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Acuna vs Freeman, OPS war watch....now it's personal !!...
Ok, not really, I hear they are friendly teammates and neither probably is giving this much thought.
Still, for the purpose of promoting this soon to be ongoing thread...this is WAR baby.
Current standing.
Acuna OPS - .930
Freeman OPS - .920
Comments
The young whippersnapper is more than holding his own. I wonder how close he might be able to come to a 1.0 OPS. The rest of the Bravos need to quit watching this WAR and start hitting.
Freeman is OVERRATED= I have never seen him hit in clutch situations. He's a good hitter but not situational. Some of the pitches he swings at is ridiculous.
thanks for bringing up this topic. I was thinking about this last night. I'm over Freeman.
I don't know what you're watching.
FF has the best bat control and patience of any Braves hitter other than Chipper I can recall.
If you've never seen him hit in the clutch you should watch more frequently. Check out is BA with runner in scoring position. Not sure how you are defining "clutch". You may mean something different than I am thinking when I hear that term. He has been pretty steady all year...against both righties and lefties.
one great but likely unanswerable question is how many GM's would welcome Freddie over their current 1B guy(s). I would guess a lot.
Most, he isn't a great defensive player though. For some reason our broadcast guys tout him as being a good defender, stats don't support the claim though. I'm disappointed he hasn't made the jump in HRs, he keeps teasing but he still isn't elite in that area.
Freddie has taken a big step back in isolated power , he went from 2.70 last season to just 2.04 right now. That is the only area where Acuna is beating him(2.80), but it's enough to put his OPS a tad higher than FF's.
THIS JUST IN...Braves 4-0 over The Marlins in a 2 hit combined shutout.
In the OPS war Acuna over ran Freeman's forward line to take a .928 to .912 lead while going 2- 5, FF suffered an 0-5 DAY.
Freddie is in a rare slump. Never understand why Snitker doesn’t give him a day off. Just because Freddie doesn’t want to take a day off? Not good enough for me. Sit him for a day.
His power numbers are way down over the summer. It might be an undisclosed injury, something is off.
Clutch situations this year...
2 out RISP.... BA - .295 OBP - .436
Late & close ..... BA - .300 OBP - .403
Tie game..... BA - .346 OBP - .435
1 run games.....BA - .322 OBP - .411
2 run games.....BA - .320 OBP - .406
Freddie is a very tough out when it matters most.
I did wonder about that. He always minimizes injury and, in the past, I think he has been less than forthcoming about some of them. In years past I see the reasoning - no help around him. Thats less true this year. Sit him out a day or two.