Your analysis displays zero attention to context

Hey if he wants to hit like 900 feet of HR in one day that's cool. I like that. Doesn't solve the defense problem, but you find places for guys who hit HR a lot.

He looks like a big oaf who doesn't know how to field to me. But that won't matter if he hits.

He's appears to be a mini Dayan Viciedo minus the power.

25% K rate and 4.5% BB is a bad omen.

The scary thing is he's batting .274 AVG with .365 BABIP. Not good.

Baez sparking World Series talk. I agree with callers saying this year is unreasonable but NLCS isn't out of the question.

Avi's slugging percentage is oddly low for a 6-4 245 pound cat.

You'd think just being naturally big his swing would send some balls through gaps or bouncing against walls.

I don't think you want to give up much of consequence for an aged Adrian Beltre, yes he has been good for the last few years with Texas but yank him out of his warm comfort zone and who knows what would happen. Plus he could slide into old-age oblivion at any moment.

No thanks.

OTOH his numbers are HOF worthy.

A couple things before I get started:

1. Avi has rushed back from an injury that is a season ender 95% of the time. That could be an excuse, and it could not be. On one hand it's a bad injury and it showed a lot of balls coming back this quickly. On the other, the White Sox have a fantastic training staff, among the best in the game (they have a fantastic track record, only really tarnished by John Danks), and they wouldn't have brought him back unless he was medically cleared to play. If they had any worries the answer would've been a resounding "no" to his requests to return.

2. Avisail Garcia isn't drowning. He's batting a shade over .250, which while mediocre for a corner OF isn't even the worst the White Sox have had at the position this year (Viciedo, De Aza). The OBP is around .310, not world ending. He hits the ball to the opposite field with authority. His wRC+ is dead even with the league average. He isn't outright failing at the MLB level, but he's got some problems too...

The bad

He's striking out too much with not enough power to show for it. I can deal with 25% K's if it's coupled with a .500+ slugging, but Avi is at .418 there. He's a glorified singles hitter who occasionally gets a hold of one and launches it. With his speed and opposite field approach I'd want to see more doubles. Why isn't he hitting it into the gaps? Why isn't he just pulling it right down the line for XBH?

You may think I'm sounding like a pedant, but I'm not. There's a very real risk he's getting lucky on his .250 average, I'm not the firmest believer in BABIP but he's a got a .60 point spread there. There's a very strong regression case there, and if Avi regresses from a league average hitter that makes him a *drumroll* below average hitter. Not the end of the world if he plays an OF position but...

Avi can't field. Before the injury he was one of those guys who you think might be able to figure it out, after the injury he's a mess. His range feels like it's been cut in half, his throws aren't consistent and his jumps are occasionally idiotic and frequently tentative. I'm worried he cannot play a corner OF without being a total defensive liability. That comes full circle with the batting problem in that he's not a good enough hitter to be a DH. The profile that's developing for him at the plate is starting to paint a picture of a guy who's offensive production is acceptable if he's playing good defense, if he's playing bad defense or no defense at all he'll fall short of every expectation the org has of him in terms of production.

So here's the problem, and I don't have an answer, what the fuck happens now? Obviously he's starting next season in the OF, but if the Sox are making a move at the AL Central having out there could quickly become a liability the Sox cannot accept. Move him into a DH/4th OF role? That's not good enough.

Nothing better when Sox people and fans compliment the training staff like they are doctors or magicians.

Nate doesn't agree.