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  1. 04-29-2009, 05:35 PM #1
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    Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    Since I have no idea what happened to the minor league threads about players and there's no sticky to say what happened to them, I'm starting this thread to talk about Alonso, as I can't find another one that mentions specifically him.

    He's currently tearing it up in the clutch at-bat situation in Sarasota.

    16 RBI's in his last 10 games!!!

    You have to put that in perspective, because it's not like he's seeing great pitches with the struggling Neftali Soto hitting behind him (2 RBI's in his last 10 games), and Alex Buchholz hitting, but not knocking in any runs batting ahead of him (4 RBI's in his last 10 games).

    Alonso is also Slugging .794 in his last 10 games.
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  3. 04-29-2009, 05:37 PM #2
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    No question he is a crazy talent. My question is and always has been: where do you put him?? Votto does NOT want to move. I know its not his choice, but something has to give.
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    Quote Originally Posted by xavr1 View Post
    No question he is a crazy talent. My question is and always has been: where do you put him?? Votto does NOT want to move. I know its not his choice, but something has to give.

    Has Joey actually said that. Since he has played some LF for Reds before.
    You may be right but I was just curious if Joey said it himself.
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    I have never heard that either. Alonso can only play 1B, so when he is ready, Votto will move...because he can!

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  6. 04-29-2009, 06:05 PM #5
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    I'd hardly describe batting .227 for the year as "tearing it up."
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  7. 04-29-2009, 06:11 PM #6
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    Quote Originally Posted by Grande Donkey View Post
    I'd hardly describe batting .227 for the year as "tearing it up."
    Boy, did you miss the point of the thread.

    In what world does a Slugging percentage of .794 and 16 RBI's over the last 10 games not constitue using the words "tearing it up" to describe someone. For what it's worth, he also has an OBP of .400 over his last 10 games.
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  8. 04-29-2009, 06:17 PM #7
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    Wake me up when he does it over a full season at AAA.
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kingspoint View Post
    Boy, did you miss the point of the thread.

    In what world does a Slugging percentage of .794 and 16 RBI's over the last 10 games not constitue using the words "tearing it up" to describe someone. For what it's worth, he also has an OBP of .400 over his last 10 games.
    He's been hitting the ball hard lately but he still isn't hitting for a great average. All I'm saying. Also didn't pay attention to the "last 10 days" part.
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric_the_Red View Post
    Wake me up when he does it over a full season at AAA.
    He'll never spend more than half a season at AAA.
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  11. 04-29-2009, 06:29 PM #10
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    Quote Originally Posted by Grande Donkey View Post
    I'd hardly describe batting .227 for the year as "tearing it up."
    Average has never done much for me. (BTW, he's hitting .294 over his last 10 games.)

    For example, Jacob Kahaulelio is second on the team in average over his last 10 games at .276 and has ZERO RBI's with only 5 runs to show for it. It's not whether or not your hit falls in or not, but when you hit it and whether or not runs are produced as a result of your hits.

    When Justin Reed gets on, Alonso's knocking him in.

    ....and, Votto will do what he's told. He has a long way to go before he's an unrestricted Free Agent.
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    Quote Originally Posted by xavr1 View Post
    No question he is a crazy talent. My question is and always has been: where do you put him?? Votto does NOT want to move. I know its not his choice, but something has to give.
    Tell Votto to STFU and move. He has more athleticism than Yonder and if he lives up to the billing, Yonder will end up being a better hitter than Votto and our offense will end up being world's better with both in the lineup.
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  13. 04-29-2009, 10:38 PM #12
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    Yonder is not ready to be with the Major League Club atm so lets not even worry about this right now.

    Votto is our best hitter right now, but we have people like DT wanting people to "tell Votto to STFU and move". WOW...
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    I seem to recall that Votto said during an interview at RedsFest that he doesnt have any interest in moving but would always do whatever the team need.
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    Quote Originally Posted by xavr1 View Post
    I seem to recall that Votto said during an interview at RedsFest that he doesnt have any interest in moving but would always do whatever the team need.
    He seems like that kind of a guy.
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  16. 04-30-2009, 12:24 AM #15
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    Re: Yonder Alonso tearing it up at Sarasota over the last 10 days.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kingspoint View Post
    He seems like that kind of a guy.
    I agree.
    But I also agree I wanna see what Alonso does in AAA.
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