Right now, he's more like Henry Cotto. Good defender, good against LH pitching, will play for over a decade in the league.

His upside is Garry Maddox, but he's got to get there soon. The DH coming to the NL would help, as then he could bat 9th against RHP and 1st against LHP.

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Interesting.

Every player who had a hand me seeing a World Series win in my lifetime will always have a certain amount of love from me.

Career numbers:

Adam Engel .260/.314/.574

Albert Almora .326/.412/.738

Adam Jones .318/.456/.774


Which two are more alike?

I hate everything white sox right now so not hating him has some status

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You left their number of plate appearances out. I'm gonna say when the careers are in the books it will be apparent that what I said was correct.

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Very fair take.

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Interesting strategy, always kick the can down the road where you can't be proven completely wrong until a decade later. Like Quintana

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I was spot on about Quintana and you're butthurt that he's on your team now and you gave up prized prospects for a mediocrity.

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Maybe but right now, Almora and Engel are not comparable in any way.

Sure they are.

They are both part time players/platoon guys who would easily start 130+ games in CF every year if they were better hitters.

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Except they arent, at all.

But I will keep in mind that you believe OBP of .275 and .330 are similar. And .289 and .207 for batting average.



You are having just a TERRIBLE 2019 with baseball posts.

Is Almora a platoon guy or not? YES OR NO

Because Engel pretty much is.

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And I'm going to say those numbers will be a lot closer after the 2019 season.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I was against that trade from day one, but he's better than a .500 pitcher..you were wrong. Look at his W-L record with a competent organization.

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Ok, so you are expecting a big jump from Engel.

Im talking about right now.

Adam Engle is a full time player and probably experiences a reduction in his stats because he is not protected from those who can best manipulate his difficulties

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No. I'm expecting a marginal jump from Engel and a marginal decline from Almora (once his at-bats aren't hand-selected by "Genius" Joe Maddon).

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

A platoon guy on a team that wins 90 every year vs a team that loses 90 every year is not close to the same thing.

The 2018 Cubs had 4 outfielders who are starting caliber (at least 1.0 WAR)

The White Sox had zero

Ok, well right now the difference is significant. So marginal changes from both will still have Almora as much better.

Engel

Get on the same page on whether he is a starter or not and come back.

Let's revisit it after the season.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Jorr, Would Almora be the best outfielder on the Sox?

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We can, but I am making no prediction, your original statement was in the present tense.

Right now, with the numbers they've put up Almora is clearly better than Engel. You wanted to take a shot at Cub fans but it was bad shot, especially since the Almora is much closer to Adam Jones by the numbers.


And the Cubs still have 5 decent outfielders so Almora will still see favorable match ups.

Thank you for agreeing with my original point.

Everything you wrote is not relevant to that part of the discussion.

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I wasn't arguing about which guy had done more to date. I'm confident in my assessment of their abilities.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Actually everything I wrote is relevant. You continue to ruin your reputation as a baseball poster with this non sense.

Ok, so the Cub fan is talking about what has already happened and the Sox fan is talking about the future and how his guy will improve.

I am not Almoraphile. I think he's a solid MLB starter. A guy who bats 7-9 on a great team.

It was not relevant to Almora being a platoon player, a point which you agreed with. Which also means you agree that if he were a better hitter overall, he would start MANY more games. Don't come at me with this depth bullshit and 1 WAR outfielders that the Cubs have. This is the same team that had Willlllson Contreres in left field at one point because his bat was so valuable to the lineup.

So as I stated earlier, maybe just maybe Almora isn't as solid a player as you and other Cubs fans think he is.

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Again, your failure to recognize the difference between a great team with 5 starting caliber outfielders and a bad team with none is your problem here.

Ill adjust my expectations of your understanding of baseball going forward to avoid this in the future.

No. I'm simply talking about my personal assessment of the players. I think I know who all three guys are and I'm confident one of them is far better than the other two and when the numbers are completed and in the books my assessment will be correct.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don