The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1280 – Assessing the Weekend’s Injury Carnage
4/8/24
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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS
- Shane Bieber out for the year
- Spencer Strider likely to follow
- Shallow: Tanner Houck, Logan Allen, Luis Gil, Seth Lugo, Max Meyer
- Deep: Spencer Turnbull, Cody Bradford (short-term), Graham Ashcraft, Alec Marsh
- Trevor Story out a while w/shoulder injury
- Shallow: Jackson Merrill, Ceddanne Rafaela, Ezequiel Tovar, Brice Turang, Oswaldo Cabrera
- Deep: Jose Caballero, Blaze Alexander, David Hamilton
- Luis Robert Jr. facing lengthy absence w/hip flexor strain
- Shallow: Merrill, MJ Melendez, Brenton Doyle
- Deep: Will Brennan, Jake McCarthy, Gavin Sheets, Bubba Thompson (4 SBs)
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Ceddanne Rafaela concern I think is with poor contact, not strikeouts. It’s how his O-Swing% can be 49.3% (~50% above average) but his Contact% is 76.3% (slightly above average). He hits everything. Ceddanne just needs to start hitting more balls inside the zone instead of outside.