2018 Didi Gregorius Performance Thread

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[dannyyankou]

12 walks, only 4 strikeouts so far. He seems to be seeing the ball better.

[-tz]

12 walks, only 4 strikeouts so far. He seems to be seeing the ball better.

He said Boone challenged him to be more selective, and so far he has risen to the challenge.

[Jace]

Tied for the MLB lead in WAR so far, 2nd in MLB in offensive WAR to Bryce Harper (who has a bunch more PAs so far). Doing it with a pretty low BABIP since he barely strikes out, although Harper's is somehow even lower.

[ChinMusic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhI88tg1Gqg

[flymick24]

No one could have seen this coming in 2015, when he was tripping around the bases and swinging out of his shoes... Talk about a player busting through his ceiling

[Rollo_T]

No one could have seen this coming in 2015, when he was tripping around the bases and swinging out of his shoes... Talk about a player busting through his ceiling

Except for the Yankee talent evaluators who urged Cashman to get Didi. They gave up Shane Freakin' Greene for him lol.

[nyyankeefan4life]

Except for the Yankee talent evaluators who urged Cashman to get Didi. They gave up Shane Freakin' Greene for him lol.

yanks needed a shortstop when jeter retired....

[NYYFAN]

He's on pace to hit 54 homers and 172 rbis....

Please extend his contract...

[Snatch Catch]

In his first 3 ABs tonight he's got a BB and a HR, which was hit 109.4 MPH off the bat - I think that's significantly above his norm, and off the top of my head I can't recall ever seeing a harder hit ball from him.

I just looked this up, and that 109.4 MPH exit velo on his HR last night is indeed the hardest hit ball Statcast has ever recorded for him.

[ChinMusic]

yanks needed a shortstop when jeter retired....

They needed a SS long before he retired.

[Jmg32]

Didi was asked to do the impossible, and he's made it look pretty easy.

[StantonJudgeKraken]

Gregorius right now is so underrated. With all the other good Yankee hitters, he's able to quietly lead the league in WAR and hardly gets an inch of print in the papers.

Here is one of the few that I've found that actually points out how hot Didi has been on both sides of the ball.

[fightingirish595]

14 walks already. He’s gotten better every year. I thought he was good enough before last year to be a nice piece in a deal for a very good pitcher.

Watching this guy evolve as a baseball player has been so much fun

[flymick24]

Plate disciple aside, I’ve noticed this season that Didi has stopped choking up so much on his bat... This seems to have partly correlated to his power surge (I’d love if someone could find the screen caps and see when exactly he stopped holding the bat so far from the knob and then match it with his SLG)

[Rollo_T]

Another HR, another sac fly, making the plays at shortstop ... another day at the office for the number 3 hitter.

[ClownPickle]

He could make this offense unfair if he continues.

Should probably throw a number his way soon. Otherwise, you have to sign Machado.

[fightingirish595]

He could make this offense unfair if he continues.

Should probably throw a number his way soon. Otherwise, you have to sign Machado.

DiDi
Mahado

[SatchelPaigeYankee]

It's only 20 games into the season, but he's is 3rd in all of baseball in fwar at 1.5, tied for 5th by bwar

[sweet_lou_14]

No joke, he's probably my favorite Yankee.

Maybe a toss-up between Didi and Judge.

[ChinMusic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhI88tg1Gqg

[ThePinStripes]

He's the real deal.

[ojo]

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[Yanks12009]

Pay the man.