What is the true Herrera

[imadangman]

What is the true Herrera? A very good player.

Leads the team in:

HR per AB - close to 5% of ABs leads Contreras (.041) and Burly (.037) by a good margin
RBI per AB - just ahead of WC and well ahead of Burly
Batting average

One issue is that he doesn't hit many doubles.

Maybe he will hit more doubles as time goes on

Good to hear from you, man. Yeah, he has only 629 career MLB ABs. His OPS improved this year. He's the least of my player worries (#1 is Walker, #2 is Gorman and #3 is VSII). Scott can't hit, never has, and never will, but they may have replacements for him.

Well Scott somehow still has a bunch of steals (maybe due to a decent walk rate) despite his low hitting ability. Scott probably will not be a good hitter like you say outside of a abnormal season. But he is still tied for 2nd in bWar among positon players for us. So he should play again next year. It seems he is good enough to bat 9th and be on base for Donovan or Wetherholt or whoever it may be coming up to the plate with him on 1st base (when he gets on 1st base).

Baez gives me confidence that we will have a backup plan for Walker if he doesn't work out.

As I stated in another post, Victor has to value OB%, and scoring runs above all else offensively. Until he does, if ever, he’ll never be of much value as a hitter. Like you said, a #9 batter. Right now, he is a terrible bunter, tries to pull everything, and swings as hard as he can on every swing. He needs to learn and actually want to be a good bunter, and become more of a slap hitter to utilize his speed. He has enough power to keep pitchers and outfielders honest when defending him, but not try and be a power hitter all the time.
I have my doubts he’ll ever accept this philosophy. It also doesn’t appear that the organization is pushing toward this either.

It would be pretty (censored) cool if he could master the art of the bunt down the 3B line.