I'm betting nowhere. FCB, did you hear about Ryan Freel, big guy, all power. :I am not sure where you get this from.
I'm betting nowhere. FCB, did you hear about Ryan Freel, big guy, all power. :I am not sure where you get this from.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
Stubbs=Podsenik?????
That's not a very good comparison.
Stubbs has immense power potential and better patience. Podsenik has no power to speak of. Podsenik is a huge basestealer. And although Stubbs is very fast, he will never be the basestealer that Podsednik is.
Stubbs has every single tool neccessary tool to be a Mike Cameron player. He's athletic enough, he has a potential gold glove winner, great arm, good patience, poor contact skills, and good power potential.
He's very raw and that's the only question with Stubbs. If everything clicks he could be a very special CF, but as many know the chances of everything clicking is poor. That's the problem with Stubbs. High risk, high reward.
not the epic Chad Motolla
The more and more I continue to read scouting reports on Stubbs, the more I'm disappointed. Surely, given the Reds drafting spot...they could've done better.
Wow. Sounds like someone just needs to just give up and admit their defeat.
No. 1 pick Stubbs pays visit to ballpark
By Hal McCoy
Staff Writer
Sunday, September 24, 2006
CINCINNATI — Drew Stubbs was in Great American Ball Park on Saturday, ostensibly to watch the Cincinnati Reds take batting practice, but when rain washed it away, he stood in the clubhouse talking to writers about his first professional baseball season at Billings (Mont.) in the Pioneer Rookie League.
Stubbs was the Reds' No. 1 draft pick in June out of the University of Texas, and the 21-year-old outfielder hit .252 in 56 games for a team stuffed with .300 hitters that finished first in both halves of the season.
"It was a time of adjustment for me," he said. "Coming out of college, playing three or four games a week, to playing every day. And switching from aluminum bats to wood bats, adjusting to that, that's what I took away from this season."
Stubbs, a speedy defensive outfielder, stole 19 bases, hit six homers and drove in 24 runs.
"I was able to cope with my first year of pro ball and took away a lot from that," he said. "I heard so many stories about pro ball from guys I played with in college, so I had a pretty good idea of what it would be like, and they gave me a pretty accurate description of what it was like."
Of his first year's performance, Stubbs said, "I had to adjust to the grind of playing every day. I know the first couple of weeks it was rough, and you could feel the toll being put on your body. But you could feel the adaptation as the year went on.
"Rather than going in with any statistical goals, I just went in realizing that this is just the start to my pro career and I wasn't going to make the big leagues in my first summer."
Stubbs was scheduled to leave for Sarasota, Fla., today to attend the instructional league for a month.
"I'll get more at-bats and work more on my hitting than defense," he said. "Just a time to get more experience and more at-bats."
My final word on Stubbs for now: He will do well and turn out to be a good draft pick.
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