Devin Mesoraco is 1-for-1 with a single in his first atbat.
Devin Mesoraco is 1-for-1 with a single in his first atbat.
Not sure if there has been discussion anywhere, but is there a chance Mesoraco has found some cream or lotion since last year? I dont' recall seeing a player improving their OPS by .300 over their previous year.....while moving higher up.Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine
Havent' seen him in person, but curious what the minor league experts think.
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Mesoraco triples in his second atbat. He's now 2-for-2 with a triple.
He's healthy, VR. No more bad thumbs. No need to think the worst.
3 years of bad thumbs?
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High school catcher from a cold weather state. It takes HS catchers a while to develop, especially when you factor in he played in a cold weather state and didn't get a chance to play in as many games as a kid from Florida or California.
I'm all for it, just seeing if there has been any speculation before. Does any other player come to mind that has had that type of improvement over a 3 yr career trend like that?
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Two thumbs up!
It happens all the time.
Awesome....names?
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Carlos Santana was a catcher who did it almost exactly like Mesoraco.
Age 21 in A ball .688 OPS
Age 22 in A to AA ball .999
First one off the top of my head.
I'm seeing
.823
.815
.688
.999
Two good years, one horrible, one great.
Horrible horrible horrible, great is Mes.
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That's what the team has said.
He repeated high A ball to start the year, and crushed to a tune of 1.035 OPS in 158 at-bats, so he had success at A ball this year building on last year. He has now carried that to AA.
Seriously, VR, check out the Mes threads in the minor league forum. A lot of this has been hashed over. He has comps. Including comps who started slowly and then caught fire. One comp is uber-prospect Carlos Santana. Given the nature of the position he plays, and how hard the defense is to get right, this is not as rare as it would seem.
I know it may not be rare, but would like to know others that you guys have seen. Santana had good years, then dropped off, then bouned back.
Mes was out of nowhere.
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