Dodger rookies owning it
Much of the talk about the Dodger rookies will be about the back to back to back rookie walk-off home runs this weekend but the Dodger rookies have been banging all year.
Player WAR/pos Year Age PA 2B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Alex Verdugo 2.5 2019 23 250 17 7 32 18 26 .302 .352 .489 .841 Will Smith 0.5 2019 24 24 1 3 6 2 6 .318 .375 .773 1.148 Kyle Garlick 0.4 2019 27 24 2 2 4 2 9 .318 .375 .682 1.057 Matt Beaty 0.2 2019 26 71 4 2 13 2 11 .333 .352 .478 .830 Rocky Gale -0.2 2019 31 15 0 0 0 0 7 .133 .133 .133 .267
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Generated 6/24/2019.
I didn’t realize that Rocky Gale was still considered a rookie given that it seems he’s been around a long time. He’s not banging, but everyone else is. Alex Verdugo is now firmly in the ROY race. Alonso has a full one point fWAR lead on him but he also did that with 70 more plate appearances, and one guy is a 1st baseman, the other is a centerfielder so that gap may continue to close as the season progresses if Verdugo can continue to hit at this level while playing a plus center field.
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- Tagged: Alex Verdugo, Kyle Garlick, Matt Beaty, Rocky Gale, Will Smith