June 25, 20196 yr 37 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said: Still young enough to where we can give him another year or two. But I wish he would hit for some more power too. Why just another year or two? We should give up on him if he doesn't improve in a year or two? Let him go? The guy had a .781 OPS in his age 21 season at a level where most were older than him.
June 25, 20196 yr 27 minutes ago, HeHatesShe said: Why just another year or two? We should give up on him if he doesn't improve in a year or two? Let him go? The guy had a .781 OPS in his age 21 season at a level where most were older than him. I mean, I agree. Trying to sound more positive than the people who have completely written off (aka the people who still complain about the Robertson and Kahnle deal). Edited June 25, 20196 yr by soxfan2014
June 25, 20196 yr I had missed in futuresox AZL writeup that Bryan Ramos went straight to AZL and is there as a 17 year old. Here's to hoping he can be successful.
June 25, 20196 yr I still just think Rutherford is Ryan Sweeney all over again. Sweeney was a good MLB fourth OFer, and nothing more. Sweeney went to Winston-Salem at 19, less than a year after getting drafted out of high school, and had a miserable start. He bounced back to hit .283, but had a sub .100 ISO, just like Rutherford. Sweeney's career MLB line was .276/.333/.380. I wouldn't be shocked if Rutherford did that, and I also wouldn't be overly thrilled with that. He'd be better than the likes of Tilson and Cordell and that's about it.
June 25, 20196 yr 13 minutes ago, danman31 said: I still just think Rutherford is Ryan Sweeney all over again. Sweeney was a good MLB fourth OFer, and nothing more. Sweeney went to Winston-Salem at 19, less than a year after getting drafted out of high school, and had a miserable start. He bounced back to hit .283, but had a sub .100 ISO, just like Rutherford. Sweeney's career MLB line was .276/.333/.380. I wouldn't be shocked if Rutherford did that, and I also wouldn't be overly thrilled with that. He'd be better than the likes of Tilson and Cordell and that's about it. Sweeney is the natural comp. Although, I think it's really surprising that Sweeney didn't ever develop any power. You just can't teach that pretty of a stroke. If Rutherford makes it as a 4th OF, that's a success imo.
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