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    Re: Dang Doug

    Quote Originally Posted by Plus Plus View Post
    Wasn't Kearns drafted as an OF while Frazier was drafted as a SS? Much easier to go down the spectrum than it is up it.

    Why can't Frazier be a better version of Mark DeRosa?
    I think that is his exact future. Valaika's too.
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    Re: Dang Doug

    Quote Originally Posted by Oxilon View Post
    Oh no, not this method again. Trying to plug round pegs into square holes isn't the issue. I'm getting flashbacks to the Reds trying to convert Austin Kearns to a thirdbasemen.
    I think the axiom is that a place will be made at a position that the player has experience. It doesn't always have to mean that the guy will have to learn a new position, although it may evolve into that. However, as a prime example, Albert Pujols butchered 3B and LF before they found a home for him at 1b, and even has become an above average first baseman in the process. Very few guys with plus bats will be such a liability in the field that they are not worth the bother. That's what the 4 corners of the field are for.

    BTW, I am in no way comparing Frazier and Pujols as offensive comps, simply addressing the broad category of "plus bat with questions on position"
    Last edited by traderumor; 07-03-2009 at 01:25 PM.


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