With Stubbs' skills, the worst he can be is a fourth outfielder. If he lives up to his potential, I think he'll consistently surpass an .800 OPS every year. If not, I still think he'll be around .750.
With Stubbs' skills, the worst he can be is a fourth outfielder. If he lives up to his potential, I think he'll consistently surpass an .800 OPS every year. If not, I still think he'll be around .750.
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I think Stubbs' potential or lack thereof will be far more apparent next year than it is now. I'm willing to give him a full season sans injury.
That said, he hasn't impressed me at all outside of his ability to work a walk and his defense (which is based solely on hearsay, as I've never seen him play). He was quite underwhelming last year, but I suppose it could have just been getting used to hitting with wooden bats.
I'm not too optimistic, but I hope he proves me wrong.
Last year they didn't call it 'turf toe', but it was a toe injury. Here is a link to a thread that discusses last years injury.
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If you expect Stubbs to be the eight-best player out of the draft, I don't think it's fair because drafts never have and never will work out that way. But if you expect him to be the average #8 pick, then I think you're being fair. The thing is, here are the players who were signed as the #8 pick overall since 1990 (I omitted the most recent years because it's too early to know how they'll perform as Major Leaguers):
Tim Costo
Pete Janicki
Kirk Presley
Todd Walker
Todd Helton
Chad Green
J.J. Davis
Felipe Lopez
Bobby Bradley
Matt Wheatland
John VanBenschoten
As you can see, it won't take much at all for Stubbs to be one of the more successful players drafted in his slot. Personally, I think he'll be very successful by comparison (and all that would take would be for him to be an everyday center fielder for a Major League team).
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