Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Jason Heyward is Chase Headley. I know right.

Hi everyone, first and foremost there will be no more changing the design, finally found one i like so you guys are stuck with the Kid for a while, i wanted to write more about this offseason and some of the moves, but with this very slow start, i am going to wait a couple days until we get the whole Stanton situation done, to talk about some of the signings that have been made, how his trade or the unlikely lack there of, affects the offseason, also discuss some of the moves that have been made, obviously the whole Ohtani recruiting process, just a note, for every non Yankee fan, how cool is the fact he shut the door on them right out of gate, because let's face it, if he had gone to the NYY, at least i, would be like really, there's no fun in that, but like if he goes to San Diego, we get a reason to watch the Padres maybe he creates something there, and can people shut up about oh he might be a bust, what a flop would it be, every team wants him, coming out of HS the Dodgers had Tommy Lasorda on a plane to Japan trying to convince him to come here, he has dominated the NPB as a baby, obviously was injured this year, there's no plausible reason to assume he is anything other than a sure fire stud, especially as a pitcher, but enough of that, i know we have a lot to look forward to, but let's get into topic.

Comparing Jason Heyward to Chase Headley sounds insane right, they look completely different, but when you look at the numbers...

262/344/412 Slash line
10.4 BB%     17.6 K%     .150 ISO
.333 wOBA     108 wRC+
30.2 WAR
1103 Games     4502 PA

264/343/402 Slash Line
10.0 BB%     22.4 K%     .138 ISO
.328 wOBA     108 wRC+
29.1 WAR
1409 Games     5701 PA

Is that close or what, it's pretty clear that giving the number of games gave it away, Heyward obviously would have an advantage in WAR, regardless of any hitting edge, either way, considering how great defensively he is, but they are basically the same hitter, no not basically they are exactly the same hitter.

Not even the most skeptical person ever expected a performance so awful by Jason in his first 2 years as a Cub, but everyone knew he wasn't exactly Bryce Harper when the Cubbies jumped the gun and gave hm 184/8, but something most people failed to recognize is that obviously Chicago loved his defense which made for a high floor, but they took a chance on his offensive upside, the expectation was big on his hitting, j remember a lot of analysts saying this was the new direction of the game, that players with more defensive value would receive big deals, a lot of none sense, Heyward got some money for his defensive value, a big amount, but he also got a big chunk based on his hitting potential, and it all goes back to what i wrote earlier of teams overpaying for talented but flawed young free agents i believe i even put him in there, regarding Headley he's a solid player who had one great year and a bunch of ok/good seasons, overall a solid career, all goes to show how much Jason Heyward failed to live up to the hype.

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