[IBL] Gavin Sheets

[Paul Schneider]

Yes, it is only May, but I would just like to bring up this email that was
roundly ridiculed, mocked, and caused me to feel like Mario Mendoza in a
down year. Sheets is now slashing 270/362/450 on the season for the
Knights, and for at least one month, I feel vindicated. (No, not
really...just venting that I lived through his awfulness last year and
really had no choice but to release him and now he is hitting better than
every guy on my team.) Somehow, being "right" does not have as much luster
when you decide to dump him at the last minute the day of the roster
deadline. If you can't laugh at yourself, the IBL gods are going to eat you
alive.

On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 6:57 PM Paul Schneider <badgermaniac339 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wait....don't delete yet...hear me out. OK, I know he was really bad this
> past year, but here is my pitch for a team that is rebuilding and needs
> some fliers and has the ability to get him his 240 PA usage.
>
> 1. Before this year, he had a 110 wRC+ in two seasons over 700 AB. I don't
> think he has any star potential, but I think he has shown the ability to
> hit MLB pitching.
>
> 2. He is still just 27 years old and on a bad team, so his roadblock to PT
> are not as large as with some teams.
>
> 3. Looking at his numbers, he struck out less than 20% of the time, so his
> bat to ball skills aren't bad. He also suffered some bad ball in play luck
> (.222 BABIP) as well. My stat analysis is that he just stopped driving the
> ball and is getting killed because he is pulling off the ball
> (effectiveness has gone down while pull% has gone up) and I suspect he has
> fallen prey to the launch angle/pull craze and his "adjustments" have made
> him worse.  Why does this matter? Because I think he is a small tweak from
> becoming effective again.
>
> 4. So genius, if you believe in him, why not keep him yourself? Well, the
> short answer is that OF is the strength of my team with 5 keepers already,
> so getting him usage will be incredibly difficult.
>
> 5. After publicly telling many teams I hate him (which isn't altogether
> false) and with him being on my original cut list, I have now decided that
> he is a better bet than the late, late, round player I would get instead so
> I plan to hang onto him, see if he has adjusted, and then try to trade him
> next year if he gets off to a good start.
>
> 6. This is where you come in. If you are a rebuilding team with some
> COF usage space, I will take an 8th round pick for him. I am not delusional
> that he isn't a project, but if you still have a little bit of faith in
> him, a 8th rounder now, with a full year to get him slop time usage may be
> better than paying a 6th or 7th rounder and 1/2 a year of usage time left
> if he returns to what he was two years ago. If you are one of the teams
> picking into the 9th round,the difference between the 8th and 9th may be
> non-existent anyway, so why not take a stab?
>
> So, did I convince you? My lines are now open for business.
>
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