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No shock here
The only shock is with their farm system is why they wanted him in the first place.
It was a flyer that just didn’t work out. They traded LHP Trey McGough for Jimenez.
McGough was a 24th round pick by the Pirates in 2019. He’ll be 27 in March, and he’s only reached 100 IP in a season once, back in 2021, This year he pitched 81 innings for AA Bowie and AAA Norfolk and Charlotte. After the trade to Chicago, he went 4-2 with a 1.98 ERA. He doesn’t strike many guys out (career high 90 Ks in 2021) so the O’s may not hahve seen him as a potential starter.
Oddly, he managed to balk 6 times this year…not sure what that’s about.
breslow – Agreed, Jiménez pales in comparison to other DH/OF such as Yoshida and certainly isn’t worth the $16.5M. If he doesn’t have a rebound season at the plate next year he will have a hard time reaching his 30’s as an MLB player.
I’ll always like Jimenez not only for his play – when he was able to – but for his playful attitude and for beating the snot out of the cubs, the team that traded him to the Sox.
Yeah,can’t stay healthy but he has a genuine love of the game that makes him a fan favorite. Leads fans in cheers and always takes time to say Hi Mom!
Bad deals by the orioles at the deadline and now they pay an extra 3 mil awful
White Sox covered half the buyout.Failed move for sure.
Their fans thought Eloy was the messiah when Jimenez went 8-for-16 in his first 5 games with the club.
Sox fans and Chicago sports radio did the same. Sports radio hosts and the fan base used this to argue of the Sox’ shameful clubhouse reputation. Then Eloy went back to being Eloy, and the fan base and sports radio easily forgot about him, except for the ones who stopped paying attention a few days after the trade.
Seems like the juiced ball was most beneficial for Eloy.
Yeah, he hit 31 HR in 122 games in 2019, but the “juiced ball” didn’t suddenly go away and cause him to only hit 14 in 2020 and 10 in 2021 (both years he only played 55 games.) and 16 and 18 in 2022 and 2023.
Business Insider found that MLB used two different “types” of baseballs in 2021, and Dr. Meredith Wills of SportsMedia Technology Corp, found that MLB used three diferent “types” of balls in 2022. In 2021, the “goldilocks” ball used in the AS game, playoffs and “multiple” Yankee games resulted in higher exit velos and more offense. In 2022, there were lighter “dead” balls, heavier “juiced” balls and a “goldilocks” ball. The heavier “dead” ball traveled further than the ligher and “goldilocks” ball when hit with the same force.
The dip in power also doesn’t really explain the complete crash of his BA and OBP last year.. Even with last year’s .238/.289/.336 disaster, he’s a career .269/.318/.462 hitter.
si.com/mlb/yankees/news/mlb-multiple-baseballs-202…
Part of the 2017 rebuild which was successful until Reinsdorf blew it to pieces in 2021.
3 million is still plenty good money considering the abysmal production he had last year.
Kind of a silly trade by the Orioles. Seems like they made a deal just to make a deal instead of going and getting a true impact player.
What do you mean? They traded for Trevor Rogers
too one-dimensional of a player cant see him getting much work next year.
Future Angel or Athletic.
Next stop? Some league overseas.
Oft injured goldbrick. His 1 year deal from whoever should be low base and incentives tied to ABs. Ditto Moncada-if they want to resurrect career, stay on the field.
Overrated. Hi mom.
Not so much overrated, he is what he is. Papi without the anger management issues and the roids. Maybe he’ll settle in next to Ozzie and Pods and Frank on White sox postgame
No shock,total flop with O’s.