Those stats are the minor league stats for Albert Pujols.
Those stats are the minor league stats for Albert Pujols.
His high A numbers weren't too shabby in my opinion.
I've been saying for a while now that BH has a chance to surpass expectations. Should be a huge defensive improvement. Then also if he can just work on the little things i.e. bunting he becomes a little more dangerous. Also people need to look at his splits last season. Last season he got off to a miserable start hitting .205 after the first month of the season. Take away the month of april and his stats start looking a bit more respectable. Granted most players you take away the worst month of the season and they have much better numbers, but I think a slow start is probably a fairly common occurrence when a player moves up through the minors.
I agree billie has the best chance to succeed of any CF on the reds roster right now. The Pujols comparison is just a bit off though.
You also fail to mention that all of his minor league stats are from one season (2000) in which he jumped from A-ball to AAA.
His AAA numbers are completely irrelevant considering he only played in 3 games (15 PA).
His overall minors numbers that year through 3 levels were .314/.378/.543 which was enough to merit a spring invite in 2001. Had Bonilla not been injured he most certainly would have started the season in AAA (but probably would have seen an early call up).
I agree, his resume looks like he's a lock, but he's not in yet, and the way the voters are treating players in this era... you never know.
Plus he's got 8 years left on his ridiculous contract. If he plays it out (not likely), he won't even appear on the ballot until 2026.
I say give Hamilton a shot in center and work on the other holes.
Old school 1983 (01-23-2014)
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