Caller Bob wrote:
~30 home runs
Using the "around" symbol is a little strange since it is vague for something that is designed not to be. I'll take some liberties and assume that means + or - 3. If Schwarber hits more than 33 home runs he clearly hasn't lost any power.
Don Tiny wrote:
badrogue17 wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
A question is a lot different than this.
Caller Bob wrote:
Remember when PRICK said Schwarber didn't have any power?
I never said he wouldn't ever hit a home run again.
Also, the context here matters. The discussion was whether a team would trade for him. If he is just a 25 home run a year guy as many in that thread seemed to predict for this year then it does change it from the home run powerhouse that he was thought to be.
Still waiting on Bob's over/under.
What is the number that he needs to hit to demonstrate he no longer lacks power then?
This will not be answered directly.
Wrong.
However, badrogue's question was a little different so I'll make it abundantly clear that Don Tiny was wrong by answering it again.
Schwarber will always have power. The discussion was never that he wouldn't hit a home run ever again. This is why I was misquoted but all of you are so wrapped up in this "Sox fan in the Cubs section!" stuff that you won't even acknowledge that I never said he has no power. I simply asked a question! I think it was more than fair to question a guy coming off a serious injury especially in regards to a team like the White Sox trading a really good MLB player to get him.
I believe most people in that previous thread were using 25 home runs as a number of about what they were expecting. That is roughly what "mediocre" and "singles hitter" Jose Abreu did last year and it was considered that his power was down.
That's also for a guy that in his rookie year hit 16 home runs in 232 at bats. If we project that number out to 500 at bats then that is 34 home runs and that was his rookie year and you would hope that he would get better from that rather than a drop of 9 of them. I am positive that during his rookie year that virtually every Cubs fan on here was thinking that Schwarber is a 40 home run a year kind of guy and yet even a guy like Bob was so unsure he hedged his number by saying around 30 so if he hits 27 home runs he can say "Well, I said around".
This isn't hyperbole but some of you honestly need to decide if you want intelligent baseball discussion on here. You guys complain about trolling and White Sox fans but yet I try and have a real debate and a guy calls me a prick, misquotes me, and then a bunch of you guys jump in and say "Yeah, Caller Bob sure got him good!". You are also the same guys that were silent when Caller Bob was all over the Sox section saying stupid things.
So, was that an answer for you?
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