No way Choo signs for 2 years unless its at $25MM each.
No way Choo signs for 2 years unless its at $25MM each.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
I would actually consider something like that if I was the Reds. Sure, it will hamstring your payroll in the short term, but what holes do we really still need money for in 2013-2014? Extending the pitchers will obviously be the main competition for the dollars.
It keeps the Reds away from paying 15-20M a season for the tail end of a guy's career and gets us his peak years right in the middle of our winning window.
To me, it's worth an extra 5-7M a year to sign him to a short deal. Just the way we're built at the moment, 2/50 makes more sense than 7/135 or something. Then again, it's also not my money.
He's shown an ability throughout the minor leagues to learn and improve. We'll see if he does that here. My guess is he will but it's only a guess. He is not nor ever has been a can't miss prospect
The title of this thread reminds me of the joke folks were making about sports interviews. Talk about a leading question. Right now, one can be doing nothing more than abusing statistics to intimate anything about who Billy Hamilton is based on his current AAA line.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
easy/ panic button pushers: he'll figure it out at AAA. don't jump to conclusions after one month. remember how terrible ludwick was the first two months of the season last year?
Not any more concern than what I had before this year. He is at a new level and I would expect him to struggle probly. I've just had a gut feeling about him not panning out to be what most on here expect him to be. I would love it if he turned out to be a guy that could hit leadoff and get us 50+ steals a year, but he will have to prove it first. Before you blast me Hamilton lovers, look at my post about other players, I'm usually the positive guy, but I'm just not feeling it on this guy!!! Hope he proves me wrong tho.
It was unlikely that Hamilton could stay at SS since when he as drafted. It's actually surprising he stayed there that long.
And you are suggesting that it's looking "increasingly likely" he'll be a sub .320 OBA guy based on one month of a 22 year old at AAA? Unbelievable.
I hope his struggles are based on learning a new position. That problem will be solved soon enough.
Our current organization refused to trade him this offseason. With their track record, I trust their judgement.
One month in AAA doesn't mean a whole lot. Also, he essentially skipped AA for what it's worth.
I'm more worried about our lack of hitting up and down the entire minor league system. Take a look at the stats. It's atrocious.
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