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Regarding the Mets signing JD Martinez...

I wouldn't expect 33 HR.
His K rate jumped up a lot last year. He's 36 now and the decline could come fast and hard.

I don't think he's going to be terrible at the plate. But he's probably not that big of an improvement over what Vogelbach gave you last year.
I do agree that he came cheap and only for 1 season. That's the silver lining.

Or who knows? Maybe he's on the juice and he flourishes as a DH in his late 30s like David Ortiz.

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Remote said:
Regarding the Mets signing JD Martinez...

I wouldn't expect 33 HR.
His K rate jumped up a lot last year. He's 36 now and the decline could come fast and hard.

I don't think he's going to be terrible at the plate. But he's probably not that big of an improvement over what Vogelbach gave you last year.
I do agree that he came cheap and only for 1 season. That's the silver lining.

Or who knows? Maybe he's on the juice and he flourishes as a DH in his late 30s like David Ortiz.

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He’s on the juice for sure
 
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Remote said:
Regarding the Mets signing JD Martinez...

But he's probably not that big of an improvement over what Vogelbach gave you last year.
I do agree that he came cheap and only for 1 season. That's the silver lining.



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Projections for JD Martinez are not great.
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Vog hit .233 with 13 HR's and 48 RBI's tho :gucci:

JD's gonna have those numbers and a higher BA by the All Star break. :shaq:

There's a good write up on JD tho.. so you're not totally wrong I dont think.


Martinez, 36, was the best unsigned offensive player. After signing a $10MM free agent deal with the Dodgers last offseason, he earned his sixth All-Star nod amidst a 33-homer campaign. That was his highest home run total since 2019, while his .271/.321/.572 batting line was also his best overall offensive production in four years. Martinez hadn’t been a bad hitter over the intervening three seasons, but last year’s work was a step up from the cumulative .269/.336/.469 slash he had posted in his final three seasons with the Red Sox.

Strong as that production was, it didn’t come without red flags. Martinez’s pure contact skills regressed as his profile became more dependent on power. He struck out in more than 31% of his plate appearances, the highest rate of his career. Martinez made contact on a below-average 67.5% of his swings, the first time that he whiffed on more than 30% of his cuts.

That’s not a problem so long as he continues to destroy the ball when he does make contact. Martinez certainly did that last season. More than 54% of his batted balls came off the bat at 95+ MPH. That’s his best hard contact percentage since Statcast began tracking in 2015. The huge exit velocities manifested in Martinez’s slugging production.
 
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Chris Sale is a top 10-15 pitcher if he's healthy all year.
That's a big IF.
 
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