C-Mo goes 8th to the Angels

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So, not to be a downer, but asking this as a baseball relative newby...

Is he having early success because there isn't yet a "book" on him in the minor leagues? Or is there no competitive reason (other than just percentages) that C-Mo couldn't be batting .400 after another month in this league?
 
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BruisedOrange said:
So, not to be a downer, but asking this as a baseball relative newby...

Is he having early success because there isn't yet a "book" on him in the minor leagues? Or is there no competitive reason (other than just percentages) that C-Mo couldn't be batting .400 after another month in this league?
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CMO is just significantly more talented than almost everyone else in A or AA. As he moves up, his numbers will come back down to Earth. SEC baseball in general is better than a lot of the minor league at this point, so he is used to batting against better pitchers.

Hoping he jumps directly from AA to MLB play, as he is on an absolute heater!
 
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VolunteerVandiver said:
CMO is just significantly more talented than almost everyone else in A or AA. As he moves up, his numbers will come back down to Earth. SEC baseball in general is better than a lot of the minor league at this point, so he is used to batting against better pitchers.

Hoping he jumps directly from AA to MLB play, as he is on an absolute heater!
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SEC pitchers are not better than AA pitching. If you’re on a minor league roster it means you’re a professional meaning you’re the best of the best of your peers.
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
SEC pitchers are not better than AA pitching. If you’re on a minor league roster it means you’re a professional meaning you’re the best of the best of your peers.
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Agree completely. Not even close to better pitching than AA. Plus, in general, if a top SEC team played a 138-game season in AA, they would likely go 38-100 at best.
 
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6-4-3 said:
Agree completely. Not even close to better pitching than AA. Plus, in general, if a top SEC team played a 138-game season in AA, they would likely go 38-100 at best.
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There are talent exceptions but across the large sample, 💯
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
SEC pitchers are not better than AA pitching. If you’re on a minor league roster it means you’re a professional meaning you’re the best of the best of your peers.
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I've observed that there are few more "business decisions" made by infielder in AA ball that may not help a pitchers era.
 
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The eighth overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft by the Angels -- who made a quick ascent to Double-A after two appearances for Single-A Inland Empire -- got even hotter when jumping two levels. Moore recorded a multihomer game Friday, marking his second in the past three days for Rocket City and bringing his total to six long balls in seven games.

In AL/NL history, only two players have hit two-or-more multihomer games within their first seven Major League contests: Trevor Story (Rockies) in 2016 and Mark Quinn (Royals) in 1999.

Moore is slashing .548/.576/1.194 in his first seven games across two levels with the highest OPS among hitters drafted in 2024.

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The eighth overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft by the Angels -- who made a quick ascent to Double-A after two appearances for Single-A Inland Empire -- got even hotter when jumping two levels. Moore recorded a multihomer game Friday, marking his second in the past three days for Rocket City and bringing his total to six long balls in seven games.

In AL/NL history, only two players have hit two-or-more multihomer games within their first seven Major League contests: Trevor Story (Rockies) in 2016 and Mark Quinn (Royals) in 1999.

Moore is slashing .548/.576/1.194 in his first seven games across two levels with the highest OPS among hitters drafted in 2024.

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Kind of a tough night for CMo DHing tonight in Chattanooga, although he did ultimately score what turned out to be the game-winning run as the runner who starts on second base during extra innings. Even though I know he was frustrated tonight, I could not be prouder of this guy. We’ll be back for more Moore tomorrow!
 

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CMo went 2 for 5 today and did well at 2B. He looked good today but was still frustrated because he struck out with bases loaded in the top of the 9th and the Trash Pandas ended up losing by 1. I feel for the guy. You’re obviously not going to have a hot bat in every game, but I’m sure it wasn’t lost on him that 85% of the crowd was there to see him. I did manage to get a pic of him levitating near 2B. 😏
 

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I now notice that C-Mo has now tanked as his average has plummeted .414.

Seriously, it's tough when you have a 2 for 5 day and your average drops.

I think the book is out on him now. His SOs have increased this past weel as he had 10. Bringing his total to 15 on the season. He still does not have a lot of walls (3 on the week for total of 5. No HRs this week

On a side note, I see the Tennessee Smokes are up 9 games on Birmingham in 2nd half of season after losing first half by 1/2 game to same Barons. So it looks like the Smokies will have some bonus games in post season for their last season in Kodak. There win percentage in 2nd half is .622. The smokies have 12 regular season home games remaining and 12 road games including series in Huntsville next week.
 
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fryeguy93 said:
I now notice that C-Mo has now tanked as his average has plummeted .414.

Seriously, it's tough when you have a 2 for 5 day and your average drops.

I think the book is out on him now. His SOs have increased this past weel as he had 10. Bringing his total to 15 on the season. He still does not have a lot of walls (3 on the week for total of 5. No HRs this week

On a side note, I see the Tennessee Smokes are up 9 games on Birmingham in 2nd half of season after losing first half by 1/2 game to same Barons. So it looks like the Smokies will have some bonus games in post season for their last season in Kodak. There win percentage in 2nd half is .622. The smokies have 12 regular season home games remaining and 12 road games including series in Huntsville next week.
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He had an incredible start - that simply isn't realistically sustainable. Not even if he was playing rookie ball.

Nowadays, the things that the club are going to be looking for are what's the exit velocity now that he's swinging wooden bats, contact rate and exit velo with two strikes, average on balls in play, etc., and maybe more important is not just how he's adjusting to the pro game, but how is he adjusting to how pitchers are adjusting to him.

I think he's going to be fine, but he's not going to rake AA pitching for a .400-plus average over the long haul, especially given swing and miss is a significant part of his game to create the type of power he generates. A good number of the guys in AA are a heartbeat away from the show. Triple A is not always a destination in between, so he's facing really good pitching on most nights and regression to the mean is inevitable here. Assuming he doesn't get a Sept call up (which would surprise me), if he ends the AA season around .300 but gets somewhere in the 12-14 homerun range that will have been one hell of a pro debut over what's basically a little less than a third of a season for him.
 
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Christian got hurt the other night (knee). Not clear how serious but before he got hurt he had already come back down to earth to a .294 avg with zero homers in the last three weeks. He hit .190 during that span and struck out 23 times in 63 at bats. Clearly the league adjusted. Hopefully he's ok.
 
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UT97Vol said:
Christian got hurt the other night (knee). Not clear how serious but before he got hurt he had already come back down to earth to a .294 avg with zero homers in the last three weeks. He hit .190 during that span and struck out 23 times in 63 at bats. Clearly the league adjusted. Hopefully he's ok.
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Get well soon CMO.
 
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