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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Cannot believe this place didn't blow up today with Butera news!

Dru pitched a perfect inning last night, eleven pitches eight strikes, 1-2-3
He and his Dad have now combined for four scoreless innings pitched.

There's actual talk about making him a pitcher.
After all, he has always hit like one.

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

Revere in 36 games has hit .268 with a .284 on-base percentage. He's walked three times in 142 plate appearances -- that 2.1 percent walk rate ties him for dead last in the majors with Jean Segura and Khris Davis of the Brewers.

Over his last 13 games, Revere has a .196 OBP in nearly 50 plate appearances, all out of the leadoff spot.

Which invites this question: Is he even an everyday player?

Right now, the answer appears to be no. And it's not just because of a bad 13-game stretch. It's because Revere is a below-average defender and has absolutely zero power. When he's not timing the ball and hitting singles, he doesn't do anything else well enough to make up for it.

Revere has no home runs in 1,542 career trips to the plate. No player since 1947 has finished a career with as many PAs as Revere and no homers.

The lack of homers is one thing. But Revere rarely hits a ball down the line or to the gaps with authority. Revere has just two extra-base hits this season and 14 in 478 plate appearances as a Phillie.

I got a kick out of the comments. Phillies fans hate Revere.

http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/ben-revere-does-not-look-everyday-player

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

Revere in 36 games has hit .268 with a .284 on-base percentage. He's walked three times in 142 plate appearances -- that 2.1 percent walk rate ties him for dead last in the majors with Jean Segura and Khris Davis of the Brewers.

Over his last 13 games, Revere has a .196 OBP in nearly 50 plate appearances, all out of the leadoff spot.

Which invites this question: Is he even an everyday player?

Right now, the answer appears to be no. And it's not just because of a bad 13-game stretch. It's because Revere is a below-average defender and has absolutely zero power. When he's not timing the ball and hitting singles, he doesn't do anything else well enough to make up for it.

Revere has no home runs in 1,542 career trips to the plate. No player since 1947 has finished a career with as many PAs as Revere and no homers.

The lack of homers is one thing. But Revere rarely hits a ball down the line or to the gaps with authority. Revere has just two extra-base hits this season and 14 in 478 plate appearances as a Phillie.

I got a kick out of the comments. Phillies fans hate Revere.

http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/ben-revere-does-not-look-everyday-player

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Defensively, Revere has excellent make-up speed -- which is why he is capable of making circus catches -- but he has mediocre to poor instincts and probably the weakest arm in baseball. Revere is incapable of throwing runners out at the plate, not because of a lack of effort, but because he simply has a weak arm. There have been countless examples in his brief tenure as a Phillie where he's caught a ball shallow enough to nab a runner, but he's always tested and the result is almost always the same.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Fun to see Morneau getting in on the fun for the Rockies.
Pretty sweet walk-off homer yesterday.
Good for him. He's a good dude.

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Fun to see Morneau getting in on the fun for the Rockies.
Pretty sweet walk-off homer yesterday.
Good for him. He's a good dude.

Change of scenery has helped him out.

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Fun to see Morneau getting in on the fun for the Rockies.
Pretty sweet walk-off homer yesterday.
Good for him. He's a good dude.

Change of scenery has helped him out.

It seems we think and say that a lot around here.

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ORIGINAL: Stacey King

KC GM Dayton Moore said Thursday morning that Danny Valencia will be the club's primary third baseman while Mike Moustakas is in the minor leagues.
Moustakas was demoted to Triple-A Omaha on Thursday after batting .152/.223/.320 over his first 139 plate appearances.

Valencia has hit .305 with an .863 OPS in 228 plate appearances since the beginning of the 2013 season

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ORIGINAL: Dave E

Mostly because other teams are smart enough to know he can't hit righties, but crushes lefties. Could have worked in a platoon here, but we don't believe in those things.

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

.266 .281 .294


AVG OBP SLG

After today's 4-3 loss, for Philly CF Ben Revere.

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ORIGINAL: Dave E

Who'd we put on the roster when we dropped Hendriks? He might never get it in the bigs, but I'm pretty sure the person we added sucks. Dumb move.

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: Dave E

Who'd we put on the roster when we dropped Hendriks? He might never get it in the bigs, but I'm pretty sure the person we added sucks. Dumb move.

It was to save Eric Fryer.