Breakout player of 2025?? - Page 3

JimEd14 · 01-28-2025, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by nowiamsad

Lawrence Butler

My guy.

Don't sleep on the hot & dry weather in the smaller Sacramento ballpark ... could see him making a push for 30-30.

cardsin47 · 01-28-2025, 12:53 PM

Jackson Holliday - he’s had too many Scouts in the past think he’s the real deal, to not be (hopefully ~ you just never know for sure)

Mazman2727 · 01-28-2025, 04:29 PM

CJ Abrams. Its his time.

ScooterD · 01-28-2025, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mazman2727

CJ Abrams. Its his time.

Would you bet on that?

Jk

fulltritty · 01-28-2025, 04:53 PM

Jasson Dominguez and he's going to bring it home for back to back Yankees ROYs.

PoPCulture · 01-28-2025, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JAM061200

I'm liking Jordan Westburg. Big jump from 2023 in 2024. More to come.

He’s my pick also. He would be viewed as last year’s breakout if he hadn’t missed 1/3 of the season with the hand. His stats were equal to Gunner’s and Adley’s prior to the injury.

PeteD · 01-28-2025, 05:08 PM

Nolan Gorman.

corockies · 01-28-2025, 05:19 PM

Brenton Doyle. He had the quietest 20 hr /30 sb season + his 2nd gold glove in a row for CF in NL last year. The only thing stopping a 30 /30 season is his k rate.

Skipscards · 01-28-2025, 05:28 PM

Roki Sasaki

ottobord · 01-28-2025, 06:29 PM

I do not think the Martian is a bust so I'll pick him. I also think Vladdy will have a big year in his contract season.

duwal · 01-28-2025, 07:22 PM

hitting: Roman Anthony will be loving Fenway Park if they decide he wins an Opening Day roster spot

pitching: Ben Joyce might be able to put it together as an elite closer but how many saves chances will the Angels be able to give him. Main thing HE needs to do is get the walks down more

Yaga · 01-28-2025, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ottobord

I do not think the Martian is a bust so I'll pick him. I also think Vladdy will have a big year in his contract season.

Ya I'm liking these 2 as well

NHRonin · 01-28-2025, 09:09 PM

Triston Casas, if he can stay healthy.

Skipscards · 01-28-2025, 09:15 PM

Not Anthony Rendon

eye4talent · 01-29-2025, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by MiamiMarlinsFan

The “problem” is the gift, my friend. He’ll be playing in a West Coast minor league stadium. The ceiling is the roof.

Sacramento actually isn’t much of a launching pad. The PCL effect is more due to stadiums in Reno, Vegas, SLC, Albuquerque, and El Paso all having mile-high effects. Sacto is at a 26’ elevation.

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JimEd14 · 01-29-2025, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by eye4talent

Sacramento actually isn’t much of a launching pad. The PCL effect is more due to stadiums in Reno, Vegas, SLC, Albuquerque, and El Paso all having mile-high effects. Sacto is at a 26’ elevation.

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Sutter Health Field (Sacto) is a little smaller than the Oakland Coliseum, but the the bigger reasons I can see it being more friendly are the significant drop in foul territory and potentially the weather / heat.

eye4talent · 01-29-2025, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by JimEd14

Sutter Health Field (Sacto) is a little smaller than the Oakland Coliseum, but the the bigger reasons I can see it being more friendly are the significant drop in foul territory and potentially the weather / heat.

Foul territory in Oakland was ridiculous. That’s a good point. Meanwhile, Sutter is very forgiving...

Oakland has pretty nice weather, but Sacramento’s 108-degree days are friendlier to hitters.

Mount Davis was also said to have an adverse effect on travel distance.

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Rbradleigh · 01-29-2025, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Osfan81

I'd go Wyatt Langford, Jackson Holliday and Lawrence Butler. Big problem with Butler will be he's playing in Sacramento. His numbers were solid as a rookie with 20/20. Holliday, I think maybe not an MVP candidate but I can see improving quite a bit from what we saw last year. His defense picked up towards the end of the season. He seems to have the drive to want to hit better too. Langford, I'd bet hits 30 home runs.

Well dang, all Holliday has to do is hit north of .200 and that would be an improvement. I guess if he can go .250 that’d be considered next level.
Did his dad ever go < .250?

Don’t mean to make fun as I’d go 0 for the season.

Galileo77 · 01-29-2025, 05:53 AM

Junior Caminero

premium1981 · 01-29-2025, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by nowiamsad

Lawrence Butler

He was my first thought. The majority of people have no clue who he is. I think that will change this year.

Wyatt Langford is my second pick. A lot of people gave up on him after his slow start. I expect monster numbers this year and he will be one of the hottest players in the card market by summer.

OhioLawyerF5 · 01-29-2025, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Rbradleigh

Did his dad ever go < .250?

We don't know how his dad would have done in MLB at 20 years old because he didn't make the majors until he was 24. That has to mean something in the analysis. You have to remember, Jackson was the developmental age of a low A player, hitting against major league pitchers. Give him time.

Bosoxfan5990 · 01-29-2025, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Skipscards

Not Anthony Rendon

I laughed.

MiamiMarlinsFan · 01-29-2025, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by eye4talent

Sacramento actually isn’t much of a launching pad. The PCL effect is more due to stadiums in Reno, Vegas, SLC, Albuquerque, and El Paso all having mile-high effects. Sacto is at a 26’ elevation.

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This isn’t what I want hear!

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Originally Posted by JimEd14

Sutter Health Field (Sacto) is a little smaller than the Oakland Coliseum, but the the bigger reasons I can see it being more friendly are the significant drop in foul territory and potentially the weather / heat.

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Originally Posted by eye4talent

Foul territory in Oakland was ridiculous. That’s a good point. Meanwhile, Sutter is very forgiving...

Oakland has pretty nice weather, but Sacramento’s 108-degree days are friendlier to hitters.

Mount Davis was also said to have an adverse effect on travel distance.

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There we go! This is better. Feed into my delusions of Fantasy Baseball grandeur when I wildly overdraft Butler…

Gin&Juice · 01-29-2025, 08:24 AM

Hitter- Dylan Crews

Pitcher- Bryce Miller

Drew3000 · 01-29-2025, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by eye4talent

But he only started 26 games (a career high), and fell out of the Cy Young discussion altogether because he wasn’t available down the stretch.

He needs to finish a complete season, strike out 225-250 batters, win a Cy Young, and suggest to people that he’s a Scherzer/Verlander-type for the next decade-plus.

It’s very doable for him. As long as he can stay healthy.

And then he and Skenes can embark on a fun rivalry of NL Central aces.

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CY young is meaningless, it’s a voted on award. So to have a breakout year in your eyes, he needs to just get voting attention? He was the leader in WAR in the NL and tied with Skubal for MLB lead. Literally a metric that said he was the best.

I’ll take Analytics over accolades

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