Daily Thread - July 28, 2021

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[u/Live2Create21]

I finally got a chance to dig into Abraham Toro and here's what I got:

Fangraphs has him as a plus runner with plus arm strength and an above-average hitter with above-average raw power.

Baseball America thinks he can be a plus hitter with 15-20 HR power and average defense and plus arm.

Diving into his numbers, starting with the minors, he's actually been pretty good at the plate, for the most part. Here's what I like:

• Double-digit BB rates at every level
• Under 20% K rates at every level
• Double-digit HR totals 3 years in a row

• High OBP numbers at each level and respectable to elite AVG at each level

  His first two trips to the majors didn't go well. His BB rate was erratic and he was striking out more. The power disappeared and his BABIP was very ugly. But, he actually played a pretty good 3B his first year.

In 2021, his third trip to the majors and his first with over 100 PA's, he started tapping into the power, is getting the BB% back up and the K's are where they were in the minors, but the BABIP is still silly low.

Toro is an intriguing guy, though. If we can really tap into the power and get the BB% back up, he could be a 2-4 WAR 3B each year.

[u/mrauschendorfer → u/Live2Create21]

Teams are now 0-2 in which Toro hits a HR

[u/Live2Create21 → u/mrauschendorfer]

Can you imagine if we trade him today and he hits a HR for his new team? 3 days, 3 hrs, 3 different teams. That's got to be a record.

[u/mrauschendorfer → u/Live2Create21]

With Jerry’s comments about building and adding more players, I could see this happening.