re: Does Dugas have a career in MLB after LSU?

I can agree

I was asking you in terms of "team" contribution(about being close) not the individual.

What players mean to their teams thus far into the season. The impact they make in each game at the plate and on the field. It cant be that hard to understand. Nevermind this isnt a team sport i forgot. Peace out.

Every player or coach before analytics of baseball came into play are niave? Oh ok got it.


"Hey Skip, you shoulda used analytics to baseball and you might of won more"

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Skip did use analytics.

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not the ones that are used by coaches on their players today. This one is out of your league sir.

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not the ones that are used by coaches on their players today. This one is out of your league sir.

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So some analytics are okay but some aren't?

More information is worse than less information?

You want people to agree with you that Dugas has contributed as much to the team this year as Crews has, but you decry the only way of being able to substantiate such a claim.

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Every player or coach before analytics of baseball came into play are niave?

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In retrospect, yes.


Same way with the NBA in how it took so long to realize that shooting 25% from 3 is just as good as shooting 50% from 2.

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What players mean to their teams thus far into the season. The inpact they make in each game at the plate

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Look, it’s obvious you’re an older guy who still only judges plate impact by the old standard 3 metrics of batting average, home runs, and RBI. Your previous posts make that clear. But guys can have more impact than that, and in Dylan Crews’ case, he has much, much more.

A few examples that have actually helped Dugas. Teams are terrified to pitch to Crews, which is why he leads the country in on base % with an absurd .650+ (and why he doesn’t have double digit home runs). Against Texas, Dugas comes up with 2 runners on and Crews behind him. That dude wasn’t gonna frick around and have to face Crews with the bases loaded, so he winds up throwing a dick-high fastball right down the plate that Dugas jumps all over for a 3-run homer that won the game. And give Dugas all the credit in the world for making that dude pay for that mistake. But he’s probably not getting that pitch without Crews lurking on deck.

Go back to last night. Crews doubled (I think this was that AB—regardless, he was on 2nd somehow). So White comes up with a base open. Nobody is pitching to White in that situation no matter who’s behind him. Dugas comes up, and makes them pay again with another 3-run home run. Again, he gets a ton of credit for taking advantage of that, but he wouldn’t have been in that position without Crews and White on base in front of him.

Crews affects games in so many more ways than just his BA/HRs/RBIs. (As does White to a lesser extent.) His getting on base, gives guys behind him more RBI opportunities and better pitches to hit. Him hitting behind somebody and the threat that brings also gives the guys in front of him better pitches to hit.

Now, they still have to do it, and Dugas has been really good at taking advantage so far. I love Dugas—said he’s the kind of guy that can turn a great team into a championship one. But you are doing him a disservice by making us point these things out, because it sounds like we’re criticizing him. All we are doing is trying to point out how little of an understanding of the overall value Dylan Crews has on the entire offense. Dugas and White would not have the numbers they do were it not for Crews. Even if he’s just getting on base by walk or standing in the on-deck circle.

Talent wise, Crews could probably go straight to AA. But the draft is now in July and he wouldn’t hit a pro field until late July. He’s been practicing and playing since January. Used to be they’d send most of college guys to a short season team and the most advanced ones went to Low A. Now they’ve taken away two levels of short season ball. They shelve most of the pitchers and just about all the college position guys go to low A, some may stop at a complex league for a week or so first.

I could see Crews finishing the year in high A as an introduction with the idea of getting him to AA by mid season 2024 and maybe even higher.

His cleat chasing, tanning, all out dressing try hard GF sure hopes so.

On the other hand, Crews’ GF looks and seems very normal.

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I could see Crews finishing the year in high A as an introduction with the idea of getting him to AA by mid season 2024 and maybe even higher.

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I fully expect Crews to be a September call up to an MLB team in 2024. Maybe that’s naive of me. I don’t follow the mlb enough to have a true feel for that kind of stuff. But I truly feel like he could be one of the best hitters in the MLB very early in his career and whoever gets him is going to want him up as soon as possible.