I wish the Rays' announcers would offer some ideas/opinion/onions about WHY the Rays traded Jepsen to the Twins. I don't get it. Can someone lay it on the line for me?
“I suppose it is out of laziness that the world is the same day after day. Today it seemed to want to change. And then anything, anything could happen.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
11 walks in 338 plate appearances will not get it done. His combined OBP in AA and AAA is .303. I suspect he'll be sent down to AAA next year for seasoning.
BABIP rules out home runs. The formula is: (H - HR) / AB - K - HR + SF) So it has nothing to do with balls hit out of the park. It's about what stays in the park. (that's my interpretation, anyway)