood thread... <sigh>....

[totdprods]

Another former Halo doing well in the minors...

.326/.418/.478/.896

Ji-Man! 

[DMVol]

2 hours ago, totdprods said:

Another former Halo doing well in the minors...

.326/.418/.478/.896

Ji-Man! 

I still think Ji-Man has some potential....if Cron remains as inconsistent as he's been, nice to have another option....As for Featherston, maybe he does have some big league potential and it was certainly a boo boo to DFA him when it turned out we didn't need the roster spot after all....but for right now, I'd rather have Petit or Pennington at SS....

[happybat4]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Whether Freese is better or not is kind of irrelevant because we needed a lead off hitter and Escobar is pretty damn good at that. 

Other than Freese has a higher OBP this year. I am happy with Escobar, I would have liked to sign Freese as well though. He ended up signing a cheap contract.

[jgimondo]

The key word here is in the Minors!

[Angel Oracle]

Just hope Cron can begin to rake.

Maybe then they can deal him in late July, move Escobar to DH for the rest of 2016, and put Cowart at 3B for good.

Then worry in the off-season about the number of games Pujols  will need to DH in going forward.

[totdprods]

Another thing to consider with Ji-Man is he missed so much time last year, so not only was he getting a taste of game action for the first time in a while, he was doing it at the major league level. Really glad they were able to keep him, and I think if he keeps it up in SLC, we'll see him again later this year. He's still only 24 or 25. 

I would have liked to keep Featherston, but I understood the move at the time, and I'm not devastated that he's gone. His purpose in '15 was specific - back-up SS and IF, and if we were able to keep him for the long-term, great. At the time Friedrich looked like a great arm to roll the dice on, and Pennington had effectively replaced Featherston in the short-term, and long-term Eppler felt they could improve upon Taylor. 

 

[Lou]

Now batting .281 with an OPS of .820. 

9 HRS 

[John Stellman]

Who's wearing the Padres Fedora?