Well, Ozzie said about the same thing about Alexei. it's his job to say it.

He is just lowering the expectation for young Viciedo. You have a 19 year old who out of nowhere became a millionare in America. This is just after Viciedo left Alcatraz Cuba. The Sox should move him slowly. The Instructional Leagues are over by now. Right? I wish Viciedo play a few games in the Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico just to get some at bats. You tell him take it easy because we do not want an injury now.

I just wanted to say that I am so pleased to have Cubano providing us with so much info on this board. So thanks again Cubano!

Holy crap, I just watched some video of Dayan on youtube, the finish of his swing looks JUST like Uribe's

Holy crap, I just watched some video of Dayan on youtube, the finish of his swing looks JUST like Uribe's

 

thats not exactly comforting

thats not exactly comforting

Check it out. His pull heavy swing on you tube and low finish with his body looks like Uribe.

I don't know it looks a lot like Dye's finish to me.

 

Viciedo Press Conference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kliPAlcR5Ys...feature=related

 

 

Viciedo Intro: Music from Orishas, a Hip Hop Cuban trio. One lives in Spain, another in Italy and the other in France. They said bye bye to the Cuba Taliban long time ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNbklDEJFlE

 

HR

 

Hit

 

 

HR vs the Wasps

 

 

 

 

 

that last video is pretty good. he looks strong like bull!

Damn that last HR video that swing looked pretty f'n sweet

I don't know it looks a lot like Dye's finish to me.

 

Agreed. At least as much like Dye as Uribe.

glad i'm not the only person who thought his homerun swing looks very similar to dye's, not a bad thing (it's my fav. swing in all of baseball)

In that first home run video, it looks like he got a pitch that he flew open on and jumped all over. Because he got the pitch he wanted, he was just able to crush it. Down and in. The reason he didn't hold his balance there (the part that made it look like a Uribe swing) was the position of the pitch. To pull that down the line with that kind of power you have to be quite a bit out in front of it, and it's going to be hard to hold balance on that.

 

In the hit and the 2nd home run video, his technique looks a lot better. He stays back on the ball as its coming in, puts a good solid swing on the ball, and there's no Uribe like flailing in those. I'm not sure about his timing mechanism, there is something of a hitch there that could be a little slow (a-la Fields) but it's hard to tell until he faces a legit MLB fastball whether he'll be able to keep up with those and stay back on offspeed stuff at the same time.

Seems like a bit of a pull hitter.

Check it out. His pull heavy swing on you tube and low finish with his body looks like Uribe.

 

I don't mind Uribe's swing.

 

I just don't like what he swings at.

 

As Steve Stone likes to say, "If the next pitch is in the ballpark, Uribe will be swinging at it."

 

The ugliest parts of his game come from his inability to avoid swinging at bad pitches.

 

Edited November 25, 200817 yr by scenario

The end of his swing reminds me of Torii Hunter.

I don't mind Uribe's swing.

 

I just don't like what he swings at.

 

As Steve Stone likes to say, "If the next pitch is in the ballpark, Uribe will be swinging at it."

 

The ugliest parts of his game come from his inability to avoid swinging at bad pitches.

There's a reason though why Uribe swings at everything. It's because he can't see the ball on its way in because of the fundamental flaw in his swing. His head has, as far as I can tell, always moved like crazy as his body dives forwards during the swing. Compare that to a real good swing (I use Pujols as an example because he has one of the most mechanically sound swings I've ever watched)...the guys who do it right, their head might drift to the side by a centimeter as their weight shifts. Uribe's head moves like half a meter forwards during his swing. If your head is moving relative to the ball, then that's going to make keeping your eye on the ball that much harder because your eyes are no longer at a fixed point. So it's almost guaranteed that he can't pick up the ball.

 

Andruw Jones is another prime example. Pre-05, he stood like Uribe, with his legs closer together and dove at the ball. Pendelton got him in 05 to spread his legs out and start shifting his weight with his head not moving, and he went on a 50 home run craze.

 

Uribe is going to swing at a ball with his swing because that's all he can do, he can't tell whether it's going to be a strike or a ball because everything moves during his swing.

There's a reason though why Uribe swings at everything.

 

Another reason that Uribe swings at everything...

 

Because players in the DR have it trained into their heads early by coaches that...

 

"You can't walk off the island."

 

Another reason that Uribe swings at everything...

 

Because players in the DR have it trained into their heads early by coaches that...

 

"You can't walk off the island."

 

Tell that to Albert Pujols....

Seriously though, who the hell said this kid was overweight, I have been searching all over the internet for pics and not one of them shows him looking heavy.

Tell that to Albert Pujols....

 

You mean the same Albert Pujols who has 319 homers in 8 years, right? Its also worth mentioning that his walk rate has gone up 50% since he got to the majors.

There's a reason though why Uribe swings at everything. It's because he can't see the ball on its way in because of the fundamental flaw in his swing. His head has, as far as I can tell, always moved like crazy as his body dives forwards during the swing.

 

Nickname: Uribe bubblehead.

 

Seriously though, who the hell said this kid was overweight, I have been searching all over the internet for pics and not one of them shows him looking heavy.

 

You ain't never lyin'. Folks actin' like he's Mo Vaughn and s***. I'm not worried about his weight at all.

I don't think that you can get fat in Cuba.

It's been a really slow few days here.