Lucas Elliot

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

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[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @SeamusTaylor50 @triplef02 I had Mayer & Campbell in my dynasty league until this offseason so I feel your pain there.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @SeamusTaylor50 @triplef02 All 30 MLB teams employ staff with Driveline background now I just read. Oof.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @SeamusTaylor50 @triplef02 For the most part I agree with you on Driveline. If I could avoid sending my guys there I would. However, there are the occasional guys like Jordan Walker this year who went there this past offseason who it works for.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @CaptPat48 He is 20. With 380 Double-A PAs and 5 Triple-A PAs. Let him develop. Prospects so rarely reach their full potential, why rush him? Let him actually play at AAA against the same ball as MLB for the first time.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @CaptPat48 You would start .233 AVG, 10 HR Caleb Durbin at 3rd over Mead? By your own likes in a player with avg and HRS, Mead is better than him and a year younger.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @CaptPat48 I agree that Arias will be better, but you know he can't cover all 4 infield positions at once, right?

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @CaptPat48 Curtis Mead best prospect ranking was #36 by Baseball America. Ortiz's was #86 by the same source. They are both still potential at age 25 and 1000 PAs or less for either of them. I'm just saying step back, and realize even Big Papi was still progressing at 25.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet Also was Ortiz in the Hall of Fame at 25 after 38 career home runs in 1000 PAs? No? Then can you stop acting like he was a sure thing after his age 25 season.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @CaptPat48 I'm not saying he's going to. I am saying that he is having a better season and more potential than you want to give him credit for. He is having a better age 25 season than the player you want him to be, while carrying higher defensive potential as well.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @CaptPat48 He played 278 games at first out of 2,408. Be real.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet You said because Mead's avg was .256 and he only has 17 HRs, he's not good. but he's playing better than big papi at the same age season who had a worse .avg and same power output.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet For context, you said you would only be happy with this trade if he turned into Big Papi. I'm pointing out that at the same age, MEad is having a better season while aslo playing three infield positions.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @CaptPat48 Can you expand your view past your dick for five minutes please? Take away the names. Would you prefer a DH who hit .236 with 18 HRS in 340 PAs at 25, or the multi position infielder who hit .256 with one less HR in 20 less PAs.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @CaptPat48 Would Big Papi not have been more valuable if he could play 3 infield positions 90% of the time. instead of one, less than half the time.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @CaptPat48 In his age 26 season, Big Papi had 466 PA, an .839 OPS with 20 HRs. Again a year younger, Mead has three less home runs in 140 less PA and a better OPS. Mead currently has 19.2 PA per HR, so if we divide Papis 466 by 19.2 we get 24 HRs Mead is on pace for if he get the same PAs.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @CaptPat48 In his age 25 season, Big Papi had 347 PAs, hit .234 with 18 HRs and a .799 OPS while only starting 7 games at 1st, and the rest coming at DH. In Mead's age 25 season he has had 327 PAs, hitting .256 with 17 HRs and an .856 OPS while having 61 starts at 1B, 2B or 3B.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@SeamusTaylor50 @CivilServantRet @triplef02 I don't think this guys even knows what an underlying metric is. Thanks for talking some sense to him.

[Lucas Elliot @LucasElliot1622]

@CivilServantRet @odog92 In his age 25 season, Big Papi hit .234 with 18 HRs with 347 PAs on the season. In Mead's age 25 season, he is hitting .256 with 17 HRs through 327 PAs