http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/21/is-mookie-betts-power-for-real/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/21/is-mookie-betts-power-for-real/#comment-7902 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 23:40:15 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5762#comment-7902 It is now July 22 and he has already reached the “low 20’s”. In the last 2 games he has hit 2 over the Monster, dented the Monster with a shot hit so hard even he could only get a single and hit the center field wall. What, may I ask is power?

]]> http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/21/is-mookie-betts-power-for-real/#comment-7874 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:40:05 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5762#comment-7874 Huh, that sounds a lot like an ISO close to .200 and closer to low-20s home runs than low-30s. Feel like I read a similar prognostication recently.

]]> http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/21/is-mookie-betts-power-for-real/#comment-7871 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:20:56 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5762#comment-7871 I do not know why people, like Matt Collins, are still hesitant to accept the fact that Mookie is a true five tool player. He is easily a 70+ in every facet of the game. Hit-check, run- check, defense- check and hit with power- check. I have watched Mookie, in person, since Greenville and predicted, in response to a BP article during Spring Training, that his line in 2016 would be .310/.375/.500 with 25 HR’s. Don’t look at the size of the man, look at the performance.

]]> http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/21/is-mookie-betts-power-for-real/#comment-7868 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:41:20 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5762#comment-7868 2016 Mookie Betts power is a lot more real than 2011 Jacoby Ellsbury power. Peak Mookie will be even more amazing than Outlier Jacoby.

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