re: Former Ole Miss Pitcher on Bregman (Both drafted by Astros)

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RIGHT NOW: Swanson has a significantly higher batting average, a significantly higher slugging percentage, significantly higher home runs. And, although a worse infielder, Swanson was selected ahead of Bregman. WTF makes Bregman better at the plate than Swanson? He's SIGNIFICANTLY worse than Swanson at hitting. It's so ludicrous that anyone who is not an LSU fan would think you were joking. Are you?

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Batting average doesn't take into account "quality at-bats" .. Bregman has crushed the ball more this year for outs than I've ever seen. Mainieri has made this statement this year about him. Scouts look at QAB more than any other number. This is what MLB organizations look at with their minor league system. Lots of minor leaguers get called up and their BA is like .250... There's a reason for that. Maybe Bregman has had more QABs than Swanson?? You don't know this because the box score says 0-3... But maybe he actually crushed the ball 3 times. To look at box scores alone to know who the better hitter is just tells me some people really don't know what they're talking about. Go ahead and keep throwing box score stats out there. This MLB pitcher knows what he's talking about. HE FACED HIM! Maybe Bregs was 0-3 against him and maybe the pitcher thought..."damn I got lucky"..
For what it's worth I haven't watched Swanson much and really don't have a clue. But the facts are that the people who do this for a living know more than any of us and have watched more of both these guys than us. The fact is they are both great..