**The Perennial JUAN SOTO Thread!** - Page 1117

NoWhammys2021 · 04-22-2023, 02:04 PM

He. Needs. Kevin & Contacts.

yes this person is real.

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towerymt · 04-22-2023, 02:38 PM

2nd lowest Line Drive %:

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.as...12-31&sort=5,a

Not good.

ThoseBackPages · 04-22-2023, 02:41 PM

Burn your cards!

NoWhammys2021 · 04-22-2023, 07:40 PM

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Burn your cards!

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awz50 · 04-22-2023, 07:48 PM

That chin....

SaltyCracker · 04-22-2023, 07:50 PM

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Vdm2018 · 04-22-2023, 07:58 PM

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Burn your cards!

Can you buy mine first…. so you can burn mine?

towerymt · 04-22-2023, 07:58 PM

2cold2burn

Snakeonia · 04-22-2023, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by towerymt

2nd lowest Line Drive %:

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.as...12-31&sort=5,a

Not good.

Probably a n middle of pack now after hitting 2today. 1st month stats variance is real

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towerymt · 04-22-2023, 10:06 PM

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Probably a n middle of pack now after hitting 2today. 1st month stats variance is real

Out of 53 batted balls, he would have had 3 line drives to make 5.7%. 5 of 56 batted balls moves it to 8.9%. From 181st (of 182 qualified) all the way up to 179th. Mid pack line Line Drive% is ~21%.

Would need his 9 batted balls to be line drives to reach mid pack.

Hopefully by the All Star break these things sort themselves out.

Jolten Joe · 04-22-2023, 10:28 PM

I feel clearly at this point he didn't want to be in San Diego and is just going through the motions. Next year he's going to have that monster year to up his value going into his 2025 FA year.

There is no other explanation how such a great hitter has turned into what we are seeing now except for he isn't really trying. Once he hits NY or L.A. he's going to be a monster at ages 27-30.

rainmaker · 04-22-2023, 10:47 PM

I was one in here coming up with excuses for Juan’s poor play last year. It made sense he had a lot going on more than most young athletes will ever really have to deal with. But 2023 was the chance to come out strong and show that those were reasons for why he wasn’t hitting.
Now this year it’s no tatis, cold weather, the team, injuries (?), etc. and the above post. He’s just not happy in San Diego. He wasn’t happy in Washington right? Turned down 440 million bucks he was so unhappy. The excuses are really growing tired. Juan quite simply has no choice but to perform. LA or NY aren’t paying anywhere close to 400mm for this player. He’s not a special talent to build your team around. He’s walk first, hit into the ground power and that’s when he’s in the hole because he couldn’t stand up at the plate and take a walk by not swinging.
This is a very unfortunate turn of his career arch. We’ve seen it with belli and Correa and kris Bryant and yellich… juan is looking to be nothing more than one of these young guys that peak early and fall into an average player just as fast.

ThoseBackPages · 04-22-2023, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by rainmaker

I was one in here coming up with excuses for Juan’s poor play last year. It made sense he had a lot going on more than most young athletes will ever really have to deal with. But 2023 was the chance to come out strong and show that those were reasons for why he wasn’t hitting.
Now this year it’s no tatis, cold weather, the team, injuries (?), etc. and the above post. He’s just not happy in San Diego. He wasn’t happy in Washington right? Turned down 440 million bucks he was so unhappy. The excuses are really growing tired. Juan quite simply has no choice but to perform. LA or NY aren’t paying anywhere close to 400mm for this player. He’s not a special talent to build your team around. He’s walk first, hit into the ground power and that’s when he’s in the hole because he couldn’t stand up at the plate and take a walk by not swinging.
This is a very unfortunate turn of his career arch. We’ve seen it with belli and Correa and kris Bryant and yellich… juan is looking to be nothing more than one of these young guys that peak early and fall into an average player just as fast.

yes, we've got you down on the hater list, you are good!

gmoney328 · 04-22-2023, 11:39 PM

Season is still very young.

Biohazarddfl · 04-23-2023, 12:00 AM

Put me down as disagreeing with rainmaker. And as a Mets fan, we would be getting off easy if the price tag is 400 mil.

