08-29-2019, 11:20 AM
He hasn't exactly lit the world on fire this season. In 66 games at AA Tennessee he is slashing .281/.343/.406/.749.
It's not at all to say he can't be an excellent major leaguer, but I think he's still living off some hype from last year where he put up huge numbers in a handful of games each for Eugene and South Bend after being drafted, and then he went insane with a 1.609 OPS at spring training this year.
But with a .750-ish OPS at AA this year, he may be slotted to start 2020 there as well. Even if he gets to start the season at Iowa, he would seemingly have to put up significantly better numbers to get called up that early.
It's not at all to say he can't be an excellent major leaguer, but I think he's still living off some hype from last year where he put up huge numbers in a handful of games each for Eugene and South Bend after being drafted, and then he went insane with a 1.609 OPS at spring training this year.
But with a .750-ish OPS at AA this year, he may be slotted to start 2020 there as well. Even if he gets to start the season at Iowa, he would seemingly have to put up significantly better numbers to get called up that early.
This is not some silly theory that's unsupported and deserves being mocked by photos of Xena. ![[Image: ITgoyeg.png]](http://i.imgur.com/ITgoyeg.png)