One of the bright spots for the Boston Red Sox in the second half of the season:
the strong major league debut of first baseman Travis Shaw.
A ninth round pick in 2011 out of Kent State University, Travis is the son of
former major league pitcher Jeff Shaw. He performed well in the low minors
but had trouble adapting to advanced pitching when he reached Double-A in
2013, hitting just .221 that year for Portland in the Eastern League,
although he showed enough power and patience to boost his wRC+ to 107;
nothing great for a first baseman but at least better than league. He made a
change to his hitting mechanics in 2014 and had a better season,
combining for a .278/.353/.473 line between Double-A and Triple-A.
He rated as a Grade C prospect for me entering 2015. I liked his strike zone
judgment and general approach, but felt that he was a mistake hitter who
could have trouble catching up with big league fastballs. Indeed, a slow
start this year for Pawtucket fit into that narrative: he hit just
.249/.318/.356 in 289 at-bats in the first half.
Shaw got promoted to the majors anyway when the Red Sox needed a bat in
August. His debut went better than could possibly be expected based on the
first half: he hit .274/.331/.491 with 13 homers in 226 at-bats for a 119
wRC+ and a 1.6 fWAR.
Repeatable in a full year? Based on the entirety of his career, he projects
as more of a .240-.250 hitter at the big league level, with decent power. A
hitter with that profile can easily hit .274/.331/.491 over such a 226 at-bat
sample without having any real change in his ability level.
That doesn't mean that Shaw can't be useful. My thinking at this point is
that Travis Shaw is the new Brian Daubach. Does that comp work for you?
John Sickles對Travis Shaw的預估
文大部分都是背景介紹,大家都知道,就不翻了,後面只講一句比較有用的話
認為他會是類似Brian Daubach的球員
Y HR
25 .294 .360 .562 21
26 .248 .315 .448 21
27 .263 .350 .509 22
28 .266 .348 .464 20
25~28歲打得很不錯,之後就開始退化了,如果Travis Shaw能打成這樣以一個
第九輪選到的也很棒了
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秦仲海 ：加里拉歪歪兒!!!!!!!!!!
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the strong major league debut of first baseman Travis Shaw.
A ninth round pick in 2011 out of Kent State University, Travis is the son of
former major league pitcher Jeff Shaw. He performed well in the low minors
but had trouble adapting to advanced pitching when he reached Double-A in
2013, hitting just .221 that year for Portland in the Eastern League,
although he showed enough power and patience to boost his wRC+ to 107;
nothing great for a first baseman but at least better than league. He made a
change to his hitting mechanics in 2014 and had a better season,
combining for a .278/.353/.473 line between Double-A and Triple-A.
He rated as a Grade C prospect for me entering 2015. I liked his strike zone
judgment and general approach, but felt that he was a mistake hitter who
could have trouble catching up with big league fastballs. Indeed, a slow
start this year for Pawtucket fit into that narrative: he hit just
.249/.318/.356 in 289 at-bats in the first half.
Shaw got promoted to the majors anyway when the Red Sox needed a bat in
August. His debut went better than could possibly be expected based on the
first half: he hit .274/.331/.491 with 13 homers in 226 at-bats for a 119
wRC+ and a 1.6 fWAR.
Repeatable in a full year? Based on the entirety of his career, he projects
as more of a .240-.250 hitter at the big league level, with decent power. A
hitter with that profile can easily hit .274/.331/.491 over such a 226 at-bat
sample without having any real change in his ability level.
That doesn't mean that Shaw can't be useful. My thinking at this point is
that Travis Shaw is the new Brian Daubach. Does that comp work for you?
John Sickles對Travis Shaw的預估
文大部分都是背景介紹,大家都知道,就不翻了,後面只講一句比較有用的話
認為他會是類似Brian Daubach的球員
Y HR
25 .294 .360 .562 21
26 .248 .315 .448 21
27 .263 .350 .509 22
28 .266 .348 .464 20
25~28歲打得很不錯,之後就開始退化了,如果Travis Shaw能打成這樣以一個
第九輪選到的也很棒了
--
秦仲海 ：加里拉歪歪兒!!!!!!!!!!
--
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