....Mr. anti-BABIP Almora also has both two hits and a walk. Who'd have guessed that a biggish guy with a 34K/21BB/289AB ratio would be needing a hot day to reach .290 OBP. If I'm calculating correctly, his two hits now get him to .255 BABIP. Maybe it's all just bad luck? Maybe a Camp Colvin and he'll do better next year? Maybe it's just a lot of groundouts to 2B? Maybe it's just a very slow bat?
We think of Billy McKinney as being really young for AA, but Almora only four months older than McKinney. That's the saving grace, maybe.
Slow bat? This is what BA said pre-season about Almora. He has "a line drive bat with present strength, fine hand-eye coordination, bat speed to catch up to good fastballs, and average raw power."
Yeah, this is optimistic I suppose, it would be nice if he can be a .720 OPS guy (say, 280-320-400), with low Ks, who can bat #9 in Maddon's lineup, and play gold glove caliber CF defense. We can use a guy like that. Patience. patience.
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