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djdevon · 04-23-2023, 01:50 AM

JUAN MAAS!

regularp · 04-23-2023, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Jolten Joe

I feel clearly at this point he didn't want to be in San Diego and is just going through the motions. Next year he's going to have that monster year to up his value going into his 2025 FA year.

There is no other explanation how such a great hitter has turned into what we are seeing now except for he isn't really trying. Once he hits NY or L.A. he's going to be a monster at ages 27-30.

Lol @ this nonsense.

NoWhammys2021 · 04-23-2023, 08:54 AM

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wharfrat7624 · 04-23-2023, 10:12 AM

Bowden on MLB radio this morning said no way Soto gets a $400m contract if he doesn’t start hitting and driving in runs. They talked about how he is too focused on walks.

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phisouza33 · 04-23-2023, 11:07 AM

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Bowden on MLB radio this morning said no way Soto gets a $400m contract if he doesn’t start hitting and driving in runs. They talked about how he is too focused on walks.

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Well yeah

Rabs · 04-23-2023, 01:08 PM

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Anyone who follows NFL Memes knows who Felipe is. Laughing stock.

Cards and 401K · 04-23-2023, 01:33 PM

I am hoping Soto has a girlfriend or needs one???....telling myself he is only 24 yo.
I think he is going to Philly to reunite with his favorite coach: Kevin Long. Season is very young.

BigErmis33 · 04-23-2023, 01:56 PM

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I am hoping Soto has a girlfriend or needs one???....telling myself he is only 24 yo.
I think he is going to Philly to reunite with his favorite coach: Kevin Long. Season is very young.

He will go to philly - Harper has been courting him just like he did Trea Turner - the 3 amigos will once again be together for a decade.

StateEx · 04-23-2023, 02:03 PM

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He will go to philly - Harper has been courting him just like he did Trea Turner - the 3 amigos will once again be together for a decade.

I'm hoping this happens. Only catch is how to value Soto if he doesn't turn things around or has a good, not great, next 1.5 years (say, a lot of walks, but a .260 average or so). They might end up having to take a short term deal to build value.

pete2345 · 04-23-2023, 02:04 PM

Happy to have unloaded his stuff at peak wont sniff those prices ever again.

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04-22-2023, 10:47 PM	#27912
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04-22-2023, 02:04 PM	#27901
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04-22-2023, 02:38 PM	#27902
towerymt Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: VA Posts: 8,802	2nd lowest Line Drive %: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.as...12-31&sort=5,a Not good.

04-22-2023, 07:58 PM	#27908
towerymt Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: VA Posts: 8,802	2cold2burn

04-22-2023, 10:28 PM	#27911
Jolten Joe Banned - PBM Join Date: Dec 2022 Posts: 1,666	I feel clearly at this point he didn't want to be in San Diego and is just going through the motions. Next year he's going to have that monster year to up his value going into his 2025 FA year. There is no other explanation how such a great hitter has turned into what we are seeing now except for he isn't really trying. Once he hits NY or L.A. he's going to be a monster at ages 27-30.

04-22-2023, 11:39 PM	#27914
gmoney328 Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Navarre, Florida Posts: 4,187	Season is still very young.

04-23-2023, 12:00 AM	#27915
Biohazarddfl Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 2,294 chrisfl_cards_on_ig ChrisinFlorida	Put me down as disagreeing with rainmaker. And as a Mets fan, we would be getting off easy if the price tag is 400 mil. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

04-23-2023, 01:50 AM	#27916
djdevon Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 1,407 wartimeconsigliari	JUAN MAAS!

04-23-2023, 10:12 AM	#27919
wharfrat7624 Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Mt Laurel, NJ Posts: 6,617	Bowden on MLB radio this morning said no way Soto gets a $400m contract if he doesn’t start hitting and driving in runs. They talked about how he is too focused on walks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

04-23-2023, 01:33 PM	#27922
Cards and 401K Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 3,566	I am hoping Soto has a girlfriend or needs one???....telling myself he is only 24 yo. I think he is going to Philly to reunite with his favorite coach: Kevin Long. Season is very young.

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