Meant Trumbo-esque. That's the 30 HR pop I've been pumping up. I'm interested in this AAA year......if his K rate drops again...he's the guy I think he is. Watch for that in ST and early in the year.
Raul Mondesi is a bit similar...except his AA K rate was about 24%. Walked just 3% of the time in AA. Didn't hit nearly as well as O'Neill in AA. A Ball was 19% and 5%. AAA was 20% and 4%. Mondesi and O'Neill have the same age arc.
Mondesi was .770-.738-.797 OPS in A-AA-AAA. AAA was in Albuquerque even. But something clicked when he went to LA part way through his Age 22 season. Between then and his age 32 season he was below .794 only once. The key was that his K rate dropped from AA (where it was O'Neill like) to about 16-18%. Even then he was only hitting .280-.309-.449 when he got the call-up.
.271-.331-.485 in the Bigs. 271 HR's. Mondesi was a force for a bit....but wasn't one in Farm Ball. 5'11 and 202. O'Neill is 5'11 and 210.
Trumbo is .251-.303-.473. With 178 HR.
I've had to look some to find many big success stories with Tank's A Ball K rate. Get it down this year....again....3rd year running and I'll breath a bit more deeply.
I'll trust in that.