Rainiel has a 149 wRC+ to Tavares' 155, who did it over 200 more plate appearances. The run environments and baseballs were different (Rainiel is playing in a famously juiced ball era for AA). It's why with slightly lesser counting stats, Tavares has a 6% better wRC+ in the same ballpark.cardsfantx wrote: ↑August 26 26, 3:18 pmhe was about 7 months older than Rodriguez is at AA, and Rodriguez has better OBP and SLG than Tavares had at Springfieldphins wrote: ↑August 26 26, 2:40 pmHe's not performing to the level Tavares did and he doesn't have the carrying tools. He's a good prospect, but I would caution against over projecting him.cardsfantx wrote: ↑August 26 26, 11:17 amNot just a long time? Maybe ever?
his numbers are even better than Pujols, and he's younger than Pujols was
(not saying he's going to be Pujols)
86% contact rate vs. 76% for Rodriguez. Tavares had better exit velo's and batted ball profiles as well.
Both similar ages at AA.
I have no idea what he will become in MLB, but he's def our best hitting prospect in quite sometime maybe ever IMO
and it really sucks we never got to see just what Tavares could have been...like really sucks
Rainiel has a 19.7% K% to Tavares' 10.5%.
Tavares had better exit velo's.
Tavares made far better contact %. Tavares had a swinging strike % of 6.5%! Rainiel is at 12.5%. Contact % is kind of becoming the shorthand version for hitters as K% - BB% for pitchers and Tavares was elite at contact while maintaining his power.
Rainiel has a better batted ball profile. That's not nothing, but it's the only thing he had over Tavares.
Tavares made far better contact, played better defense, far more athletic, ran bases better, actually hit better, and was a lefthanded hitter.
These debates always make it sound like A = Good and B = Bad and I'm not saying that at all. I'm just saying Tavares was a better hitting prospect and easily a better prospect overall.
Do I see Rainiel as a 60 rather than a 55? Probably. I think Tavares was just more of a 60+ or 65.
