Phipps will be in the organization next year. You know things are slow in this forum when this is being made a new thread. It's nice to keep an outfielder with Major League tools even if the odds of him putting them all together are pretty long.
Phipps will be in the organization next year. You know things are slow in this forum when this is being made a new thread. It's nice to keep an outfielder with Major League tools even if the odds of him putting them all together are pretty long.
Wow, I am very surprised. That means Carolina will have a likely outfield of Day, Perez, and Phipps
I like having Phipps as a fourth outfielder for a minor league team, but I'm not sure I'd want him playing everyday. I hope the starting outfield turns out to be Cody Puckett, Felix Perez, and Kyle Day with Phipps as the reserve outfielder.
Puckett may play second for Carolina.
Thinking the same thing...Originally Posted by cinreds21
Playing Puckett at 2B is a much better option for his prospect status than as an OF, especially for Cincinnati. As a corner OF, he's a fourth OF at best, behind Heisey, Sappelt, Bruce, and the plethora of LF candidates/ free agents Jocketty could bring in.
As a CF, he's behind Sappelt, Heisey, and Stubbs, even with Perez, and just ahead of Yorman, LaMarre, and a host of more talented prospects.
As a 2B, he's an 800+ OPS slugger in the mold of Dan Uggla.
He's continually grades out defensively as league average or better at the position. (though, to be fair, I haven't seen him play in person). Even if he's only adequate, his bat should allow his glove to play at the position.
I can see the attractiveness of being able to play multiple spots on the diamond, but, if I'm Puckett, I might ask to focus on the keystone spot.
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