southsider2k5

Y does kyyle have two y's?

You are back to normal Fox Mulder.

I wonder if we see a SP moved for a 3B in the minor leagues.

It looks like Jason restored your original user name.

Maybe we should start making the reactions public?

This seems obvious to me. The way to take less third strikes is to swing at them. While he will still miss some, a percentage of those pitches will turn into balls in play. Even if that number is super-small at say 20%, with as many times as he has taken a third strike, that is a significant bump up for his hitting numbers (BA/OBP/SLG etc) which is he currently getting zeros for, and it also takes a big chunk out of his K%. The kid could literally push to an .800 OPS player by swinging at more pitches close to the strike zone, and nothing else.

In a deep farm system it is harder to keep limited players around as long.

This is a great discussion. The fun part is, there is no right answer. The answers are years down the road when we see if Eloy needed the extra development time, and if he decides to split town or extend to stay here for the long term. For my two cents with the struggles that we have seen, I have no problem risking an extra year of control to get some of these kids here and exposed to the major league level so as to learn on the job.

<Alen Hansen

Now this is a good and well thought out post.

I like how you handwave away anything with stats or evidence from history for basically 1 stat, for some imaginary standard. This is a guy in his very first full season in the majors and you are already quitting on the guy in favor of Alen Hansen. It is just the height of absurdity.

Don't screw up this thread too.

This was his 1st full season. You don't know that yet.

Then you are using the statistics wrong.

Kyle Schwarber plays 2b?