27 minutes ago, danman31 said:

This is undeniably true, but look at what Luis Gonzalez did last year in W-S: .313/.376/.504, 9.4 BB%, 16 K%

Walker: .268/.347/.436, 10.8 BB%, 16.2 K%

They both joined W-S after midseason promotions in their first full seasons of pro ball and were 22. I definitely have Walker above Gonzalez right now, but I'm a bit scarred by W-S performance after seeing everyone fall on their face in AA this year.

Don't you think Walker has more ability than Gonzalez though. I think we tend to look at results over talent too much. 

8 minutes ago, TaylorStSox said:

Don't you think Walker has more ability than Gonzalez though?

Not necessarily disagreeing with you, but what are you basing that off of?

12 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said:

Not necessarily disagreeing with you, but what are you basing that off of?

Just based on the videos I've seen. Walker looks like he's more talented. Gonzalez looks like more of an overachiever. 

6 hours ago, bmags said:

Hey if you haven't read the mvp machine I'd really recommend it, it has a few stories on fixing the yips for players. 

You just need to go play shortstop! 

Just now, Y2Jimmy0 said:

You just need to go play shortstop! 

Or turn off the lights!

oh wait that didn't work.

6 minutes ago, bmags said:

Or turn off the lights!

oh wait that didn't work.

The authors actually made me empathize with Trevor Bauer 

11 hours ago, TaylorStSox said:

Don't you think Walker has more ability than Gonzalez though. I think we tend to look at results over talent too much. 

Yeah, like I said, I have Walker ahead of Gonzalez now. I'm just saying I don't really know what to make of Walker's performance given all those W-S guys from last year have really struggled in Bham. I thought Gonzalez was for sure a big leaguer. I'm not sure what his ceiling is/was, but I thought his floor was a good 4th OF/below average everyday player. I think I missed on that.