Comments on: Asdrubal Cabrera: I Believe In You

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:36:23 +0000

Yeah, if he doesn’t drop off a cliff he could be a second or third rounder next year. That’s when Bautista went in my league this year. There are never any guarantees, but I wouldn’t reach for him there just yet. If he finishes with a really strong August/September, I may change my mind.

By: Me

Me — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:08:26 +0000

I also targeted Yunel, and I didn’t get him and I got “stuck” with Asdrubal. Not mad at that, but Yunel is good and he is definitely having a nice season in Tor.

By: kab21

kab21 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:32:00 +0000

There doesn’t seem to be a lot of helium regarding Asdrubal yet this year. But even if he has a solid rest of the season I expect him to be way overdrafted next season. But I targeted him with a 10HR/20SB/.280BA upside and I’m happy I did. He’ll exceed the HR’s obviously this year but I’m not sure he’s more than a 10 HR hitter in the future (partially supported by the just enough/lucky data from hittrackeronline).

I also targeted Yunel this year and he is quietly having a very nice season that nobody is noticing. What I like most is that it’s completely sustainable.

By: bonestock94

bonestock94 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:38:45 +0000

4/5 tonight, wow

By: jswede

jswede — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:42:03 +0000

he is called AstroCab in Cleve by some. I like the sound of that better than “Ascab”

By: microwave donut

microwave donut — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:45:44 +0000

14.7% HR/FB in 2011 vs 4.7% and 3.0% the previous two years. If Cabrera is swinging for more power we may be expect him to post a higher rate than what he’s shown in prior seasons, but that YTD number is in Uggla/Longoria range. I just don’t believe Asdrubal has that kind of pop.

The ZiPS ROS projection seems pretty accurate to me. He will still wind up having value, just not like it’s been so far.

By: Dscott

Dscott — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:06:42 +0000

I have always liked this kid, and have owned him the past two years before this, thinking he would get me 15 homers and 10-15 steals at shortstop for a dollar on draft day. This year he is giving me much more than anticipated for the dollar i snagged him at. I wouldn’t sell high on him, he was high on their prospect list and is finally living up and surpassing their expectations of him.
But as the previous poster stated, if you could get Josh Hamilton for him and your middle infield is set, then by all means make that trade.

By: Random Guy

Random Guy — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:11:53 +0000

(Also in Baltimore, Atlanta, Detroit, the South Side of Chicago….)

By: Random Guy

Random Guy — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:09:21 +0000

They should build a monument to Bill Bavasi in Cleveland.

By: TroyPatterson

TroyPatterson — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:49:21 +0000

I don’t buy it yet. If you look at his hit tracker data he has 6 out of 10 home runs that are Just Enough or Lucky. That is the sign of someone hitting over their head.