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FFS - you can't even concede that any part of your precious 'young core' has been a disappointment. Russell's had one of the worst 'performance vs.pedigree' ratios in the game over the last 3 years. People absolutely believed Russell would be a premier hitter - he just hasn't been since he got into your system. |
A "gap power" hitter that was traded because the A's didn't believe it would translate and so far they were right.
He's still only 24 but I dont think you'll ever hope for more than average from Russell. |
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Why would I be all about trading Russell if I didn't believe he's been a "disappointment"? Russell and Ian Happ are the only 2 disappointments. I don't really blame Ian Happ, though. He had no business even making it to the majors in the Cubs organization. Everyone else has met or exceeded expectations. |
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How can you say he's been a disappointment if his glove is so sterling and he " was never hyped as a hitter. Ever."? If all he was supposed to be was Jose Iglesias, then he's right on track, right? I'm not the one that overplayed my hand here... |
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Russell was a guy that was suppose to get you stellar defense and hit for average with maybe 10-15 HR's a year. That was his expectations. He's given you the defense with a bit of an issue when it comes to throwing errors but he's never reached that average hitter status. So you are asking why he's been a disappointment? Because he's never reached being an average hitter. It's been 4 years now with no signs of improvement. Does that work for you, sunshine? On the vast majority of teams you could live with what Russell gives you. But the Cubs can just as easily move Baez to SS and put Ben Zobrist/Ian Happ/David Bote/Tommy La Stella at 2nd. |
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"I project hitting for average to be Russell's second most dominant tool, behind only his raw power."
"Hitting: Russell has a quiet setup and advanced approach with a good idea of the strike zone. Russell has the ability to hit to all fields with power. Tremendous bat speed, great hands with a short, compact swing. Russell will chase, especially breaking balls out of the zone. The potential is there for Russell to hit .300 in the majors. Power: Shows raw power in batting practice. Russell has the speed and gap power to produce doubles and triples. Has the potential to hit 20-30 home runs in a 600-at bat season. Projects to be a run producer in the majors." |
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You can pull up all the scouting reports you want. Most all of them will limit him to gap power while suggesting he's going to hit 25 HRs a year (Ok?). Then if you keep looking you start reading about questions he had at the plate with discipline and struggling to hit offspeed pitches against superior competition which led to questions of whether or not he had sufficient pure hitting ability to translate at the MLB level. Which is why the A's made the trade and "would do it again." |
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Reports list his hit took and power as calling cards. No bullshit here.... |
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Man you move the goal posts more than any fan I can remember.:facepalm: |
When the hell was Russell suppose to be Mike Trout?
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None of those others are top shelf players. As was discussed earlier, we need to be looking for $’s and trading our quarters. In this case above, most were dimes and now are quarters, maybe. That was my point. We get a club that has one great piece but need help in a lot of areas, that’s who would be interested in our quarters for their $. |
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Quit trying to move the goalposts. Russell has underperformed what “most” knowledgeable and just casual fans thought he would be. |
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