re: Baseball Preview 2024 Edition (Feb 10th - Pro Prospects & SEC Predictions)

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Did he say Kris Bryant type power or Kris Bryant type production?

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If you don't make a distinction between game and raw power, most people here are going to assume game power. Which would mean production.

I mean this had a lot to do with the fact that Kris Bryant was likely an 80 in the POWER and a 70 in the HITTING category.

Jones has the power there's no doubt about that... but he is a 55 in hitting which is fair, and likely won't finish with as many HRs as someone who say is a 70 power and 70 hitter. At least this is why I think they're listed separately.

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The inconsistency. It's the same argument he makes every year.

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And that's fine! Not everyone is going to agree with a thread based on someone else's personal rankings... but overall it's pretty damn good. It's possible to disagree without making the whole thread seem like trash, which is where I think he misses.

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It's not, if you're wanting to do that. The audience here doesn't want to. They're not reading it the same way as people who are familiar with scouting scales, prospect rankings, etc.

It's written for The Advocate audience, not the FanGraphs audience.

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Yeah, that's understood.

I wouldn't necessarily limit it to a set amount of players, but just base it on the players themselves. Every year is different being you could have 5 80's in D1 or 55 80's. Just depends.

My only reason for defending Jones' 80 is because he's built like a brick shithouse and swings the bat like it's a toothpick. But like I said before, that doesn't mean he's gonna lead the nation, or even the team, in HRs.

I would argue that right now Jones is a 40 hitter.

Maybe less if you consider his BIPavg.

Yall are being dicks. We all know Adam isn't a professional scout and his ratings aren't the greatest, but he puts in the effort every year to give us something to read about LSU baseball and get us hyped up in the preseason. His knowledge of the team isn't the greatest on this site but It's nice to have and should be appreciated, especially since no one else is doing it. Just take this thread for what it's supposed to be, an opportunity for more casual fans to learn the new players' names and a little bit of crack to get the juices flowing for baseball season

Well said, Yeti.

Ell, No ones losing sleep over this but you. Get a grip man.

It could have been written with a tad more tact but I read no malice in it. But enough petty thread derailment.

How has white looked at 3b since coming back? Beginning of last year he was better than Berry but not by a whole lot. By the time the CWS came around he looked really good out there. If he can start from that and build we'll be in really good hands. If he's gonna take some time to get back into form we'll be OK but I could see some late game defensive subs for him.