The only thing that matters is
raw home run totals after five minutes of swinging for each participant on both teams.
Also, the totals will be impressive in the context of them being young, but they won't be impressive in the context of
raw home run totals.
Human imperfections have contributed to all kinds of metrics, from inflated strikeout totals for pitchers to higher
home run totals for sluggers.
The hitter with the highest
home run total in each matchup moves on to the next round.
But the point stands: If you're looking for young hitters who are racking up
huge home run totals, you have to look really young.
And remember that Encarnacion will be 34 and posted his lowest OPS + since 2011 (don't be fooled by the glittery league -
leading home run totals.)
There was a chance that he was going to start the season in the minor leagues, and he's putting up Barry
Bonds home run totals instead.
Yesterday, Westgate Superbook in Las Vegas released their individual
player home run totals for the upcoming season.
Grieve will begin the season as the starter in right, and manager Ned Yost believes Grieve can reach his
former home run totals playing at Miller Park.
Stanton got the top seed by virtue of being the defending champion, and the others were ordered
by home run totals through July 4.
Gabrielson is built more like a full - grown Kodiak than a cub and hit some impressive drives in spring training, yet
his home run totals in five years as a pro are not noteworthy.
He was able to increase
his home run total from 26 to 39 by cutting his strikeout rate down by over 8 %, per Fangraphs, and putting more balls in play.
He almost tripled
his home run total from last year, and his defense gets high marks with defensive metrics and the eyeball test.
With many of these statistics likely to normalize, you can expect Bryant to better
his home run total next season... hopefully by a lot.
Considering his Coors Field splits (last season he slugged.617 at home and.464 on the road), any trade would likely kill
his home run total.
The players are seeded according to their current
home run totals, and you can view all four matchups below:
This isn't a large discrepancy, but when you also consider that
his home run total is being overvalued by 2.5, it raises questions whether the former MVP is even worthy of the second overall pick.
While this year's
home run total is down from Bryant's 2016 campaign, he still has over a month to go and could reach a total of 30 if his offense perks up a little for the next few weeks of the season.