Bryant 37 games 7 Hrs
Abreu 42 games 8 Hrs

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Bryant

Abreu's momma is about the only one who would pick him. Bryant will hit at least 10 more.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

A-brew is cold and still even

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

"It just doesnt matter"

I will take a playoff spot instead

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

set your sights on something more manageable, like a BP Cup

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And men have lost their reason.

I am sure the Sox will. Cant wait to see those Sharpie T shirt "Shark" jerseys at Wrigley....I PREDICT, if Jeffers pitches a game at Wrigley, it will be his best game of the year.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Exactly.

There were a few posters who pointed out his total last year was unsustainable as he had many "just barely" HRs. Well, roids wore off and those "just barely" are lazy cans o' corn

Bad trolling attempt.

Too obvious.

Time to go back to the minors, you can "improve" along with Babe Baez.

Abreu is averaging 1 home run every 24.72 ABs over his last 445 ABs.

Since Bryant hit his first one, he is averaging 1 home run every 9 ABs.

I'll take Bryant.

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You know me like that.

Good choice. No way he doesn't keep that pace up.

Well, it sure seems that he doesn't need to.

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One will have 35 and the other will have 33. You can't go wrong with either.

This is key. Sox fans, naturally, tried to pretend it didn't matter last year.

Still a good player, but not the league leading home run hitter the fans mistook him to be.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

He's on a pace for 31 this year while being cold. 31 lucky ABs I guess?

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And men have lost their reason.

"being cold" Last year it was, "he is tired" What is next, "He doesn't have anyone batting behind him?"

He is becoming the Jay Cutler of the WhiteSox.

Last year it was not "he is tired", unless you find hitting +.350 in the last month tired.

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It was "he isn't as big of a power hitter as Sox fans initially thought."

Are you going to follow "on pace" blindly? Harper going to hit 60?

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Initially thought?

You remember as well as I do the early Abreu conversations. I said I had no idea what he was but scouts were saying .235-.265 and 20-25.

I'm not blindly following on pace. He has been cold for a little while (although still pretty good in relative terms). I expect him to be able to keep up the pace. It will result in him being slightly below his one comparable season but within an expected range.

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Abreu 31
Bryant 33
Rizzo 29
Melkman 5

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To be honest, I can't remember what you specifically said. I know that when Abreu had like 8 home runs I said I expect him to hit about 30 for the year, or 'just over.' JORR and maybe others called me crazy and said he would blow by that, and that 50 was a distinct possibility. My pre-season prediction was 25 HR for Abreu, and with his hot start, I had no issue giving him 30.

30 HR seems like a solid prediction for all of Abreu's "good" years.

I misjudged his ability to hit for average, but I'm comfortable having gauged his HR power. I think the "advanced HR metrics" helped in that.

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50 was a possibility. He has those 8 homers by tax day last year, or so it seemed. As I said earlier one of these guys will likely be mid 30s and the other will be low 30s in home run count. Both are very good hitters.

If you really care to split hairs, IMU, then please take into consideration all the basket shots that Bryant may hit, and how the wind blowing out at Wrigley will likely aid his total.

Then you have to consider that Abreu plays 81 games at the Cell which has been a more home run friendly park for at least the last 5 years.

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Team Cutler.

That is very true, it is one of the more hitter friendly parks in the AL. I do believe that Abreu had more road homers last year though.

Its clearly Cubs fans nitpicking at, well anything really. Abreu has proven himself to be one of the premier sluggers in the game, and Bryant could very well follow suit.

Maybe the Cubs just haven't had a homerun hitter that last 5 years.

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2018
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