Since you have watched him a bit, what is with his sb%? Is it a matter of him being too predictable or is he instructed to work on his base stealing in game situations?Originally Posted by dougdirt
based on his minor league numbers he shouldn't steal as often as he attempts to.
I honestly haven't paid enough attention to him when he is on base to say. I am usually focusing on the hitter.
BP/Freel redux....at least when he was in Dayton. In that I mean he is ultra aggressive and mostly relies on pure speed but I believe that is fairly typical for most youngsters until they get up around the bigs when it starts to become important for him to learn the art of base stealing. He's fast but not fast enough to rely strictly on speed.
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Pros: Good speed, makes decent contact, has some discipline
To answer your question I don't even need to add his Cons. Sure he can be a leadoff hitter I think a solid one. He has all the tools a good leadoff hitter has but he really needs to improve his skill in each of these areas to be a consistently solid one. Be substantially more selective at the plate and on the basepaths. Another good full year with Rick Sweet and company and I think he'll be primed and ready I think. He'll likely be up sooner than that though, heck he is Dusty's type of player so he may end up on the opening day roster. Not that I think he is ready for it but I suspect he will do well enough in spring training to get some consideration.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
If your comparing him as a Carl Crawford kind of guy I will take that 6 days a week and 3 times on Sunday. Crawford is one of the elite players in the game. If Francisco takes over at third and if Bruce can really develop to better consistant power number then your 3,4 could be taken care of. so 3 votto, 4, francisco and 5 bruce then he wouldn't have to put up tremendous power numbers.
Carl Crawford with Less Power, oh and less Steals... Possibly 20-30 is what he said, so he is not like Crawford other than he plays Left Field.
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