Re: BILLY HAMILTON

[Driver62]

So tell me again how much better a hitter Shebler is than Hamilton. He is 1 for the season as is Winker and Votto is hitting under .200. They added different players like Kemp and Puig and still get the same results.

Before anyone jumps on me for not being a true fan, I started following the Reds back in 1947 so that's before most of you were born and probably before some of your parents were born. I also played the game until I was 58 and my knees gave out. I know baseball but some of the so called experts on here will bash me and I don't care. I know bad baseball when I see it and you should too.

So bash away.

[Powel Crosley]

How much better is Senzel than Hamilton?

[Sea Ray]

So tell me again how much better a hitter Shebler is than Hamilton. He is 1 for the season as is Winker and Votto is hitting under .200. They added different players like Kemp and Puig and still get the same results.

Before anyone jumps on me for not being a true fan, I started following the Reds back in 1947 so that's before most of you were born and probably before some of your parents were born. I also played the game until I was 58 and my knees gave out. I know baseball but some of the so called experts on here will bash me and I don't care. I know bad baseball when I see it and you should too.

So bash away.

The back of Schebler's baseball card says that he is a better hitter than Billy H but I agree that thru week 1 of this season, Scheb is no better than most pitchers offensively

[Tracy Jones]

So tell me again how much better a hitter Shebler is than Hamilton. He is 1 for the season as is Winker and Votto is hitting under .200. They added different players like Kemp and Puig and still get the same results.

Before anyone jumps on me for not being a true fan, I started following the Reds back in 1947 so that's before most of you were born and probably before some of your parents were born. I also played the game until I was 58 and my knees gave out. I know baseball but some of the so called experts on here will bash me and I don't care. I know bad baseball when I see it and you should too.

So bash away.

I loved Billy. I loved watching him play, and give interviews. He’s a fantastic outfielder.

With that said, he’s a dreadful hitter. Schebler is much better. So is most everyone. You can make an argument that Billy is more valuable because of his defense and base running, but there’s no question that Schebler is the better hitter.

[Spanky]

So tell me again how much better a hitter Shebler is than Hamilton. He is 1 for the season as is Winker and Votto is hitting under .200. They added different players like Kemp and Puig and still get the same results.

Before anyone jumps on me for not being a true fan, I started following the Reds back in 1947 so that's before most of you were born and probably before some of your parents were born. I also played the game until I was 58 and my knees gave out. I know baseball but some of the so called experts on here will bash me and I don't care. I know bad baseball when I see it and you should too.

So bash away.

Billy Hamilton career OPS .629
Scott Schebler career OPS .772
That's why Schebler is a better hitter than Hamilton. Mediocre but still better than Billy.

[OhioRiverBarge]

Billy is the worst hitting CF I've ever seen. He looks like he's swinging a wet noodle.

[HammerTime]

So tell me again how much better a hitter Shebler is than Hamilton. He is 1 for the season as is Winker and Votto is hitting under .200. They added different players like Kemp and Puig and still get the same results.

Before anyone jumps on me for not being a true fan, I started following the Reds back in 1947 so that's before most of you were born and probably before some of your parents were born. I also played the game until I was 58 and my knees gave out. I know baseball but some of the so called experts on here will bash me and I don't care. I know bad baseball when I see it and you should too.

So bash away.

I love how we are using 5 games batting averages to prove your point about Billy Hamilton. Mean while Hamilton is mashing .182/.217/.182


As for you original question, he's a lot better hitter than Hamilton.

[TheBigLebowski]

We all desperately wanted Billy to be a hitter, because he is so much fun to watch and plays an incredible CF. But he's not a hitter and never will be.

[NebraskaRed]

The Royals will soon find out what the Reds learned. Billy can't hit, can't bunt, is pretty amazing defensively, and is pretty good at stealing bases if he ever gets on base.

That's who he is.

[Kinsm]

Billy Hamilton career OPS .629
Scott Schebler career OPS .772
That's why Schebler is a better hitter than Hamilton. Mediocre but still better than Billy.

In addition

BHam was going to make more than 6M$ via arb
Schebler is making less than 1M$

That money went to Iglesias, Dietrich, and Duke.

[redsfan30]

Respectfully, as you've been following baseball since 1947, you would probably agree with the fact that 25 plate appearances a season does not make.

There is no metric, nor set of eyeballs that will say Billy Hamilton is a better hitter than Scott Schebler. Better overall player?? With what Billy brings as a defender and a base runner, that's an argument worth getting into. But as a pure hitter, Hamilton is in a bad class of his own.

[faffy42]

Id take hamiltons defense in CF and base running over scheblers bat. Not every player 1-8 can hit lights out...thats why hamilton is your #8 hitter.

[RED VAN HOT]

IIRC, DW said the decision to non-tender Hamilton was tough to make. I would love to have been a party to that discussion. I'm guessing it involved Senzel's ability to learn the position, the potential for signing Pollock, and Schebler's ability to fill in as a backup plan.

[Ron Madden]

Scott Schebler is about a league average hitter.
Billy Hamilton has never been or will ever be as good of a hitter as Scott Schebler.

I don’t care how good he is in CF or on the base paths.

Hamilton’s bat will hurt his club more often than his defense will help.
He would have to make an outstanding catch almost every inning

[JFLegal]

6 games is more than 1/3 of the season, so you have a great point.

wait, this isn't football. let's see how the other 156 games go.