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I'd just like to know where the Morel from the last 6 weeks of 2011 and the Adam Dunn from ST and the first two games of the season went?

 

Adam's 2 for his last 17, saw 30 pitches yesterday and didn't put one in play, sigh.

 

Morel's numbers would look a BIT better if you gave him a hit instead of an error the other day in CLE. And he did contribute positively with an RBI single and a well-placed bunt, his 2nd in 2 consecutive games.

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Gordo looks completely lost up there. I hate his stance, his swing, everything he is doing up there.

 

This is a 180 degrees difference from when he came up. Short, quick, relaxed, thinking right center on his swing. It was amazing to watch, really. I thought we were going to have a perennial all star at second base for 10 years in him.

 

I had high hopes for him coming back this year without Walker etc but when I see the whole stance and swing it looks like he has no chance up there. Just awful.

 

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QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 03:58 AM)
I cannot recall a player coming up in his rookie year, looking SO good, and falling off like this to where he is now. Ever.

Joe Charbenaeu (sp?) Was rookie of the year for Cleveland in 1980. He was so bad the next 2 years, he was out of the major leagues for good in 2 or 3 years.

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At what point do you send him down to AAA and have him totally revamp his swing? I was all for giving him one more full season to prove himself, but now I'm thinking spending some down time in Charlotte without the pressure of immediate results may do him some good. Not saying we should make the move now, but if he keeps this up throughout the rest of April and into May it must be considered. The good news if we go this route is we have a guy at AAA (Tyler Kuhn) who can take Beckham's spot on the roster and who can compete with Lillibridge for playing time at 2B.

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QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 06:56 AM)
At what point do you send him down to AAA and have him totally revamp his swing? I was all for giving him one more full season to prove himself, but now I'm thinking spending some down time in Charlotte without the pressure of immediate results may do him some good. Not saying we should make the move now, but if he keeps this up throughout the rest of April and into May it must be considered. The good news if we go this route is we have a guy at AAA (Tyler Kuhn) who can take Beckham's spot on the roster and who can compete with Lillibridge for playing time at 2B.

 

Kuhn is exactly the same age as Beckham, and also had a stellar university career. Last year made people really take note of him, and he is off to another good start.

I'd be very interested to see how he would adjust to MLB pitching.

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Fernando Vina also comes to mind, but his career was wrecked by injuries, too, not just Beckham's psychological "malaise."

 

The question with Kuhn is how many more runs would he give up defensive, compared to the possible offensive payoff? Can he really put up a 700-725 OPS at the major league level?

 

If he can, it's probably enough to offset Beckham's 575-625 OPS.

 

But that's a big if. Clearly, KW isn't convinced or he would have protected Tyler. If he (Kuhn) can have a career like Aaron Miles or Joe McEwing, I'd be elated.

 

Tyler has an 804 career OPS in AA and 773 in AAA.

 

He started out almost at 1000 OPS with Great Falls and struggled more in Kannapolis and Winston-Salem, but was still promoted to BIRM the following year.

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Beckham's swing looked butter smooth on the drive he roped foul in today's game - almost akin to the path he was taking in 09... Then again, it was a foul ball.

 

Maybe a faint reason for hope.

 

Get it done Gordon - just kill it. Start slaying the ball and forget the ladies for now. :P

 

Green: Maybe if the coaching staff locked him in his cup for the season he'd start hitting again.

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His approach/swing are as bad as ever. Beckham's O-swing% (percent of pitches swung at outside the strike zone) has gone up dramatically each year he's been in the big leagues. I still think the talent is there, but he needs a ton of coaching before he becomes half the offensive player we hoped he'd be after the '09 season.

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QUOTE (hi8is @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 08:45 PM)
Beckham's swing looked butter smooth on the drive he roped foul in today's game - almost akin to the path he was taking in 09... Then again, it was a foul ball.

 

Maybe a faint reason for hope.

 

Get it done Gordon - just kill it. Start slaying the ball and forget the ladies for now. :P

 

Green: Maybe if the coaching staff locked him in his cup for the season he'd start hitting again.

 

Well, the first sign of recovery would be quality contact on foul balls so we'll see. I'm not holding my breath.

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QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 08:21 PM)
Well, the first sign of recovery would be quality contact on foul balls so we'll see. I'm not holding my breath.

This year is no doubt a make or break for beck.

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I don't think that guy is ever coming back. At least not with the Sox... Thank God the glove is stellar or he'd be completely useless. As opposed to being only completely useless at the plate.

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