Yes, the city of Williamsport has a fire works show tonight and every July 4th.
Perhaps we have reached a positive turning point in JP Crawford's nightmare season?
2 home runs last night. .265 in his last 10 games with 3 home runs, and 8 walks to 5 strikeouts.
The thing about his numbers is if he could hit around that in the majors with his walk rate, we'd be set at SS for a while...
What are Crawford's numbers sans April?
.245/353/388 - 741 OPS with 32 BB and 29 K.
baseball-reference.com is your friend.
I prefer milb:
This is perhaps more an indictment of Phillies hitters rather than praise for Crawford. But JP's 327 OBP this year would rank him ahead of all Phillies regulars except for Kendrick, Altherr and Cesar:
OBPGalvis 305Joseph 303Rupp 300Odubel 292Franco 278
I think this reflects mostly RA's disdain for analytics and emphasis on BA and SA over OPS and OBP.Both the prospects we drafted/signed and traded for reflected that prejudice.This has changed the last few years, but it takes time to totally reshape the talent pipeline.However, watch who Klentak trades away and trades for the next two years, I think that will be the tell.
I think it reflects the fact that we did not really develop any hitters for 5 years. Lost draft choices, limited Latin American investment, trades, etc.
Domingo Santana (371 OBP, 853 OPS) would be a nice outfield piece.
Yes, the 'mistake' trade throw-in, who was Sal's big score among OF talents during this period. He likely was RA's stupidest mistake, and that's saying a lot.
