Nick Ahmed named NL Player of the week.

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I thought I would drop this off here.

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Nick Ahmed is now producing at the plate

Nick Ahmed has never been in the big leagues because of his bat. Among 243 players with at least 1,000 plate appearances spanning from the All-Star break in 2016 to the All-Star break in 2019, his wRC+ of 80 ranked 227th. His glove is what kept him in big league lineups, as his total defensive value in that time ranked 30th among that group.


Last season he reached a career high in games and plate appearances being in the role of the Diamondbacks primary shortstop. Thanks to his career-high 84 wRC+, he showed that he could be a serviceable, but rather unspectacular player at the big league level, putting up 1.7 fWAR in a full-season, another career-high.

It was the same story in the first half of 2019. Once again in the role of the Diamondbacks starting shortstop, he hit his way to an 86 wRC+, showing an aggressive profile with decent contact skills and little power at the plate. He struggled to consistently make hard contact and hit the ball into the ground at a non-ideal level.

https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2...ona-diamondbacks-power-plate-offspeed-pitches
 

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Once upon a time, we all said, if only he could hit a steady .270.

And against righties. And with a little power.

To go with his amazing defense.

'Happy to see some good news.
 

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Once upon a time, we all said, if only he could hit a steady .270.

And against righties. And with a little power.

To go with his amazing defense.

'Happy to see some good news.
Back then we were all saying .240 and his awesome defense.
 
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