His swing reminds me a bit of Jason Lane on the follow through, but it doesn't look that slow. He replaced Yuli, who did not exactly have a texbook approach at the plate.
I think that the Rangers series would be a good one for Bregman and Abreu to make their presence known........ Tucker and Alvarez cannot do all of the heavy lifting.
A lot of fans forget....... the Houston Astros finished second in the blind auction for the rights to Abreu, he was almost the Astros first baseman long term and not Yuli Gurriel. When Jose Abreu came over from Cuba there were a lot of questions about the bat speed - but they said the same about Yordan Alvarez as well. Jose Abreu is a vastly different player than when he was younger - he has lost a lot of weight and has worked really hard on his defense at 1st base. As for Yuli, I will miss him turning on 99 mph cheddar but I will take the discipline of Abreu.
Is it me or does Yanier look better catching than Maldy? I think Maldy’s handling of the pitching staff is probably overrated and he’s starting to look much worse defensively.
Maldonado is now almost 37 years old and has played with bad injuries for the last 3 years - it is very possible that while the knowledge and desire is still present, physically he isn't the player he once was.
We **** talk him so much he's actually good now lol. Who would have thunk it?! My apologies doobie. You are a top tier athlete and I'm just an arm chair fan.
I too have said many unkind things about Doobie on and off this forum. He’s been awesome lately though, hope he keeps making me eat crow. Apparently he’s a nice guy too, so that’s good.
